Preparing for the upcoming UIL season, Jesuit Soccer hosted the annual Meinster tournament. This was the 43rd year of the tournament held in honor of Jesuit coach Henk Meinster, who founded Jesuit's soccer program and was instrumental in establishing other programs in North Texas. Meinster was instrumental to the development of the sport in the region, to honor these...
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The sport of Soccer, or Football as most of the world calls it, reigns high above all other athletics with an estimated fanbase of 3.5 billion, beating the runner-up, Cricket, by 1 billion fans. The simplicity and inexpensive nature of the sport allows it to be played in every corner of the globe, including the richest...
The first 3 weeks of premier League gameplay have offered exciting matchups and a chance to see teams’ new summer signings in action for the first time with their new club. Around this time in the season, we start to get an idea of how teams will perform going forward, and which teams will be fighting for spots in...
The role of a manager in soccer is similar to that of the head coach in football. He oversees the team, the players, the tactics, the transfers and most other aspects of the playing side of a soccer club. They are, put plainly, the deciding factor of the success of the club. Without a good manager, players become disorganized...
The Women's World Cup recently concluded in Australia where Spain reigned victorious and took home the trophy, beating close favorites England. To achieve this, they overcame strong sides like Sweden and the Netherlands while missing Alexia Putellas, a Women's Ballon d'Or frontrunner, due to injury. This, among player protests against poor management from the coach and lack of funding...
Legendary coach Charlie Delong added another trophy to his astonishingly large cabinet as the Rangers were crowned Bi-District Champions this past Friday. Defeating Arlington Sam Houston in a 2-1 victory, Jesuit secured a trip to the UIL area round for the third year in a row. The Rangers will face Flower Mound Marcus in the second round of the...
Finishing the regular season strong with a 3-0 win against MacArthur, the team appears to be in good shape and has strong outlook to go further through the playoffs this year, especially coming off of a four-game unbeaten streak. Jesuit Soccer recently celebrated the team's senior night on Friday, March 3rd. The win preceded by the tie against Pearce...
Jesuit Soccer continues through the season with strong performances with a current record of 9-4-4, and 6-4-4 in their conference. Out of the last four appearances from the Rangers side there has been three wins, two of which were in a dominating fashion. The outlook for Jesuit's varsity soccer team looks tremendous after recent outings from Junior Jason Ogbolu,...
