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Clive Charles: Meister Coach o f
University o f Portland
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Until a couple o f weeks ago, the
w om en’s soccer team o f the Uni­
versity o f Portland was rolling to­
wards the Final Four o f the NCAA
Tournament before it lost to the
UniversityofCarolina. Since 1994,
missing the ’97 season, the team
has enjoyed a tremendous success
for four consecutive postseasons
by going to the Final Four o f the
N CA A T oumament.
The men ’ s team has m ade seven
NCAA appearances in the last eight
years going to the semifinals in
1988 and’95. Together the men
and w om en’s teams have earned
nine conference championships and
earned 11 NCAA playoflfberths in
a combined 17 seasons. In 1995,
the school managed to get both
teams in the finals.
The man behind these team s’
success is C liv e C h a rle s, the
school’s director o f soccer and
head coach for both m en and
women soccer teams.
A former professional player for
West HamUnited in England and
the Portland Timbers o f the North
American Soccer League, Charles
began his coaching career for the
m en’s team at the University o f
Portland in 1986. In 1990, he took
over the w om en’s program and
becam e the director o f soccer,
coaching both teams. Since then,
Charles has brought respect and
success for both teams. He has
helped develop the w om en’s team
from its infancy to what it has
become today. Charles brought to
the school not only his experience
and love for the game but also
recognition and success for the
college.
“I don’t think we can measure
w hat C live has brought to the
school,” said Ixiren Wohlgemuth,
the schools sports information Di­
rector. “W e have limited resource
both in man power, staffing and
1998 Oregon Holiday Invitational Bracket
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money. The attention that soccer has
brought to the Athletic department
and the university is something we
can never buy.”
In 1996 Charles was selected to
head coach the U.S M en’s Olympic
Soccer Team. He is also the assistant
coach o f the M en’s National Team.
Although som e were with his own
team, Charles was away from the
university forover200days last year.
“Every time he goes out, he is
Clive Charles, the University ofPort-
land soccer coach in addition to what­
ever he is doing," says Wholgemuth.
“The easiest w ay to put it is that he is
a walking billboard.”Although the
w o m e n ’s te a m lo st to U N C ,
C h arles is proud o f w hat his team
w as able to accom plish c o n sid e r­
ing the n u m ber o f in ju ries.
“ G ettin g kid s th ro u g h , g ettin g
them in as fresh m en and g ettin g
them out as young m en and wom en
is v ery re w ard in g fo r m e ,” said
C harles. “ I see m y se lf as a teacher
m o re so than as coach. B ecau se I
lik e to teach and if th e ir p e rfo r­
m an ce is sa tisfy in g th en th e r e ­
sult is seco n d ary , w here as the
coach m e n ta lity the re su lt is e v ­
erything.”
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Oregon Holiday Invitational
The Les Schwab Oregon Holiday
invitational is set for tip-off Decem­
ber 19,21 -23,1 998. This state’s only
16 team invitational boys tournament
will feature outstanding high school
talent from the state o f Oregon and
around the nation. The talent pool
will reflect eight players listed as be­
ing withinournation’s top 100. Head­
lining this group are Duke University
signees Michael Dunlevy Jr. and
Tampa Prep’s Casey Sanders. On the
team front 11 o f the 13 Oregon en­
trants are rated in the top 17 by our
state’s preseason coaches poll while
Crenshaw and Lexington Catholic are
rated in the nation’s top 25 by
W estCoastHoops.com
All games will be played at Lewis
& Clark College with each day getting
underway at 9:00am. Each team is
guaranteed four games. Opening
round games will take place Saturday
Dec. 19th and Sunday will be an off
day. Opening round matchups post­
game stats and next round pairings
will be posted at www.promx 1 .com.
For additional information contact
tournament management at 503-227-
1588.
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