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ONLINE ONLY: T-Duck soccer champs celebrated

ONLINE ONLY: T-Duck soccer champs celebrated

Jorge Sanchez, Staff Writer | June 3, 2024
The Richland men’s soccer team met for a championship ring ceremony in Guadalupe Hall on the Richland campus May 23 to commemorate the players’ and team’s hard work over the 2023 season, which earned them their sixth consecutive National Junior College Athletic Association championship. Family and friends joined the players to watch Head Coach Raul Herrera, Dr. Kathryn Eggleston, Richland Campus president, and Sadiaa Jones, Dallas College athletic director, kick off the...
Dallas is America’s new soccer capital

Dallas is America’s new soccer capital

Xavier Villarreal, Sports Editor | March 3, 2024
It is no secret that Texas teams are always in the conversation when it comes to championship contention. Whether it be in football, basketball, hockey or even baseball, you can never count teams out, especially Dallas. But what about soccer? As we know, the current NJCAA Div III reigning soccer champs for the past six years are located in Dallas on the Richland campus of Dallas College (go Thunderducks!), as well as one of the NCAA Div I powerhouses located closer to downtown in...
GOAT: Cristiano Ronaldo or Lionel Messi?

GOAT: Cristiano Ronaldo or Lionel Messi?

Xavi Villarreal, Sports Editor | February 20, 2024
Lionel Messi played his second game against FC Dallas on Jan. 22 in preparation for the upcoming MLS season, a game in which FC Dallas came up with the win, scoring in the third minute of the match. As Inter Miami CF prepared for the season with friendly matches, they headed to Saudi Arabia to face Cristiano Ronaldo and Al Nasr in what shaped up to be the last ever matchup between the two greatest soccer players to play the game. The question remains though, who is the greatest of all time? Many...
Ivan Villatorro and Luca Marfisi practice during tryouts for next season’s team.

Tryouts underway for T-Duck men’s soccer team

Tomy Arguelles, Staff Writer | May 2, 2023
Richland’s men’s soccer team has finished its training session for this year. Now they are preparing for the beginning of the tryouts to field a team for next season. At press time, the tryouts were scheduled to start on April 30. “This semester the team plays many friendly games against universities in order to strengthen their competitive level, besides trying to find an option for a scholarship,”head men’s soccer coach Raul Herrera said.
Dallas Cup soccer returns to Richland

Dallas Cup soccer returns to Richland

Tomy Arguelles, Staff Writer | April 19, 2023
Richland Campus hosted the Dallas Cup soccer tournament again this year. The event, which is held during Easter week, was founded by the Texas Longhorns Soccer Club in 1980. The club launched the tournament because they wanted to return the fellowship that European teams showed to their teams that had traveled throughout that part of the world, according to dallascup.org. The invitation-only event lasted nine days, with several games played every day at various locations. Richland hosted the games five of those nine days.
Peel has extensive coaching experience.

New soccer coach takes the lead

Blanca Reyes, Editor-in-Chief | March 21, 2023
Stephanie Peel is the new Richland women’s soccer team coach, taking over the role after Scott Toups decided to step down from coaching to join the full-time faculty. Coach Peel started on Feb. 6 and she and the team started training immediately since friendly games are being played. “Just right away when I came in, I was impressed by how the girls work, by the quality of their training. I was impressed by the intensity that they worked out,” Peel said.
Goalkeeper Maarten Paes the savior for FC Dallas

Goalkeeper Maarten Paes the savior for FC Dallas

Tomy Arguelles, Staff Writer | March 21, 2023
FC Dallas won a great victory at Toyota Stadium in Frisco 2-1 against Sporting Kansas City on March 18, Matchday 4 of the Major League Soccer 2023. Alan Velasco and Jesus Ferreira scored for the locals. Daniel Sallói pushed across the only goal for the visitors. FC Dallas and Kansas City both played in a 4-3-3 system, but Sporting Kansas City was the team that took advantage creating several opportunities to score. Coached by Peter Vermes, Kansas City started the game without scoring one goal in its statistics, but during the first half, they would break the zero.
Minnesota spoils the party in Frisco

Minnesota spoils the party in Frisco

Tomy Arguelles, Staff Writer | March 7, 2023
FC Dallas lost to Minnesota United 1-0 at Toyota Stadium in Frisco on the first day of Major League Soccer season on Feb. 25. Dallas started the game in a tactical system 4-3-3, whereas Minnesota played in a flexible 4-4-2 with Robin Lod and Mender García as forwards who frequently changed to 4-2-3-1. On defense, Dallas, coached by Nico Estévez, did a good job in the first half with effective pressure. On FC Dallas’ left side, Marco Farfan and Alan Velasco defended properly, avoiding the attack of the Minnesota players Kemar Lawrence and Bongokuhle Hlongwane.
Goooooooooooal!

Goooooooooooal!

Tomy Arguelles, Staff Writer | February 15, 2023
The Richland men’s soccer team has already started training for next season, led by head coach Raul Herrera. The Thunderducks were victors last season, winning their fifth national championship in a row. The coaching staff has finished recruiting and think the team has all the tools to defend their title in 2023.
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Building a T-Ducks dynasty

November 26, 2022

“They won three straight games, and they ended up national champions for the fifth time in a row,” said Lynn Nabi, Dallas College Richland Campus athletic director.
The men’s soccer team traveled to Batavia, New York to play for the National Junior College Athletic Association (NJCAA) Division DIII on Nov. 13. They took their fifth national championship in a row with a final score of 2-0 over the host team, Genesse Community College.

Head coach Raul Herrera congratulates his players during the ring ceremony.

One more ring for the collection

Blanca Reyes, Staff Writer | September 12, 2022

“No other men’s soccer team in the nation has won four consecutive championships. So, we are very proud of our student athletes and coach Raul Herrera,” Dr. Kay Eggleston, president of Dallas College Richland Campus, said during the championship ring ceremony on Aug. 23.

The 2021 Richland men’s soccer team and its head coach, Raul Herrera, were recognized in a ring ceremony held in the El Paso Student Lounge.

The T-Ducks women's soccer team during a recent practice.

T-Duck women practice

Saint Garcia, Staff Writer | August 30, 2022

Richland’s women’s soccer Thunderducks are coming out of the off-season with new incoming players and the common goal of breaking the ceiling of last season’s efforts.

In the 2021-2022 season, the T-Ducks finished with a competitive 6-3-1 (.650-win percentage) in their conference.

On Aug. 15, the NJCAA released the preseason rankings naming Richland 9th overall coming into this year’s season.

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