Soccer Archives - The Reporter: The Student Newspaper at Miami Dade College https://mdcthereporter.com/tag/soccer/ Mon, 04 Aug 2025 05:17:47 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.8.2 https://mdcthereporter.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/R_reporter_logo-1-125x125.png Soccer Archives - The Reporter: The Student Newspaper at Miami Dade College https://mdcthereporter.com/tag/soccer/ 32 32 How An Injury Helped Me Blaze A Path Into Sports Journalism https://mdcthereporter.com/how-an-injury-helped-me-blaze-a-path-into-sports-journalism/ Mon, 04 Aug 2025 05:11:00 +0000 https://mdcthereporter.com/?p=39917 Ever since I can remember, I’ve had a ball in my hands or was bouncing one off my feet. 
As a kid, I wanted to be like my favorite American soccer player Clint Dempsey. I watched his every move. 
But at barely 5-feet-5-inches tall, my dream felt impossible.
Until… Read the rest at our website.

How An Injury Helped Me Blaze A Path Into Sports Journalism

]]> Lady Sharks Hire Two Assistant Soccer Coaches https://mdcthereporter.com/lady-sharks-hire-two-assistant-soccer-coaches/ Wed, 03 Apr 2024 21:04:26 +0000 https://mdcthereporter.com/?p=36807 Miami Dade College’s fledgling soccer program, which will officially take the field for the first time this fall,  has added two assistant coaches to its women’s squad.
Mario Concha, who has served as an assistant coach for various Major League Soccer academy teams, and Bianca Mandrini, who played at… Read the rest at our website.

Lady Sharks Hire Two Assistant Soccer Coaches

]]> MDC Hires Coaches To Lead Its Soccer Program https://mdcthereporter.com/mdc-hires-coaches-to-lead-their-soccer-program/ Thu, 08 Feb 2024 19:38:31 +0000 https://mdcthereporter.com/?p=36376 Eight months after announcing it was resurrecting its soccer program, Miami Dade College has hired the coaches who will lead them. The College last fielded a soccer team 34 years ago. 
Giuseppe DePalo, who previously served as Nova Southeastern University men’s soccer coach, will fill the same role at… Read the rest at our website.

MDC Hires Coaches To Lead Its Soccer Program

]]> Miami Dade College Announces Plan To Field Soccer Teams In Fall Of 2024 https://mdcthereporter.com/miami-dade-college-announces-plans-to-field-soccer-teams-in-fall-of-2024/ Tue, 20 Jun 2023 13:38:34 +0000 https://mdcthereporter.com/?p=34825 Move over Lionel Messi, soccer is coming to Miami Dade College.
“Beginning fall of 2024, Miami Dade College will have men and women’s soccer,” the schools president Madeline Pumariega announced at Tuesday’s monthly Board of Trustees meeting. “And we are kicking it off.”  
The news comes on the heels… Read the rest at our website.

Miami Dade College Announces Plan To Field Soccer Teams In Fall Of 2024

]]> Former MDC Soccer Champion Creates Sports Camp For Kids With Disabilities https://mdcthereporter.com/former-mdc-soccer-champion-antonio-paz-creates-sports-camp-for-kids-with-disabilities/ Fri, 16 Nov 2018 20:11:26 +0000 https://www.mdcthereporter.com/?p=14859 Antonio “Motor” Paz’s life has always revolved around soccer.
Paz won a national championship in soccer at Miami Dade College in 1979. He coached the sport at Coral Gables Senior High School from 1986 to 2002 and he recently coached the Pinecrest Premier youth team.
So when he looked… Read the rest at our website.

Former MDC Soccer Champion Creates Sports Camp For Kids With Disabilities

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