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Central alumna Ciara Crinion '10 coached the U.S. U15 Girls to the gold medal at the 2024 CONCACAF Girls' U-15 Championship on Aug. 11. The U.S. side defeated Mexico 3-0 in the championship match after defeating Canada in the semifinal.
Crinion was a four-year member of the Blue Devils women's soccer team, twice earning First-Team All-NEC. She played a role in the 2008 Northeast Conference Championship run and a 2009 NEC regular season crown. Crinion graduated from Central with a Bachelor of Science in Exercise Science & Health Promotion and went on to earn a Master of Science in Recreation & Sports Sciences and Master of Soccer Coaching Education from Ohio University in 2017.
Read more about Crinion and her team here!
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The US U15 Team coaching staff includes (from left) Dakota Graf, Rochelle Hearns, Andi Tostanokski, Ciara Crinion '10, Vanessa Mann, and Emma Thomson performance analyst.