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This is the first part in a series of columns analyzing the current climate of college soccer??its role in the development of the sport in America, its drawbacks and limitations, and the future of the game amidst a growing trend towards youth professional development...
...also features top players such as Dartmouth’s Craig Henderson (2008 Ivy Player of the Year and member of New Zealand’s U-23 National Team) and the Crimson’s own Andre Akpan (Pre-Season First Team All American and contender for college soccer??s top honor, the Hermann Trophy...
...expense of New Hampshire in the third game of the season. Perplexing, however, are the Crimson’s struggles when considering its track record and personnel. The desire to win ought to be there. Coming within two successful penalty kicks of advancing to the second round of college soccer??s biggest stage is healthy motivation, to say the least. The players are there too. Yes, Harvard lost key graduating seniors in the midfield and on the backline, but a debilitating loss it was not. As the class of 2009 exited the stage, the situation appeared...
...striker is saddled with the unenviable task of replacing Mike Fucito ’09, who currently plays professionally with Major League Soccer??s Seattle Sounders. If that weren’t enough, Rogers is also the heir apparent to Harvard co-captain Andre Akpan, the Crimson’s all-time leading scorer—before Friday’s game, Akpan told Rogers, perhaps only half-jokingly, “This is the first step to breaking all my records...
Despite a 2008 season in which he scored 10 goals, became the Harvard men’s soccer team’s all-time leader in points, and was named both a First-Team All American and a semi-finalist for college soccer??s top honor, Andre Akpan felt that he underachieved. “I don’t want to say that I had a bad season, but it’s definitely something I want to improve upon next year,” Akpan said last December.One of the main reasons for his disappointment...