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Laville Soccer History
Laville soccer has a rich and treasured history.
It has its roots in the Fall of 1998 when Scott Murray started an indoor
team. That team is a disgrace to Laville soccer. It was the
worst team in the league. The indoor team was just as bad in the
Spring of 1999. The Honors College sponsored an outdoor team in the
Spring of 1999, which was fairly successful. However, since intramurals
were so unorganized then, there were no official games played.
In the Fall of 1999, Laville soccer received
a shot that propelled it to become a dynasty. That semester, Tim
Bain arrived on campus and took the reigns as the team captain. He
brought skill, leadership, organization, and a vision. Laville made
a noticable change that semester, becoming an above average team, but not
the best. The name was changed to West United. There were just
too many people who showed up to the games then. Thus, the players
could not get into the flow of the game before being substituted.
Laville's co-rec team would go on to win the championship, though.
The Spring of 2000 looked bright. Laville
dominated in bracket play, but in the Semifinals the power, LA United,
defeated Laville by one goal. It was a disappointing end to the promising
team. Laville's co-rec team won another championship, establishing
itself as the co-rec team at LSU.
Laville was ready to make a title run in the
Fall of 2000 with all of its key starters returning. And that is
exactly what West United did. Laville disappointingly tied its first
game, but then went on to win their next seven to capture the coveted indoor
championship. West absolutely dominated its opposition. No
one stood a chance. Also during that semester, Scott Crawford established
the first Laville
Soccer Page . Laville's co-rec team won its third championship
in a row. Now Laville had 4 titles in just 1.5 years. Truly,
Laville was the dominant team in indoors.
West United went into the Spring 2001 season
expecting nothing less than a championship. It appeared as though
it would happen as Laville stormed through bracket play and the bracket,
going undefeated and outscoring opponents 41-3. Then, however, the
Northshore Football Club Trojans took advantage of a Laville team missing
several players. They won on a fortunate goal, and ended Laville's
season. On a good note, Laville co-rec won its fourth indoor title,
Laville's fifth title in two years.
Fall 2001 presents several new challenges for
Laville. First, Laville is changing its name to East United since
the Honors College students were moved from West Laville to East Laville.
And second, Laville loses several key players from last year, such as Martin
Rich, who graduated and returned to England. Andrew Crawford should
step in to fill his void.
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