<By winning the ‘2017 U League’ 10 Region Preliminaries, the YU soccer team won the 10 region preliminaries for the sixth straight year>
The YU soccer team (Head Coach Kim Hyun-joon) won the 10 regional preliminaries in the ‘2017 U League’ as they write their legend of winning the 10 region preliminaries for the sixth straight year. YU made a remarkable achievement of winning six straight years, and also achieving the fourth victory without any defeats to once again prove that they are unparalleled in college soccer.
Even when looking at the entire U League regions, the YU soccer team’s record is outstanding. After the match with the University of Ulsan on May 6, 2010, the YU soccer team has been undefeated at home for 58 straight matches in the U League regional preliminaries. When including away games, it has not lost in the past 65 matches since the away game with Dong-A University on April 5, 2013.
Last year, the YU soccer team won four major tournaments to take the throne of college soccer. YU represented Gyeongbuk to win the gold medal at the 2016 National Sports Festival, while winning the 47th Nation Spring College Soccer Championship, 13th Spring Freshmen and Sophomore College Tournament, and winning all 12 matches in the 2016 U League regional matches.
This year, the YU soccer team had many changes. Coach Kim Byeong-soo who led the glory years of YU soccer for the past several years went to Seoul E-Land FC of the K League Challenge (Division 2) earlier this year, and Kim Hyun-joon stepped up as the head coach for YU. Furthermore, five players of the team went pro all at once causing a vacuum in players. Despite such changes, the YU soccer team has been demonstrating that they are still as strong as they used to be.
The reason why the YU soccer team is so stable is because of the harmony of the old and new. Seo Min-woo (19, Sports Science, freshman) who graduated from the Seoul Jungdong High School this year and enrolled at YU has been showing his true colors after shifting his position to an attacker and recorded 11 goals in 12 U League matches. The older athletes are also doing great. Kim Gyeong-hoon (22, Sports Science, senior) who changed his position to attacker this season has been receiving the complete trust of Coach Kim Hyun-joon thanks to his abilities to dash instantaneously and finish strong. Lee Byeong-wook (21) and Kim Dong-hyeon (21) who are both juniors have been tightening the defensive line as the central defense duo using their strong physical abilities and command for balls in the air.
The YU will participate in the 2017 National Sports Festival as representatives of Gyeongsangbuk-do and will participate in the 2017 U League Championships starting off with the match against Cyber Hankuk University of Foreign Studies that will be held at the Yeonggwang Sportium Complex on the 10th.
Coach Kim Hyun-joon said, “There were many changes earlier this year, which could have shaken up our team a lot, but our entire team united into one to defend our pride as a college powerhouse.” He added, “Please show your interest and support on how many more trophies the YU soccer team will add this season.”
