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The World Cup ended its five-week North American run with two of the most diametrically-opposed games imaginable. The final found Argentina strangely taking on the style deployed by England in the semi-final when the European side went into ultimate defensive posture after scoring a single goal, allowing the South American defending champs to once again […]
Exactly one week ago, all three co-hosts of the World Cup prevailed in their first games of the knockout phases and were happily about to play their round of 16 matches. And Austria – who made Santa Barbara their home base for the World Cup after having qualified to the tournament for the first time […]
Montecito resident Keith Yeager traded FIFA gear during an exchange with FIFA/Qatar football club staff, one local example of promoting international friendship and cooperation, at the Rosewood Miramar on June 25th. The Qatar team was well hosted by Montecito, staying at the Rosewood Miramar hotel as their base camp, and training on Westmont’s Thorrington Field. […]
Westmont hosted an exclusive community training session for Qatar’s national football team June 4 on Thorrington Field. Having arrived on campus the prior Sunday to begin their closed training block, the event marked the team’s first and only public session before the tournament begins. The event brought together more than 400 local community members, including […]
It turns out that the World Cup team from Qatar, the country that hosted the previous quadrennial football (aka soccer in the US) championships, is not only training in Montecito at Westmont College for the June/July tournament, they’re also staying here. Contrary to widely-published reports that had the team and its entourage staying at the […]
This month, the attention of the world turns to North America for the FIFA World Cup 2026. And one of those teams is finding its tactical sanctuary nestled in the foothills of Montecito on the campus of Westmont. The Qatari national team officially selected Westmont as its team base camp training site for the tournament’s […]
Despite a No. 1 seed earned over the course of the full Big West conference season, UCSB’s Gaucho baseball team failed to capture the tournament, falling in successive games after an opening day victory and forfeiting the automatic berth to the NCAA national tourney. But don’t blame Jackson Flora. The righty flamethrowing pitcher added to […]
