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Berkman · Posted: Thu Jan 07, 2010 6:07 pm Post subject: NEW Womens Soccer Coach

Link to article about the new coach.

http://www.umassathletics.com/sports/w-soccer/spec-rel/010710aaa.html

Jackman · Senior Joined: 02 Jun 2006 Posts: 1978

Wow, that's a bit of a coup for us. He took Northeastern to the NCAA Tournament and was the CAA's coach of the year last year. There's apparently a bit of a story behind this. Husky fans are being coy, but it sounds like NU did the man wrong. We didn't poach him so much as we were in need of a coach at just the right time, because he was leaving NU regardless.

tdmass · Posted: Fri Jan 08, 2010 12:32 pm Post subject:

Looks like a good hire. I don't know why the AD doesn't get a good coach for womens BB? There's a sleeping giant waiting to happen!

Rocks22 · Hall of Fame Joined: 02 Apr 2003 Posts: 9201

Are the crybabies from Northeastern going to sue again?
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Jackman · Senior Joined: 02 Jun 2006 Posts: 1978

Lots of very positive comments thrown by Matz towards UMass in Dewey's article here. And by implication, some shots at Northeastern. Sounds like Ian McCaw was an effective ambassador for the university.

78 · Posted: Fri Jan 08, 2010 7:34 pm Post subject:

I missed it. What happened to the woman who coached this past season?
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Jackman · Senior Joined: 02 Jun 2006 Posts: 1978

Interim head coach Angie Napoli was interim.

Got the dirt on what really happened. Apparently Matz's move is 100% due to Northeastern disbanding their football team but re-allocating none of the money to women's soccer, which has been NU's most successful sports team the past few years despite having the fewest scholarships in the CAA and fewer than most America East teams. The very same day that Northeastern was holding a meeting to divvy up the funds to 7 other teams, he called UMass for our job. We sent him an offer later that night and he accepted the next day. We had offered him this job before the 2009 season but he turned it down back then. Apparently his first act as UMass coach was to cancel next season's game with Northeastern. So, this was bitter. Gotta be careful when you make public statements about how dropping football is going to help all your other teams and then not follow through.

Doc Moonlight · Posted: Tue Jan 12, 2010 11:26 am Post subject:

There's an audio interview from the NU radio station at this link:

http://www.wrbbsports.com/2010/01/audio-ed-matz-to-leave-nu/

He doesn't mince words.
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UMass02 · Hall of Fame Joined: 11 Nov 2003 Posts: 2154

Tough start for the new coach, losing 3-0 to Washington. The Huskies were really the better team, keeping possession for long stretches of the game.

OutlawPete · Senior Joined: 01 Oct 2009 Posts: 1436 Location: UMass

Great overtime win against New Hampshire today!
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Cahoonaville · Posted: Thu Feb 24, 2011 1:37 pm Post subject:

UMass upset BU yesterday, and now stand at 3-0! Nice!
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MassMan06 · Posted: Thu Feb 24, 2011 1:54 pm Post subject:

Wrong sport Cahoonaville.

Jackman · Senior Joined: 02 Jun 2006 Posts: 1978

Congratulations to Coach Matz for guiding the women's soccer team to its first postseason win in 14 years! Shocked

We're talking A10 postseason, not NCAAs. No wins in 14 years in the A10. The 3 goals scored against Bona were 3 more than were scored in the last 12 A10 tournaments combined.

The team is now 14-4-2 on the season and 2 wins away from the conference championship. Put the right person in charge, see results.

Floyd · Posted: Fri Nov 04, 2011 5:56 am Post subject:

^ wow, that's great. Really shows what having the right coach/staff in place can do
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