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UNC tops Michigan State in penalty kicks

By Aaron Taube | November 28

With his team trailing Michigan State 1-0 in the waning moments of its third-round NCAA Tournament clash at Fetzer Field, Martinez received a deflected ...

Goodwin key player in men's soccer victory against Georgetown

By Aaron Taube | November 22

Throughout UNC’s record-setting season that has provided it with homefield advantage throughout the NCAA Tournament, the Tar Heels have been outstanding ...

Men's soccer gets by Hoyas in penalty kicks

By Megan Walsh | November 21

In the first 10-minute overtime of the North Carolina men’s soccer team’s second-round NCAA Tournament matchup against Georgetown, sophomore Alex ...

Sophomore Enzo Martinez and his family left Uruguay when he was 10. Martinez set a high school record with 182 goals before coming to UNC, where he has recorded five game-winning goals for the Tar Heels.

Martinez chases dreams at North Carolina

By Aaron Taube | November 18

North Carolina midfielder Enzo Martinez is what his coach Elmar Bolowich likes to call “opportunistic.” Indeed, the sophomore has shown a penchant ...

UNC men's soccer team loses in ACC tournament final

By Aaron Taube | November 14

It appeared that the second half of the ACC men’s soccer tournament final would play out like so many of North Carolina’s second-half triumphs that ...

Men's soccer team falls to Maryland in ACC finals

By Grant Fitzgerald | November 14

CARY — It was a valiant effort. Playing a man down for 55 minutes after senior Michael Farfan picked up a red card, the North Carolina men’s soccer ...

Senior midfielder Michael Farfan had a goal and an assist in UNC’s win against N.C. State in the ACC Tournament quarterfinals Wednesday.

Rematch takes different dynamic at neutral site

By Grant Fitzgerald | November 11

CARY — North Carolina was not taking its matchup with rival N.C. State lightly. Not after the Wolfpack upset UNC in the ACC Tournament last season. ...

Second-team All-ACC Enzo Martinez and the Tar Heels open up postseason play with a quarterfinals match against the Wolfpack in Cary.

Men's soccer readies for ACC Tournament

By Megan Walsh | November 9

As the North Carolina men’s soccer team celebrated making history as the program’s first team to earn a regular season ACC title last Friday, a goal ...

UNC men's soccer team welcomes back Michael Farfan

By Megan Walsh | November 8

Senior Michael Farfan was supposed to miss the end of his final regular season for the North Carolina men’s soccer team. But the 2009 All-American ...

Senior midfielder Michael Farfan returned from injury to score the only goal UNC needed — a penalty kick 20 minutes into the ACC match.

UNC men's soccer team win ACC regular season title

By Aaron Taube | November 7

With a 2-0 victory in Friday night’s season finale against Clemson at Fetzer Field, this year’s men’s soccer team accomplished something none ...

Freshman Robbie Lovejoy has come up clutch for the Tar Heels late in the past two games.

UNC men's soccer team holds strong to beat Virginia Tech

By Chris Moore | October 24

Leading 2-1 in the final minutes on Friday, the No. 4 North Carolina men’s soccer team was barely holding off an aggressive Virginia Tech attack.

Backup players lead UNC men's soccer team in win against Virginia Tech

By Grant Fitzgerald | October 24

Carlos McCrary to Martin Murphy to Jordan Gafa probably wasn’t a scoring combination the North Carolina soccer coach thought much about when he was ...

South Carolina goalie Jimmy Maurer argues with the ref after being issued a yellow card in the 55th minute of a physical match.

Injuries plague UNC men's soccer team

By Megan Walsh | October 20

Five minutes into second half of the North Carolina men’s soccer team’s matchup against South Carolina, senior Eddie Ababio went down on a tackle ...

Redshirt freshman Josh Rice is taken down by South Carolina defender Danny Cates. The match featured seven yellow cards, four by South Carolina, and two red cards that were split between the two squads.

UNC fights South Carolina to 1-0 win

By Grant Fitzgerald | October 19

In a game where nothing seemed to be going right for UNC, Lovejoy’s goal was a welcome respite for a team that lacked any offensive spark. For more ...

UNC senior midfielder Michael Farfan sends a cross toward the net. Farfan scored the game’s lone goal.

UNC men's soccer team remains undefeated in ACC

By Brandon Moree | October 10

The North Carolina men’s soccer team got one step closer to the regular season conference championship when it handed Wake Forest its first conference ...

UNC goalkeeper Scott Goodwin nails a goal kick to put the ball back in play. The sophomore has allowed just nine goals this year.

UNC goalkeeper Scott Goodwin continues to save ACC games, makes the difference during conference

By Aaron Taube | October 10

North Carolina goalkeeper Scott Goodwin had three of his four saves in the second half of the men’s soccer team’s 1-0 win against Wake Forest on Friday, ...

Wake Forest vs. #4 UNC men's soccer LiveBlog

By Aaron Taube | October 8

Live Blog

Through nine starts this season, Kirk Urso has registered three goals and two assists for the Tar Heels, who face Wake Forest today at 7 p.m.

UNC men's soccer faces Wake Forest

By Megan Walsh | October 7

As No. 4 UNC prepares for the arrival of the Demon Deacons at Fetzer Field on Friday, the similarities between the two teams are yet again mounting.

Josh Rice gives UNC soccer spark, two assists

By Megan Walsh | October 6

Redshirt freshman Josh Rice ran onto Fetzer Field for the first time in the 38th minute of Tuesday’s men’s soccer matchup against Radford. The substitution ...

Junior midfielder Kirk Urso registered his third goal of the season against Radford on Tuesday night. Urso’s 27-yard strike in the 63rd minute gave UNC a 3-1 lead in the second half. The Tar Heels scored more goals Tuesday than they have in any other game in the 2010 season.

Underclassmen propel UNC men's soccer in 5-1 win

By Aaron Taube | October 6

A week after stumbling at unranked Old Dominion, the No. 4 North Carolina men’s soccer team once again looked susceptible to a nonconference upset 26 ...