Huskies Down Brazil 1-0 To Win Gold Medal at FISU America Games
July 28, 2018 | Men's Soccer
SAO PAULO, Brazil --- The University of Washington men's soccer team took home the Gold Medal with a 1-0 victory over Brazil on Saturday morning while representing the United States in the FISU (International University Sports Federation) America Games in São Paulo, Brazil this week.
Kyle Coffee scored the Huskies' lone goal in the gold medal game, heading home a cross from the left in the 10th minute. From there the Washington defense took over with Saif Kerawala making a number of fantastic saves in net to earn the cleansheet.
Kerawala and the Huskies posted back-to-back shutouts in the knockout round of the tournament, recording a 4-0 victory over Uruguay in the semifinal match on Thursday. In that match, Joey Parish bookended the match with a pair of goals with Scott Menzies and Blake Bodily recording goals within a minute of each other to break the game open midway through the second half.
The Huskies won their pool in group play despite playing to a pair of ties. Washington played to a 2-2 draw against Brazil #2 to open the tournament, then battled to a 1-1 tie against Mexico. The Huskies won the pool thanks to the Fair Play tiebreaker, accumulating the fewest cards during the two matches.
The FISU America Games are a multi-sport event sanctioned by the International University Sports Federation (FISU). Alternating with the Summer and Winter Universiades, which invite all the countries of the world for the biennial events, the FISU America Games are a regional multi-sport event similar to the Pan-American Games for FISU member-countries of North and South America held in even numbered years. The 2018 Games were the inaugural FISU America Games.
USA Team is an organization overseen by the United States International University Sports Federation (US-ISUF). Members of the USA Team compete globally as representatives of the United States in university-level sports competitions organized by FISU, the governing body of university sport worldwide. Together with the USA Team, US-IUSF represents the official governing body for the United States at all FISU events, including the World University Games, the World University Championships, and FISU America Games.
Washington begins official fall practices on August 7, opening the season with an exhibition match against Seattle Pacific University at home on August 16. The Huskies kick off the regular season with a home match against perennial power Maryland on August 24 at 8:00 p.m. The match vs the Terrapins will be the 1,000th men's soccer match in program history.
Kyle Coffee scored the Huskies' lone goal in the gold medal game, heading home a cross from the left in the 10th minute. From there the Washington defense took over with Saif Kerawala making a number of fantastic saves in net to earn the cleansheet.
Kerawala and the Huskies posted back-to-back shutouts in the knockout round of the tournament, recording a 4-0 victory over Uruguay in the semifinal match on Thursday. In that match, Joey Parish bookended the match with a pair of goals with Scott Menzies and Blake Bodily recording goals within a minute of each other to break the game open midway through the second half.
The Huskies won their pool in group play despite playing to a pair of ties. Washington played to a 2-2 draw against Brazil #2 to open the tournament, then battled to a 1-1 tie against Mexico. The Huskies won the pool thanks to the Fair Play tiebreaker, accumulating the fewest cards during the two matches.
The FISU America Games are a multi-sport event sanctioned by the International University Sports Federation (FISU). Alternating with the Summer and Winter Universiades, which invite all the countries of the world for the biennial events, the FISU America Games are a regional multi-sport event similar to the Pan-American Games for FISU member-countries of North and South America held in even numbered years. The 2018 Games were the inaugural FISU America Games.
USA Team is an organization overseen by the United States International University Sports Federation (US-ISUF). Members of the USA Team compete globally as representatives of the United States in university-level sports competitions organized by FISU, the governing body of university sport worldwide. Together with the USA Team, US-IUSF represents the official governing body for the United States at all FISU events, including the World University Games, the World University Championships, and FISU America Games.
Washington begins official fall practices on August 7, opening the season with an exhibition match against Seattle Pacific University at home on August 16. The Huskies kick off the regular season with a home match against perennial power Maryland on August 24 at 8:00 p.m. The match vs the Terrapins will be the 1,000th men's soccer match in program history.
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