The 2023 GPAC men’s soccer tournament kicked off on Wednesday night (Nov. 1), as No. 3 seeded Concordia hosted No. 6 seeded Dordt.
The defending GPAC tournament champions collected their right to host a conference quarterfinal match for the second year in a row. The third-seeded unbeaten Concordia University Men’s Soccer team sets their sights on sixth-seeded Dordt for Wednesday’s bout beginning at 7 p.m. CT.
The 2023 men’s soccer team finished unbeaten with a 13-0-4 overall record and 7-0-4 in the conference. They are the first team to complete such a massive feat in the program’s 53-year history (1970).
The Bulldogs only have one match left on the regular season schedule as the team takes on Doane for the Wednesday bout (Oct. 25). Concordia will look to go unbeaten in the regular season for the first time in program history.
Senior day was celebrated on Saturday (Oct. 21), as Concordia hosted Waldorf for their final regular season home match at Bulldog Stadium. Iker Casanova, Braden Spath, Michael Lindberg and Ryan Wokutch were the four seniors honored.
As the wind blew throughout the whole 90 minutes, the shots constantly sailed high for Concordia in their match against Briar Cliff on Wednesday (Oct. 18).
After the Bulldogs grabbed a tie (1-1) on the road against Hastings on Saturday (Oct. 14), they will face the GPAC standing leader, Briar Cliff, on Wednesday (Oct. 18).
Concordia and Hastings played a physical match on Saturday night (Oct. 14) at Lloyd Wilson Field. The Bulldogs earned an early goal through Slade Leicht but conceded a score three minutes later off a rebound on a saved penalty kick in the draw (1-1).
The Bulldogs have the midweek to get healthy before playing the Broncos on Saturday night (Oct. 14). Every point matters as the season starts to come to a close, but No. 20 Concordia could separate themselves with a win in Hastings.
Dre Williams was honored with the GPAC/Hauff Mid-America Sports Men's Soccer Offensive Player of the Week by the league office on Tuesday (Oct. 10). Williams kicked in both Concordia goals in the 2-1 win at Jamestown on Saturday (Oct. 7).
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Piggybacking upon its 2015 GPAC title, the 2016 Bulldogs made a return trip to the conference finals. Head coach Jason Weides' program has proved it has staying power as one of the conference's best.
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Five games. One goal allowed. The results have been impressive for Concordia's remade backline that takes from many different nations.
