United States Coast Guard Academy - Department of Athletics

Coast Guard, which won the 2008 ECAC New England Championship, will look to make it four consecutive seasons above .500. The Bears will also try to get to postseason play for the fourth straight time.

The team will take on a new look from last year’s squad as they lost seven starters including five of their top seven goal scorers.

If there has been one constant for the Bears in the last four years, it is in goal and senior co-captain Tim Olah will once again be the starter for the fourth straight season. He posted a 1.16 goals against average last season with eight shutouts bringing his career total to 18. Junior Chris Tarbell, sophomore Sean Newmeyer and freshman Will Leffler will all challenge for the backup position.

David O'Brien will play in the NEISL All-Star Game on May 2nd.

NEW LONDON, CONN.--(3/30/09)--Coast Guard Academy senior midfielder David O’Brien has been selected to play in the New England Intercollegiate Soccer League (NEISL) Senior All-Star Game at Clark University on May 2nd at 2 p.m.

The NEISL All-Star game features players from Divisions I, II, and III.

O’Brien, who was a second-team All-New England selection, earning All-New England honors for the first time, was also a first team All-conference selection in the New England Women’s and Men’s Athletic Conference (NEWMAC), for the second straight season finished the season with five goals and two assists.

David O'Brien earned second team All-England honors, the highest honor for a Coast Guard player since 1994.

NEW LONDON, CONN.--(12/15/08)--Coast Guard Academy senior midfielder David O’Brien has been named to the 2008 National Soccer Coaches Association of America (NSCAA)/Adidas All-New England team. He was named to the second team.

O’Brien, who was named a first team All-conference selection in the New England Women’s and Men’s Athletic Conference (NEWMAC), for the second straight season finished the season with five goals and two assists. He earns All-New England honors for the first time in his career.

Coast Guard captured the ECAC New England Division III Championship and did not allow a goal in the entire tournament, to win the program’s third ECAC Championship and first since 1998.

Coast Guard captured its first ECAC Championship since 1998.

Coast Guard played some of its best soccer of the season late in the year and the team went out as champions, as the Bears captured the ECAC Division III New England Championship by knocking off top-seeded Eastern Connecticut 1-0 at home in the championship game.

The Bears, who were outstanding at home this season, losing just once and finishing 10-1-1, got a little revenge as well in the championship game as Eastern Connecticut was the only team to knock off the Bears on its field this season, a 1-0 loss in the regular season.

Third-seeded Coast Guard, which was competing in its fifth ECAC tournament in the last six years, won all three tournament games by shutout with junior goalkeeper Tim Olah registering all three shutouts to capture the programs third ECAC Championship and first since 1998. Olah was solid in goal all season as he recorded eight shutouts and finished with a 1.16 goals against average.

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