United States Coast Guard Academy - Department of Athletics

The 2007 men’s soccer season was another successful one for the Academy. The Bears finished 9-7-1 and participated in the ECAC Tournament for the fourth time in five years. In the difficult NEWMAC Conference, the Bears finished 2-3-1, with all seven games (including the conference tournament game) determined by one goal. In fact, all seven Coast Guard losses during the season were by one goal.

The Bears got off to a fast to the season with home wins against New England College and Mitchell College. Dave O’Brien scored the game winner off a restart against NEC, and Peter Deneen tallied two of the five goals against Mitchell College. The match against rival USMMA was a thrilling one, but the Bears came out on the losing end in OT, 1-0.

Martin Villa will play in the NEISL Senior All-Star game on May 3rd.

NEW LONDON, CONN.--(3/27/08)--Coast Guard Academy senior defender Martin Villa has been selected to play in the New England Intercollegiate Soccer League (NEISL) Senior All-Star Game at Clark University on May 3rd at 3 p.m.

Villa, a New England Women's and Men's Athletic Conference (NEWMAC) first team selection, had one goal and two assists. He was the backbone of a Coast Guard defense which allowed just one goal per game this season.

The Bears finished 9-7-1 and earned a berth to the ECAC New England Division III tournament for the fourth time in five years.

Men's Soccer - Late Goals End Bears Season in ECAC's

Junior James Toohey scored the only Coast Guard goal in a 2-1 double overtime loss.

WORCESTER, MASS.--(11/7/07)--Coast Guard was under two minutes away from a victory, but Worcester State posted a dramatic come from behind victory Wednesday evening at Coughlin Field in the ECAC quarterfinal match-up against the U.S. Coast Guard Academy.

The fourth-seeded Lancers scored in the 88th minute in regulation to tie the game and then with just 1:01 left in the second overtime to earn the 2-1 win over the fifth-seeded Bears, who finish the season 9-7-1.

Coast Guard opened the scoring in the 9th minute when a Worcester State foul set up a virtual corner kick for the visitors and junior Ben Walsh sent a ball across the box and junior James Toohey punched home the first goal of the game. That would be all the scoring in the frame as Coast Guard out shot the Lancers 10-8 in the first half.