Former UCLA women’s soccer coach Jill Ellis was announced as the new head coach of the U.S. Women’s National Team on Friday. “I’m humbled and proud to lead the current generation of players toward the ultimate goal, a FIFA World Cup championship,” Ellis said in a press release. Ellis first started coaching for the Bruins […]
Category Archives: Women’s Soccer
UCLA women’s soccer team garners No. 4 recruiting class
The UCLA women’s soccer team announced the addition of the nation’s No. 4 recruiting class for the 2014 season Monday. The class of eight incoming freshmen will include forward MacKenzie Cerda, forward/defender Allie Dutto, midfielder/defenders Sam Kokoska and Gabrielle Matulich, defenders Reema Bzeih and Chloe Hemingway and goalkeepers Siri Ervik and Arielle Schechtman. “This class is […]
Kodi Lavrusky balances women’s soccer, softball
Kodi Lavrusky is not looking to be the center of attention. “She’s just very quiet like that. … I’ve seen articles that coaches have written say that she might not say two words to you if you didn’t say stuff to her,” said Lavrusky’s father, Charles Lavrusky. As much as the UCLA sophomore has tried […]
UCLA women’s soccer plays Japan’s INAC Kobe Leonessa
After 14 hours in the air, the UCLA women’s soccer team could finally enjoy the familiar feeling of the earth beneath its feet once again. Only this time, it was the feeling of Japanese soil. And the first thing the Bruins did that March 21afternoon after being released from the confines of a chair within a […]
Coaches & Companions
Two UCLA women’s basketball coaches have a friendship that dates back nearly two decades after the two met volunteering as coaches at a camp for female high school athletes.
New UCLA women’s soccer coach brought changes for the better
In the UCLA women’s soccer program’s most successful season, change was everything. And it all started at the head. Following the departure of former coach B.J. Snow, UCLA appointed a new coach in Amanda Cromwell. Along with a new coach came a tactical overhaul; the 4-3-3 system that the Bruins relied on last season was […]
Unity propelled UCLA women’s soccer’s College Cup run
CARY, N.C. — On Dec. 8, the dream of 33 women came true. Each stride that willed a fatigued body forward, each skipped heartbeat when a player in an unfamiliar jersey took a shot and each collective sigh of relief followed by screams of jubilation after watching the ball hit the back of the opponent’s […]