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Sports => Football => Topic started by: dtool on February 21, 2006, 02:26:04 PM
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Black History Month : Howard University 1974 Soccer Special on Comcast
TV Special on Howard University Soccer Team that Won the 1974 NCAA Championship
For Black History Month, Comcast Sports Channel is airing a special on the Howard University Soccer Team that won the 1974 NCAA Championship. Lincoln Phillips was the coach of the team. Trevor Leiba, Ian Bain, Keith Look Loy, Tony Martin, and Neil Williams were members of the team. Howard beat St. Louis University 2-1 in the final. Howard had an undefeated (19-0) record for the season.
Comcast Airing Schedule – Eastern Standard Time
Wednesday, February 22, 6:30 pm and 10:00 pm
Thursday, February 23, 6:00 am – 9:00 am
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dis is a cant miss....cant leave out men like Barnaby and Mario
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BIG UP HU!!!!!
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                            DID YOU KNOW (32 years ago -1974)
                          The 1974 Howard University Men Soccer Team
• The first team from a historically black university to win an NCAA Division I championship title.
• The second team in the Washington DC metropolitan area to win an NCAA Division I
        championship title (Catholic University was the first 1958 –Boxing).
• The first black coach ( Lincoln Phillips) to win an NCAA Division I championship title in the
         U.S.A.
• The only team since 1974 to have an undefeated and untied season in winning the NCAA
         men’s soccer championship title (Four other teams had a similar record between 1960-1968).
The Howard University Men Soccer team won the NCAA soccer championship in 1974. This accomplishment proved their superiority in the sport of soccer to the NCAA, the nation, and the world.
The Booters, who were captained by Ian Bain, won all nineteen of their soccer games during 1974, climaxing their season with a 2-1 quadruple overtime win over St. Louis. This unbeaten and untied season in 1974 has never been equaled since by any other men’s NCAA soccer championship team. (The unbeaten and untied record still stands after 32 years)
The “Super Bad” Booters even though crowned National Champions because of their superb performance and skill were not rewarded with any players named to the “All American” team by the NCAA. Bain was the only member of the team to receive any recognition ( “Honorable Mention”).
Bain however was selected “ Outstanding Athlete of the Year” by the Howard University Athletic Alumni Association and the team was honored by many groups around the country for their accomplishments.
In 1974, Coach Lincoln Phillips accomplished the honor of coaching the first team from a historically black university to win an NCAA championship and was also recognized as the first black coach to win an NCAA championship in the nation. Coach Phillips received in 1974 the first of his two degrees from Howard University – the BS in Physical Education.
    Visit the Howard University campus and see the 1974 NCAA Soccer trophy among the manyÂ
                             soccer awards
              {Let’s remember the 1971 soccer team – (35 year anniversary in 2006)}
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Wait they won in 1971. Apparently the NCAA take back the title in 71 cause some of the players (Trinis apparently) didn't write SAT's. They were banned. Not to sure how long. Big up to the TD though for coming back in 74 and having a 19 game unbeaten streak to the final..
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Breaking News at Howard University ...Doc????
Subject: Personnel Changes
Date: Sat, 20 Jan 2007 13:19:00 -0500
Everyone,
I wanted to inform you that as of yesterday, Keith Tucker and Curtis Landy
are no longer with the University. We will shortly be looking for new
coaches for the men's soccer program. Please send any suggestions and/or
resumes to Dwight Datcher, Director of Athletics, Howard University,
Department of Intercollegiate Athletics, 6th & Girard Streets, NW,
Washington, DC 20059 or ddatcher@howard.edu <mailto:ddatcher@howard.edu> .
The telephone number to the Athletics Department is (202) 806-7141. You
can also make referrals to me. I will pass them on.
Bison Love,
Karen Y. House
Assistant Director of Athletics
Director of Bison Express
(202) 806-6821
(202) 518-3316 fax
khouse@howard.edu
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heard about this...about time tucker gone...maybe now their football program can move forward
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TI
c/o hardest
Nelson street POS :devil:
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TI
c/o hardest
Nelson street POS :devil:
correction, east dry river ;D
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TI
c/o hardest
Nelson street POS :devil:
correction, east dry river ;D
sorry sah , East dry river ... :devil:
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I hope Howard soccer program moves back to National recognition now. Thanks for the information dtool. I will pass it on.
Kingman
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'tool call Bain. send one ah dem big macco Goodfellas tuh make him an offer he cant refuse....plenty perks :devil:.
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Anyone got Ivan Sampson digits here, I know he is ah DC man, it go be good to see ah Trini coaching a College football program, could have good opportunities for some of the graduating SSFL players.
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Ivan running some programs in MD I think. Howard Bisons have one of the worst records, they really need a COACH!
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Guys is this true or pre-Aprils fools joke.
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Anyone got Ivan Sampson digits here, I know he is ah DC man, it go be good to see ah Trini coaching a College football program, could have good opportunities for some of the graduating SSFL players.
FYI: There are several Trinis coaching in college programs.
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this is very true. yuh wha de wuk or wha. ;D
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nah!!! There a number of people with credntials and experience to do that. Walkes. Bain. Sampson. Anymore nominations!!1
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nah!!! There a number of people with credntials and experience to do that. Walkes. Bain. Sampson. Anymore nominations!!1
Ian Bain still coaching, long time since ah hear that name?
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One year from now we go see their long-term coach. :o
As far as the Trinis in coaching positions goes, I know Maurice Loregnard (Madras) was at U. of Tampa, Anthony Sherwood is involved with u of Richmond in some capacity and Ryan Anatol (CIC, mid to late 90s) is Asst. head coach at U. of South Florida - Tampa.
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Sampson runs camps that focus on what he calls "Tiny Mites" or near toddlers all over the DC- Metro area.He has perfect energy and attitude for that age group, not sure how he'd do with older age groups. Any way, it won't be him ;)
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Anyone got Ivan Sampson digits here, I know he is ah DC man, it go be good to see ah Trini coaching a College football program, could have good opportunities for some of the graduating SSFL players.
Go to sampsonsoccer.com to check out Ivan's site.
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Walkes, Head coach, West Chester state.
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tell dem bout the 2 englishmen from st marys 06....jeezan
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tell dem bout the 2 englishmen from st marys 06....jeezan
:rotfl: :rotfl: :rotfl: :rotfl: :rotfl: :rotfl: :rotfl:
Yuh want them to loose their Div 1 status or what Big Magician
Dey go be competing against teams like Hood College, or Hopskins or Goucher College here bredda! if that Happen.
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tell dem bout the 2 englishmen from st marys 06....jeezan
:rotfl: :rotfl: :rotfl: :rotfl: :rotfl: :rotfl: :rotfl:
Yuh want them to loose their Div 1 status or what Big Magician
Dey go be competing against teams like Hood College, or Hopskins or Goucher College here bredda! if that Happen.
yuh chek de level of competition dey playing now! Hood and Hopskins and Goucher could give HU ah good run or even beat dem.....I was at the fete match dey had on campus end of October...de football was de best seta football dah field see in years....
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tell dem bout the 2 englishmen from st marys 06....jeezan
:rotfl: :rotfl: :rotfl: :rotfl: :rotfl: :rotfl: :rotfl:
Yuh want them to loose their Div 1 status or what Big Magician
Dey go be competing against teams like Hood College, or Hopskins or Goucher College here bredda! if that Happen.
yuh chek de level of competition dey playing now! Hood and Hopskins and Goucher could give HU ah good run or even beat dem.....I was at the fete match dey had on campus end of October...de football was de best seta football dah field see in years....
yeah I know, just because you D3 doh mean yuh bave talent. I was a Baltimorean for years and followed football there. I always thought that Hopskins was better than Loyola, Towson, UMBC and Goucher. The thing that make Hopskins suck was that all their players played for the love of the game, because their only D1 sport that offered scholarship was Lacrosse!
De situation was embarrassing at HU, Man telling me about them in the 70's and how they were a powerhouse but I watch dem last seasons for a two games and boy CIC coulda beat them this year!
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I delighted to see him go. Did he leave on his own? I got the impression that as long as he wanted the job, it was his .... coach for life ;D
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I delighted to see him go. Did he leave on his own? I got the impression that as long as he wanted the job, it was his .... coach for life ;D
He got the axe friday afternoon.
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:o :o Keith finally gone, well let's hope for bigger and better things to come.
All the Best fellas
HHHHHHUUUUU!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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I delighted to see him go. Did he leave on his own? I got the impression that as long as he wanted the job, it was his .... coach for life ;D
doc...yuh throwing yuh name in de hat ;D
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Not me pardnah .... my hands full!!
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I have to wonder what was the final straw...
How the team look last season?
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the team has been terrible in recent seasons....so glad to see that coach gone
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the team has been terrible in recent seasons....so glad to see that coach gone
Is more than a decade!
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the team has been terrible in recent seasons....so glad to see that coach gone
Is more than a decade!
dey say de man coaching dey for 26yrs....
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the team has been terrible in recent seasons....so glad to see that coach gone
Is more than a decade!
dey say de man coaching dey for 26yrs....
1 good yr outta 26 and he now get fired.
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I suppose one interpretation is that getting the team to a NCAA Div I final (and winning a coach of the year award) was worth 18 years of goodwill and job security?
Some men may have mixed feelings about de runnings, but I'm hardpressed to find another institution that would have been as patient.
Tucks, it may have been better to have jumped than to be pushed (assuming the facts as presented are accurate) ... ent?
Well, perhaps not financially ...
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Can anyone tell me exactly what is the state of the program at HU?
What kind of players do they have? where do they traditionally recruit from? And what exactly were the problems under Tucker?
Were they Tucker's problems or are the problems systemic to the university (any reluctance to truly support the sport)?
Also, how would any one of you rate HU's potential? What new problems will a new coach have to deal with?
Thanks
Seeker
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Howard is looking to take a new pro active approach to its entire athletic program. Obviously by starting to revamp it's most notable program. Howard has struggled to attract the quality black player from the US and internationally, as many other non HBCU institutions poured more money into their programs. All the talented Black players are very highly recruited by the bigger colleges who have the money and profile to attract these players. Look at the ACC teams; UCLA etc. that's where the best Black players are now playing. The US u-17 team has about 7 or 8 in the Bradenton Academy.
It will take a huge committment from the athletic department and the new coach to turn things around. Maybe Shaka???
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Howard University New Soccer COACH
This appeared in the Washington Post by Steven Goff (Soccer Insider) (5/15/2007:
http://blog.washingtonpost.com/soccerinsider/2007/05/howard_u_makes_its_choice.html
Howard U. Makes Its Choice
An impeccable source with strong ties to the local soccer scene tells me that Howard University
has hired Joseph Okoh as its new coach. Okoh has been the head coach at
Division II Shepherd University in West Virginia. Prior to that, he coached at
several Washington area high schools.
Shaka Hislop, the Bison grad who starred in England for years and played for T&T in the World Cup
last summer before joining FC Dallas, was the highest profile candidate, but wanted to continue his
playing career and apparently was not happy with the way the school handled
longtime coach Keith Tucker's dismissal in January.
I am seeking comment from both Okoh and the Howard athletic department
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Kendall Walkes was also a strong candiddate for the job. He declined.
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This appeared in the Washington Post by Steven Goff (Soccer Insider) (5/15/2007:
http://blog.washingtonpost.com/soccerinsider/2007/05/howard_u_makes_its_choice.html
Howard U. Makes Its Choice
An impeccable source with strong ties to the local soccer scene tells me that Howard University
has hired Joseph Okoh as its new coach. Okoh has been the head coach at
Division II Shepherd University in West Virginia. Prior to that, he coached at
several Washington area high schools.
Shaka Hislop, the Bison grad who starred in England for years and played for T&T in the World Cup
last summer before joining FC Dallas, was the highest profile candidate, but wanted to continue his
playing career and apparently was not happy with the way the school handled
longtime coach Keith Tucker's dismissal in January.
I am seeking comment from both Okoh and the Howard athletic department
For the record, Shaka decline because they did not offer him a respectable salary. They can't finish pay Shaka. But Howard so cheap, with Shaka experience, the school would have got results and with this result would have brought back a lot of money to the school.
Kingman
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Howard Soccer Program has been poor for a long, long time now. The school would not spend any type of outlavish spending on the coach’s salary per say, like Shaka request maybe. They have a majority of West Indians and Blacks Americans going to that school that could play, but unfortunately they have not been able to get it together up there. ???
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hey have to admire how shaka kinda stick up for he old coach. Wondering if Tucker ever really got the money support to compete with the other area schools VA DC area. Some serious competition right there.
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If accurate, somewhat surprised that Shaka applied for the position ...
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the ideal candidate for that position was Walkes....buh say wha....movin rite along
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tucker was an idiot coach...Howard eh care bout they football program. The adminstration there is jus a set of frustration yes
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Was checking out subsequent developments online since Okoh's appointment ... didn't see any posted, but dese fellas have a horrible schedule!!!
The Howard University men's soccer team will get tested early under new head coach Joseph Okoh as it plays eight of its first 10 games on the road.
The Bison Booters open their season at home on Sept. 27 versus James Madison.
Howard opens Atlantic Soccer Conference play at Philadelphia University on October 6.
http://www.howard-bison.com/sports/msoc/2007/Schedule
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Was checking out subsequent developments online since Okoh's appointment ... didn't see any posted, but dese fellas have a horrible schedule!!!
The Howard University men's soccer team will get tested early under new head coach Joseph Okoh as it plays eight of its first 10 games on the road.
The Bison Booters open their season at home on Sept. 27 versus James Madison.
Howard opens Atlantic Soccer Conference play at Philadelphia University on October 6.
http://www.howard-bison.com/sports/msoc/2007/Schedule
Probably scheduled all those tough away games to get money from the opposing Athletic Department.
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Was checking out subsequent developments online since Okoh's appointment ... didn't see any posted, but dese fellas have a horrible schedule!!!
The Howard University men's soccer team will get tested early under new head coach Joseph Okoh as it plays eight of its first 10 games on the road.
The Bison Booters open their season at home on Sept. 27 versus James Madison.
Howard opens Atlantic Soccer Conference play at Philadelphia University on October 6.
http://www.howard-bison.com/sports/msoc/2007/Schedule
And that JMU game is a definite lorse....
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Howard University .... getting back on track
Oct 8, 2007
Victor Thomas named ASC Goalie of the Week
WASHINGTON, D.C. - Sophomore Victor Thomas (Scarborough, Trinidad/Signal Hill) has been named the Atlantic Soccer Conference (ASC) Goalie of the Week, the conference announced on Monday.
Thomas collected ten saves in the lone game of the week for the Bison, a 0-0 tie in double overatime at Philadelphia University on October 6. He lowered his goals-against-average for the season to 0.61 with his performance against the Rams and earned his second shutout of the season in three appearances.
The Bison will return to action on Tuesday with a non-conference game against Navy in Annapolis
Oct 9, 2007
Bison Men Battle the Mids to a Tie
ANNAPOLIS, MD. - The Howard men's soccer team took 11 shots against Navy but couldn't find the back of the net, tying the Midshipmen, 0-0 Tuesday night in Annapolis. The game was delayed 40 minutes at the start of the contest due to lightning and was called with 13:41 to play because of a second wave of lightning.
"Our defense was outstanding for most of the night and we are going to be very solid defensively," Head Coach Joseph Okoah said. "We just need to generate a bit more on the offensive end."
Besides committing fewer fouls (Navy had 11 fouls while Howard had 10), the Bison picked up seven saves compared to two by the Mids. GK Victor Thomas was credited with those seven while earning his third career shutout.
"For us to get a shutout against this team is incredible. A lot of that credit goes to Thomas," Okoh added.
As of last week, Navy ranked in the top 10 in the National Soccer Coaches Association of America (NSCAA) Mid-Atlantic Regional Rankings.
The Bison are off for over a week and return to action on Oct. 21 with a home conference matchup against Adelphi
http://www.howard-bison.com/sports/msoc/index
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A lot of overtime ball ...
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I torte Thorne Holder was saving for Howard now
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I torte Thorne Holder was saving for Howard now
He's actually competing for Chris Seitz's old job at Maryland (College Park).
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I think he is at Maryland
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Tanks Sharkie and Deeks for de update
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Howard University Soccer Coach Arrested
http://www.wjla.com/news/stories/0108/491493.html
Howard University Soccer Coach Arrested posted 5:39 pm Mon January 28, 2008 - Washington
A Howard University soccer coach was arrested in Louisa County, Virginia as part of an online sex sting.
Authorities took 40-year-old Joseph E. Okoh into custody Friday after he drove from his Arlington, Va. home to meet who he believed was a 13-year-old girl that he had been talking to over the internet.
Louisa County sheriff's office said the coach was talking in a Yahoo Instant Message chat room and that they were "shocked" by how quickly the suspect wanted to meet with the girl after just striking up a conversation.
Okoh was arrested on the side of the road at a predetermined location and charged him with one felony count of using a computer to solicit a person under 15-years-old with lascivious intent. He is being held without bond at the Central Virginia Jail after having a hearing Monday morning.
Okoh is in his first season as Head Men's Soccer coach at Howard.
Howard University issued a statement saying Okoh has been suspended from all University activities and duties pending completion of the investigation and resolution of this matter.
The investigation remains ongoing
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hmmm......plenty vice is in de air
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Damn this is bad news.....
maybe something happen to his mind to trip him off.
How you could talk to someone on IM for 5 mins and then drive and set your self up so.
that is it for him if found guilty, he would not be allowed to coach any youths forever.
sad news indeed.
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say it isn't so ...
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(http://i95.photobucket.com/albums/l153/Ethired/1184367762037.jpg)
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after reading the story, and then seeing FF pic....ah doh know but it look kinda creepy :-\
Big Up!
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(http://i95.photobucket.com/albums/l153/Ethired/1184367762037.jpg)
:rotfl: :rotfl: :rotfl: :rotfl: :rotfl: :rotfl: :rotfl: :rotfl: :applause: :applause: :applause: :applause:
oh shit miih belly huttin
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Wait nah, ah jess catch mehself is that not "the to catch a predator guy"? hahahahahaha
Dey real cracking down on dem thing in dis area. A few weeks ago dey catch a former mayor of DC in a massage palour
Howard coach :shameonyou: (she's jess 13 years old leave her alone)
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Wait nah, ah jess catch mehself is that not "the to catch a predator guy"? hahahahahaha
Dey real cracking down on dem thing in dis area. A few weeks ago dey catch a former mayor of DC in a massage palour
Howard coach :shameonyou: (she's jess 13 years old leave her alone)
"Former Mayor of DC"?? Who Marion? DC only have four former mayors.
Dat Okoh fella is ah backside...whether they find him guilty or not the University needs to fire he. Whatever the outcome of the case he clearly has displayed compromised judgment for even putting himself in that situation in the first place.
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"Former Mayor of DC"?? Who Marion? DC only have four former mayors.
dey ketch sharon pratt givin ah fellah ah reverse cowboy and flimmin it
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... and all of a sudden it looks like the job is back on the table. Steups.
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"Former Mayor of DC"?? Who Marion? DC only have four former mayors.
dey ketch sharon pratt givin ah fellah ah reverse cowboy and flimmin it
How dat go? Wham? Dey ketch she prattskaddle or wha :rotfl:
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How dat go? Wham? Dey ketch she prattskaddle or wha :rotfl:
(http://fc03.deviantart.com/images3/i/2004/11/3/e/Rim_Shot_emoticon.gif) *rimshot*
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So where was the media coverage?
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Eh alyuh leave the man nah , he was going to coach the girl how to score ah free kick round ah wall .
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and look where he gorn..Louisa..dat is real country boy. He must be drive for about 2 hours tuh go and get put in ah red neck jail...oh gardo!
I used to live in Culpeper Virginia and Louisa is even more rural. He getting hammered down dey.
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nah man that coach sick in he head ah wah? Ah 13 year ole gyal.... like he neva watch NBC Predators ah wah?...lolololol
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(http://www.howard-bison.com/images/msoc/okoh_headshot.jpg)
I have ah feeling that right about now he holding more than one ball in he hand...
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Eh alyuh leave the man nah , he was going to coach the girl how to score ah free kick round ah wall .
Leave the man alone? A thirteen year old girl and u saygn to leave the man alone? lawd fadda...
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Absolutely sick.
Btw.. how does one tell the age of someone when in a chatroom?
doh put yourself in dem positions ladies and gents.
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i was telling a co-worker bout dis last night and he made a great point. after discussing how these fellahs know for fact dat law enforcement does be setting dem up, dey so sick dey cyah help it. which is a GREAT thing for law enforcement, it makes it easy to ketch these sick f%cks!
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De man was hot... ;D...He must be going to teach about College
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In Nigeria the age of consent is 13.
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In Nigeria the age of consent is 13.
Dis eh Nigeria anymore Toto!!
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i wonda if okoh connected to the infamous marvin "crazytrini85" lakhan?
ah feelin' like some extempo fuh d carnival season
"it so cold
and it have snow
it eh nothin like nigeria
for a bruddah
so ah chat with a young ting
with no hair she digaling
because i is mr. okoh
and i want a warm place for mih toto"
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In Nigeria the age of consent is 13.
Dis eh Nigeria anymore Toto!!
Yuh realize that Peong could easily misconstrue wahat yuh say there.
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i wonda if okoh connected to the infamous marvin "crazytrini85" lakhan?
ah feelin' like some extempo fuh d carnival season
"it so cold
and it have snow
it eh nothin like nigeria
for a bruddah
so ah chat with a young ting
with no hair she digaling
because i is mr. okoh
and i want a warm place for mih toto"
I does find this hard to believe, but then again there is Reality TV and Jerry Springer, that gives me insite to how crazy this world is at times...
I never knew about this "crazytrini86" until today. I was speaking to my staff at lunch and someone mentioned it. I have this co-worker who is African American and does swear she is only the African part.... and is Howard Alum too booth and brought it up. I mumbled crazy african's dey legal age is 13 in some places, may be he forget he is not Egbo, Effeck or Youroba, provinces now....
Then she poped up with that bloody crazy Trini and ah hang meh head in shame.... (talk about having meh ass handed to my ignorant self)
But in all seriousness does Okoh not read "Klan Weekly" There are some places in VA you just don't go...if is too good to be true then it is a lynching or a sting fool...
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forever,
wha wrong with u boy? crazytrini85 is the 1st trini web legend.
now yuh know.
yuh should ask yuh "african" co-workier if she know wha a-kat-a (first & last 'a' pronounce like an 'a'). that is what nigerian is call african american woman. is derogratory and it mean wild cat. they is call dem dat because they same they is too much horrors.
d things i is learn playing football in atlanta yes.
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forever,
wha wrong with u boy? crazytrini85 is the 1st trini web legend.
now yuh know.
yuh should ask yuh "african" co-workier if she know wha a-kat-a (first & last 'a' pronounce like an 'a'). that is what nigerian is call african american woman. is derogratory and it mean wild cat. they is call dem dat because they same they is too much horrors.
d things i is learn playing football in atlanta yes.
Dre ah have ah 2.5 year old girl and ah does pull de wool over meh eyes... sometimes, because she is so loving and so sweet.... nothing like me.... I do want to think that it does have crazies out dey like that.
It does leave meh thinking about shining meh chrome and loading meh Dakota T-67 longbow waiting for dem freaks from 1000 m away.
"My African" co-worker too naive for that... to her everything is dashiki and head dress, coupled with a dousing in sandal wood... She is a great person though.... and always got meh back ;)
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Maybe he contracted a genital something and was under the impression he could be rid of it via a twisted version of youthful indulgence ... there is a misguided belief circulating in some parts that dallying with a virgin gets rid of said problem ...
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Maybe he contracted a genital something and was under the impression he could be rid of it via a twisted version of youthful indulgence ... there is a misguided belief circulating in some parts that dallying with a virgin gets rid of said problem ...
well he schupid.
50% of dem 13 yr old gyul anywhere in the "western" world eh virgin as many a dan trini taxi driver working any secondary school route could attest too.
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In Nigeria the age of consent is 13.
Dis eh Nigeria anymore Toto!!
Yuh realize that Peong could easily misconstrue wahat yuh say there.
;D
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Almost everybody who get ketch in them sting say they does look at "To Catch a Predator", but all ah dem still going and get ketch. These people are crazy, sick, stupid, or all three. Man don't learn when the devil get into there head.
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Almost everybody who get ketch in them sting say they does look at "To Catch a Predator", but all ah dem still going and get ketch. These people are crazy, sick, stupid, or all three. Man don't learn when the devil get into there head.
Almost every drug addict I've ever encountered (and I've encountered enough to last a lifetime) believe that drugs isn't a problem...that is weak people who is de problem...and that dey demselves strong enough tuh handle some weed on de weekend.
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Allya now know WHY bullpistle was invented ;)
In Nigeria the age of consent is 13.
Dis eh Nigeria anymore Toto!!
Yuh realize that Peong could easily misconstrue wahat yuh say there.
:rotfl: :rotfl: :rotfl: :rotfl:
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Nutting wrong wid ah lil vice.....how de man was to know she is only toteen. It have ting who is 12 looking like dey is 18 or 19. De man get cetch...he jes bad lucky doh. All yuh know all yuh does be watching Junior Sec gyal in de corner ah yuh eye, pretending yuh quarelling bout how dey going to school in short skirt, big earring, sleeping socks and powder neck, when yuh know is ah undercover glimpse yuh taking. De man was being normal jes like de plenty forumites
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Nutting wrong wid ah lil vice.....how de man was to know she is only toteen. It have ting who is 12 looking like dey is 18 or 19. De man get cetch...he jes bad lucky doh. All yuh know all yuh does be watching Junior Sec gyal in de corner ah yuh eye, pretending yuh quarelling bout how dey going to school in short skirt, big earring, sleeping socks and powder neck, when yuh know is ah undercover glimpse yuh taking. De man was being normal jes like de plenty forumites
Fella...speak fuh yuhself. Is men like you will get lick dong around my gyurl chirren...is either you full ah 'vice' or yuh cyah read. De gyul didn't "look" 13...the person pretending to be her TOLD HIM "she" was 13....and dat make he prick stand up hard enough to drive 2 hours to go rendezvous with somebody li'l gyul chile who nanny ent proper start tuh bleed yet.
He get ketch arrite...just like dat Crazytrini85 fella get ketch naked in de people house wid Cool Whip in he hand talking 'bout he going and molest de li'l gyul cyat.
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Nutting wrong wid ah lil vice.....how de man was to know she is only toteen. It have ting who is 12 looking like dey is 18 or 19. De man get cetch...he jes bad lucky doh. All yuh know all yuh does be watching Junior Sec gyal in de corner ah yuh eye, pretending yuh quarelling bout how dey going to school in short skirt, big earring, sleeping socks and powder neck, when yuh know is ah undercover glimpse yuh taking. De man was being normal jes like de plenty forumites
Fella...speak fuh yuhself. Is men like you will get lick dong around my gyurl chirren...is either you full ah 'vice' or yuh cyah read. De gyul didn't "look" 13...the person pretending to be her TOLD HIM "she" was 13....and dat make he prick stand up hard enough to drive 2 hours to go rendezvous with somebody li'l gyul chile who nanny ent proper start tuh bleed yet.
He get ketch arrite...just like dat Crazytrini85 fella get ketch naked in de people house wid Cool Whip in he hand talking 'bout he going and molest de li'l gyul cyat.
:rotfl:
what would r. kelly do?
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Nutting wrong wid ah lil vice.....how de man was to know she is only toteen. It have ting who is 12 looking like dey is 18 or 19. De man get cetch...he jes bad lucky doh. All yuh know all yuh does be watching Junior Sec gyal in de corner ah yuh eye, pretending yuh quarelling bout how dey going to school in short skirt, big earring, sleeping socks and powder neck, when yuh know is ah undercover glimpse yuh taking. De man was being normal jes like de plenty forumites
Saddest, obviously you are a sick man. No "man" should we watching no 12 and 13 year old gyal. You sir, have a real problem, check yuhself out partner, you need help.
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Nutting wrong wid ah lil vice.....how de man was to know she is only toteen. It have ting who is 12 looking like dey is 18 or 19. De man get cetch...he jes bad lucky doh. All yuh know all yuh does be watching Junior Sec gyal in de corner ah yuh eye, pretending yuh quarelling bout how dey going to school in short skirt, big earring, sleeping socks and powder neck, when yuh know is ah undercover glimpse yuh taking. De man was being normal jes like de plenty forumites
Saddest, obviously you are a sick man. No "man" should we watching no 12 and 13 year old gyal. You sir, have a real problem, check yuhself out partner, you need help.
I never say me brodder man...I must be didnt read de ting good...I torte he didnt know she was toteen.....it very easy to get cetch. So all yuh cool it
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I never say me brodder man...I must be didnt read de ting good...I torte he didnt know she was toteen.....it very easy to get cetch. So all yuh cool it
On de one hand I hear what yuh saying...some ah deez chirren nowadays developing faster dan dey need to. That simply wasn't the case here...this fella made ah horrible choice.
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Suspended Howard soccer coach pleads not guilty
1 hour, 37 minutes ago
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LOUISA, Va. (AP)—Suspended Howard University soccer coach Joseph Okoh has pleaded not guilty to a charge of using the Internet to solicit sex with a teenage girl.
Okoh entered his plea Wednesday in Louisa Circuit Court. Commonwealth’s Attorney Tom Garrett said Okoh was returned to Central Virginia Regional Jail in Orange without bond.
Police arrested Okoh on Jan. 25 at a Louisa County hotel, where police said he showed up to meet what he believed was a 13-year-old girl he had talked with online for several hours.
His conversations were actually with a police investigator posing as a girl.
Okoh is scheduled for trial on Nov. 12. A conviction on the charge calls for a mandatory minimum prison term of five years.
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The word around the University is that HU starting to look for a new coach ..... anyone interested?
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He go share a cell wid Trini 88
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He go share a cell wid Trini 88
85... ;)
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He still in jail?
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The word around the University is that HU starting to look for a new coach ..... anyone interested?
Iz way past noon @ the OK Corral ... itchy trigger fingers everywhere ...
They now looking?
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I order to understand he situation you must study demonology. When yuh like children to sleep wit, then yuh have ah demonic influence controlling you. He need deliverance like some ah we who like all kinda nastyness.
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Jul 16, 2008
Michael Lawrence Tabbed as Head Men's Soccer Coach
WASHINGTON, D.C. - Assistant coach Michael Lawrence has been promoted to head coach of the Bison men's soccer program, it was announced today. Lawrence has been an assistant coach at Howard the past four seasons.
"This is a wonderful opportunity," Lawrence said. "I intend to help develop a culture for the men's soccer program that embraces excellence in the classroom and on the field."
This past year, the team earned its first ranking in a Division I poll in nearly a decade after entering the NSCAA/Adidas North Atlantic Regional poll midway through the season.
Under Lawrence's tutelage, five Bison booters earned all-conference honors last year as Lamar Hyde, Emile Innocent, Joel Senior and Michael Okoh were named to the all-conference first team. Guilherme Fonseca was named to the second team as a junior.
A two-year letterwinner at Howard, Lawrence was a prolific scorer and was named the Mid-Continental Conference (MCC) Rookie of the Year in 1996. He helped the Bison to a pair of regular season league championships and a tournament championship and NCAA appearance in 1997. Lawrence has played professionally in Belgium and Germany, and for FC Galaxy of the Jamaican Premier League (1999). In 2000, Lawrence was a member of the Hampton Roads Mariners (Virginia Beach US A-League).
Lawrence has gained a wealth of experience working with various colleges and high schools. Prior to HU, he spent three years as the assistant coach at Shepherd College. From 1998-99, he was the assistant women's coach at Trinity College. He also had stints at Wakefield High School (Arlington, Va.), T.C. Williams High School (Alexandria, Va.) and Bishop Carroll High School (Washington, D.C.) While at Wakefield, Lawrence helped the Warriors to its first National District appearance and its first appearance in the Northern Virginia Regional Playoffs.
Off the field, Lawrence has served as a consultant for the DC Scores and was also a coordinator for the Olympic Development Program in Shepherdstown, West Virginia. He is also the owner, CEO & Executive Director of Soccer Operations for the Continental Soccer School.
http://www.howard-bison.com/sports/msoc/2008/news/Michael_Lawrence_Tabbed_as_Head_Coach
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Does Howard University have a women soccer coach?
After checking the Howard university web site no women soccer coach is listed.
Interested individuals for the position should check with the administration ..... season starts soon.
Interested players ...? Good question.
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They don't have a coach appointed at this time and only a handful of players.
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Just found out today ...Yes they do need a coach ...anyone interested contact the Athletic director at
Howard University ...site www.howard.edu
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a handful?
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Brent Leiba Named Howard University’s Head Women's Soccer Coach
Trevor Leiba's son (Brent) is now Howard University’s Head Women's Soccer Coach
http://www.howard-bison.com/sports/wsoc/2009/Brent_Leiba_Named_Head_WS_Coach
Congrats Brent .....
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What ever happen to the Howard coach who get catch on to Catch a Predator
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Trevor Leiba's son (Brent) is now Howard University’s Head Women's Soccer Coach
http://www.howard-bison.com/sports/wsoc/2009/Brent_Leiba_Named_Head_WS_Coach
Congrats Brent .....
Ent Trevor is ah poster here?
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Trevor Leiba's son (Brent) is now Howard University’s Head Women's Soccer Coach
http://www.howard-bison.com/sports/wsoc/2009/Brent_Leiba_Named_Head_WS_Coach
Congrats Brent .....
Ent Trevor is ah poster here?
yes he is
Congrats Brent
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Yes, Trevor do come on time to time. But Congrats to Brent and I wish him luck!!!!!!
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What ever happen to the Howard coach who get catch on to Catch a Predator
http://www.zimbio.com/Joseph+Okoh/news/ZDciecAhjEC/Ex+coach+Howard+convicted+sex+sting
maybe he now coaching the ConFed 11 :devil:
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What ever happen to the Howard coach who get catch on to Catch a Predator
Crazytrini85 is a Howard coach?
WTF????? ;D ;D
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Congratulations ... looks like he's recruiting already
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DC supporters .....MTW 8-10 pm at the stadium.
http://www.thehilltoponline.com/new-coach-comes-in-time-for-great-west-1.1631862
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Howard University Women's team Impressive 2010
http://www.howard-bison.com/sports/wsoc/2010-11/releases/Howard_Women_Look_Impressive_in_Exhibition
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What about the 7 dey get today in ah real game?
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Sun Belt Men's Soccer to Re-Debut in Fall 2014
2/11/2014 9:00:00 AM
Sun Belt Conference
http://www.sunbeltsports.org/news/2014/2/11/GENERAL_0211145401.aspx
NEW ORLEANS – The Sun Belt Conference will revitalize one of its first sponsored sports as it was announced Tuesday that the conference will reintroduce men's soccer this upcoming fall.
Full-time members Appalachian State, Georgia Southern, and Georgia State will play alongside affiliate members Hartwick, Howard, and the New Jersey Institute of Technology in a single round robin schedule.
"The reintroduction of men's soccer to the Sun Belt Conference means that we will be able to provide valuable opportunities for student-athletes and deliver them a first-class championship experience," said Sun Belt Conference Commissioner Karl Benson. "Our new affiliate members provide us with a full field of competitive teams and we welcome them to the Sun Belt Conference."
The Sun Belt will conduct a championship at one of the six institutions with the winner earning an automatic qualifying bid to the NCAA Men's Soccer Championship. The championship format will see the top two teams from the regular season earning a bye into the tournament semifinals. A date and site for the championship will be announced in May.
"We are looking forward to having an automatic qualifier in the sport to represent us in the NCAA postseason," said Benson. "And we are optimistic at the possibility of sending multiple teams to the tournament field each year."
The Sun Belt previously sponsored men's soccer from 1976 to 1995. In fact, the first ever Sun Belt Championship in any sport was the 1976 men's soccer championship.
With the addition of men's soccer, the Sun Belt will now sponsor 18 sports. On the men's side the conference now competes in basketball, baseball, cross country, the highest level of NCAA football, golf, indoor track and field, outdoor track and field, soccer, and tennis. For women's sports, the Sun Belt offers basketball, cross country, golf, soccer, softball, indoor track and field, outdoor track and field, tennis, and volleyball.
Come July 1, 2014 the Sun Belt membership will consist of the University of Arkansas at Little Rock (non-football), Arkansas State University, Georgia State University, Georgia Southern University, the University of Idaho (football only), the University of Louisiana at Lafayette, the University of Louisiana at Monroe, New Mexico State University (football only), the University of South Alabama, the University of Texas at Arlington (non-football), Texas State University, and Troy University. Hartwick College, Howard University, and the New Jersey Institute of Technology will compete as affiliate members in men's soccer.
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Director of Intercollegiate Athletics Louis B. "Skip" Perkins, Jr., Howard University:
"Howard University is extremely proud to be a member of the Sun Belt Conference in the sport of men's soccer. This gives our soccer program the opportunity to compete in a conference tournament and ultimately a chance to play in the NCAA Tournament. We look forward to the challenge and are excited about being a part of the Sun Belt Conference."
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http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/soccer-insider/wp/2014/04/01/howard-hiring-gyau-to-coach-bison/
Howard hiring Gyau to coach Bison
• BY STEVEN GOFF
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• April 1 at 7:10 pm
Howard University has tabbed Philip Gyau, who starred for the Bison in the mid-1980s and earned six caps for the U.S. national team, to turn around the men’s soccer program.
Gyau, 48, will succeed Michael Lawrence, who was fired after a 1-17-0 record in his sixth season last fall. The sides are expected to finalize a deal soon.
“Howard has made an offer to coach Gyau; we are working to formalize the contract in the coming days,” university spokeswoman Kerry-Ann Hamilton told the Insider on Tuesday evening. “The university is excited to have an alumnus and a soccer champion return to our intercollegiate athletics program.”
A national power for decades featuring players from the Caribbean, West Africa and the United States, the program has fallen on hard times since last qualifying for the NCAA tournament in 1997. Last season the Bison were ranked last among 203 Division I teams. They competed in the low-level Atlantic Soccer Conference from 2000 to 2011 and were independent the past two seasons. This fall they will affiliate with the Sun Belt Conference, which is sponsoring soccer after an almost 20-year hiatus.
Gyau, a Gwynn Park High School graduate who lives in Silver Spring, was a wing on the U.S. senior squad from 1989 to ’91. Between the NASL’s demise in 1985 and MLS’s launch 11 years later, he played professionally in the ASL, APSL and CISL. He also played on, and coached, the U.S. beach soccer team. In recent years, he has run a youth program and coached in the Bethesda Soccer Club.
His son Joseph, 21, is under contract with Bundesliga club Hoffenheim, serving with the reserve squad this season. His daughter Mia, a Bullis sophomore and Duke recruit, is a member of the U.S. under-17 national team. The family patriarch is Nana Gyau, a Ghanaian Olympic and national team forward who played in the NASL.
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Makes good sense.
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Congrats to Phillip.
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Word has it there was ah press conference today to introduce the new coach ...
(allyuh sure that the Look Loy portion of this thread and the Howard portion of this thread hold a link other than Look Loy went to HU? ... anyway, maybe merge with the HU thread ... I couldn't locate it)
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Somebody @ the Mecca see wha allyuh could arrange nah ... I can hear the press conference on YouTube, but I couldn't see it!
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http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/soccer-insider/wp/2014/04/08/gyau-begins-rebuilding-the-bison/
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" ... Here's Maradona on the stroke of half-time; Burruchaga is up for him ... Basualdo is up for him ... and M'Bouh in what looks to me to be a two-footed challenge on Maradona ... Maradona wasn't happy with it, but the Cameroon came away with the ball, there was no whistle from the referee ..."
--- Commentary from the opening game of the 1990 WC. @ 9:07 (http://www.youtube.com/v/1TJsO5d3IBM)
Had things gone differently, Gyau might also have played in Italy '90. Doh recall whether he played in qualifiers. Anyway, bodes well. :beermug:
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Remembering a great person, friend, and coach
ANNIVERSARY OF HIS DEATH : 14th April 1992
Coach Ted Chambers
http://www.thehilltoponline.com/sports/ted-chambers-more-than-a-bison-legend-1.463200#.U0qqOVVdVOI
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Impressive that he was US born and bred, yet had such a love for football and cricket.
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http://www.youtube.com/v/ErXFILvx0CE
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HU women team 2014 looks good.... This is the 2013 team photo.
They have some good recruits.....
Notice Trevor Leiba (HU 1974 NCAA champion team) on far right
helping out son Brent and giving back to HU.
Way to go Trevor ........
http://hubison.com/news/2014/8/8/WSOC_0808140009.aspx
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HU sucking salt this season. 8 games played so far, won 1, lost 7, scored 1, conceded 29.
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HU sucking salt this season. 8 games played so far, won 1, lost 7, scored 1, conceded 29.
i see 0-6-1, 5/13. 1 goal difference every loss but one...oh...the men's team..yeah.if they pay meh way, i will help . :-[
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Reasonably solid schedule with George Mason, Wake Forest, Pitt ...
It's a project that will take some time, especially in that recruiting environment.
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That's pretty bad
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Howard U 1961,1971, and 1974 teams recognized finally "HU Hall of Fame";
Congrats Coach Lincoln Phillips 1971 and 1974 & Coach Ted Chambers 1961 teams
Also the old timers: Peter Hezekiah; Noel Carr; ...
Vincent (Combo Tropical) Lasse accepted the award for the 1961 team ...
Would have like to see: Squeakie Hinds; Hilton Clarke; Fredo Blake,
Winston Alexis and Malcolm "Jim" Gibbs, receiving individual awards also
... probably next year
Hats off also to Anton Skerritt (track)
http://www.bisonexpress.org/page/2/
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See they just beat Pitt in 2 OT 1-0.
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Was just reviewing the schedule of international games I missed today, and to my surprise the Howard game v Pitt was on ESPN3 at 7:00pm EST. I wouldn't have caught it anyway due to other commitments ... However, Howard beat Pitt 1-0 in 2OT. Goal in the 105' by a freshman. Gyau's first collegiate win in the bag.
Edit: elan, ah didn't make yuh out dey until ah started to review "Recent Posts".
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Well taken goal by the Freshman
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A draw then a win, well done.
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Congrats to HU women + Coach Brent Leiba
http://www.swac.org/ViewArticle.dbml?&&DB_OEM_ID=27400&ATCLID=209739910
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Like President Frederick bringing some Soccer luck back to HU
http://www.swac.org/ViewArticle.dbml?DB_OEM_ID=27400&ATCLID=209758200
Now to get the Men's team on track
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... but no automatic bid to the post-season tourney.
I'm very, very, very excited for one player in particular.
Congrats, Coach! :applause:
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In related news, Brianna Ryce's DePaul University won the Big East Championship today.
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In related news, Brianna Ryce's DePaul University won the Big East Championship today.
Congrats to her! That photo of her teammates watching her play the US is riveting.
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http://www.jamaicaobserver.com/sport/Howard-University-coach-scouts-Jamaican-schoolboy-football-talent_17956129
I imagine a visit to TTO is on the cards.
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See HU draw out 11000 people the other night in a solidarity protest with Ferguson.
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Plus 3
http://www.jamaicaobserver.com/sport/Three-Manning-Cup--ballers-heading-to-Howard-University_18086680
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It's been one year ----
On Tuesday, December 17, 2013. Devoted husband of Jascinta Goodlett; loving father of Rohan, Raymond (Heather), Robert (Daniele) and Ronald (Sheteka) Goodlett. He is also survived by cherished grandchildren, Keira, Briana, Julia and Elisabet; sisters, Norma, June (Clyde), Golaine (Philip) and Evenn; in-laws, Patrick (Hyacinth), Madge (Peter), John (Joan), Sonia (Curtis) and Howard (Joan); other relatives and many friends.
http://www.cetla.howard.edu/featured_teacher/archive/goodlett.html
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Yes, indeed. I remembered Dr. Goodlett. Very approachable man. I remembered him and Keith Mitchell(PM of Grenada), hanging out on a Friday evenings on the yard in front HU library talking intense Caribbean affairs and politics with the students.RIP!
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Like I said in another post Philip Gyau should be in TT to do some recruiting. This week or next.
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Howard University hunts for local football talent this week.
By Shaun Fuentes (TTFA).
Howard University will hold screening sessions in this country from this Wednesday with the intention of offering scholarship to local talented footballers.
The initiative is one shared between Howard University and the Trinidad and Tobago Football Association from which technical adviser Muhammad Isa will work along with the American University. Phillip Gyau, the head coach of the Howard University Soccer team will be here to oversee the sessions.
Gyau is a former US National Team forward and also a former captain and head coach of the US Beach Soccer team. He attended Howard University where he played on the men’s soccer team from 1982 to 1985. He was appointed head coach of Howard last year.
The first session is scheduled for this Wednesday, February 4th from 3pm at St Mary’s College Grounds, Serpentine Road. It is opened for all players under 20 who are advised to show up to the sessions at least thirty minutes in advance.
The action shifts to South, at the Manny Ramjohn Stadium on Sunday from 9am.
The final selectees will then play a match against the National Under 17 Men’s Team from 5pm on Tuesday at the Ato Boldon Stadium in Couva.
“This is an initiative the TTFA is really looking forward to and very happy to be part of,” Isa said.
“It allows us to provide that medium for our upcoming talented players to have that opportunity to go on to excel in the game at a top university such as Howard as well as further their academic qualifications.
Ian Bain will also work along with us at the St Mary’s screening and this is all part of our efforts to work with past national players in ventures such as this.
We intend to make this one of many other similar initiatives where we can offer such opportunities to both male and female players in Trinidad and Tobago,” Isa added.
Howard University has a rich history in US Soccer and several Trinidad and Tobago players have graduated and played there. Former national team goalkeeper and technical director Lincoln coached Howard University from 1970 to 1980 and led them to two NCAA Division 1 Championships in 1971 and 1974, becoming the first African-American to win a NCAA title.
Ex-Senior team goalkeeper Shaka Hislop also attended Howard between 1986 and 1991.
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https://www.youtube.com/v/ULKhvuV2Ht0
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Thanks to the Phillips !! Much respect to them for this ..what else can I say ..absolutely fantastic!
All dem years Tucker dey..hm! only Shaka de man bring..
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Thanks to the Phillips !! Much respect to them for this ..what else can I say ..absolutely fantastic!
All dem years Tucker dey..hm! only Shaka de man bring..
He brought Simmonds.
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Good stuff.
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Howard head coach impressed with T&T talent.
By Shaun Fuentes (TTFA).
Phillip Gyau, head coach of Howard University Soccer Team says he was impressed with the high turn out of players at the first day of the Combine held at St Mary’s College Grounds in Port of Spain on Wednesday.
Gyau is here on a scouting mission, through a collaboration with the Trinidad and Tobago Football Association and the Howard Alumni in Trinidad, and he expects to acquire at least four players on full scholarships.
Close to 200 players showed up at the venue on Tuesday, causing Gyau to schedule further sessions at WASA Grounds in the East on Thursday (today) and also at the Ato Boldon Stadium and Manny Ramjohn Stadium next week.
“I’m here to do a combine to get some Trinidad and Tobago national team players or schoolboy players. I know Sheldon Phillips who I grew up with and I’ve also known Lincoln and we felt it would be a perfect link,” Gyau told TTFA Media.
“Trinidad and Howard has a rich history because back in the 70s, ’71 and ’74 Howard won the national title and it was significantly Trinidadian heavy. So when I first got the job, I just decided that this would be a place that I would come to get my talent.
“It’s amazing with the support and all the talent I’ve seen since I have been here. I saw the National Under 20 team play, they’re an excellent team and I also saw some of the St Mary’s boys play and with their grades, it looks good,” Gyau said.
On exactly what he’s looking for, Gyau said the player must also have an academic background.
“Right now I’m looking for guys with the academic background and they will get the first preference. If I give you a scholarship it’s for four years, so you will come to school, play, graduate and come back in and do something big.
You’ve got to have the SATs, especially at Howard University where you need like 1170 on the SAT for the Legacy scholarship, then Capstone where you need 1300 and 1400-1600 for the Presidential scholarship with the Math and critical reading IF you fall in between those I can offer you a scholarship and bring you to Howard University,” he explained.
“There will be at least three or four players we can take back and as soon as the combine is done, I’ll know who I want and I’ll tell them,” Gyau concluded.
Video: - Phillip Gyau - Howard University head coach in Trinidad on Scouting Mission (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ULKhvuV2Ht0)
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So who are the players that got scholarship? What was the outcome of the match between the prospects and the U17 team?
All allyuh want to do is show off on de site bout allyuh went big university ...allyuh rel like ting..me eh go no big university ..allyuh need me here so allyuh could show off on.
I went de University of Woodford Square and listen to plenty speeches and had debates with plenty bright people...allyuh feel allyuh bright.
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Yep, it would be nice to know the results of his trip down here. But is carnival. When Kieth Tucker came to look at Simmonds, it was around Carnival time and he played in Burookeets on Monday. So Philip might be playing in Tribe. Some pleasure with business. ;D
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Phillip came back on the Wednesday before Carnival. He is hoping to get two or three players. He saw other good players, but they did not have the grades.
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Phillip came back on the Wednesday before Carnival. He is hoping to get two or three players. He saw other good players, but they did not have the grades.
Aye, Trev. I was kicksin thanks for the info.
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Phillip came back on the Wednesday before Carnival. He is hoping to get two or three players. He saw other good players, but they did not have the grades.
Those grades are tough to come by for a baller. School Grades, CXC results, and ACT or SAT.
T&T school system needs to do away with O'level and A'levels and come up with a system like US system to make it easier for our students to get into college in the US.
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Those grades are tough to come by for a baller. School Grades, CXC results, and ACT or SAT.
T&T school system needs to do away with O'level and A'levels and come up with a system like US system to make it easier for our students to get into college in the US.
Really? Hundreds of Trini students matriculate into US colleges every year but all of a sudden it too hard, we need to change to make it easier for footballers? You not serious.
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Those grades are tough to come by for a baller. School Grades, CXC results, and ACT or SAT.
T&T school system needs to do away with O'level and A'levels and come up with a system like US system to make it easier for our students to get into college in the US.
Really? Hundreds of Trini students matriculate into US colleges every year but all of a sudden it too hard, we need to change to make it easier for footballers? You not serious.
I did not say only for footballers. I generally believe that more is required of an International than a domestic student (I understand the reason behind it). I think though that International should follow the same academic admissions requirements as a domestic student. A GPA and SAT/ACT score.
Any which way, I still believe we need to do away with that O'levels system.
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I didn't know that America was the only place that trini students were looking to go for further education. What about the hundreds of trinis who have graced the hall of universities such as Cambridge, Oxford, Lse etc. Since when have trinis not been good enough. Trinbagonians have distinguished themselves academically all over the world. What we have here is a symptom of laziness where the "baller" believes that football and by extension SSFL is the be all and end all of life so he/she neglects their schoolwork. With the right guidance and tutoring, they could more than make the grades to gain good scholarships.
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:frustrated:
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I did not say only for footballers. I generally believe that more is required of an International than a domestic student (I understand the reason behind it). I think though that International should follow the same academic admissions requirements as a domestic student. A GPA and SAT/ACT score.
Any which way, I still believe we need to do away with that O'levels system.
Any HS guidance officer or college admissions officer could easily translate the grades of an international student to compare them to the grades of American students. The British educational system is used in many former Commonwealth countries all around the world, in addition to which Europe uses its own system. Collectively thousands of foreign students matriculate into US educational institutions (who are actively recruiting them... meaning they're removing as many obstacles as possible to admit them), all of these foreign students somehow meet with the requirements and successfully fulfill their educational obligations. Somehow you'd have us believe that the fault lies with the requirements and process, rather than with the few Trini students who can't get the grades?
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Who has trouble getting into a US University? It's easy enough.
The "requirements" of international students are "higher" than that of a domestic student. You have to show more academic qualification than that of a graduating High School Senior.
Be that as it may, I think T&T needs to over-haul the education system, whether students want to attend college in the US or (Congo) UK, or where ever. Example I think a graduating High School age of 18-19 is a good thing.
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Who has trouble getting into a US University? It's easy enough.
Alright... so your complaint is what?
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Howard head coach wants to return to Trinidad.
By Shaun Fuentes (Guardian).
Howard University head coach Phillip Gyau is keen on making annual visits to this country in search of young footballers hopeful of joining Howard’s football programme.
Gyau visited these shores earlier this month for a players combine in conjunction with the T&T Football Association (TTFA) during which time he saw some150 players with the hope of offering at least five scholarships to talented players. He admitted though that a lack of satisfactory SAT scores proved to be a challenge.
“I was very pleased with the support and the turnout. This shows that the players want to go to school and play. They need to know that without academics their opportunities will be limited,” Gyau said.
“But I was happy with what I saw from some of the players and I decided that Trinidad was one of the places I would visit to try and find players because of the history between Howard and T&T especially in the early 70s. I will make this visit an annual event.”
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Ok, so the boys that were selected, according to him maybe up to 5, ... were?:
He said we would know right away.
Deeks, Tallman ... news please.
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Ok, so the boys that were selected, according to him maybe up to 5, ... were?:
He said we would know right away.
Deeks, Tallman ... news please.
I eh hear nothing yet.
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On this episode of The Journey, President Wayne A. I. Frederick is in conversation with two world-famous football (soccer) professionals — Dwight Yorke and Howard alum Shaka Hislop — both from Trinidad and Tobago. They discuss their triumphs and challenges in professional sports as well as their road to careers in broadcasting.
http://www.whur.com/podcasts/the-journey-an-impact-through-athletics-dwight-yorke-and-shaka-hislop/
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Congrats Brent Leiba (HU Women's soccer coach)
Coach of the Year
http://hubison.com/news/2015/4/16/GEN_0416155405.aspx
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Nana Gyau passes ; father of Phillip (HU men's coach)
http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/soccer-insider/wp/2015/05/15/nana-gyau-patriarch-of-d-c-soccer-family-dies-at-age-78/
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RIP. Not every life is honored on the pages of The Washington Post.
The week before last, I was at Borussia twice: once for an extended stadium tour and the other some days later for the match versus Hertha. During the tour, in the dressing room, the guide played a few video clips. During one of the clips there's a full screen that settles on a still of Gyau's shirt.
Condolences!
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New AD at Howard University
http://nypost.com/2015/09/09/former-hbo-executive-named-howard-ad/
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WATCH: Xavier Rajpaul’s goal for Howard University vs UMBC makes No. 2 on ESPN’S SportCcenter Top 10.
https://www.youtube.com/v/KlXXmcTVB_E
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Always liked Xavier Rajpaul, he have real heart, Andre Fortune is another player who is really decent.
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Guess it doh hurt to have a HU alum wukkin at ESPN. :)
Tough last two games, but character on the field seems evident.
That goal had the attributes of a game-winning goal. Keep them coming.
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Always liked Xavier Rajpaul, he have real heart, Andre Fortune is another player who is really decent.
Fortune would be nice, but ah feel/fear it might take some doing to lure him to DC.
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Wait, wait, wait ... It jes hit meh, in light of a post ah while back? as to why Rajpaul was MIA on CoC's roster ... think that exchange surfaced during PanAms. De man transferred!
Good acquisition for Gyau, but somewhat unprecedented for a Trini to depart CoC?!
Whappen dey??? He goes north, West (de player) went south (from Villanova to CoC).
Certainly gehhin a different kind of campus experience.
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Howard University Women Thread ... Brent Leiba doing good
http://espn.go.com/espnw/news-commentary/article/14055220/how-howard-university-building-competitive-hbcu-soccer-program-winning
now to work on the Men's team
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Women's Soccer Wins Second Straight SWAC Championship
http://www.hubison.com/news/2015/11/8/WSOC_1108155444.aspx
Congrats Coach Brent Leiba + Staff + Team
Next step NCAA
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Makela Davidson....Freshman....possible Trinidad and Tobago player for the future.
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Women's Soccer Wins Second Straight SWAC Championship
http://www.hubison.com/news/2015/11/8/WSOC_1108155444.aspx
Congrats Coach Brent Leiba + Staff + Team
Next step NCAA
:applause: :applause: :applause:
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Makela Davidson....Freshman....possible Trinidad and Tobago player for the future.
Yes. The conflict of tournaments in the middle of school semester is a problem. I think she can make it if she keeps up her play.
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Women's Soccer to Face No. 1 Seed Virginia in First Round of NCAA Tournament
http://www.hubison.com/news/2015/11/9/WSOC_1109150657.aspx
Good Luck Bisons
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Makela Davidson....Freshman....possible Trinidad and Tobago player for the future.
Yes. The conflict of tournaments in the middle of school semester is a problem. I think she can make it if she keeps up her play.
Women's Soccer to Face No. 1 Seed Virginia in First Round of NCAA Tournament
http://www.hubison.com/news/2015/11/9/WSOC_1109150657.aspx
Good Luck Bisons
Yesterday I had a dental appointment at Makela Davidson dad's and he predicted that they will get VA. So be it. Good Luck, Ladies!!!
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Just received this:
"Scoreboard "The Untold Story of Howard University Championship Team"" on YouTube
https://youtu.be/itBLYdYlF0Y
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WATCH: ESPN Films presents Spike Lee’s Lil’ Joints: Redemption Song, the story of Howard University's 1974 NCAA Soccer Championship.
https://vimeo.com/128618357
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ESPN, Spike Lee pay tribute to Howard University’s soccer heroes with documentary
By Charles Boehm (MLSsoccer.com)
The Howard University teams of the early 1970s might just be the best soccer story most fans of the beautiful game have never heard. But that's about to change.
The Undefeated (http://www.theundefeated.com/), ESPN's project on the intersections of race, sports and culture, is set to make its long-awaited debut next month. The gripping tale of the 1971 and 1974 NCAA national championship-winning Bisons teams will be one of its first feature subjects–with a big assist from none other than Spike Lee.
A crowd flocked to Howard's Cramton Auditorium on Tuesday evening to watch the world premiere of Redemption Song, a short film directed by Kenan Holley as part of Lee's Lil Joints (http://www.espnfrontrow.com/2015/02/sportscenter-to-feature-short-films-debuts-tonight-with-spike-lee-project/) series which will air on ESPN's SportsCenter on June 7. The work brings the amazing achievements (http://www.si.com/vault/1997/02/24/223066/men-on-a-mission-the-1974-howard-university-soccer-team-wanted-to-win-more-than-an-ncaa-title) of the Bisons' multi-national squad and their legendary coach Lincoln “Tiger” Phillips to a global audience.
Phillips rose to prominence in the nation's capital during a particularly contentious stage of the civil rights movement. Amid that, he utilized Howard's large population of overseas students from Africa and the Caribbean to build a pacey, skillful, and aggressive team. In 1971, they made history as the first historically black college to win an NCAA national championship.
But the celebrations would be short-lived--they would be stripped of their title, and banned from post-season competition for a season, for eligibility violations related to four players' participation in amateur competitions in their native lands. These were obscure procedural grounds that were widely perceived to be applied unfairly amid the polarizing racial politics of the moment.
Even the beneficiary of the NCAA's harsh punishment, runners-up St. Louis University, were unimpressed. Their iconic coach, 1950 US World Cup participant Harry Keough, refused to accept (http://www.socceramerica.com/article/63995/lincoln-phillips-provides-perspective-on-black-soc.html) the resulting championship trophy.
As shown in Redemption Song, the Bisons stayed determined to win back the trophy they felt had been unfairly snatched from them. Shortly after, in 1974, they inspired their entire campus with an undefeated season, marked by a blistering 19-0 record with 63 goals scored and just six allowed.
Their stadium packed to capacity at every home game, filled with the rhythms of African drums, Howard's teams both entertained the fans and demolished the opposition. It all culminated in a dramatic, quadruple-overtime national championship rematch at Busch Stadium with mighty St. Louis, who'd won nine of the 15 NCAA Division I men's soccer titles contested up to that point.
Phillips, himself a star goalkeeper from Trinidad & Tobago who faced off against the likes of Pele in the old NASL, was just 29 years old when he took the helm of the program. He would go on to earn his undergraduate's degree–even taking some of the same classes as his players–during his coaching tenure, which set him on the path to a distinguished second career that continues today.
“It allows the student-athletes of today to see what we can be like at Howard,” said HU athletic director Kery Davis of Redemption Song. (Naturally, both Howard's men's and women's soccer teams attended the premiere.) “The soccer team at that time galvanized the university. It was a source of pride; everyone came out. The seats were filled.”
The charismatic Phillips, naturally, drew warm, repeated applause from the audience when he joined Holley and Redemption Song producer Mark W. Wright on stage at Tuesday's premiere. With the 1974 NCAA trophy proudly displayed behind them, they discussed the team and the film. Both will figure prominently on The Undefeated when the site officially launches (http://awfulannouncing.com/2016/that-story-and-the-name-undefeated-is-going-to-drive-us-kevin-merida-opens-up-about-his-journey-at-espn.html) under new editor Kevin Merida on May 17.
“They moved so quickly, these two guys,” said Phillips of Wright's and Holley's handling of the Bisons' inspiring tale.
Merida has also said that beyond being the permanent home of the documentary, the Undefeated will present new reporting on the specifics behind the NCAA's 1971 eligibility case against Howard when Redemption Song launches this summer.
Tuesday's premiere also gathered many members of those teams, who, to Phillips' great pride, went on to carve out successful careers in life after facing down virulent racism both on the field and in the streets.
“They are still winning,” said Phillips, “and it's a legacy I hope will not be buried.”
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I missed it. I did not know about it. Not on FB(by choice).
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Just received this:
"Scoreboard "The Untold Story of Howard University Championship Team"" on YouTube
https://youtu.be/itBLYdYlF0Y
This was enlightening, very good interview. Can't wait to see the ESPN special on this.
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Carnival and the late Jim Gibbs
By ANGELA PIDDUCK Sunday, February 7 2016
FRIENDS of the late Jim Gibbs will miss his annual “Carnival Brunch”, today, Carnival Sunday, established as a must-have social at his Sanora Park home in Point Cumana, Carenage.
Mc Donald “Jim” Gibbs died on January 1, at age 81.
Howard University
Civil Engineer, Tau Beta Pi; All American Soccer;
All South American Soccer;ASCE;
Late but remembered..........
http://www.newsday.co.tt/features/0,223736.html
Mc Donald "JiM' Gibbs - Howard University's first Soccer All American Awards [1958 & 1959]
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A champion dethroned
By Justin Tinsley (theundefeated.com)
Nearly 130 soccer players, coaches and media filled the ballroom of Miami’s fading McAllister Hotel for the NCAA’s final four banquet a few days after Christmas in 1972. But as Howard University coach Lincoln “Tiger” Phillips walked to the front of the room, he recalls, “You could hear a rat piss on cotton.”
Twenty-four hours earlier on Dec. 27, the Howard Bison had been denied in their attempt to repeat as national champions, losing 2-1 in the semifinals to St. Louis University, a perennial powerhouse that had won seven of the last 13 national titles. In only three years, Phillips, 31, had taken the team from mediocrity to becoming the first historically black college or university (HBCU) to win a Division 1 national championship. But he was not a happy man.
After praising St. Louis and their coach, Phillips, directed his attention to his team’s toughest opponent that year: the NCAA. Five Howard players had been pulled off the field over the course of a season-long investigation, including some as late as the tournament quarterfinals.
Phillips believed he knew the source of his team’s travails. A native of Trinidad, he looked out over a room in which—with few exceptions—the only black faces belonged to the players on his team.
“We played against this entire wretched system of this society,” he said. “I would say the NCAA is guilty of practicing racism.”
“St. Louis did not beat Howard University last night. They beat the remnants of what was left of Howard University.”
To Phillips’ surprise, the room erupted in a standing ovation. Except for the NCAA officials seated in the front row.
The year started on a much higher note. Howard defeated St. Louis 3-2 in the national championship game on Dec. 30, 1971, in Miami. President Richard Nixon congratulated the team via telegram. (They turned down a later invitation to visit the White House, worried that it might be interpreted as support for Nixon during an election year.) The Washington Post called players Alvin Henderson, Keith Aqui and Mori Diane “heroes” in a city unaccustomed to sports championships.
The euphoria lasted just over three weeks.
On Jan. 26, the NCAA received a letter from someone “desiring to remain unidentified,” according to documents in a later court case. The sender urged the organization to look into the eligibility of Howard’s players.
Perhaps it shouldn’t have been a surprise. Some people in the predominantly white collegiate soccer world were uncomfortable with Howard and its meteoric rise. Besides being black, the players were all international students, largely from the Caribbean and West Africa. And a few were older than most of their competition, including star forward Aqui, a native of Trinidad and Tobago, who was 25 when the team won the national title.
Navy’s Hall of Fame coach Glenn Warner, who led the Midshipmen to the 1964 national title, refused to schedule Howard. “I don’t think they should be allowed to use so many foreigners,” he told the Post in 1972, while denying responsibility for the anonymous complaint.
The now-deceased St. Louis coach, Harry Keough, also insisted he was not the one who sent the letter to the NCAA. “I win my games on the field,” Phillips remembered Keough telling him.
“Here was this team prior to that time everybody could beat up on,” said Winston Yallery-Arthur, left wing on the 1971 championship team. Before Phillips’ arrival, the program was ravaged by what the Post described as “nationality conflicts.” It hadn’t advanced to the NCAA tournament since a 1963 first-round 5-1 beatdown by Navy.
“All of a sudden they’re rising to the top,” said Yallery-Arthur, now a partner in a Washington law firm. “I guess they figured out the best way to resolve that is removing them from the scene.”
Regardless, that lone letter created a snowball effect. By fall, the Bison’s most formidable opponents weren’t programs brave enough to schedule them. It was the NCAA’s Committee on Infractions. Every crevice of Howard’s story was examined, with investigators interviewing players, coaches and the dean of admissions. Rival coaches, the Trinidad Soccer Football Association and the United States Soccer Football Association were also questioned.
Players were removed throughout the season. For Diane, a left wing from Guinea, witnessing teammates swap uniforms for street clothes was traumatizing.
“The more disappointing day was when I came to practice and we were told two of our star athletes had to be benched going into the quarterfinals,” says Diane, who now is co-founder and executive vice president of AMEX International, a Washington consulting firm focusing on economic development overseas. “Then, when we came back we got a few more people benched, including myself. It was like seeing this tidal wave starting to unfurl.”
A short-handed Howard still managed to eviscerate its first three NCAA tournament opponents—Duke, Clemson and Penn—scoring 15 goals and giving up none, before falling to St. Louis.
A month later, in January 1973, the NCAA concluded its investigation and found that the school had violated three rules governing player eligibility. The first Division 1 national championship team from an HBCU was stripped of its 1971 title, a third-place finish in the 1970 tournament and banned from postseason play during 1973.
But the rules at issue and the unusual severity of the punishment raise questions about whether Howard was treated unfairly. In an era when medal-winning black athletes were vilified for raising their fists at the Olympics and St. Louis Cardinal center fielder Curt Flood challenged baseball’s reserve clause for treating him as “a piece of property,” it wasn’t a stretch to see Howard’s situation in racial terms. One of the rules the school violated was being dumped that year by the NCAA even as it was enforced against Howard. A second rule was later found to be unconstitutional.
The team often felt they were playing 11 vs. 13, the extra two opponents being the referees. Yallery-Arthur remembers being pelted with racial slurs, both on the field and from the stands. It was them against the world, a reflection of black life in America.
Stripping a school of its championship was an exceedingly rare punishment at that point, although it happened with more frequency in later years. (An NCAA spokeswoman said the group does not keep a comprehensive list of titles that have been vacated.)
After Howard, the next instance came in 1978 when San Francisco’s soccer team lost its title for using an ineligible white foreign student. Syracuse’s 1990 lacrosse team, Arkansas’ 2004 and 2005 track and field squads and Southern California’s 2004 football program were each stripped of national titles for violations including improper benefits, course assistance and lack of institutional control.
The most egregious case was probably at UCLA. Its 1995 softball title was forfeited after Tanya Harding went 17-1 and pitched all four Women’s College World Series victories for the Bruins. She began attending UCLA in midseason and left after the postseason without taking finals. UCLA also had three players listed as receiving soccer scholarships to sidestep the limit on softball.
There were no such willful violations at Howard.
“If you look at the compliance book back in that time and look at the compliance books now, it’s huge. The rules are so vague,” Phillips said. “I had just come from Trinidad … I didn’t know much about the rules. They didn’t have any compliance officers or anything like that.”
In June 1973, Howard University and Diane filed suit in federal court, alleging the NCAA ruling violated the First, 5th, 9th and 13th Amendments.
Howard’s rules violations fell into three categories: not meeting the standard of academic eligibility for first-year students, not complying with rules governing foreign students and allowing players to participate past their five years of eligibility.
In the late ’60s and early ’70s, athletic eligibility for freshmen was determined by a controversial mandate known as The 1.6 Rule. Students had to achieve a high enough score on either the SAT or the ACT to predict a grade-point average of 1.6 (approximately a C- or D+). Many schools, including those in the Ivy League, wanted the rule abolished, saying that it gave the NCAA inappropriate oversight of academic affairs.
“I think a concern and complaint about The 1.6 Rule was it was very subjective. It didn’t give any certainty on a school-by-school basis on what it would take to hit that 1.6,” said Scott Schneider, head of the higher education practice group for the law firm Fisher & Phillips.
The same rule was used to disqualify future Boston Celtics Hall of Famer Robert Parish and tiny Centenary College in Shreveport, La., from postseason play, even though Parish had taken a different test to show he could meet the standard.
Howard’s admission process allowed for exemptions from the SAT/ACT requirement, particularly for foreign students. According to court records, Diane, Anthony Martin of Trinidad and Charles Payne from Nigeria were accused of violating the rule. Diane did not take either the SAT or ACT, but took the French Baccalaureate Certificate No. 2. His passing score resulted in one year’s advanced placement at Howard.
Anthony Martin passed the General Certificate of Education, a test used in the British Commonwealth, in English Literature, English Language, Math, Latin, French and General Paper, which Howard judged would predict a minimum GPA of 2.0. And Charles Payne took the SAT on May 19, 1971. His score of 760 met Howard’s standard of eligibility.
At the time of the NCAA’s 1972 investigation, the students’ completed first-year GPAs, respectively, were 2.85, 3.36 and 2.12.
“Everybody was motivated to really study and do very well,” Phillips said. Decades later, he still resents the implication that his players were foreign jocks who treated their schoolwork as secondary. The Howard soccer team had the highest GPA among the school’s varsity teams, according to a 1971 report in the Post.
“Everybody excelled in the classroom. For us to get caught with that rule, it’s really … I don’t know what to say.”
The 1.6 Rule was repealed at the NCAA’s annual convention in January 1973. Student-athletes would only need to graduate from high school with a 2.0 to participate in athletics. The change, however, would not go into effect until the 1974-75 academic year. So at the same time the NCAA was abolishing the rule, it was enforcing it with Howard.
The NCAA’s foreign student rule was designed to prevent older players from dominating the competition due to age and experience. The rule stated that foreign students lost a year of postseason eligibility for every year after their 19th birthday that they participated in athletic competition in their home countries.
One of the players questioned was Yallery-Arthur. He acknowledges playing in the Port of Spain Football League from roughly 1965 to 1968 before he enrolled at Howard. But Yallery-Arthur stressed that the league was neither professional nor associated with a school. It was “guys from the neighborhood playing ball.” When he enrolled at Howard in 1968, he was unaware the university even had a soccer team.
Ruling in the lawsuit brought by Howard, U.S. District Court Judge Gerhard Gesell said that foreign-student athletes were penalized for activities such as summer amateur participation in which American student-athletes were allowed to compete. He found it a “denial of equal protection under the 14th Amendment.”
Howard was most vulnerable on the five-year rule, which limited students to five years of athletic eligibility starting from when they first registered at a collegiate institution.
Newspaper reports at the time raised questions about the eligibility of both Yallery-Arthur and Aqui.
Howard acknowledged that Aqui had attended Trinidad and Tobago’s Mausica Teachers’ College from September 1965 to June 1967. But the school argued that since Mausica did not grant four-year degrees, Aqui’s eligibility did not expire in September 1970. Nevertheless, he was taken off the team in October 1972 while the NCAA investigation was underway.
Gesell was sympathetic to Howard. “Throughout the proceedings Howard has complained with considerable justification that the NCAA rules, viewed as a whole, are not precisely drawn, that they contain at least some superficially contradictory provisions and have had to be interpreted periodically on a more or less ad hoc basis because of their vagueness,” he wrote.
But that sympathy didn’t change the ultimate result, he decided. “The rules obviously need to be tightened and simplified but this does not lead to the conclusion that their implementation has been discriminatory, that an adequate opportunity to be heard has been denied, or that in this particular case there is any justifiable ground for Howard’s unintentional but admitted violations.”
Fresh off postseason exile, the Howard team adopted a motto for the 1974 season, a line from 19th century poet and New York Evening Post editor William Cullen Bryant: “Truth, crushed to Earth, shall rise again.”
Some players from the ’71 team remained, but neither Yallery-Arthur nor Diane were still playing for Howard. (Diane had moved on to the professional Washington Diplomats. Yallery-Arthur graduated in 1972 and began graduate studies in history at Howard the same year.) Nevertheless, this team was bent on proving 1971 was no fluke.
This was business and personal.
The team rampaged through the 1974 season, finishing 19-0 with a 63-6 scoring differential. In the tournament final, held that year at Busch Stadium in St. Louis, they beat their old rival St. Louis 2-1 in a four-overtime marathon.
For the second time in three years, Howard University became the first HBCU to win a Division 1 national championship.
Two weeks later, the appeals court heard Howard’s challenge to the trial court ruling upholding the NCAA investigation. But when the decision was announced that March, Howard had lost again. There would be no reclaiming the ’71 title.
Four decades removed, the sting has subsided, but the scars remain.
There was “nothing special about this team,” Diane said about the allegations that some Howard players had played professionally in their home countries. “If you took us individually, we were less better prepared than any kid on St. Louis. They literally grew up playing organized soccer. I picked up soccer playing in the street.”
In the end, the results on the field counted, Diane said, not the actions of the NCAA.
“To us, we had won the championship. We didn’t care if they took the trophy or not,” he said. “Whether they crowned it with a physical trophy was not as disappointing as preventing us from playing. That part was more painful than when they took the championship away.”
The ’74 title “was like the rising of the phoenix for us,” said Yallery-Arthur. “For me it was vindication. It made all the stuff we had went through worth it.”
For Phillips, 1974 offered a measure of atonement. The McAllister Hotel, where he labeled the NCAA racist, is no longer around, demolished in 1988. But the hurt he gave voice to there still lingers.
His players were unfairly targeted and punished, he believes.
Phillips, now 74, accepts that part of the blame rested on him. In his 2014 autobiography, he wondered if he was neglectful about ensuring player eligibility. The resources available today weren’t available in the early ’70s.
“I can tell you that I certainly never set out to cheat,” he wrote. “Negligent is a hard word, but at the end of the day the buck stopped with me.”
Still, he said in an interview, “I think that it wouldn’t have been brought up if it was a white school. But any time a black school wins something, all of a sudden something must be wrong.”
Howard’s soccer program is struggling now. The team didn’t win a game in 2015 and was outscored 60-15 overall. It hasn’t been back to the NCAA tournament since 1997. Hints of a more competitive era can be found, but you have to know where to look.
The 1974 championship trophy, for instance, sits by itself in a glass case outside the home basketball court in Burr Gymnasium. Nothing indicates the struggle it took to put it there.
WATCH: How Howard University earned back the NCAA soccer title in 1974 (http://espn.go.com/video/clip?id=espn:15926234).
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Finally ....... To be inducted into the Howard University Hall of Fame in 2016
The Prince of Forwards
Carlton "Squeakie" Hinds
Career Highlights (Soccer)
1958-1962
• 1961 Captain of the Howard University NAIA soccer Championship team
[Howard University’s first national Championship title and the
first HBCU to win a national title in soccer in the USA- 1961 NAIA]
• 1961 Member of the All South Team
• 1961 Member of the All Star NAIA Tournament Team
• 1959 Member of the All South Team
• 1958 Member of the Howard University undefeated soccer team (10-0-0) ;
[The 1958 HU soccer team was ranked 3rd in the country (USA) by the NCAA]
1955
• Signs for Sporting Club, Trinidad
• Trinidad (versus English F.A. Team), Trinidad
1953
• Travelled with Trinidad’s senior national team to tour the United Kingdom
1946
• Winner, Malvern, BDV Cup, Trinidad
1945
• Invited to trials with Trinidad’s senior national team
Awards/Titles
• To be inducted into the Howard University(HU) Athletic Hall of Fame 2016
• Member/Captain of the 1961 HU soccer team - team inducted in the HU Athletic Hall of Fame
2014
• Inducted into Malvern’s Hall of Fame in 2012
• Inducted into Trinidad and Tobago’s Sports Hall of Fame in 1985
Interesting Facts
• Played field hockey at the national level (Trinidad and Tobago & the USA)
• Graduated from Howard University as a Civil engineer (Cum Laude)
• Member of the Tau Beta Pi Engineering Honor Society, the Beta Kappa Chi, Who’s Who,
and the Alpha Phi Omega organizations.
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Friday, July 22, 2016
6:30pm-8pm
Redemption: The 1974 Howard University Soccer Team
Venue: Google, 25 Massachusetts Ave., NW
Redemption: The story of Howard University's 1971 and 1974 national championship soccer teams.
Short film: Redemption Song, directed by Kenan K Holley, executive producer Spike Lee.
Moderator: Clinton Yates, Senior Editor, The undefeated, ESPN
Panelists: • Mark W. Wright, producer, Redemption Song • Mori Diane, former Howard soccer player • Winston J. Yallery Arthur, former Howard soccer player • Ed Foster-Simeon, President & CEO, US Soccer Foundation In partnership with Google.
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Howard University Athletic Hall of Fame class announced:-
http://www.hubison.com/news/2016/7/11/general-howard-announces-2016-hall-of-fame-class.aspx
Congrats
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Howard University Athletic Hall of Fame class announced:-
http://www.hubison.com/news/2016/7/11/general-howard-announces-2016-hall-of-fame-class.aspx
Congrats
Is Squeakie still alive?
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Howard University Athletic Hall of Fame class announced:-
http://www.hubison.com/news/2016/7/11/general-howard-announces-2016-hall-of-fame-class.aspx
Congrats
Is Squeakie still alive?
I think so. I will check
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Carlton Squeakie Hinds...not sure...but i could check also...as i used to play lots of golf with him...never met a nicer human...special...
he freaked out on my knowledge of tnt football including his era and the names of the past...then one day on the course...he called me over to his car...and pulled out a signed poster of like a TnT team from late 50's or something..have to check it...you wont believe how small he is..amazing and cool human...tnt legend...
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...you wont believe how small he is..
yes, he is a small guy. And that was years ago when I saw him in NY at a football tournament. Never met him personally.
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As of last month he was OK living in Trinidad
Dtool
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As of last month he was OK living in Trinidad
Dtool
I wonder if he will be de oldest living athlete inducted into Howard's Hall of Fame? If I have his date of birth correct, it means he would be 91.
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Former Howard soccer coach, Lincoln Philips, laments the game’s growth at historically black colleges and universities
By Mark W. Wright (theundefeated.com)
Even though we had just made history — having etched Howard University’s name in the history books as the first historically black college to capture a Division I NCAA championship — the feeling I had swirling around my head was the journey taken that led to the accomplishment. Even as our players celebrated in the locker room — dancing, crying and hugging — all I could think about was the process and the end result. That’s the coach in me, I suppose. It was about the collective growth.
We knew, in our hearts, that we had won the 1971 championship — over this same St. Louis team — fair and square; we knew that we had been here before. We had to come back three short years later and claim what was rightfully ours. We had persevered. My emotions then, and even today — 42 years later — were of relief and of course, redemption.
In the moments after that 1974 championship, there were other moments of reflection. I don’t know what would have happened had we lost that game versus St. Louis, the perennial soccer powerhouse at the time, and our biggest rival. Our whole lives depended on it. Remember, this was 1974 — smack in the middle of post-civil rights movement America, the Vietnam War still fresh in our minds and racial tensions as thick and tense and unpredictable as they are today. To think that four decades after our epic triumph, we have only made baby steps with race relations in America.
We knew at the time that Howard University was creating a template for winning and for success — not only for historically black colleges and universities (HBCUs), but for the game of soccer in America. We had made recruiting players from Africa and the Caribbean the norm — at a time when nobody looked beyond their state lines for players. We had created an opportunity for international students; not only was America an option for an education, they could also play the game they loved. We also had a sprinkling of African-Americans gravitating to the game, and there was a sense that momentum was being built. Sadly, though, that momentum was quickly halted.
Other schools, predominantly white institutions, were watching us from afar and had started to copy the template we had established. Clemson University, a perennial powerhouse, was first. In 1971, we played them at Howard and beat them handily. In that game, they had one black player on their roster. When we played them again in 1972 — this time at their place — and the bus pulled up, I saw one white player. The rest were black — from throughout Africa and the West Indies. I was shocked. I remember I said to their coach, I.M. Ibrahim, “Coach, what did you do to your players? Did you paint them?” After we won our championship in 1974, one of our key players — in fact, the player who scored the championship-winning goal, Nigerian Onyibo Ilodigwe — defected and went to Clemson.
By 1976, they’d beat us in the quarterfinals of the NCAA tournament. By that time, they had added other top-class Nigerians. The game had truly changed for us; players we typically recruited saw what PWIs [predominantly white institutions] had: pristine locker rooms, and first-class facilities and more money. HBCUs couldn’t win that race. So when I look at the landscape of HBCUs today, I am both discouraged and disappointed. Discouraged that among the 107 HBCUs across the country, only 32 have varsity men’s soccer programs. Discouraged that we never took control of our own destiny to come together to form a movement to grow soccer in America.
The question has been asked, certainly after the release of the Redemption Song movie: Why didn’t Howard grow into a perennial soccer power after its 1974 championship? We still had strong teams, but the pool of players had shrunk, for starters, and African-Americans as a whole never gravitated toward the sport on a grassroots level.
I don’t blame those players for exercising their right to play where they want; I blame us for not having the foresight or perhaps even being indifferent. We still have a colonial mentality and it is time to change that narrative. Look to ourselves for validation and stop looking to others to be told what we are capable of doing.
You see that happening in the Caribbean and in Africa and it places a terrible blight on the opportunities for black coaches who have the capacity to be just as good or better than coaches we celebrate today. Who do you think developed many of these African and Caribbean players who are playing all over Europe today? Black coaches. But when our national teams are looking for a coach, who typically gets that top job? Largely European coaches.
I also hold us partly responsible for our situation — for soccer not being considered a major sport in the United States, and as a result, well positioned to be a big part of the solution. Yes, money continues to be an issue, too, but there are several HBCUs that want to build respectable soccer programs, but don’t have the foundation or support. Several have club soccer, which you’d hope would morph into varsity programs, but that can’t happen until we form a strong fraternity that makes it a priority.
Yes, I realize many HBCUs face challenges that endanger their very existence. However, I believe the future for HBCUs will be shaped by the enrollment of international students, and soccer can be used as an effective tool to raise the international visibility of HBCUs. When I started the Black Coaches Association in 1988, that was our first attempt at coming together in a unified way. But, sadly, many coaches — even prospective coaches — are afraid to join the organization, hesitant to align themselves with a perceived “radical” movement that may alienate them or put a spotlight on them in a negative way.
It is a bit of a plantation mentality. But there comes a time when all the black coaches have to come together in order to advocate for the issues that impact us disproportionately. It is a level of consciousness that should not only aspire to create more opportunities but to also create, both collectively and individually, a culture of excellence that it will become more difficult for institutions to overlook.
We have to get rid of some of our own baggage and stop at merely acknowledging and vocalizing about the problems and challenges that exist for us as a people; that’s what happened at Howard. We didn’t look at ourselves as victims when we lost in 1971. We simply went back and focused on getting better and going out there and demanded success. This approach, of course, does not absolve those who have created an unwelcome or unfavorable climate. However, the elixir for that ailment that we call racism is to be better and help others be better as well.
Howard’s championship — still the only Division I championship at an HBCU, in any sport — was 42 long years ago. If we are to really move to the next level, and develop our own Messi and Ronaldo, we have to get back to making the sport a priority, developing the game at the youth level and reopening the lines of communication with Caribbean and African players. It’s time for us to be proud again and point to successful soccer programs on both the men’s and women’s side at HBCUs.
In my view, such an endeavor will pull more people into the sport and the ultimate beneficiary will be America. This has to happen, and it starts with a concerted and collective effort, from the grassroots level through high school and college, to start that paradigm shift. It is a challenge I place in front of not only HBCUs, but also U.S. soccer.
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http://www.eabizinfo.com/2016/07/29/sports-summit-opens-in-nairobi/
Sports Summit Opens in Nairobi
The inaugural edition of African Sports Business Association summit opened in Nairobi on Wednesday, with veteran Trinidadian coach Lincoln Phillips giving a tear-jerking account of how black athletes struggled through the race barrier in USA four decades ago.
Phillips, now an international sports entrepreneur, led the famous Howard University to the national collegiate football championships title in 1971, becoming the first black football coach to reach the national finals.
However, the all-black Howard University team was stripped of the title for allegedly fielding ineligible players, in a move seen to be discriminating against blacks in USA.
The forum is organised by US-based Mombi Thairu. Among the speakers at the two-day conference are Trinidadian Sheldon Phillips, Kenyan marketers Peter Gacheru and Paul Oyier along with veteran Nation Media Group journalist Waigwa Kiboi.
Lincoln Phillips represented Trinidad and Tobago in the 1976 Pan American Games’ football tournament with his nation winning a bronze medal.
He was then selected as one of the players to play professional football in Baltimore just as the USA launched its pro football league.
“It’s not how good you are but how hard you work,” Phillips told the audience on Thursday in his keynote address.
“We didn’t look at the white people badly at the time, but instead we sympathised with them because we knew they had a problem. That was the height of the civil rights movement.”
He also noted the importance of sport in personal development, saying although he was not quite university material, sport made him grow.
“I wanted to stay in the army and simply coach, but at the Pan-Am Games, I got exposed at many ways of getting an education and realised that you can use sport to get to where you want, and that’s when I added university education to my pro football contract.”
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Howard Athletics Fall Sport Fan Feast
Attend the Department of Athletics fall sports fan feast on Saturday, August 20, 2016 5:00PM at Greene Stadium. The football, soccer and volleyball teams will be introduced and the championship rings for Women's Soccer and Volleyball teams will be presented.
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On Saturday, October 15, 2016, Lincoln Phillips presented Howard University with a work of art (a collage) in honor of the 1971 team, and its legacy on and off the field.
The handing-over ceremony took place at Cramton Auditorium during "20 Years of Steelpan and The Arts: Instruments of Excellence in Education", an event that honored CAFE (The Cultural Academy for Excellence) and which featured the patronage of the Embassy of Trinidad and Tobago and the (very impressive) Ambassador of Trinidad & Tobago to the United States, His Excellency Brigadier-General Anthony Phillips-Spencer.
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Carlton "Squeakie" Hinds inducted into the Howard Athletic Hall of Fame .... 19th November 2016
During his years at HU he was the captain/member of the soccer and the cricket varsity teams; designated member of the Dean’s Honor Roll, member of the Tau Beta Pi Engineering Honor Society, the Beta Kappa Chi, Who’s Who 1962, and the Alpha Phi Omega organizations; member of the Caribbean Association and the American Civil Engineering associations.
His 1961 team (as Captain) won Howard University’s first national Championship title (NAIA)
and was the first HBCU team to win a national title in soccer in the USA.
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Published online today:
Howard's history-making men's soccer champions needed to be twice as good.
theguardian.com
When the first HBCU to win a Division I championship was stripped of their title, Howard University’s multi-national barrier-breakers made history all over again
The way coach Lincoln ‘Tiger’ Phillips recalls it, there was not much point in playing one period of overtime to decide the 1974 NCAA men’s soccer championship, let alone four – though, that’s what it eventually took for his Howard University Bison to defeat Saint Louis University Billikens, 2-1, and claim the national championship for the only time in the school’s history. Why? Because fate, Phillips recently told the Guardian, had already decided the outcome of the match long before a ball was even kicked on that freezing cold December day 42 years ago this week, when conditions delayed kickoff and snow had to be piled up behind the goals at Busch Memorial Stadium in St Louis.
Phillips’ belief stemmed from the fact that the “only time in its history” part of his and Howard’s story – which saw the school become the first historically black college or university to win a Division I national championship – was not entirely accurate. Though the record books currently show the university’s men’s soccer team with one title to its name (1974), the school and Phillips had experienced such a success story before; it was the basis for the coach’s fate-based-on-fact approach, paired with a sense of redemption that ran through a squad whose stories stretched from Africa to the Caribbean to Washington DC.
The first first had come in 1971 – one year after a young goalkeeper from Trinidad and Tobago had set foot on the Howard’s campus with a vision of transforming its rather woeful soccer team into a national powerhouse. Phillips, then just 29, had previously worked as a player-coach for the Washington Darts of the North American Soccer League. When he arrived at Howard, the school had not advanced to the NCAA tournament since 1963, when they comfortably lost to Navy, 5-1, in the first round.
In 1970, Phillips’ team qualified for the NCAA’s final four, prompting the school to offer him a full-time contract the following year. In accepting the head coaching role at the university, Phillips would also receive a free education to pursue his undergraduate degree. Despite what may have been perceived as an awkward situation for the Phillips – sitting alongside his equals in the lecture halls, but expected to exert authority on the field – the coach’s personality traits made him the perfect figurehead for Howard at the time. He was young and ambitious; had respect from his time as a NASL player and Trinidadian international; and his calm demeanor and one-on-one approach could also be matched by an intense focus on physical fitness and effort in matches. Phillips had an objective, too. Though seemingly far-off when he arrived, especially given Howard’s past performances, the idea becoming the first black school to win a national title would galvanize the team, he said. There was a sense of pride that extended beyond soccer, he added – his tenure starting just two years after the Civil Rights Act and a decade of bloodshed and riots that had seen the assassinations of Malcolm X, Medgar Evers and Martin Luther King Jr.
Due to Howard’s reputation, the team Phillips was able to build contained a global mix of lineages. Some saw this as a negative – a clash of soccer identities. But Phillips believed the appeal of the talented players at his disposal far outweighed man-management issues. “At the time, Europe was not moving, at least on a professional level, for players in third world countries,” he said. “So, for the African players and the Trinidad players, America was the way out, coming over here to college. … Some of the players were on national teams. These are the [types of] players who are now playing in England and Europe.”
Bison players under Phillips originated from countries such as Nigeria, Ghana, Eritrea, Trinidad and Tobago, Ethiopia and Jamaica. After finishing third in 1970, Howard would steamroll the opposition during the 1971 season. Speed was the driving force behind this success – the Bison playing with high, in-your-face intensity, capitalizing on counter-attacks whenever possible. There was also a party atmosphere that year, past players said. A small, easy-going group that essentially picked itself for each game put any egos aside for the collective goal, which, as the season progressed, became ever more believable.
Most of the teams the Bison faced were all-white, and some matches saw fights, red cards, and, according to some players, biased referees and acts of discrimination from opponents and on the touchline. But Howard would better its 1970 performance in 1971, reaching the final, where it would face Saint Louis University, the most dominant soccer program in NCAA history, which had won eight Division I championships over the previous 12 seasons.
Despite being underdogs going into the match at Miami’s Orange Bowl on 30 December 1971, Phillip’s team would come out on top, 3-2, completing what would have been unthinkable before he had taken over. The coach cried; players carried Phillips aloft as Howard basked becoming the first black institution to win a Division I championship. The university’s victory was followed by a congratulatory telegram from President Richard Nixon, and Saint Louis’ all-white team and staff showed the utmost respect for Howard also, Phillips said.
The title also helped to raise the profile of the soccer program, allowing the university to appeal to more talented international soccer players in the years to come. This was a stark contrast to some of the ‘71 team, who, when arriving at Howard years earlier, had been unaware the university even had a soccer team.
“We knew where that program came from,” Trevor Leiba, a Trinidadian goalkeeper who joined the university in 1974, said. “I knew about the situation in Trinidad, but it was like a child trying to understand family life at the age of 10 or 12. I didn’t feel it until I was here and I would hear Lincoln and the older guys talk.”
On 26 January 1972, just over three weeks after the Bison had celebrated their historic victory, the NCAA received an anonymous note, asking them to look into the eligibility of Howard players. What followed was not only a whodunit between coaches and soccer officials, but also a whydunit of sorts. Some speculated that the letter was sent as retaliation, the predominantly white world of college soccer unhappy about Howard’s vast improvement. Others argued that factors such as jealousy over the international players, or the ages of certain players played a part.
After the NCAA’s Committee of Infractions opened an investigation into player eligibility, the 1972 season for Howard saw five individuals removed from the team as questions arose. Interviews were conducted with everyone from players and coaches – both from Howard and their opposition – right up to the United States Soccer Federation. Despite losing key figures, the Bison still managed to reach the semi-finals that year, losing to eventual champions Saint Louis.
Twenty-four hours after that defeat, Phillips and his team attended the NCAA’s final four banquet, where the Howard coach was due to speak to a room full of his peers and the media. Standing at the podium, Phillips congratulated Saint Louis on their victory. He then said: “We played against this entire wretched system of this society. I would say the NCAA is guilty of practicing racism. … Saint Louis did not beat Howard University. They beat the remnants of what was left of Howard University.”
Applause for the coach’s stand rippled around the room. But a month later, in January 1973, despite this show of apparent support from fellow university players and coaches, the NCAA’s investigation concluded that Howard had violated three rules relating to player eligibility: they would be stripped of their third-place finish in 1970; banned from post-season play during 1973; and, most shatteringly, also stripped of their 1971 title, which has since remained vacant.
“In my opinion, the Howard University team was stood knee-deep in the civil rights struggle,” Mori Diane, a member of the 1971 team who would go on to play professional soccer, said. “We played our little part, even unbeknown at the time. Our struggles were pebbles in the sandstorm that brought acceptance of blacks as equals.”
One of the rules Howard was deemed to have broken surrounded freshman eligibility and hinged on athletes achieving a high enough score on certain entry-level examinations to make a predicted grade-point average. For some students – especially those from outside of the United States – Howard’s admission process gave exemptions from these exams, as students could be admitted based on their scores on British Commonwealth or French equivalents. All of the players who were said to have broken this, The 1.6 Rule, achieved GPAs during their freshman year higher that were higher than the entrance requirements. In 1971, the soccer team had the highest GPA of all of the university’s varsity teams, with Phillips, studying alongside some of his players, putting a greater emphasis on education over sport.
The other rules Howard were questioned over surrounded the eligibility of certain foreign students. One player from the ‘71 team, for example, was questioned over the roughly three years he spent playing in a league in his home country, despite the standard being extremely low. NCAA rules deemed foreign students would lose one year of postseason eligibility for every year they participated in athletic competition in their home country after their 19th birthday. A rule that stated students were eligible five years of athletic activity after first registering for a college also hit Howard players, as some had spent periods at colleges in their home countries.
“Did they follow the rules to the tee in terms of what the NCAA requested? I don’t think so – but it was nearly impossible for anyone to at that time,” Justin Tinsley, who has written about race and the Howard teams of the early 70s for ESPN’s The Undefeated, told the Guardian. “But it was never to the extent where head coach Lincoln Phillips was trying to game the system, either. ... It wasn’t until after 1971 season and the questions that arose after it did it only become a problem. They had a bullseye on their back then. So of course powers that be were going to gun for them.”
After the NCAA’s decision, appeals followed. But despite having sympathy for the university over the vagueness of the rules, it was concluded that, though unintentional, Howard had been in violation. The 1973 season rolled on, but with no postseason, the drive of ‘71 had all but evaporated.
“It was terrible,” Richard Davy, a member of the 1973 Howard team, said. “Even the bus broke down a number of times – and it was so cold. We felt like were just playing for the heck of it.”
For Phillips and his remaining players, the 1974 soccer season could not come soon enough. When it did, the Howard team that began the campaign looked a little different to that of ‘71. Some had graduated; others had been suspended. The roster Phillips now oversaw – perhaps boosted by Howard’s growing reputation within collegiate soccer – contained a stronger group of players, according to some on the ‘74 team. “It needed a coach like Lincoln,” Trevor Leiba, the goalkeeper, said, “because even though it was a very talented team, that team was filled with egos.”
Like in ‘71, the Howard team also had an objective: the push for a second first. Some players have since joked that there was more pressure on them than in their exams; others have said the opposite, claiming that history and a sense of purpose made them certain of Howard winning the title. But whatever the drive – nerves, confidence, redemption — the Bison flew through the 1974 season in a style not seen in Division I college soccer before or since. A group that contained internationals, experienced and driven members of ‘71 team, and those, like Leiba, who did not understand the mindset around the NCAA’s decision until they arrived on campus, finished the season 19-0, outscoring their opponents 63-6. Those numbers included the final victory over Saint Louis, where Howard started slow, before a half-time change by Phillips altered the game and gave the Bison the title.
“It was all about black pride,” Richard Davy, who set up the winning goal in the final, said. “They had taken away the ‘71 title, but ‘74 was clean.”
Today, Lincoln Phillips still sees his team as winning two titles, not one – there would not have been a ‘74 team without a ‘71 team, he says. When asked to attend events that recognize the achievements of his‘74 team, Phillips has insisted that the ‘71 team be recognized also; books and documentaries, including Spike Lee’s “Redemption Song”, have been created to discuss the broader impact these Howard teams had. Phillips would go on to coach at the university until 1980, but the Bison would not win another national championship, leaving questions open about the dynasty that could have been built between the years of 1970 and 1974 had not the controversy arose.
It’s a great what if. But no matter what the record books say, or if the rulebook should have come down so hard on Howard, Phillips today says he’s simply comforted by the way his players responded when they could alter the outcome, bolstered by the greater significance their results and attitudes had.
“The remarkable thing was that we did not wear that racism baggage on our shoulders,” Phillips said. “All we were concerned about was not what was done to us, but what must we do to take back what is rightfully ours. And, looking back in retrospect, that’s a great message that can be sent to anyone – black folks in discriminatory situations, or any group that’s discriminated – travel light, don’t wear baggage, and focus on what you have control over.”
www.theguardian.com/football/blog/2016/dec/06/howard-university-hbcu-mens-soccer-championship-history
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Leiba Ranked Among Top Women's Soccer Coaches In The Nation
WASHINGTON, D.C. – With the 2017 women's soccer campaign on the horizon, head coach Brent Leiba was featured in the NCAA – CoachRank poll by AllWhiteKit.com on Tuesday.
"I am honored to have been recognized as one of the top coaches in the nation," said Leiba. "This recognition is shared with our student-athletes, coaching staff and administration. As a program, we are very excited about what we have built and accomplished! The bar continues to be raised as we look forward to another exciting year!"
Leiba, who led the Bison to their first-ever NCAA Tournament appearance in 2015, ranked 24th among NCAA Division I head women's soccer coaches. It is the highest standing for Leiba as he moved up nine spots since last year's poll.
"We want to congratulate Brent on being recognized as one of the premier soccer coaches in the country," stated athletics director Kery Davis. "He represents the true spirit of our mission for Howard athletics, which is to create champions in the classroom, on the field and in life."
In the third year as a member of the Southwestern Athletic Conference (SWAC), Leiba led Howard to an undefeated 9-0-1 league mark in 2016. The victories included five shutouts while three games were decided by one point.
http://www.hubison.com/news/2017/7/12/leiba-ranked-among-top-womens-soccer-coaches-in-the-nation.aspx
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Howard’s legendary athletic trainer Milton Miles dies
By Mark W. Wright (theundefeated.com)
Former Bison coach Lincoln Phillips describes him as ‘the glue’ for the NCAA title team
Lincoln Phillips can chuckle at the thought today, but the task of wrangling the diverse personalities on his star-studded 1970s Howard University soccer teams was no laughing matter at the time. “You’re talking about trying to get Jamaicans and Trinidadians and Africans on the same page at the same time,” recalled Phillips, who coached at Howard from 1970-1980 and led the Bison to its first – and still only – NCAA Division I national championship in 1974.
Phillips’ Bison teams featured players from countries such as Nigeria, Ghana, Eritrea, Trinidad and Tobago, Ethiopia and Jamaica. While blessed with talent and a flair never before seen in America, it was Phillips, who was only a few years older than some of his players, who was tasked with bringing them together.
“That was no easy feat, and for a young coach at the time, you had to find creative and sometimes unconventional ways to get them to agree to come together,” said Phillips, who was 29 when he became head coach in ’70. “I couldn’t have been successful without the help and support from some wonderful people.”
Count Milton Miles Jr. among them; Miles, who was African-American, was Howard’s longtime athletic trainer and played a massive role in helping the Bison reach two NCAA Division I championships. He died this week at 87 after a long battle with bladder cancer, having served as Howard’s athletic trainer from 1970 until his in retirement in 2002.
“He was the athletic trainer for all of Howard’s teams,” said Marilyn Miles, his wife of 54 years. “But soccer was his favorite.”
Phillips, a former army sergeant in his native Trinidad and Tobago, was hardly short on discipline, but he soon learned that he needed more than that to create harmony – on and off the pitch.
“Milt helped me to understand and deal with potential chaos situations within our multitalented teams, because the players all loved and confided in ‘Uncle Milty,’ ” the coach recalled.
Ian Bain, who captained Phillips’ all-star 1974 team, agrees: “We spent so much time with him, in the tape room, in the world pool, on road trips – that in many ways he became was our gate-keeper. That made him really important to our existence. His consistence and constancy made him really important to us.”
Howard’s soccer exploits were told in the Spike Lee-executive produced documentary Redemption Song, which recalled the fast-paced and gripping tale of the 1971 and 1974 national championship-winning Bison teams that had to overcome issues – often racial – bigger than themselves to achieve greatness.
“Milt’s uncanny ability to analyze these tense and potentially explosive situations was a great asset to me as a coach,” continued Phillips, who compiled a 116-19 record as Howard’s coach and was enshrined in the Howard Athletic Hall of Fame, along with both teams, in September 2014. “He was the glue in all the Howard soccer teams – the comforter to all the players when they were down. He healed them physically and emotionally. He was a dear and close friend to me and the players and most of all, a consummate gentleman.”
Miles’ death is the third in recent years from that glorified era. Kenneth “Kendo” Ilodigwe, who scored the lone goal in the 1974 quadruple overtime thriller versus soccer power Saint Louis University, died last March. Keith “Bronco” Aqui, Howard’s goal-scoring forward and star on Phillips’ 1971 team, died in late 2016.
Miles is survived by his wife Marilyn; two children, Jenifer and Milton Miles III; and one grandson, Justin.
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"Squeakie" Hinds son, Roger, receives Distinguished Alumnus Award
http://www.brooklyn.cuny.edu/web/news/bcnews/bcnews_180426.php
The New York Knicks' Head Trainer, Roger Hinds '77, to Receive Distinguished Alumnus Award at Brooklyn College Commencement
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Never knew of him. Congrats!!
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If you haven't seen this--I just looked it up myself--here's a link:
http://theundefeated.com/videos/redemption-song/
Howard’s 1971 title was cruelly snatched away from them, but they had their day, as Phillips had his, in 1974 when they again won the NCAA Division I trophy, this time for keeps. The thrills and emotions of that memorable triumph are depicted in the ESPN Films Spike Lee Lil Joint documentary, Redemption Song. And surely Aqui played a big part in the events leading to that belated celebration.
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'We Got It Back': Howard University’s 1974 season of revenge and justice
By Matthew Stock (wbur.org)
In 1959, St. Louis University won the first-ever NCAA men’s soccer national championship. They also won six of the next 11 titles. Their team was known for being strong and physical. And their roster was all white.
"They just really dominated the sport," says Mark Wright, who works for ESPN's The Undefeated.
Wright loves soccer. And he’s most interested in St. Louis’ premier rival in the early 1970s: the historically black Howard University.
"They had, you know, players from Africa and from the Caribbean," Wright says. "And they were coached by Lincoln Phillips, a Trinidadian, who was young."
In 1971, St. Louis and Howard met in the national championship game. And what happened from there changed Mark’s life — and the lives of countless others.
1971
The cover art of the 1971 Howard University yearbook is a simple image of a black man raising his fist. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. had been assassinated less than three years earlier. And at Howard, the Black Power movement had taken center stage.
"It really is stepping into a cauldron of civil rights," says Ian Bain, who grew up in Trinidad.
Bain's community there was mostly black. Newspapers and TV were his only real exposure to racism and the fight for civil rights. But in 1971, he moved to the United States and joined the Howard soccer team as a freshman midfielder.
"Everything that we saw on our one channel in Trinidad and Tobago television was now unfolding right at our doorstep," Bain says.
Opposing coaches would tell their players to shout racial slurs at Howard players to knock them off their game. Several players remember being called the n-word on the pitch. But even still, Howard was really, really good.
"When we took the field, it gave voice to people in a country that sometimes needed a voice," Bain says.
On Dec. 30, nearly 6,000 spectators showed up at the Orange Bowl in Miami with the potential to witness history: if Howard beat St. Louis, it would become the first historically black college or university to win a NCAA Div. I national championship — in any sport.
Around this time, ESPN’s Mark Wright was a young kid growing up in Jamaica and falling in love with soccer.
"I remember getting a soccer ball for Christmas as one of my early gifts, and it was just, oh, my gosh. It was the best thing ever," Wright says. "Instead of kicking juice boxes and putting newspaper in them and trying to make it a ball, I actually had a real ball. And that made me the coolest kid in the neighborhood."
Meeting 'Señor Bain'
Wright and his family moved to the U.S. on his 12th birthday. He didn’t meet Ian Bain until long after that 1971 championship game.
"The first time I met him was in the lunch room," Wright says. "He was one of the teachers on lunchroom security detail, I guess. Just kind of making sure that kids didn’t walk on tables or throw food at each other."
Wright was a student at Springbrook High School in Maryland. Bain was a 35-year-old Spanish teacher and soccer coach.
"He had pretty much the entire student body thinking that Coach Bain — Señor Bain, is what everybody called him — was just a guy," Wright says. "This is pre-Google, right? I didn’t know him from a can of paint that he was the football, the soccer, legend that he was."
Wright's father was a welder. His mom was a nurse at the Howard University Hospital. And since money was tight, he got a job, too.
"I worked at a dental office," Wright says. "Everything from cleaning the equipment and making sure things are put away. Taking out the garbage."
Wright worked from 5 to 7:30 every night. And this meant no soccer after school. But senior year, Wright quit his job and earned a spot on his high school team.
And it didn’t take long for him to realize that Coach Ian Bain was special.
"He's big on showing you what he wants to do, right?" Wright says. "So he'll put the ball down, and he'll say, ‘Look, I want you to kick it this way.’ And then he would demonstrate. We're teenage boys. We're not super smart. But we're easily impressed. And when a guy like that would demonstrate the way he did, it was like, ‘Wow, this guy is dope.’ And so whenever he said anything, we just kind of did it.
"If you did something nice — you did something impressive, you know — you would hear Coach Bain say, ‘Oh, God, boy. You're nice, boy.’ "
Coach Bain’s opinion meant a lot to Mark. So when Mark decided to go to Howard, he was encouraged to find out that his coach had gone there, too.
"It gave me a sense of, ‘If Coach Bain had this experience that I’m about to embark on, and if he turned out the way he turned out, then there's a good chance that things are probably gonna end well for me,’ " Wright says.
ESPN Films
Things did turn out well. A few years out of school, Wright got a job with ESPN the Magazine. He bounced around in the industry and ended up back at ESPN a few years later. And then one day, in 2015 …
"I kid you not — a voice just said to me, ‘Google Coach Bain,’ " Wright remembers. "It had been probably eight years to that point since we'd spoken."
An article came up about Coach Bain and some of his college teammates. They had just been inducted into the Howard Hall of Fame. Wright got Coach Bain’s phone number.
"When I talked to him, he said, ‘Yeah, it was really good. It was good to see the old guys again,’ " Wright remembers. " ‘By the way, Coach Lincoln just released his autobiography. We had some pretty good times, but you probably want to read the book if you want the full story.’
"So I got Coach Lincoln’s book. And after reading the book, I call Coach back. And I said, ‘Coach, this is an ESPN 30 for 30.’ "
Wright got in touch with a friend from ESPN Films named Kenan Holley. And together, they got approval to make a documentary short. But they were missing something.
"We have no footage," Wright says. "No archive. No video. Just grainy newspaper clippings. We had nothing."
Wright, Holley and their team interviewed Coach Phillips about a dozen former Howard players. They generously let me use excerpts from those interviews in the piece you’re reading and listening to right now.
So let’s go back to Dec. 30, 1971. Howard’s soccer team was set to take on St. Louis for the national championship game and a chance at history.
Sending A Message
"I think that game offered a platform," Bain says. "It was about sending messages and now embracing the role that we had."
Howard netted the go-ahead goal midway through the second half and held on to win, 3–2.
"I felt I would win four NCAA national championships," Bain says. "After ’71, I knew I was winning three more. There was no doubt in my mind."
"It was an unbelievable moment," Phillips says. "I was so proud and so happy, it brought tears. First it was tears of joys, and honest tears of sorrow."
Tears of sorrow because, just three weeks later, the Howard team got some news.
"We heard that the NCAA gonna sanction us and they're gonna take away the ’71 championship from us," Phillips says.
The NCAA alleged that two of Howard’s players hadn’t taken the correct college entrance exams. It alleged that two others had already used up eligibility by playing in their home countries over the summer.
"Really, if the NCAA had put a microscope on every single program, they would find that other programs were doing the same thing," Wright says.
Phillips, the Howard players and the HBCU community all felt that these rules were being selectively enforced.
"And the NCAA, they feel, wanted to send a message to Howard University in particular," Wright says.
Howard made it back to the national semifinal in 1972. But when the NCAA continued its investigation into the team, Howard voluntarily suspended the players in question right before their match. They played shorthanded against St. Louis and lost, 2–1, in overtime.
Phillips was 31 years old. He had just finished his third season as Howard’s head coach. But at an NCAA-sponsored banquet after the game, he stood up to the organization.
"We played against this entire wretched system of this society," Phillips said at the banquet. "Any time they decide to get together to deprive any people of what is due to them, I would say that the NCAA is guilty of practicing racism. St. Louis did not beat Howard University last night. They beat the remnants of what was left of Howard University."
"The place went quiet," Phillips recalls. "And I said to myself, ‘Oh, my god. What are you saying? What are you going to say after this?’ "
For those 1971 infractions, the NCAA also suspended Howard from postseason play in 1973. And without a championship to chase, the team struggled to preserve a common identity.
"They even had a lot of fights that I didn’t know about — fist fights," Phillips says.
"There was a lot of nitpicking and bickering," Bain says. "You have players from all over — each of them different."
Howard was postseason eligible again in 1974. And with the season on the horizon, Phillips brought someone in to help reunite his players.
"Dom Basil Matthews, he was a religious man and educator," Bain says. "And he spoke about this triangle of Blackness."
"A triangle of Blackness," Howard alum Rock Newman says. "And that triangle, he said, started in Africa, went to the Caribbean and then goes, at its furthest point away, in America. And they were that link that would link back to Africa with the kind of excellence. The whole African diaspora could look on this one team, an example of the best that we can be."
"If there was a pivotal moment that led us into 1974, it was that moment," Bain says. "We all started to come together."
"They said, and rallying around Coach Lincoln, ‘All right — they took it from us, we got to get it back,’ " Wright says. "Revenge and justice became their calling card after that."
The 1974 Season
Bain was one of only three players still on the Howard team who had been there in 1971. And under his captainship, the 1974 team put together one of the single greatest seasons in college soccer history.
Despite continuing to face racism from many opposing teams, Howard outscored their competition 63–6 and carried a 19-game win streak into the NCAA championship game — against none other than St. Louis University.
Phillips and members of his team say that the St. Louis players treated them with respect. They knew they could beat Howard by playing the right way.
"There was just so much reward that could come from it," Bain says. "But there was also so much onus that was placed on winning this thing again."
So Wright had this incredible story. He had the funding for an ESPN documentary. But he still didn’t have any footage.
"Not a good place to start," Wright says. "And so in making connections and calling people — ‘Hey we're working on this project’ — two former film students at Howard during that time reached out to me, or I connected with them. And they told me that, ‘Hey, as part of our films class at Howard back in the day, we used to follow the team around. And we used to capture footage of them playing and training. And so I have some footage somewhere on reel-to-reel tape somewhere in my basement. I haven’t seen that stuff in years. It’s probably no good.’
"I’m like, ‘Get it and give it to me and don’t touch it. And I will get it digitized, and we'll see what we've got.’ "
Wright got his hands on the tape and sent it to a digitizing house.
"And I remember getting that call from the man who owned the shop," Wright says. "And he said, ‘Hey, Mark, we've got something here. I said, ‘Turn it up for me.’ He said, ‘It’s not the best quality. It's black and white. It's grainy. I don’t even know if you can use it.’ I’m like, ‘Just please, just turn it up so I can hear.’
"And what I heard was cheerleaders cheering. I heard somebody giving play-by-play. He ended up finding footage of the 1974 national championship game in St. Louis at cold, snowy Busch Stadium.
"That was life changing for me in the moment. I believed everything Coach told me to that point. I read Coach Lincoln's book. Believed it all. But hearing the cheerleaders? And seeing the amateur play-by-play? Man, get outta here. I mean, that was just transformative for me.
"You can see from the grainy footage that there's snow that was shoveled up against the embankment," Wright says. "Remember, now, these are African players, Caribbean players. These are guys who don't like snow and the cold."
"We were on the back foot from early," Bain says. "We couldn’t get control of the midfield at all, at all, at all. I was having the worst game of my career. I mean, worst. I was expecting Lincoln to take me off at any minute."
"We were lucky to have come into the dressing room one goal down," Phillips says.
Phillips kept Bain in the game to start the second half. He also brought in a speedy Jamaican player named Mario McLennan.
With new energy, Howard scored to draw even at 1–1. The two teams played … and played … and played.
"We went into four overtimes," Phillips says. "The overtime period was all ours. The ball hit the upright, the crossbar. It was just a matter of time."
Finally, Bain passed the ball to Richard Davy. He beat his man down the wing and scored the winning goal. Howard was the NCAA champion.
"We got it. We got it back," Phillips says. "We just didn’t win, you know. We took it."
Wright named his documentary “Redemption Song.” It premiered at Howard University in April 2016. Players and coaches from the 1970 through 1974 teams came to watch with their family and friends.
"For 40-some years, these players have been walking around with a chip on their shoulder knowing that they went through hell to do something that had never been done," Wright says. "And their story had never been told. Their grandkids don’t know. Their kids don’t know. They had no link to share. And so this story was redemption. It still means everything to me."
After the screening, Wright had a chance to talk with Bain.
"He just said, ‘You know, Mark, I was looking around the room, and I could see guys from that time looking around with pride and saying, “I never thought I'd live to see the day where I'd see this story told. And my family's here with me.” ’ " Wright says. "I remember him, you know, giving me the nod and saying, ‘Well done.’ And I — in that moment, I felt like I was 17 again. Because, you know, once you're a player and you have a good relationship with a coach, no matter how old you get, he's still coach and you're still the player."
And Wright says since the documentary, he, Bain and Phillips have gotten even closer.
"I now have them in my life on a regular, regular basis," Wright says. "And I think I’m so much better for it. I’m a better person for it. I’m a better dad for it. I’m sure a better coach for it. So, yeah. I’m lucky."
The quotes in this piece from Ian Bain, Lincoln Phillips and Rock Newman come from the documentary short "Redemption Song." Thanks to ESPN Films for sharing their audio with us.
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Here's the link to the audio.
https://www.wbur.org/onlyagame/2019/04/26/howard-1971-mens-soccer-ncaa
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https://www.msnbc.com/hardball/watch/steph-curry-helps-howard-university-start-golf-teams-67169861517
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https://www.msnbc.com/hardball/watch/steph-curry-helps-howard-university-start-golf-teams-67169861517
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