The Pontifical North American College

Aided by the absence of five starters of the opposition, the North American College Martyrs punched its ticket to the Clericus Cup Finals with a commanding 2-0 victory over Guanelliani. Running its playoff goal differential to 5-0, the Martyrs are left wondering how good it could be. The answer, of course, will come [...]

In a thoroughly dominant sixty minutes of soccer, the North American College Martyrs defeated Sedes Sapientiae 3-0 in the opening round of the Clericus Cup playoffs. The dismantling of the Opus Dei-run diocesan seminary was quick and sustained, evidenced by bookend goals in the 6th and 60th minutes. More than skill or fitness [...]

In its last match of the regular season, the Martyrs returned to its winning ways, defeating the French 1-0 on rain-soaked Field A of Oratorio di San Pietro. Controlling the action from start-to-finish, despite playing without usual starters David Santos ‘12 (Newark), Deacon Daniel O’Mullane ‘10 (Patterson), and Deacon Fernando Saenz ‘10 (Santa Fe), [...]

In a match billed as a possible breakthrough moment for American soccer in Rome, history shunned transformation in favor of repetition, as the North American Martyrs once again fell to the Neo-Catechumenal Way’s Redemptoris Mater 1-0. Coming after the Easter pause in play, the match assures Redemptoris, the defending Clericus Cup champion, first place [...]