Trying to continue with a successful start of the season, the UCLA women’s soccer team had a tough mission this weekend, playing against two top-20 teams. Coming off two shutout victories at home last weekend, UCLA traveled to South Bend, Ind., for the 21st annual Notre Dame adidas Invitational where it defeated Marquette 2-1 and Notre […]
Category Archives: Women’s Soccer
UCLA women’s soccer shutout reveals team’s strengths
The ship may have a new captain at its helm, but it was all smooth sailing for UCLA’s women’s soccer team last weekend.
Women’s soccer eager to win UCLA’s 110th championship
Once just an ordinary number, 110 has taken a whole new meaning for UCLA’s women’s soccer team. As the team’s home opener against Northeastern on Aug. 23 draws near, the members of the team have made it clear that they’ve all bought in to the same goal: winning UCLA’s 110th NCAA championship.
Senior Standouts: Zakiya Bywaters
Zakiya Bywaters was a top recruit coming out of high school, ranked No. 17 by ESPN and No. 21 as a four-star recruit by Top Drawer Soccer, and more than lived up to the hype while a member of the UCLA women’s soccer team. As a senior, the forward starred right out of the gate, starting 23 of the 25 games and earning Pac-10 All-Freshman honors.
Amanda Cromwell named UCLA’s new women’s soccer coach
After several months of searching for a candidate, UCLA named Amanda Cromwell its new women’s soccer coach on Friday. Cromwell was the head coach at University of Central Florida for 14 years, where she took the Knights to the NCAA Tournament 11 times. She takes over for B.J. Snow, who left the Bruins in December […]
B.J. Snow accepts job as coach for USA U-17 team
After two seasons as UCLA’s coach, B.J. Snow has accepted the job of full-time coach for the USA U-17 team. In those two seasons, the Bruins made it to the postseason twice, never going further than the Elite Eight. In the 2012 season, Snow coached Pac-12 Player of the Year and first round draft pick […]
Zakiya Bywaters earns No. 1 draft pick
Zakiya Bywaters’ name is now alongside those of UCLA legends such as Bill Walton and Troy Aikman who have gone first overall in professional athletic drafts. On Friday, Bywaters of UCLA soccer was selected first in the National Women’s Soccer League draft by the Chicago Red Stars, making her one of UCLA’s 10 elite first […]