Despite losing a handful of decorated seniors that doubled as Big West Conference and tournament champions last year, Long Beach State women’s soccer is coming into the 2019 season both cohesive and confident. “Our chemistry is great,” 16th-year coach Mauricio Ingrassia said. “Everyone gets it, they’re understanding what we’re trying to do and there’s a […]
The Beach FC 17U boys’ team won the U.S. Club Soccer ENPL National Championship earlier this month by beating Gwinnett Soccer Academy 2-0 in the championship match. “The moment that stands out most to me was when we were all standing up there on the podium,” defender Ethan Szuchan said. “When the final whistle blows, […]
This week on the show JJ sits down with Long Beach State women’s soccer coach Mauricio Ingrassia to talk about his teams trip to the World Cup in France (2:00) and Mike breaks down Long Beach’s role in creating Title IX (17:30).
We’re counting down the top moments for Long Beach prep sports in 2018-19. 10. Lakewood Hires Scott Meyer The Moore League football landscape has been shaped by so many coaches coming and going, and for the first time in awhile, the league is getting a quality on-campus coach back again. In December, Lakewood hired Scott […]
This has been by far the best sports year at Cabrillo High as the Jaguars have been able to make school history in boys’ soccer, boys’ water polo and badminton over the last eight months. In March, the boys’ soccer team ended the 25-year drought by winning the school’s first-ever postseason championship. They did it […]
None of the players on the Millikan girls’ soccer team were alive the last time the Rams won the Moore League championship, a shared title in 1991. In fact, the last time they won the league title by themselves, head coach Tino Nunez was just a baby in 1985. That all changed in February when […]
The upcoming Long Beach State men’s basketball season is an important one for coach Dan Monson, who is in the second year of a five-year contract extension. This year he has to get a big group of new players ready for a challenging nonconference schedule. “Having six home games, the most preseason home games in […]
The Beach FC 14U boys’ club soccer team rolled to an easy 7-0 victory on Saturday to qualify for the Elite Club National League (ECNL) Playoffs on June 27-July 2 in Rockford, Illinois. Here are some great action shots by Joseph Kling from the win on Saturday. Roster: Alberto Gomez, Andrew Kamienski, Benji Jimenez, Ben […]
The Beach FC 16U girls’ team that won a 2017 National Championship together won another State Cup Championship last month in Norco. This group of young soccer players lost a lot of their 2017 teammates, but have bounced back under the tutelage of Los Alamitos High coach Pat Rossi. Their next regional tournament is in […]
This week we’re catching up with Cabrillo boys’ soccer coach Pat Noyes for our Offseason Reset Interview to talk about the improbable CIF State championship his Jaguars won earlier this year. Photo By Thomas Cordova/LB Post 00:30 What If Long Beach State Men’s Volleyball Star TJ DeFalco Went Pro? 04:15 Offseason Reset Interview With Cabrillo […]