Club soccer plays its best at championships
■ in a national championship
battle, the men’s club soccer
team entered the tournament
in fourth and finished second
By Jesse Thomas
For the Emeraid
Oregon not only took its luggage
to Texas but also brought along the
familiar Northwest weather of
pouring rain and sub-30 degree
temperatures.
Most importantly, though, the
Ducks traveled with big enough
hearts to challenge the best.
The road to the final match, in
the NIRSA National Championship
tournament, wasn’t an easy one for
Sports Brief
Fiesta Bowl ‘wide open’ to
team considerations
PHOENIX— The Fiesta Bowl se
lection committee held its first
meeting Monday and emerged
the Oregon men’s club soccer team.
The team’s first game, out of the
six played in a three day period,
was against Middle Tennessee
State. The 6-0
win was easily
obtainable, but
in the second
game, Oregon
fell to Rice, 1-0.
After that
game, Oregon stood on the verge of
elimination. If the Ducks didn’t win
their next game, then their champi
onship hopes were finished.
But they were not about to let
fifth-ranked Weber State finish
them off early in the tournament, as
there was too much unfinished
business to take care of.
carefully, not counting out any po
tential teams for the Jan. 1 game.
“We’ve decided that we’re still
wide open on the possibilities,” Fi
esta Bowl executive director John
Junker said.
If Notre Dame beats USC this
weekend to improve to 9-2, the
Fighting Irish are a strong con
“We had to give it 100 percent,”
said coach/player Ross Minckler. “It
was like our most important game of
the season, and we gave it our all.”
With the win, Oregon moved
more than halfway to the finals
match, but in the men’s quarterfi
nals game, the Ducks would have to
face top-ranked Virginia.
The game turned into a battle of
who wanted it more, and the teams
found themselves in double over
time, knotted at 2-2. With everyone
running on pure adrenaline, Ore
gon sophomore Michael Kubas
scored the game-winning goal with
just 30 seconds left to secure the
nail-biting win.
“It was so awesome,” Kubas said.
“[Forward] Matt Tassos passed me
tender despite their No. 11 rank
ing in the BCS list. Notre Dame’s
national reputation, huge follow
ing and attractiveness to ABC-TV
Could overwhelm any other fac
tors.
“It would be very tough to say no
to Notre Dame,” Junker said.
Oregon State (10-1) is No. 5 in
■he ball and I took care of business.”
“It was a great feeling,” Tassos
said. “Winning this was like one of
■hose feelings you get inside that
you just can’t describe.”
With spirits rejuvenated, Oregon
inched only one game away from the
tiighly anticipated finals match. The
semifinals game was against third
ranked Howard, which Oregon de
feated, 3-1, for a respectable win.
Finally, the finals game against
lames Madison arrived for the Ducks.
One team would leave glorified
with the championship crown,
while the other would finish in sec
Dnd place. Both teams fought hard
for the right to be labeled national
:hampions, but the Oregon men
left the field with second place af
the BCS standings, represents a
rags-to-riches story, and has fans
hungry for a trip to a major bowl
^ame.
“Those are all positives,” Junker
said. “I don’t know how the net
work would view Oregon State as
i national game.”
If Oregon State ends up left out
ter their narrow 2-0 defeat.
“Our goal was to win it all, so we
didn’t get the perfect season,”
Minckler said. “We came into this
tournament ranked fourth, so we
were still very pleased.”
Oregon finished regular season
play at 7-1, and three players made
the All-Tournament team. Next up
for the Ducks is the indoor soccer
season, which takes place in the
winter, and then they return to out
door competition in the spring.
In a game that requires skill,
stamina and a lot of heart, the men’s
club soccer team left Texas with the
second-place trophy and an experi
ence they will never forget.
“This was amazing,” Kubas said.
“This is what it all comes down to.”
of the picture, the Beavers proba
bly would wind up in the Holiday
Bowl.
Pac-10 commissioner Tom
Hansen has promised to lobby
heavily for Oregon State to go to
the Fiesta Bowl.
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