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Sam Eccles, a senior forward for Eastern’s men’s soccer team, grew up in Sheffield, England. He played golf and track and field growing up, but he said by the time he was 11 he selected soccer as his main sport. “I didn’t even consider coming to the U.S.,” Eccles said. “I was playing for my...

The Panthers will begin a four-day stretch of staying in Texas that starts on Thursday when they play the University of the Incarnate Word Cardinals at 7 p.m. at Gayle and Tom Benson Stadium and ends on Sunday when they play the Houston Christian University Huskies on Sunday at 3:30 p.m. at Sorrels Field. “It’s...

The Panthers will face the Western Illinois Leathernecks on Saturday at 1 p.m. at John MacKenzie Alumni Field in Macomb, Ill. Eastern comes into this game sitting at 1-2-2 having tied their last game 1-1. The Leathernecks are 0-5-1 having lost their last game 0-1. Western Illinois has given up more than one goal only...

The Panthers lost their first game of the season 2-1 to the Bradley University Braves on Sunday afternoon at Lakeside Field. The Panthers’ only goal came in the 87th minute when sophomore midfielder Adrian Lechuga took a shot outside the 18-yard box and was able to get it past the goalkeeper. “Just coming into the...

The Panthers men’s soccer team got a good start to the season by beating Governors State University 1-0. Now they look ahead to the Bradley University Braves where they hope to have the same success. “Bradley’s a good team and we got to be ready for them,” junior goalkeeper Chad Smith said. “I mean it’s...