Word: soccer
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...appropriate to throw any more barbs at a beleaguered team. But it is interesting to note that while people were throwing about cheery predictions for the football team last fall and even this fall, almost nothing was heard about what might become of the cross country or soccer teams. As it turns out, both finished regular season play undefeated, highly ranked nationally, and the soccer team may even win a national title...
...course. the soccer team went through some of the same motions last year as the football squad has during the past few months. No one would argue that the 1968 booters suffered from a lack of talent. There were some bad injuries, but not enough to explain the team's collapse. After going through the first eight games without a loss, the booters crumbled to finish 2-3-2 in the Ivy League and barely escape the cellar. "It has been a disappointing season." coach Bruce Munro said at the time. Meanwhile, Munro wasn't earning much praise from those...
...sports. They have those thoughts because day after day they read about, and hear about, the football team and its tragedies. The Boston newspapers run stories almost daily about the upcoming football game, and then on Sunday there is a gigantic story on it. The most mention the soccer team usually gets is a score in a column with other soccer scores...
...News and Views of Harvard Sports ran a big article on our 24-10 loss to Dartmouth on page one, with a little box in the top right corner saying. "Cross Country, Soccer Remain Unbeaten (See pages 6, 7)." Things have changed a bit recently, but it is still amazing that such accomplished athletes can go so unpublicized...
...will be interesting to see what happens in the fall of 1970, The cross country and soccer teams will again be loaded with talent. They will have little to gain and much to lose. The football team, and coach Yovicsin, will have an opportunity to produce and show that 1969 was just one of those years...