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The 2021 campaign will be remembered as one that featured a series of close calls. The Bulldogs finished the season at 7-8-3 overall with each of their final seven defeats (including GPAC quarterfinals) coming by one-goal margins.
The 2021 campaign will be remembered as one that featured a series of close calls. The Bulldogs finished the season at 7-8-3 overall with each of their final seven defeats (including GPAC quarterfinals) coming by one-goal margins.
The trio of Yessine Bessaïes, Iker Casanova and David Moreno each landed on the all-conference second team announced by the GPAC on Monday (Nov. 15). Decker Mattimoe and Garrett Perry were named Honorable Mention All-GPAC.
In a game indicative of how the 2021 season unfolded, the Bulldogs dropped another close one. They were edged by Morningside, 2-1, on Wednesday (Nov. 3) in the GPAC quarterfinals and finished the campaign with a 7-8-3 overall record.
Following an up-and-down regular season, the Bulldogs are ready for a restart and a GPAC quarterfinal matchup at Morningside. Concordia reached the GPAC tournament title game as recently as 2017.
The regular season came to a conclusion on Wednesday (Oct. 27) as the Bulldogs played Doane to a 1-1 draw on a rainy night in Crete. Concordia will enter the postseason at 7-7-3 overall (5-4-2 GPAC).
The regular season will wrap up on Wednesday for the Bulldogs, who are looking to continue their recent success over rival Doane. Concordia can lock up the No. 5 seed in the GPAC with a win in Crete.
On a night used to celebrate the seniors, the Bulldogs enjoyed their most lopsided win of the season, handling Presentation, 6-0. Both Yessine Bessaïes and Ryan Wokutch burned the Saints with two goals apiece.
A rough start to the second half doomed the Bulldogs on Wednesday (Oct. 20) as they attempted to put an end to Briar Cliff's win streak. The Chargers emerged with a 1-0 win in a game played at Memorial Field in Sioux City, Iowa.
Only three games remain for the Bulldogs to make a move in the GPAC regular season standings. Coming off a 3-3 draw at Hastings, Concordia will play Briar Cliff and Presentation. Saturday will be senior day.
The evening featured all the intensity and tension one could ask for in a matchup between Concordia and Hastings. Both sides traded blows in what ultimately finished as a 3-3 draw after 110 minutes of action on Saturday (Oct. 16).
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.