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GARCIA
NUMBER 9 POSITION MIDFIELD HEIGHT 5-2 YEAR R-SR MAJOR HEALTH SCIENCE HAWKS TIDBIT: Garcia, who transferred to Hartford from Fairleigh Dickinson, is fifth on the team in scoring with five points on two goals and an assist
2021
SCHEDULE DAY DATE OPPONENT KICKOFF+/RESULT THUR. 8/19 AT DELAWARE STATE W, 5-0 SAT.
8/21
ST. FRANCIS BROOKLYN
W, 1-0
THUR. 8/26
AT TEXAS TECH
THUR. 9/2
MERRIMACK
SUN.
AT LAFAYETTE
W, 2-1 (ot)
THUR. 9/9
AT FAIRFIELD
T, 1-1 (2ot)
SUN.
9/12
SIENA
W, 3-0
SUN.
9/19
NEW HAMPSHIRE*
W, 2-0
SUN.
9/26
AT UMBC*
W, 2-0
9/5
L, 0-1 W, 2-0
THUR. 9/30
UALBANY*
T, 1-1 (2ot)
SUN.
10/3
AT BINGHAMTON*
L, 0-1
SUN.
10/10
VERMONT*
12 PM
THUR. 10/14
AT UMASS LOWELL*
6 PM
SUN.
10/17
STONY BROOK*
1 PM
SUN.
10/24
AT MAINE*
1 PM
THUR. 10/28
NJIT*
5 PM
SUN.
AMERICA EAST QUARTERFINAL^
TBD
THUR. 11/4
AMERICA EAST SEMIFINAL^
TBD
SUN.
AMERICA EAST CHAMPIONSHIP^
TBD
10/31 11/7
RED - HOME GAMES (AL-MARZOOK FIELD) + ALL TIMES EASTERN AND ARE SUBJECT TO CHANGE * AMERICA EAST CONFERENCE OPPONENT | ^ PLAYED AT HIGHEST SEED OF EACH MATCH
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TODAY’S MATCH
Hartford looks to get back in the win column Sunday when it hosts Vermont. The Hawks enter the league tilt ranked third in the America East standings with seven points, while the Catamounts are engaged in a three-way tie for fourth place with six points.
in recent years. Owning a 29-5-5 advantage in the series, Hartford has not lost to Vermont since 2012 and is unbeaten in the past 10 meetings with an 8-0-2 record.
SCOUTING THE OPPONENT
After opening the league slate with back-to-back shutout losses to Binghamton and Stony Brook, Vermont rebounded with matching LAST TIME OUT 2-0 victories against Maine and Hartford was unable to recover from a Binghamton goal in the 19th NJIT. The Catamounts are second minute, as the Hawks dropped a 1-0 in the conference in scoring, behind Hartford, with 1.46 goals per game. decision in Vestal, N.Y. The defeat was the first for the Hawks in league Alyssa Oviedo leads the way with four tallies, two of which have come play, and the first since Aug. 26, in Vermont’s recent wins. when they came up short at Big 12 member Texas Tech, 1-0. PROTECT THE NEST
INSIDE THE SERIES
Hartford has not faced any conference foe more frequently than Vermont, as the teams meet for the 40th time on Sunday. The Hawks have had great success when facing the Catamounts, especially
The confines of Al-Marzook Field at Alumni Stadium have proven to be extremely friendly for the Hawks this season. Hartford enters Sunday’s game with an unbeaten record on its home turf, going 4-01. Putting up nearly two goals per game in West Hartford, the Hawks’
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defense has been impenetrable, conceding just one goal to UAlbany earlier this month.
T AL E O F T H E T A P E
TOP 10
Graduate student Maia Perez has put together an impressive campaign between the posts for the Hawks. She is ranked among the nation’s top-10 in nearly every goalkeeping statistical category, as she is seventh in save percentage (.894), ninth in shutouts (6) and 10th in GAA (0.43).
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7-2-2
RECORD
5-5-1
L1
STREAK
W2
19
GOALS
16
1.73
GOALS/GAME
1.46
11.1
SHOTS/GAME
14.2
.156
SHOT %
.103
60-122
The Hawks return to the road to take on UMass Lowell in midweek America East action on Thursday. Kickoff from Cushing Field is set for 6 p.m. The River Hawks enter the weekend in sole possession of first place in the league standings with a perfect 4-0-0 record and 12 points.
.492
SOG-ATT SOG %
80-156
.513
18
ASSISTS
10
58
CORNER KICKS
54
1-1
PK: GOALS-ATT
1-1
0.43
GAA
1.46
42
SAVES
69
.894
SAVE %
.802
AMERICA EAST S T A ND INGS
UMass Lowell Binghamton Hartford Vermont Stony Brook NJIT UAlbany New Hampshire UMBC Maine
OVERALL AE W-L-T PCT W-L-T PTS 7-3-1 .682 7-5-1 .577 7-2-2 .727 5-5-1 .500 5-6-1 .458 4-9-0 .308 2-5-4 .364 3-6-2 .364 4-5-2 .455 2-5-2 .333
4-0-0 12 3-1-0 9 2-1-1 7 2-2-0 6 2-2-0 6 2-2-0 6 1-1-2 5 1-2-1 4 1-3-0 3 0-4-0 0
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(7-2-2 OVERALL, 2-1-1 AMERICA EAST)
# Name
Yr. Pos. Ht.
1
Maia Perez
Gr.
GK
5-10
Hometown/Last School
2
Saige Bingman
Gr.
M
5-8
Cheshire, Conn./Fordham Univ.
3
Doireann Fahey
Jr.
B
5-7
Kildare, Ireland/Scoil Bhride Lackagh
4
Tristan McFarlane
Fr.
M
5-8
Ottawa, Ontario/Brookfield
5
Julia Atlee
Sr.
B
5-9
Sacramento, Calif./Folsom Lake College
6
Christina Stone
So.
M
5-2
Glastonbury, Conn./Loomis Chaffee
7
Makaela Montgomery-Williams
Jr.
B
5-5
Mississauga, Ontario/Our Lady of Mount Carmel
8
Victoria Jedrychowski Jr.
M
5-7
Farmington, Conn./Farmington
9
Andrea Carina Costa Garcia
R-Sr. M
5-2
Aurora, Ontario/Fairleigh Dickinson
Kentwood, Mich./East Kentwood
10 Ishani Sharma
Jr.
M
5-5
Brampton, Ontario/Castlebrooke Secondary
11 Imani Jenkins
So.
F
5-7
Middletown, Conn./Middletown
12 Lexi Doran
Gr.
B
5-8
Hebron, Conn./RHAM
13 Jordyn Ferraro
So.
F
5-4
Manalapan, N.J./Academy of Law & Public Safety
14 May Cervone
So.
F
5-7
Milford, Conn./Hamden Hall Country Day
15 Juliana Chiarella
Fr.
B
5-3
Hampden, Mass./Minnechaug Regional
16 Izzy Lachcik
Sr.
B/M
5-7
Vernon, Conn./Loomis Chaffee
17 Victoria Foster
So.
B
5-9
Mississauga, Ontario/St. Martin Secondary
18 Kelly Severini
So.
M
5-6
Union, N.J./Union
19 Chloe Layne
So.
F
5-6
Wrentham, Mass./King Philip
21 Taylor Brown
Sr.
M
5-3
Natick, Mass./Natick
22 Elise Engquist
So.
B
5-6
Gilroy, Calif/Christopher
23 Olivia Mullings
Fr.
F
5-4
Newington, Conn./Newington
25 Emily Howard
Fr.
F
5-10
28 Kristen Spendal
Fr.
GK
5-5
Dumont, N.J./Dumont
30 Abby McCarthy
Fr.
GK
5-7
Torrington, Conn./Torrington
Wilbraham, Mass./Minnechaug Regional
HEAD COACH JOHN NATALE - 18th Season - Eastern Connecticut ’97
ASSISTANT COACHES TODD SADLER - Third Season - Hartford ’99 GEORGE KOSTELIS - First Season - Hartford ’93 ALEX WRONA - Second Season - Bryant ’18
VERMONT CATAMOUNTS (5-5-1 OVERALL, 2-2-0 AMERICA EAST)
# Name
Yr. Pos. Ht.
0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 26 27 28 29 30 31
Jr. Sr. So. Sr. Jr. Sr. Sr. So. Sr. Fr. Sr. So. So. Jr. Jr. Jr. Sr. Jr. Sr. Sr. Fr. Sr. Fr. So. Jr. Fr. Jr. Fr. Jr. Fr. Sr.
Allison Oestreicher Lydia Kessel Jen Fernandez Payton Humphrey Katelyn Singer Alex West Eliza Green Delaney Ross Alyssa Oviedo Kate Bossert Ella Bankert Olivia White Jill Brody Nicky Constant Ava Keaffaber Hannah Stone Alexa Mihale Frances O’Donnell Cricket Basa Ali Price Tessa Weiss Natalie Durieux Jacey Jennings Abbey Knobel Karen Wallace Bailey Ayer Denali Tontini Maddy Cronin Fiona Doherty Torie Snyder Casey McIlhenny
GK GK D F D D D/M M M/F F M/F M/F F F/M F D M M/D F M F D/F M F F/M M D D M D GK
Hometown/Last School
5-8 Katonah, N.Y./John Jay 5-9 Wading River, N.Y./Shoreham-Wading River 5-4 Old Tappan, N.J./Old Tappan 5-6 York, Maine/York 5-2 Beverly, Mass./Beverly 5-7 New York, N.Y. / HS for Math, Science, Eng. at CCNY 5-7 Haverford, Pa./LMSC Storm 5-6 Natick, Mass./Natick 5-4 Clifton, N.J./DePaul Catholic 5-11 Needham, Mass./Dana Hall 5-3 Cuttingsville, Vt./Kimball Union Academy 5-3 Pittsford, Vt./Otter Valley 5-1 West Linn, Ore./West Linn 5-4 Wading River, N.Y./Shoreham-Wading River 5-8 Fishers, Ind./Hamilton Southeastern 5-4 Birmingham, Mich./Seaholm 5-5 Oceanside, N.Y./Oceanside 5-9 Kenwood, Calif./Maria Carrillo 5-11 Montpelier, Vt./Montpelier (Holy Cross) 5-7 Ottawa, Ontario/St. Peter Catholic 5-7 Brooklyn, N.Y./Poly Prep Country Day 5-7 Williston, Vt./Champlain Valley Union 5-5 Merrimac, Mass./Pentucket Regional 5-4 Nanuet, N.Y./Nanuet 5-7 Tinton Falls, N.J./Monmouth Regional 5-4 Andover, Conn./RHAM 5-8 Carlsbad, Calif./Univ. of Oregon 5-5 Atlanta, Ga./Woodward Academy 5-5 Seattle, Wash./Ballard 5-5 Portland, Ore./St. Mary’s Academy 5-8 San Francisco, Calif./Drew School
HEAD COACH KRISTI HUIZENGA - Sixth Season - UConn ’06
ASSISTANT COACHES MICHAEL SKELTON - First Season - Lasell ’13 MATT ANDERSON - First Season - Teesside ’17 GENE BUSHEY - Fourth Season - SUNYHAWKS Canton ’91 HARTFORD //
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HARTFORD HAWKS
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maia PEREZ
2
saige BINGMAN
3
doireann FAHEY
5
julia ATLEE
6
christina STONE
7
makaela
9
andrea carina
ishani
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GR | GOALKEEPER
SR | BACK
COSTA GARCIA R-SR | MIDFIELDER
jordyn
13 FERRARO
SO | FORWARD
GR | MIDFIELDER
SO | MIDFIELDER
10 SHARMA
JR | MIDFIELDER
may
14 CERVONE
SO | FORWARD
JR | BACK
MONTGOMERY-WILLIAMS
JR | FORWARD
imani
SO | FORWARD
juliana
15 CHIARELLA
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FR | BACK
4
tristan
8
victoria
McFARLANE
FR | MIDFIELDER
JEDRYCHOWSKI JR | MIDFIELDER
lexi
12 DORAN
GR | BACK
izzy
16 LACHCIK
SR | BACK/MIDFIELDER
HARTFORD HAWKS
victoria
kelly
17 FOSTER
SO | BACK
18 SEVERINI
SO | MIDFIELDER
elise
23 MULLINGS
SO | BACK
FR | FORWARD
kristen
28 SPENDAL
FR | GOALKEEPER
HEAD COACH 18th Season
TODD SADLER ASSISTANT COACH Third Season
taylor
SO | FORWARD
olivia
22 ENGQUIST
JOHN NATALE
chloe
19 LAYNE
21 BROWN
SR | MIDFIELDER
emily
25 HOWARD
FR | FORWARD
abby
30 McCARTHY
FR | GOALKEEPER
GEORGE KOSTELIS ASSISTANT COACH First Season
ALEX WRONA VOLUNTEER ASSISTANT COACH Second Season
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HARTFORD HAWKS 2021-22 Hartford Women's Soccer Overall Team Statistics All games
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2021 T EA M S T A T I S T I CS
Game Records
OVERALL: Home7-2-2
Overall
Conference
2-1-1 AMERICA EAST: 2-1-1
7-2-2
Team statistics
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4-0-1 HOME: 4-0-1
SHOT STATISTICS Goals-Shot attempts Goals scored per game Shot pct. Shots on goal-Attempts SOG pct. Shots/Game Assists GOAL BREAKDOWN Total Goals Penalty Unassisted Overtime Goals scored average CORNER KICKS Goals off corners PENALTY KICKS OFFSIDES PENALTIES Fouls Yellow cards Red cards ATTENDANCE Total Dates/Avg Per Date Neutral Site #/Avg Goals by Periods Team Hart Opponents
Corners by Periods 1st 2nd OT1 OT2 TOTAL Team 7 11 1 19 Hart 0 1 4 5 Opponents 0 0
Shots by Periods Team Hart Opponents
1st 2nd OT1 OT2 58 57 5 2 35 69 2 5
Saves by Periods Team Hart Opponents
Offsides by Periods 1st 2nd OT1 OT2 TOTAL Team 13 28 3 44 Hart 0 19 18 3 1 41 Opponents
Fouls by Periods TOTAL Team 122 Hart 111 Opponents
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Away
•
Neutral
0-0-0 AWAY: 3-2-1
3-2-1
HART
OPP
19-122 1.73 .156 60-122 .492 11.1 18
5-111 0.45 .045 49-111 .441 10.1 3
19 1 1 1.73 58 1-1 18
5 0 0 0.45 42 0-0 9
111 9 0
103 7 0
1405 5/281 0/0
1521 6/254 -
1st 2nd OT1 OT2 TOTAL 26 31 1 58 0 12 24 2 4 42 1st 2nd OT1 OT2 50 59 2 0 54 44 2 3
TOTAL 111 103
1st 2nd OT1 OT2 TOTAL 18 11 6 1 0 4 5 9 0 0
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2021-22 Hartford Women's Soccer Extended Individual Statistics All games Game Records
Overall
Conference
7-2-2
Team Box Score Extended No. Player 11 Jenkins, Imani 19 Layne, Chloe 18 Severini, Kelly 2 Bingman, Saige 9 Garcia, Andrea 6 Stone, Christina 13 Ferraro, Jordyn 14 Cervone, May 21 Brown, Taylor 10 Sharma, Ishani 4 McFarlane, Tristan 3 Fahey, Doireann 17 Foster, Victoria 12 Doran, Alexis 7 Montgomery-Williams, Makaela 8 Jedrychowski, Victoria 23 Mullings, Olivia 15 Chiarella, Juliana 5 Atlee, Julia 1 Perez, Maia 22 Engquist, Elise 25 Howard, Emily Total Opponents ## Player 1 Perez, Maia TM TEAM Total Opponents Goals by Periods Team Hart Opponents
Away
Neutral
2 - 1 - 1 I N D I VI DUAL 4 - 0 -S 1 T A T I S T ICS 3-2-1 2021
GP-GS G GPG A APG PTS 11-11 6 0.55 2 0.18 14 11-11 5 0.45 2 0.18 12 11-11 2 0.18 3 0.27 7 9-8 1 0.11 3 0.33 5 9-5 1 0.11 2 0.22 4 11-7 1 0.09 2 0.18 4 5-4 1 0.20 1 0.20 3 11-1 1 0.09 0 0.00 2 5-1 1 0.20 0 0.00 2 10-5 1 0 0.00 1 0.10 11-11 0 0.00 1 0.09 1 10-9 1 0 0.00 1 0.10 11-11 0 0.00 0 0.00 0 11-11 0 0.00 0 0.00 0 8-1 0 0.00 0 0.00 0 5-0 0 0.00 0 0.00 0 6-0 0 0.00 0 0.00 0 1-0 0 0.00 0 0.00 0 5-2 0 0.00 0 0.00 0 11-11 0 0.00 0 0.00 0 2-0 0 0.00 0 0.00 0 6-1 0 0.00 0 0.00 0 11 19 1.73 18 1.64 56 11 5 0.45 3 0.27 13
GP-GS 11-11 11 11 1st 7 1
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MINUTES 1040:00 00:00 1040:00 1040:00 2nd 11 4
GA 5 0 5 19
GAAVG 0.43 0.00 0.43 1.64
PPG SH SPG 1.27 18 1.64 1.09 26 2.36 0.64 10 0.91 0.56 13 1.44 0.44 17 1.89 0.36 4 0.36 0.60 8 1.60 0.18 8 0.73 0.40 2 0.40 0.10 5 0.50 0.09 4 0.36 0.10 0.00 0 0.00 2 0.18 0.00 2 0.18 0.00 1 0.13 0.00 1 0.20 0.00 1 0.17 0.00 0.00 0 0.00 0.00 0 0.00 0.00 0 0.00 0.00 0 0.00 0.00 0 5.09 122 11.09 1.18 111 10.09 SAVES 42 2 44 41
0-0-0
SH% SOG SOG/G SOG% YC RC GWG PK-ATT .333 8 0.73 .444 0 0 2 1-1 .192 16 1.45 .615 0 0 1 0-0 .200 7 0.64 .700 3 0 1 0-0 .077 4 0.44 .308 0 0 0-0 0 .059 9 1.00 .529 2 0 1 0-0 .250 1 0.09 .250 0 0 1 0-0 .125 4 0.80 .500 0 0 1 0-0 0-0 .125 4 0.36 .500 0 0 0 0-0 .500 1 0.20 .500 0 0 0 0-0 .000 2 0.20 .400 0 0 0 .000 0.00 .000 0 0 0-0 0 0 0-0 .000 0.00 .000 0 0 0 0 .000 1 0.09 .500 0 0 0-0 0 0-0 .000 1 0.09 .500 3 0 0 0-0 .000 1 0.13 1.000 0 0 0 .000 1 0.20 1.000 0 0 0-0 0 0-0 .000 0.00 .000 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 .000 0 0 0-0 0 0 0-0 .000 0.00 .000 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 .000 0 0 0-0 0 0 0-0 .000 0.00 .000 0 0 0 0 0-0 .000 0.00 .000 0 0 0 0 .156 60 5.45 .492 9 0 1-1 .045 49 4.45 .441 7 0 0-0
SAVES/G 3.82 0.18 4.00 3.73
Corners by Periods TOTAL Team 19 Hart 5 Opponents
SAVES% .894 1.000 .898 .683
W 7 0 7 2
L 2 0 2 7
T 2 0 2 2
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OT1 1 0
OT2 0 0
1st 26 12
2nd 31 24
OT1 1 2
OT2 0 4
SHO/CBO 6/0 0/0 6 2
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TOTAL 58 42
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NATALE The winningest coach in Hartford women’s soccer history with 148 career victories, John Natale enters his 18th season as head coach of the Hawks in 2021. A five-time America East Coach of the Year, Natale has piloted the Hawks to an NCAA Championship appearance, an America East Championship and five America East Regular-Season Championships during his impressive career at Hartford. Natale’s track record of success extends well beyond the collegiate level to the international level. Away from the Hawks’ campus in West Hartford, he has been actively involved in a pair of FIFA Women’s World Cups and two of the past three Olympic games in London, England (2012) and Rio de Janeiro, Brazil (2016). Natale, who became the program’s fifth head coach in 2004, has established himself as one of the elite coaches in the America East, and in the Northeast region. Leading Hartford to at least a share of the America East Regular-Season Championship in four of his past five years, Hartford’s dominance in the America East and in the region has been unmatched as of late under Natale. Although the team trained and played one exhibition match, the COVID-19 pandemic sidelined the Hawks for the 2020-21 campaign, as it forced the cancellation of what was an unconventional spring slate. The Hawks advanced to the title match of the America East Tournament for the fourth time in six seasons in 2019, but came one victory shy of qualifying for the NCAA Tournament after falling, 2-1, at top-seeded Stony Brook. Hartford finished the campaign with a 10-7-2 record, marking the ninth time under Natale’s watch that the program closed out a season with at least 10 wins. History was also made under Natale in 2019 when Sierra Stone (’20) became the program’s first-ever two-time America East Midfielder of the Year. Having previously earned the honor in 2017, she was also the first America East player since 2005 to win a Positional Player of the Year award one season after receiving Rookie of the Year distinction (2016). In addition, Stone’s three major awards are tied with Jessica Reifer for the most in program history. In addition to taking home four America East Regular-Season Championships since 2014, Natale and the Hawks have been on the doorstep of reaching the
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JOHN NATALE’S CAREER HIGHLIGHTS AE COACH OF THE YEAR 2006, 2011, 2012, 2014, 2015 NCAA TOURNAMENT APPEARANCES 2006 AE TOURNAMENT CHAMPIONS 2006 AE REGULAR-SEASON CHAMPIONSHIPS 2006, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2018 AE TOURNAMENT FINALIST 2012, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2019 3 NSCAA ALL-AMERICANS 22 AE MAJOR AWARD WINNERS 124 AE ALL-CONFERENCE HONOREES
NCAA Tournament in five of the past 10 seasons, as they have advanced to the finals America East Tournament in 2012, 2014, 2015, 2016 and 2019. Winning 100 matches since the 2011 campaign, Natale has fostered a trio of All-Americans (Caitlin Alves — 2011; Erin Quinlan — 2011; Amelia Pereira — 2012) and 16 major award winners from the America East over that 10-year stretch. Hartford’s dominance under Natale has not just been a recent trend, though. The highlight of Natale’s career came in 2006, when he led the Hawks to their 10th America East Championship and an appearance in the NCAA Tournament. Entering the NCAA Tournament play as one of the hottest teams in the nation with an unbeaten streak of 10 matches, the Hawks fell to 12th-ranked Rutgers in the opening round. Hartford — which posted an undefeated slate during conference play en route to claiming the both the 2006 America East Regular-Season and Championship Titles — knocked off a pair of nationally-ranked opponents that season. In addition, four of the six major conference postseason awards were handed out to Hartford, including Natale and his staff earning the first of five America East Coaching Staff of the Year distinctions. Away from West Hartford, the 2011 Women’s World Cup Games marked Natale’s first appearance on the international stage. A member of the USA Women’s Soccer National Team’s coaching staff as a scout for head coach Pia Sundhage, Team USA fell in a dramatic penalty kick shootout to Japan that season. One year later, Natale rejoined Sundhage’s staff as a Video Analysis Coach for the Olympic games, where he helped Team USA to its fourth Olympic gold medal after it knocked off Japan in the title match. Most recently, Natale reunited with Sundhage for the 2016 Olympic games, this time joining Sweden’s National Team’s coaching staff as an advanced scout. He previously fulfilled the same role on Sundhage’s staff for the 2015 FIFA Women’s World Cup in Canada.
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Before beginning his collegiate head coaching career with the Hawks in 2004, Natale was an assistant coach for the Boston Breakers in 2003 and the Philadelphia Charge the previous two years. In those roles, he was involved in all aspects of coaching, including practice planning, player skill development, scouting and player analysis. Both franchises reached the playoffs each year of Natale’s tenure in the WUSA. Natale also had the opportunity to gain valuable experience under the guidance of two of WUSA’s more successful head coaches – Boston’s Sundhage (200203 WUSA Coach of the Year) and Philadelphia’s Mark Krikorian (2001-02 WUSA Coach of the Year). Currently the women’s soccer head coach at Florida State, Krikorian is a former Hartford women’s soccer head coach (1996-2000). During the summer of 2006, Natale coached the Western Lady Pioneers of the W-League, one of the most highly-regarded women’s leagues in the world. The team finished with an 11-3-1 record and advanced to the semifinals of the Eastern Conference playoffs for the first time in team history. Natale – who coached three all-league selections, including the U19 Player of the Year and the league’s scoring champion – was named W-League Coach of the Year. Natale excelled as a player at Eastern Connecticut State University, where he was a captain and participant in the All-New England Senior Bowl. A native of Wethersfield, Conn., he graduated from ECSU in 1997 with a bachelor’s degree in physical education. Natale also played professionally for the Western Mass Pioneers of the USL. Natale’s accomplishments have been recognized across the region, as he was one of six inductees in the Connecticut Soccer Hall of Fame’s Class of 2015.
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