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	Vol.7, No 55, December 6, 1999
	Club Soccer team finishes season fifth in nation Jose Corado Daily Forty-Niner The end came for the Long Beach State men's club soccer team when it was crucified in the quarterfinals of the 1999 National Association of Collegiate Soccer's National Championship held in Phoenix. The team lost its third game to Texas A&M on penalty kicks, after finishing regulation play and two overtimes tied 1-1 with the Aggies. The game was dominated by LBSU in its entirety, but the players failed to finish, Head Coach Sanjit Toor said . "Our goal was to make it to the nationals, not to win the nationals," he said. In the first game of the championship tournament, LBSU crushed Angelo State University 5-0. In the second game, the 49ers finished with a 1-1 tie with the University of Minnesota. Twelve teams competed in the championship tournament with Arizona State being crowned this year's NACS National Champion. Although the team failed to capture the national championship, the 49ers had an outstanding 1999 campaign. LBSU ended up fifth in the nation out of 106 schools that participated in NACS, Toor said. "We put ourselves on the map with this team, this season," he said. Toor said this is the best team that he has coached. This is a group of guys that worked together well in every aspect -- on the field and outside, he said. "It was an amazing season," Toor said. "We played well in every game." When it matched up against this year's champions, Arizona State University, LBSU gave a solid team performance but it missed so many goal opportunities and ended up losing the game. LBSU ended as champions of the California League with an undefeated league record of 7-0. The team scored 39 goals against opponents and gave seven goals. Toor commended the work of all his players, but said freshman Dana Bryan was the team's most valuable player.		CSU, governor try to prevent fee hike   Teen HIV highest in L.B.   Professor runs for House seat   CSULB worker's pretrial date set   Maxson pitches campus book club   Greeks collect old clothing for Salvation Army drive Friendly passing grades   Protests are good, riots bad   Zappers help protect citizens Dr. Dre returns with enjoyable release   Veteran rappers produce different results Boxer enshrined in hall   Club Soccer team finishes season fifth in nation Fall 99 ISSUES DAILY 49ER HOMEPAGE
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