Seattle University - Aegis Yearbook (Seattle, WA)

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Slump stymies booters Preseason hopes of a 1976 championship trophy for the Chieftain soccer squad were short-circuited by four consecutive league losses at mid-season. Prior to the slump the Chiefs had a league win-loss record of 1-0-2. Coach Tim Allen, an alumnus from the 1975 Chieftain boot squad, said at mid-season. We have a young team and we have to mature on the forward line. Allen wasn’t kidding about the team's youth as only seniors Steve Allen. Mark Willsie and Jim Peterson will be missing from the 1977 returning corps. Allen became coach of the team when SU’s coach for the last nine years. Hugh McArdle. lost his job with the Edmonds school district because of a levy failure. Allen’s brother. Steve, became playing-coach. All I can try to do is coach by example. Steve explained at the time. The team began the season suc- cessfully under the Allen brothers' tutelage, knocking off Fresno Pacific 2-0. University of Alberta 4-2 and University of Oregon 1-0. Following consecutive ties with Oregon State and Seattle Pacific, the squad began its skid, dropping six of the next seven games. The final season mark was 6-7-2. with a league ledger of 3-4-1. good for fourth place in the Northwest Collegiate Soccer Conference. Top offensive threats for the Chiefs were freshmen Maher Huneidi and Tony Zamberlain. who each netted seven goals. Defensive standouts were goalie Steve Anderson, fullback Willsie and mid-fielder Dave Hammer. Reviewing the year. Tim Allen said. The start was promising. I thought we were ready to take it (the championship) this year, but we weren’t. Next year with a good recruiting season, we’ll be very tough. Gib Aspen heads onto the field for the progame warm-up before a game against Pacific Lutheran. Onrushing Chieftain Ed Augustavo boots the ball out of bounds and out of the reach of a fastclosing Husky. SCOREBOARD Conference games A su 2 Fresno Pacific 0 su 4 Alberta 2 su 1 Oregon 0 su 1 Oregon State 1 su 2 Western Wash. 3 su 1 Simon Fraser 2 su 0 Washington 4 su 1 Seattle Pacific 3 su 2 Puget Sound 0 su 2 Pacific Lutheran Husky Classic 1 su 0 Simon Fraser 3 su 0 Wash. State 1 (OT) su Western Wash. Sounder's Cup 0 su 0 Seattle Pacific 0 su 0 Washington 7

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SU's Jim Peterson steals the ball from a fallen Husky during the Chieftains' 7-0 season-ending defeat. Peterson plays tight defense against a Husky during the game. 28

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Chieftain Ed Augustavo outleaps a Husky while John Siderius runs towards the ball. Terry Oonohoe leaps for a header as SU teammate Nnamdi Egbukichi reels backward during a 0-0 battle with Seattle Pacific. Chieftain John Siderius leads a pass to Ed Augustavo as a UW player races to catch up. 30