The Soccer Run is Over

The Rutgers men didn't make the jump from the Sweet Sixteen to the Elite Eight in this year's NCAA soccer championships.

They lost tonight to UCLA, the same team that beat them in them in the 1990 final game.

Congratulations to the Scarlet Knights on making to the third round this year.

Have you bookmarked your NCAA bracket yet?

After beating Colgate in the first round and upsetting Boston College yesterday, the Rutgers men are now in the round of sixteen in this year's NCAA Soccer Championships.

Bookmark the bracket by clicking here.

Next Sunday, the 27th, they'll be playing the team that beat the Scarlet Knights for the 1990 championship, the UCLA Bruins. That final match was 0-0, with the Bruins winning on penalty kicks.

The 2016 - 2017 Rutgers and UCLA Series Is On

This Star-Ledger article announcing the home-and-home against the UCLA Bruins starting at R House in 2016 mentions that that year will mark the 147th year of football for Rutgers and the 97th for UCLA.
What it doesn't mention is that 2016 is also the 250th anniversary of Rutgers itself. I imagine there'll be some hoopla as we get close to that date.
I mentioned earlier why this meeting means a lot to me personally. I can't wait.

Here's a Series I Can Get Excited About!

CLICK HERE for more details about "Rutgers football in negotiations with UCLA for home-and-home series".

I really hope this comes to be. Not only will a series with the Bruins at Rutgers Stadium and the Rose Bowl be a big step in the Scarlet Knights' continuing rise in national prominence, but I have a personal reason to see this come to pass. Both my parents have connections to UCLA and the first college football games I ever attended in the 1960's were Bruins games when they were playing in the Coliseum and fighting for dominance of the city of Los Angeles, the state of California, and sometimes the nation, with USC.

Thanks to Tim Pernetti for all his early efforts to push Rutgers football schedule to the next level.