In 1999, former U.S. women’s national team player Brandi Chastain scored the decisive penalty kick to win the World Cup for the U.S., a feat almost overshadowed by her ensuing celebration. Chastain is also a former teammate of current UCLA women’s soccer coach Amanda Cromwell. The Daily Bruin’s Aubrey Yeo spoke with Chastain to get […]
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UCLA women’s soccer rings in 4-1 victory against USC
In a match in which the archenemy is the rival, the only thing that matters is the win. Although UCLA women’s soccer arrived to the match against crosstown rival USC as the conference champions, the team wanted to conclude its regular season slate with a win. The Victory Bell rang four times for the Bruins, […]
Pride on the line for women’s soccer against USC
Tonight’s game between the UCLA women’s soccer team and USC will feature a match of two opposites. The UCLA women’s soccer team comes to the game with the Pac-12 title under its belt and an unbeaten record at home, while USC enters having more losses than wins, with an 8-9-2 record. But in a match where […]
UCLA women’s soccer eager to play USC in last regular season game
It’s always a good thing when a team clinches a conference title before the end of the regular season. The team gets a chance at some relief, and the stakes of those last remaining games may not seem that high anymore. But all that changes for the Pac-12 champion UCLA women’s soccer team when the […]
UCLA women’s soccer secures Pac-12 championship
When a coach is drenched from head to toe with a sports drink, it’s usually because she’s done something right. For first-year UCLA coach Amanda Cromwell, that feat was guiding the team to its first conference championship since 2008 with a 2-0 win over Oregon on Sunday. And her reward: one of the most extensive Gatorade […]
Women’s soccer enters weekend with chance to seize Pac-12 title
The UCLA women’s soccer team has not won a conference title since 2008. UCLA has seen Stanford take the title four years in a row, but after the Bruins beat Stanford in early October, there was a shift in the Pac-12 standings and the Bruins took the conference lead and never looked back. Junior defender […]
No. 2 women’s soccer relieved to be at home for rest of regular season
The UCLA women’s soccer team will have the luxury of finishing the home stretch of the regular season, appropriately enough, at home. The team has spent the season traveling to Northern California, the Rocky Mountains and even embarking on a 12-day cross-country road trip stopping by Indiana and North Carolina. With the last three games […]