Women's Soccer Earns NSCAA Team Ethics and Sportsmanship Award
The CCSU women's soccer team was honored with the NSCAA Gold Team Ethics and Sportsmanship Award it was announced.
The Central Connecticut women's soccer team earned the NSCAA's Gold Team Ethics and Sportsmanship Award it was announced by the National Soccer Coaches Association of America. Central was cautioned with just two yellow cards over a span of 21 games this past season to earn the Gold Award, which is given to teams that accumulate a percentage of cards on the year divided by the team's total number of games played ranging from 1-10%.
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The Blue Devils were honored with the award in recognition of their exhibition of fair play, sporting behavior and adherence to the laws of the game, as reflected by the percentage of yellow caution cards and red ejection cards they were shown by referees throughout the 2015 season.
The awards recognize teams for exhibiting fair play, sporting behavior and adherence to the laws of the game. The Blue Devils were one of only 164 teams across all of high school and Division I, II and III men's and women's soccer to receive either the Platinum, Gold, Silver or Bronze version of the NSCAA Team Ethics and Sportsmanship Award. Nine college and 10 high school teams collected the Platinum Award, which was awarded to teams who did not accumulate a single card during the season.
Central was one of just 15 NCAA teams, and the only Northeast Conference program, to earn the Gold Award (1-10%).
It marks the third straight year that the CCSU women's soccer team has registered five cards or less in a season. CCSU won a share of the regular-season Northeast Conference crown and advanced to the NEC Championship. The Blue Devils won their eighth NEC Championship in program history in 2014 and totaled just three cards over 21 games. Central has just 11 cards over 59 games in the last three seasons.
About the NSCAA
Celebrating its 75th Anniversary in 2016, the National Soccer Coaches Association was founded in 1941 and is based in Kansas City, Mo. It is a non-profit organization with the mission of advocating for, educating and serving soccer coaches to encourage excellence and elevate the game.
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