8/12/09

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• Aug. 12: Coach Schilte-Brown Video

Quick Kicks
The 2009 USF women's soccer team was greeted back to Tampa with a typical summer day for the first day of summer and the newcomers not from Florida learned what heat is all about.

The Bulls trained for two hours in the morning from 9-11 then went from 3-5 this afternoon. Schilte-Brown said that today was used as an evaulation session, to see and said that moving forward the next couple days will be used to learn tactics.

The team reported to campus bright and early Monday morning. The day was used for team meetings and getting to know each other.

Schilte-Brown announced that freshman set a number of strength and conditioning marks. She said it was the first time a freshman has set standards.

Schilte-Brown was very impressed with the teams conditioning and thinks that will be a major component to the teams success this season.

Check out the rest of Coach Schilte-Brown thoughts from the first day

Exhibit A
The Bulls have just a few days to prep for their first home exhibition, which takes place on Sunday, August 16 at 6 p.m at USF Soccer Stadium against Jacksonville St.

Tickets On Ticketmaster
For the first time, University of South Florida soccer fans can now purchase match tickets through Ticketmaster for women's soccer.

What Went Down this Off Season...
Improving the Attack
The Bulls entered the 2009 offseason with a renewed commintment to improving their offensive attack and this spring they showed that they would be able to do just that.

This spring Bulls were quite impressive this past spring posting three 1-0 victories in the three 45 minute exhibitions, in victories over St. Leo’s, Jacksonville and Miami.

Paceheco Earns Her First Cap
Sophomore Gina Pacheco earned her first international cap for Canadian National team in the July 20 match against the United States in Rochecter, N.Y.

The Ottawa, Ontario native entered the game in the 81st minute, replacing Kara Lang in hopes of bringing a spark to the Canadian offensive attack. Pacheco played the final 11 minutes but did not record a shot.

Bulls on the National Scene
Five Bulls were either part of the National teams or particpated in national team camps.

Senior Mallori Lofton-Malachi trained with the U.S. National team earlier this year. Although she was not called up to the national team, she impressed player's and coach with her knowledge of the game and freakish athleticism.

Also making a buzz were a trio Canadians. Sophomore Gina Paceheco, redshirt freshman Bahar Sansar and incoming freshman Taylor Patterson were named to the Canadian women’s U-20 team. Sansar and Paceheo were then promoted to the National team for a series of three friendly matches against the U.S.

Sophomore Rehan Murani was played for the Guinese National team which was coached by USF assistant Chris Brown.

The Bulls Welcome Nine
This past February USF received national letters of intent from nine talented incoming freshmen hailing from all across North America. This class marks Schilte-Brown’s third recruiting class since being named head coach in the winter of 2006. Schilte-Brown used her roots from up north to land two heralded players from Canada. Although much smaller in size than the class from a season ago, this is class filled with players with outstanding pedigrees, on both the national and international levels.