Steve Grady was the secondary coach for Loyola’s 1975 soccer group that went 13-0, gained the Southern Part AAAA championship and was acknowledged as legendary nationwide champions. He’d later turn out to be head coach.
However that 1975 season produced perfection. He and gamers from that group have been honored Friday night time throughout a 50-year reunion on the Loyola-St. Francis recreation.
The top coach was Martin Shaugnessy, who was employed after an 0-9 season in 1972. The remainder is historical past. He turned across the program in three years. The Cubs beat Shaugnessy’s alma mater, St. Paul, within the 1975 remaining on the Coliseum.
Grady took over as head coach in 1976 after Shaugnessy moved to Lengthy Seaside Metropolis School and went 269-77-6.
It was an evening to recollect as a result of Loyola pulled out a 9-3 extra time win over St. Francis. Kane Casani had a 30-yard landing run to finish the sport after an interception by sophomore Malique Pollard.
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