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Long Beach State Soccer

Long Beach State Women’s Soccer Loses Opener Against No. 11 UCLA

The562’s coverage of Long Beach State athletics is sponsored by Marilyn Bohl. Injuries have been the story of the 2024 Long Beach State women’s soccer season and it’s only the first week. The Beach lost its All-Big West Conference center back Brooklyn Antonucci to a preseason injury, and then a head injury knocked fellow star defender […]

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Long Beach State Soccer

SEASON PREVIEW: Long Beach State Women’s Soccer Hosts No. 11 UCLA In Opener

The562’s coverage of Long Beach State athletics is sponsored by Marilyn Bohl. Two decades. That’s how long Mauricio Ingrassia has coached Long Beach State women’s soccer while the program rewrote its own history books. His championship teams have all played a similar style that wants to possess the ball and control the big moments with poise. […]

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FEATURE: Cabrillo Soccer Hosts International Friendly With New Zealand’s St. Paul’s School

The562’s coverage of Cabrillo Athletics is sponsored by the Cohn Family. Separated by nearly 7,000 miles and 19 hours on the clock, there’s not much that unites the Westside of Long Beach and the North Island of New Zealand. But on a picture-perfect Monday afternoon in Long Beach, all it took was a friendly game […]

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Multisport Athletes of the Year 2024

Unfortunately as specialization is pushed at younger and younger ages, the high school multisport athlete is largely becoming a thing of the past, with year-round commitments crowding out the old-school approach. As such we wanted to recognize four Long Beach athletes competing in multiple sports at a high level this year. On the boys’ side, […]

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Top 10 Long Beach Sports Moments: No. 5 Lakewood’s Historic CIF Runs

The562’s coverage of Lakewood Athletics is sponsored by J.P. Crawford, Class of 2013. The Lakewood boys’ soccer and girls’ basketball teams made school history with deep CIF playoffs runs, but that success didn’t just start this year. Both programs have dedicated coaches who prioritized effort. That helped develop strong groups of upperclassmen who used their […]

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Long Beach City College Millikan Soccer

Millikan Coach Tino Nunez Takes Over LBCC Women’s Soccer

The562’s coverage of Vikings athletics is sponsored in part by Long Beach City College Don’t get nervous yet, Millikan girls’ soccer fans, Tino Nunez isn’t leaving his job as Rams head coach. However, he’s now also the Long Beach City College women’s soccer coach after being hired last week. “In coaching and playing you want to […]

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Long Beach Poly Soccer

Soccer: Long Beach Poly Hires Angel Zavala As New Girls Coach

The562’s coverage of Long Beach Poly is sponsored by Bryson Financial. Long Beach Poly has hired Jackrabbit alum Angel Zavala to be the new girls’ soccer coach at the school. Zavala is a club coach with Beach FC and was Poly’s frosh/soph coach in the most recent season. Zavala replaces Anthony Perez, who resigned following the […]