Concordia's bid for a second GPAC tournament title in three seasons came up short in Thursday's (Nov. 9) conference final at No. 7 Hastings. The Bulldogs ended their 2017 season at 16-3-1 overall.
For the third year in a row, the GPAC men's soccer tournament championship game comes down to Concordia and Hastings. Thursday's final will take place in Hastings as the Bulldogs look for their second GPAC title in three years.
One of the key figures driving another trip to the GPAC tournament championship game, senior defender Florian Caraballo has been named GPAC defensive player of the week for the second time in three weeks.
It's back to the 'ship for Concordia men's soccer. The Bulldogs punched their ticket by dealing second-seeded Northwestern a 2-1 defeat in the GPAC semifinals on Saturday (Nov. 4). Concordia moved to 16-2-1 overall.
Northwestern stands between the Concordia men's soccer program and a third-straight berth in the GPAC tournament championship game. Saturday's semifinal clash will kickoff in Orange City, Iowa, at 7 p.m. CT.
Another impressive team defensive effort stifled one of the nation's most prolific goal scoring teams. In the end, the Bulldogs advanced to the GPAC semifinals for the fourth year in a row.
Following a record-breaking regular season, the Concordia men's soccer program has hopes of another GPAC postseason title run. The Bulldogs open up the tournament on Tuesday (Oct. 31) by hosting Briar Cliff.
A late PK goal and a brilliant Hastings save prevented the Concordia men's soccer program from claiming at least a share of the GPAC regular-season title. The Bulldogs fell, 2-1, to the seventh-ranked Broncos on Wednesday (Oct. 25).
A senior defender from Cordoba, Spain, Florian Caraballo is the fourth member of the Concordia men's soccer team to collect GPAC weekly honors in 2017. Caraballo contributed a goal and an assist last week.
Already owners of school records for overall wins and conference wins in a single season, the 2017 Bulldogs want more. An upset of No. 8 Hastings on Wednesday would give them at least a share of the GPAC regular-season title.
The 2015 Concordia men's soccer team provided a season's worth of memories during a 10-day span in November that saw the Bulldogs knock off the GPAC's top three seeds (all on the road) to claim the conference tournament title.
Raw emotions poured out all over Lloyd Wilson Field, engulfing a stadium that has made a habit of stamping out national tournament dreams for GPAC opposition.
The Concordia University men’s soccer team completed an improbable conference tournament run by slaying an elusive GPAC dragon on Thursday night. For the first time in program history, the Bulldogs raised the GPAC championship trophy by way of a 1-0 victory on the home field of top-seeded and 19th-ranked Hastings.
Concordia men’s soccer carries motivation from an agonizing 2014 season-ending defeat into a new year. After falling 2-1 in overtime to perennial power Hastings in the GPAC semifinal game, the Bulldogs have set their sights on taking another step.
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