The U.S. men’s national soccer team will host Honduras in front of a sold-out crowd at Rio Tinto stadium tonight. “We’ve played here before,” midfielder Michael Bradley said. “We know the people here love soccer.” Team USA expects an enthusiastic and loud crowd in a pivotal game in the qualifying standings. Head Coach Jurgen Klinsmann…
It looked like the Cougars were going to blow another great win opportunity until the 89th minute, when freshman Blake Frischnecht slipped the ball past the Southern California keeper to score the only goal of the match. It was Frischnecht’s first appearance for the Cougars. After subbing in for Romy Lakip midway through the second…
After the loss to the Baylor Bears in the semi-final of the NIT in April, BYU basketball’s big man Brandon Davies has been hard at work to improve his draft stock for the upcoming NBA Draft, which takes place June 27. After the season’s end, Davies was invited to play in the Portsmouth Invitational Tournament,…
As soccer players go, goalkeepers are generally overlooked. They rarely get the glory of scoring the gamewinner and are often the scapegoat when a team loses. But any soccer player will tell you a good keeper makes life on the field a lot easier for a team. Take a good keeper and replace it with…
BYU football’s Kyle Van Noy is picking up right where he left off at the end of last season, earning preseason All-American recognition this summer in anticipation of the 2013 season. Van Noy was recently named to Phil Steele’s 2013 Preseason All-American team as a first-team selection and was also nominated for the Lott Trophy,…
BYU soccer will play for its first home win Friday night against the Southern California Seahorses. The Seahorses have yet to win a regular season game in the Premier Development League and are currently sitting at the bottom of the standings. The Cougars have only won one game this season and are in fifth place…
The BYU men’s soccer team gave up two goals in the second half to blow a 1–0 lead in a 2–1 loss to Real Colorado last Saturday. The Cougars started strong, taking a 1–0 lead early in the first half when forward Jace Green broke away from the defenders and had a one-on-one chance against…
BYU Track and Field athletes concluded their season at the 2013 NCAA Outdoor Track and Field Championships June 5–7 in Eugene, Ore., with three athletes from the men’s team earning All-American honors. The men’s team sent five athletes to the competition. Senior pole vaulter Victor Weirich was the first of the Cougars to compete. Weirich…
Five BYU baseball players were selected in the 2013 Major League Baseball Draft, with redshirt freshman Jacob Hannemann, a center fielder, headlining the list of Cougar draftees. Hannemann was drafted in the third round by the Chicago Cubs, with the 75th overall pick. Hannemann had been drafted once before, shortly after his senior year of…
Jacob Hannemann was looking forward to living the dream as a two-sport athlete at BYU. A speedy, redshirt freshman cornerback with promise, he had his sights set on BYU football stardom as well as a central role on the baseball diamond as BYU’s centerfielder and leadoff man. After a stellar freshman season on the baseball…