Men's Club Soccer

Thanks to all who came out to tryouts, we had over 75 guys show up this year.

Fall 2012 Results

8 Sept - Yale defeats BCFC in its first match
Das has a nice left-footed shot, but it rattles off the bar.

9 Sept - BCFC captures its first win against WPI
Capetola and Smith both register two goals in the convincing win.

14 Sept - BCFC improves to 2-1-0 against Suffolk Law
The 13-0 slaughter included goals by 9 different players.

15 Sept - BCFC and Tufts draw at Alumni
A hustle goal by Das and beautiful header by Capetola help secure the tie.

16 Sept - BCFC gets their 3rd win against Western New England
Beautiful left-footed feed from Quish to Smith is the Goal of the Game.

23 Sept - BCFC draws against Harvard
After 2-mile warm-up run from BC to Harvard due to traffic congestion, BCFC gets a tie with a late goal from Das off a deflection

28 Sept - BCFC earns an important division win against Northeastern
With two goals by Capetola and Cam "Over the Bar" Johst standing on his head, BFCFC moves up in the Boston Division standings.

5 Oct - BCFC blanks Boston University
With goals by Smeallie, Greene, and Maqubela, BCFC defeats its crosstown rivals. Also, Maqubela's goal was absolute filth.

8 Oct - BCFC receives a forfeit win over Massachusetts College of Pharmacy.
The forfeit is recorded as a 2-0 win.

14 Oct - BCFC earns a win against Harvard in their last game before Regionals.
BCFC scores three unanswered goals, one being a 40-yard STRIKE by Diniz, to capture the W.

20 Oct - UCONN scores two unanswered goals to defeat BCFC
After a free-kick goal by Greene, UCONN scores two in the second half to hand BCFC its first loss of the tournament.

20 Oct - Johns Hopkins hands BCFC its second loss
Despite a great cross from King and a clinical finish by Smith, BCFC loses 3-1.

21 Oct - BCFC defeats George Mason
Uliano registers his first tournament goal, while Nelle chipped the goalie from 25-yards and Greene puts one in off a corner.

About The Club

BCFC is a member of the New England Collegiate Club Soccer League (NECCSL) East Division along with Harvard, Northeastern, Brown, Babson, Tufts and Boston University. Independent of the league, the Club participates in various local tournaments throughout the fall season as well as the annual NECCSL League Tournament. The culmination of each fall season is the NIRSA Region One Tournament, the regional qualification for the Northeast held in Toughkenamon, PA.

The two finalists of the 24-team regional gain entrance in the National Tournament Championship, as BCFC did in 2007. Nationals are held in Pheonix, Arizona in late November and also includes an Open Division competition. As a club, it is BCFC's goal to participate in both the regional and national championships each fall.

History

In 2011, first-year coach Luke Kelly led BCFC to a Region I tournament bid. In their first game of the tournament, where there was a battle that found both teams mired in bad field conditions, BCFC gets a late goal from Das against Buffalo to go top of the group. However, BCFC fell to #1 ranked PSU. BCFC allows a goal in each half and is unable to finish chances to fall to 1-1 in regionals. In their last game in group play, BCFC scores first, but draws GW. An early goal from McDonough gives BCFC the lead, but a GW equalizer late in the first half earns a draw as BCFC hits the post twice with 30 seconds remaining. BCFC fails to make it out of the group stage with a 1-1-1 record. The team finishes 13th in Region I. Regular Season Record: 5-2-3 Tournament Record: (1-1-1)

The 2010 campaign saw BCFC partake in both the Regional and National Tournaments, led by coach Ben Jackson, a captain of the squad in 2009. After an up-and-down regular season, the Eagles registered victories over Boston-rivals Boston University and Tufts at Alumni Stadium right before regionals. In Pennsylvania, BCFC would take three separate 1-0 leads in pool play, but wound up tying Northeastern 2-2, Princeton 2-2 and UPenn 1-1. The three draws were not enough to advance to the knockout stages. However, the Eagles earned a berth in the Open Division of nationals, but two 2-0 defeats to eventual finalists, Cal Poly and James Madison, would see the 4-3 triumph over Fort Lewis not enough to make it out of pool play. As some measure of consolation, the Club was awarded with the 2010 National Championship Best Sportsmanship Award for the Open Division.

In 2009, coached by recent alum Greg Badavas, the senior-laden squad began the season 4-0 in NECCSL play. Traveling to Brown University for a round robin day of soccer, the Eagles tied Brown 0-0, before falling to #1-ranked Penn State 3-2. Inclement weather would see the regional tournament cancelled altogether, ending the Club's hopes for a berth in nationals. The fall season finished in similarly heartbreaking fashion, as BCFC defeated UMass 3-0 in the League Tournament quarterfinal, but was beaten by a last-minute Harvard goal in the semifinal, falling 2-1. The team captured its only silverware of the season in the spring, when they defeated Northeastern 5-1 and Harvard 2-0 to take home the Kick Out Malaria Cup, hosted by Harvard.

In 2007, BCFC won the NIRSA Region One tournament in Eastern Pennsylvania, meriting a further trip to Pensacola, Florida for the national tournament, playing teams from the University of Michigan and University of Illinois. This was the most successful season in BCFC's history.

Press

"Men's Soccer Capture Region One Championship" (Dec 2007) Click Here

"Historic Season for Club Soccer" (Nov 2007) Click Here