After a 13-win season—the most since 2009—and a tournament berth for the fourth time in school history, the UTEP soccer team will reconvene for the 2017 Spring Exhibition season. However, new momentum will need to be rediscovered by the Miners after losing seven seniors from last year’s squad.
The handful of seniors, who provided head coach Kevin Cross much of his success, have been replaced by inking 10 prep standouts for the upcoming season. Six of the 10 freshmen are from Texas, while the other four new faces have traveled from Canada.
“On paper, our freshmen look great, but it’s kind of surprising because a lot of times there’s players that you don’t expect to do well and they do, and there are players that you think are going to be the greatest thing and they aren’t ready to make the next jump.