
The journey of Iker Casanova has included travels from Mexico City to Spain to Concordia Nebraska. Ultimately, year five at CUNE resulted in one of the highest honors ever earned by a Bulldog and a rewarding season that went beyond the accolades.
The journey of Iker Casanova has included travels from Mexico City to Spain to Concordia Nebraska. Ultimately, year five at CUNE resulted in one of the highest honors ever earned by a Bulldog and a rewarding season that went beyond the accolades.
Eight Bulldogs from the Concordia Men's Soccer program were recognized with 2024 All-Midlands Team accolades on Dec. 26 by the Omaha World-Herald.
A two-time All-GPAC goalkeeper, Nolan Fuelberth was honored by College Sports Communicators as a First Team Academic All-American. The award recognizes student-athletes for academic and athletic excellence.
In a season that came up one win shy of a national tournament berth, the Bulldogs contended closely for GPAC championships in both the regular season and postseason. Concordia was characterized by its air-tight defensive play.
For the second year in a row, Concordia Men's Soccer has placed nine team members on the list of NAIA Scholar-Athletes. Five of the honorees earned the award in back-to-back years.
Four Bulldogs were named 2024 Academic All-District honorees by College Sports Communicators: junior Nolan Fuelberth and sophomores Ferdi Hagen, Youssef Heggy and Michael Wyvill.
After placing as the GPAC runner up in the regular season and postseason, the Bulldogs landed eight players on the 2024 GPAC All-Conference teams. Iker Casanova was named the GPAC Defensive Player of the Year.
Second seeded Concordia University, Nebraska Men’s Soccer and No. 5 seed Hastings clashed for the fifth time in 10 years in the GPAC championship. The Broncos seized the go ahead goal and held on to a 1-0 lead to win the 2024 tournament title.
Second seeded Concordia University, Nebraska Men’s Soccer will host No. 5 seed Hastings in the GPAC tournament championship on Wednesday. The two teams will meet for the fifth time in 10 years in the playoff final.
After a scoreless first half in the semifinal, the second-seeded Bulldogs poured on three goals and pushed back the third-seeded charging Red Raiders in the 3-2 victory. The two teams opened up in the second frame downpouring 20 total shots.
For the first time in program history, Concordia men’s soccer enters a season as the defending GPAC tournament champions. The Bulldogs were picked fourth in the league's preseason poll.
Following its GPAC tournament championship run this past fall, Concordia returned to exhibition action this spring with a new-look team.
What do seniors like Mark Campbell do in the second semester after finishing their collegiate career in the first? Well, Campbell still gets the chills when he re-watches the 2015 GPAC title game.
If ever there was a first family of Concordia soccer, the Soenksens would be it. As Linda Soenksen says jokingly, "If you don’t like soccer we’re going to have to kick you out of the herd."
The 2015 Concordia men's soccer team provided a season's worth of memories during a 10-day span in November that saw the Bulldogs knock off the GPAC's top three seeds (all on the road) to claim the conference tournament title.
Raw emotions poured out all over Lloyd Wilson Field, engulfing a stadium that has made a habit of stamping out national tournament dreams for GPAC opposition.
The Concordia University men’s soccer team completed an improbable conference tournament run by slaying an elusive GPAC dragon on Thursday night. For the first time in program history, the Bulldogs raised the GPAC championship trophy by way of a 1-0 victory on the home field of top-seeded and 19th-ranked Hastings.
Concordia men’s soccer carries motivation from an agonizing 2014 season-ending defeat into a new year. After falling 2-1 in overtime to perennial power Hastings in the GPAC semifinal game, the Bulldogs have set their sights on taking another step.