Ells Boone

The Stanford men’s soccer team enters the 2022 season in unfamiliar territory. The Cardinal are coming off of a 6-6-6 (2-4-4 Pac-12) 2021 year in which the team narrowly missed out on postseason play. That was only the second time in head coach Jeremy Gunn’s tenure that his team did not qualify for the NCAA Tournament. 

The Cardinal took down the visiting Villanova Wildcats (0-1-0, 0-0-0 Big East) 1-0 Thursday night, thanks to a 10th minute goal from sophomore forward Jackson Kiil. Villanova is on a two-match Bay Area trip and will take on Cal (0-1-0, 0-0-0 Pac-12) on Sunday. 

Ells Boone and Jibriel Taha break down Stanford's offensive weapons and the outlook for the upcoming season.

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A year ago, a 3-1 opening day loss to SMU in Dallas would set the tone for Stanford's Stanford men’s disappointing fall campaign. This time around was different.

Jibriel Taha is a senior staff writer for the sports section. He is from Los Angeles and studies economics. Contact him at jtaha ‘at’ stanforddaily.com.

Saturday morning, Stanford announced that Troy Taylor would be its next Bradford M. Freeman Director of Football, following in the footsteps of David Shaw ’95 — the program’s all-time winningest coach who stepped away after consecutive 3-9 seasons.

Ells Boone ’24 is a contributing writer for the sports section. Hailing from Virginia, he enjoys watching basketball, football, soccer and tennis. You can catch him waking up early on Saturday mornings to watch his favorite Premier League team, Tottenham Hotspur, play. Contact him at eboone24 ‘at’ stanford.edu.

With the Jan. 3 announcement of Paul Williams as the new cornerbacks coach, Stanford head coach Troy Taylor has now officially finalized his coaching staff. FBS programs are allowed 10 on-field…

Ells Boone ’24 is a contributing writer for the sports section. Hailing from Virginia, he enjoys watching basketball, football, soccer and tennis. You can catch him waking up early on Saturday mornings to watch his favorite Premier League team, Tottenham Hotspur, play. Contact him at eboone24 ‘at’ stanford.edu.