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Writer archives: Chris Carlson

Syracuse boasts three top freshmen

Before Carmelo Anthony, Billy Edelin and Gerry McNamara had carried book bags on their shoulders around the Syracuse campus, SU fans began expecting them to… Read more »

Suggs Back From Injury

Injuries happened to others. Not to Lee Suggs.They happened to teammates — like Joe Brown, the first-team running back on Suggs' high school team, who… Read more »

The Knockout

Eric Chapman leans back in his recliner, flanked by an oversized, cardboard Guinness bottle and an inflatable Miller Lite can. His eyes glazed as they… Read more »

Syracuse offense bruised, battered

Ed Kelly was nervous.After the Boston College men’s soccer coach watched early in yesterday’s 3-1 victory over Syracuse, he saw as many back-heel and one-touch… Read more »

Gaudette helps SJU hold on

St. John's men’s soccer goaltender Bill Gaudette counted the goals he's allowed this season on one hand.'Five,' Gaudette boasted after allowing a goal to Syracuse's… Read more »

SU hopes to see its better version

The Syracuse men's soccer team has spent the entire season wondering which version will show up.On occasions like last Saturday against No. 14 Rutgers and… Read more »

Orangemen staring down tough stretch

It's like being egged on Halloween, listening to embarrassing stories on your birthday and getting nothing for Valentine's Day.For the Syracuse men's soccer team, losing… Read more »

Quebec native nets hat trick

Ilias Calaitzidis learned to dribble a soccer ball in a cramped basement in Quebec.Almost every night when he was young, Calaitzidis would maneuver a miniature… Read more »

Marching ahead

Larry Fitzgerald calls the three semesters he spent at Valley Forge Military Academy the most difficult of his life. But they were also the most… Read more »

Upset again

Ryan Hall wanted to hide his face.With a towel draped over his head, Hall slowly crossed the parking lot that separates the Syracuse Soccer Stadium… Read more »

Upset again

Ryan Hall wanted to hide his face.With a towel draped over his head, Hall slowly crossed the parking lot that separates the Syracuse Soccer Stadium… Read more »

Big East asserts its prestige

In the Big East’s first 14 years of existence, no men’s soccer team reached an NCAA final.But since 1996, Big East schools have reached the… Read more »

Overconfidence hurting SU

Last Saturday, Eric Chapman sat in his South Campus apartment, suffering through residual headaches from a Sept. 21 injury.But for Chapman, maybe staying home wasn't… Read more »

Losing effort elicits players' praise

Captain Chris Aloisi and senior Ryan Hall have rarely been pleased with a Syracuse men’s soccer performance.Their mouths have spilled words of bewilderment, annoyance and… Read more »