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UNO beat Grand Canyon University on Friday and then beat #17 Virginia Tech on Sunday. UNO is now ranked #15 in one national poll.

https://www.topdrawersoccer.com/college ... nkings/men

2-0 last weekend and 6-0 on the season. ranked in the top 20. Great start to 2017.

Ranked #12 on College Soccer news, up from 16th

OMAHA ASCENDS TO NO. 10 IN NATIONAL POLL

Omaha also is ranked ninth in the national poll released by Top Drawer Soccer. The Mavericks are No. 12 in the College Soccer News Top 30 and No. 14 in the Soccer America rankings.

I do enjoy seeing UNO up there at #10 and Creighton in "others receiving votes". It's early in the season and this can certainly change, but the first few years of the program, CU supporters talked about how playing UNO would hurt their RPI and how they were one of the premier programs in the country and their fans saw no reason to play a 3rd rate program like UNO. I remember talk about how CU soccer exemplified "the beautiful game" at it's highest level while watching UNO was like watching a street mugging.

There is certainly room for two top flight NCAA men's soccer programs in this city and UNO has proven they are positioned to compete with the big boys. They have the facilities and a top coach. Maybe CU will be looking to poach Jason Mims if things keep trending the way they are for UNO.

UNO lost to Northern Illinois 1-0 with only 2 shots on goal...

#24 Omaha falls to #25 Creighton at UNO infront of an electric 5,000. DON'T STOP THIS SERIES CREIGHTON.

I will have zero respect for CU if they discontinue this series.

Greg

Tied 1-1 UNO beats Denver in the shootout 9-8.
UNO is going to the NCAA Tournament!

UNO soccer wins shootout to advance to first NCAA tournament

Tim Perera / World-Herald correspondent wrote:UNO advanced to its first NCAA Division I men's soccer tournament with a 2-1 win over Denver in a shootout at Caniglia Field.

The Mavericks won the shootout 9-8 and clinched it on a goal by Emannuel Hamzat.

Omaha 10-5-3 VS Florida International 11-1-4 in the first round on 11/16. Winner gets #6 Duke in the second round on 11/19.

Pretty cool UNO player Elvir Ibisevic got in against the US Men's National Team. With that and having a player drafted in the MLS draft along with the great season making the NCAA tournament this is probably the most successful D1 season outside of hockey for any program.

Jason Mims, UNO's first and only men's soccer coach, takes job with MLS franchise Real Salt Lake



http://www.omaha.com/uno/soccer/jason-m ... 877b2.html

Disappointing and somewhat unexpected. Honestly, I expected to get another 1-2 years out of Mims. I thought the biggest risk was seeing him go to Creighton as their program has somewhat regressed the last couple of years. I've never been sold on Elmar Bolowich. With the right leadership, CU has the resources to win a College Cup, which is a bit less likely for UNO. With his ties to CU, I figured that might be enticing.

I didn't think he'd leave for too many other college jobs and I hadn't thought of him taking an academy job with the MLS.

It's never a good day when the best coach on campus walks out the door.

Big time hire for Trev. Bob Warming former Creighton and Penn St coach will take over the UNO program. Two time national coach of the year.

Wow. That is a huge get!

Great hire. not unlike bringing in Dean Blais for hockey. This should set UNO up as a contender for a number of years.

Hard not to be excited about UNO Soccer going forward after watching the press conference. Still sad to see Mims go, but it's obvious that the program is in capable hands and there are people at the helm, both the head coach and athletic director, that care about the sport and its viability at the school and in the city of Omaha overall.

Yeah this is as big of a hire as UNO has had since Dean Blais. I never thought they'd be able to bring in a coach for soccer with the pedigree of Warming. If they were going to lose Mims, this is almost a best case scenario. I can see UNO soccer going to the next level. Hopefully they keep increasing attendance.

I'm not a soccer guy myself (did play some growing up and love going to Sporting KC games) but this is very good for UNO overall.

Greg