Creighton men’s soccer head coach Elmar Bolowich was inducted into the North Carolina Soccer Hall of Fame on Saturday night. Bolowich was honored for his work as the winningest head coach in the history of men’s soccer at the University of North Carolina and for his involvement with the North Carolina Olympic Development Program and the Triangle United Soccer Association.
Lincoln brothers begin their professional soccer careers
January 18, 2012 By
Two brothers started their Major League Soccer professional careers on Monday. First, Creighton start Tyler Polak was selected in the second round of Major League Soccer’s SuperDraft, then Tyler’s brother, Nate Polak, was taken in the fourth round of the MLS supplemental draft last Thursday.
Nate, a senior from Hastings College, becomes the first player in Great Plains Athletic Conference history to be picked in the MLS draft. Nate was named the GPAC offensive player of the year. The Polak kids are from Lincoln and played at Lincoln Pius X. Tyler will play in New England, Nate in New York.
Four Creighton soccer players selected in MLS draft (VIDEO)
January 13, 2012 By
Four Creighton men’s soccer players were selected in the 2012 Major League Soccer SuperDraft held Thursday in Kansas City. Ethan Finlay and Andrew Duran were selected in the first round by Columbus and Seattle, while New England took Tyler Polak and Philadelphia picked Greg Jordan in the second round. Creighton remains the only college program in the nation to have at least one player drafted into MLS since the league’s inception.
Creighton’s Finlay finishes second in Herman Trophy voting
January 9, 2012 By
Creighton’s Ethan Finlay finished as the runner-up for the Missouri Athletic Club’s Hermann Trophy presented at the MAC Hermann Trophy Banquet Friday night. The award, annually given to the best soccer player in NCAA Division I soccer, was presented to Andrew Wenger of Duke.
Finlay, the first two-time Missouri Valley Conference Player of the Year in school history, led Creighton and the MVC, ranking 12th in the NCAA with 34 points and 13th in the nation with 14 goals in his senior season. The Marshfield, Wis., native finished his career ranked fifth in school history and seventh in league history with 43 career goals, while he finished sixth in CU and 10th in MVC history with 103 career points. Named and NSCAA First-Team All-America in 2011, he is one of only three players in school history to twice earn All-America honors from the NSCAA.
Two Creighton soccer players join USA squads
January 5, 2012 By
Creighton men’s soccer freshmen Eric Miller and Jeff Gal have been called upon to compete for U.S. Soccer this January. Gal is one of two goalkeepers representing the U.S. in the 2012 U-19 Stuttgart Junior Cup in Germany, while Miller will train with the U-20 National Team at a 36-player training camp in Florida this week.
Gal, who redshirted the 2011 season behind first-team All-America goalkeeper Brian Holt, has previously spent time in the U.S. Soccer program. In 2011 he trained with the U-18 National Team in Phoenix, Ariz., and Portland, Ore., before traveling with the team to Lisbon, Portugal for the Lisbon International Tournament.
