LIU Brooklyn women’s soccer looks for third NEC title in four years
It might be Jim Robbins’ first year as head coach of the LIU Brooklyn women’s soccer team, but he expects the team to win right away — and would eventually like to see it compete annually in the NCAA tournament.
“The pieces are in place to do something in this first year,” Robbins said. “We have almost the entire roster coming back, and the kids coming back have a lot of experience. Even last year’s freshman class saw a lot of games last year. So we’re setting the bar pretty high, and from what I’ve seen so far […] I don’t think there is any reason we can’t push for a Sweet-16 run.”
Robbins might talk a big game for a newcomer, but he has 22 years of experience coaching soccer. He started at the high school level coaching boys soccer and then went on to a couple of Olympic Developmental Programs before he landed a gig as an assistant coach at a Division-I school. For the past five years, he has been the womens coach at LaGrange College in Georgia, a Division-III school.
“So far, we’ve all been really comfortable with him,” said senior Jen Spicer. “We’re going to see some changes; I think we’ll be more offensive-minded, but he’s done a great job communicating what he wants from us, and I think we’re all on the same page already, which is amazing. We’re excited to get the season started to see what we can do this year.”