UNC women's soccer wins first home game since Dorrance's retirement :: WRALSportsFan.com

UNC women’s soccer wins first home game since Dorrance’s retirement :: WRALSportsFan.com

Interim coach Damon Nahas had legendary shoes to fill, but the Tar Heels improved to 3-0 with their first home victory since Anson Dorrance — who won 22 national titles at UNC — retired before the season.

BACK TO WHEN HE TRIED TO GET. >> FOR THE FIRST TIME EVER IN U.S. HISTORY OF DIVISION, ONE COMPETITION, UNC WOMEN’S SOCCER WAS LEAD ON THE FIELD AT HOME BY SOMEBODY OTHER THAN OTHER THAN ANSON DORRANCE DAMON, A HA SAYS THE INTERIM HEAD COACH FOR THE TAR HEELS AND MADE HIS HOME DEBUT IN THAT POSITION AFTER DOORS RETIRED A COUPLE OF WEEKS BACK. WELCOME TO SPORTS. I’M CHRIS LEE HAS LET HIS TARHEELS WOMEN’S SOCCER TEAM TO THE FIRST 2 WINS OF THE SEASON ON THE ROAD LAST WEEK. AND NOW HE HAS A CHANCE TO TAKE A PROGRAM WITH SO MUCH STORIED HISTORY AND MAKE HIS OWN UNIQUE MARK, THE 5TH RANKED TAR HEELS AT HOME HOSTING THE 16TH RANKED GEORGIA BULLDOGS LOOKING TO GET THEIR FIRST WIN WITH SOMEONE NOT NAMED DARREN’S 1ST HALF. BUT CAN IT MAKE THE MEETING AS UP TO KATE FOSSE, ONE TOUCH. >> AND AND REST FOR A VIEW THAT IT STANDS ONE TO NOTHING. UNC AT THE HALF, IT FEELS WHEN 43 PAT WELTER HAS MORE ON A HA SAYS HOME DEBUT WITH THE REPORT FROM CHAPEL HILL. >> NOT MUCH HAS CHANGED IS WHAT THE PLAYERS WILL TELL YOU ABOUT LIFE AFTER ANSON DORRANCE HE HASN’T EXACTLY GONE FAR AWAY. HE’S BEEN AT THEIR TRAINING AND TONIGHT SEATED DIRECTLY ABOVE THE BENCH. ONE THING DIFFERENT. YOU NOTICE ABOUT NE OS NOTE, I SAID JUST WASN’T HIM. HE ALSO LEFT TOWARDS THE SEAT OPEN, NOT FOR A POSSIBLE RETURN, BUT AS A TRIBUTE TO THE WINNINGEST COACH IN WOMEN’S COLLEGE SOCCER HISTORY. >> IN TALKING WITH NASA YESTERDAY KNOWN THAT HE WAS GOING TO BE IN THE STANDS. YOU KNOW THAT THAT MEANT A LOT AS WELL. AND I KNOW HOW PROUD HE IS. AND I’VE SAID THIS IN MY PREVIOUS AND IS PART OF IT IS NOW AND WE’RE PROUD OF WHAT’S GOING ON. I’D LIKE TO THINK. AS MUCH AS IT FELT REALLY GETTING AT THE HOME WHEN I FEEL LIKE HE IS, HE’LL LEAVE HERE. >> HOW WOULD YOU DESCRIBE WHAT IT WAS LIKE HAVING YOUR FORMER COACH ANSON DORRANCE UP IN THE STANDS >> IT FELT JUST LIKE LAST SEASON. I CAN HEAR HIM IN THE STANDS AND IT WAS NICE. >> ANYTHING YOU NOTICED SPECIFICALLY THAT HE WAS SAYING GO FORWARD. >> GOOD, OLIVIA, GOOD STUFF LIKE THAT. JUST SHOWS THE LOVE THAT HE HAS FOR FOR THE PROGRAM AND WANTING TO SUCCEED. SEPP. YEAH, WHATEVER HE SAID THAT ON THIS A LITTLE SKEWED. LISTEN, MAY OS WAS ASKED TO GO TAKE TOWARDS THE SEA. NOW HE SAID, I DON’T KNOW WE DID WHEN I’M KIND OF SUPERSTITIOUS.

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