
Tyler Jensen recorded his second career hat trick and Concordia pulled away from Mount Marty early in an 11-0 blowout on homecoming Saturday.
Tyler Jensen recorded his second career hat trick and Concordia pulled away from Mount Marty early in an 11-0 blowout on homecoming Saturday.
Concordia men's soccer will host Mount Marty on Saturday as part of homecoming weekend on campus. The Bulldogs are 6-2-1 over their last nine games versus GPAC opponents.
In a matchup of teams that qualified for the 2015 national tournament, Concordia fell by a 4-1 score. Carlos Acosta accounted for the lone Bulldog goal.
The Bulldogs remain one of the nation's most difficult teams to score upon. On Saturday (Oct. 1) Concordia recorded another shutout in a 3-0 win at Morningside.
Concordia had hoped to duplicate the result it produced at Hastings in 2015 in Wednesday's (Sept. 28) rematch of last year's GPAC title game. The fourth-ranked Broncos held off the Bulldogs, 1-0.
Concordia will put a seven-game unbeaten streak against GPAC opponents on the line on Wednesday when it takes on undefeated Hastings in a rematch of the 2015 conference tournament title game.
Marcelo Hernandez accounted for both Bulldogs goals, including the game winner in overtime, for the victorious Bulldogs on Saturday. Concordia opened GPAC play versus Northwestern.
The GPAC slate begins Saturday for Concordia, which owns an active six-game unbeaten streak against conference opponents.
Micah Lehenbauer notched a pair of goals as part of a 2-2 draw at Nebraska Wesleyan on Monday night (Sept. 19). Concordia held an advantage of 21-10 in shots.
Five games. One goal allowed. The results have been impressive for Concordia's remade backline that takes from many different nations.
While up against perhaps the program's most challenging schedule ever, the 2020-21 Bulldogs again reached the 10-win mark. The season concluded in the GPAC quarterfinals.
João Pedro Veríssimo can smile now as he reflects on the journey from Nova Mutum, Brazil, to Seward, Nebraska. The relationships formed have made it worth it for Concordia's captain.
One of the nation's most consistent men's soccer programs has returned to practice this August. Coach Jason Weides' Bulldogs are aiming to make amends for how 2019 ended.
The outcome seemed to be something of a foregone conclusion - Concordia vs. a program it hadn't beaten since 1998. Except something wild happened and the Bulldogs celebrated a title.
Head coach Jason Weides likens this to situation to simply having an extended period of summer. The onus is on the players to get better individually as they prepare for the 2020 season.
While the Bulldogs came up shy of their aim to win a GPAC title, they put 10 wins on the board and set the program up for potential future success. Many key performers will return in 2020.
A member of a GPAC tournament championship team, Toby Down recently experienced another high. His Tai Po FC professional team celebrated a Hong Kong Premier League title this May.
With two senior captains having graduated, the Bulldogs are in the process of filling a leadership void. That was part of the focus this spring as head coach Jason Weides prepared his program for the 2019 season.
It was an entertaining season to be sure. Seven games went to overtime (12 total overtime periods) in a campaign that once again proved Concordia capable of competing with the best.
After letting go of a career in graphic design, Jason Weides has taken the Concordia men's soccer program to places it has never been before. Now in his 11th season, Weides has reached the 100-win mark.