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Men's Soccer to Host Jesuit Invitational
8/18/2024 1:49:00 PM | Men's Soccer
Omaha, Neb. – Creighton Men's Soccer will host Loyola Chicago (Thursday, August 29 at 7:00 p.m.) and San Francisco (Sunday, September 1 at 6:00 p.m.) in consecutive matches during Labor Day weekend as part of the Jesuit Invitational in Morrison Stadium.
The two matches will be available to watch online here, https://www.flofc.com/teams/6969797-creighton-mens-soccer.
This Jesuit Invitational is a tournament with its roots in 1997 when Loyola-Chicago hosted Fordham, Detroit-Mercy, and Saint Joseph. The event was inspired by Ray O'Connell, the Ramblers' first men's soccer coach (1980-2004), who believed that student-athletes at Jesuit schools are called not just to experience athletic success, yet more importantly to become men and women in service of others.
Accordingly, Creighton, Loyola-Chicago, and USF will compete on the field and also collaborate off the field. On Friday, August 30, players from all three teams will serve at four different locations: Completely Kids, The Jesuit Academy, the Simple Foundation, and Football for the World. All these metro-area nonprofits serve Omaha youth and share the simple goal of making the community a better place. Jesuit Invitational athletes will be living out what it means to be a Jesuit-school student-athlete by leaving Omaha a better place than they found it.
After their combined day of service, the three teams will reconvene for a celebration dinner. There, recently ordained Jesuit priest Fr. Tim Breen, S.J., will give the invocation and lead a brief program. Fr. Breen is personally connected to all three participating schools. He was a student and Jesuit novice at the University of San Francisco in 2011. Soon after, he landed at Loyola University Chicago, where he was a student athlete, and subsequently team chaplain, during his philosophy studies. Then, while working at Creighton during his regency (a multi-year apostolic missioning to work in a Jesuit-run facility), he served the Creighton Men's and Women's Soccer staffs from 2016-2019.
Fr. Breen will be traveling to the Jesuit Invitational from Spokane, Washington, where he currently serves in the athletic department at Gonzaga as the Program Director of Zags360, the Gonzaga student-athlete wellness program. Also at the celebration dinner, Monica Bosiljevac will address the teams about her work as Executive Director and Board President of Football for the World. (The organization has served thousands of youths in 18 countries, helping provide equipment, a safe environment, and development of skills both on and off of the field.)
The two matches will be available to watch online here, https://www.flofc.com/teams/6969797-creighton-mens-soccer.
This Jesuit Invitational is a tournament with its roots in 1997 when Loyola-Chicago hosted Fordham, Detroit-Mercy, and Saint Joseph. The event was inspired by Ray O'Connell, the Ramblers' first men's soccer coach (1980-2004), who believed that student-athletes at Jesuit schools are called not just to experience athletic success, yet more importantly to become men and women in service of others.
Accordingly, Creighton, Loyola-Chicago, and USF will compete on the field and also collaborate off the field. On Friday, August 30, players from all three teams will serve at four different locations: Completely Kids, The Jesuit Academy, the Simple Foundation, and Football for the World. All these metro-area nonprofits serve Omaha youth and share the simple goal of making the community a better place. Jesuit Invitational athletes will be living out what it means to be a Jesuit-school student-athlete by leaving Omaha a better place than they found it.
After their combined day of service, the three teams will reconvene for a celebration dinner. There, recently ordained Jesuit priest Fr. Tim Breen, S.J., will give the invocation and lead a brief program. Fr. Breen is personally connected to all three participating schools. He was a student and Jesuit novice at the University of San Francisco in 2011. Soon after, he landed at Loyola University Chicago, where he was a student athlete, and subsequently team chaplain, during his philosophy studies. Then, while working at Creighton during his regency (a multi-year apostolic missioning to work in a Jesuit-run facility), he served the Creighton Men's and Women's Soccer staffs from 2016-2019.
Fr. Breen will be traveling to the Jesuit Invitational from Spokane, Washington, where he currently serves in the athletic department at Gonzaga as the Program Director of Zags360, the Gonzaga student-athlete wellness program. Also at the celebration dinner, Monica Bosiljevac will address the teams about her work as Executive Director and Board President of Football for the World. (The organization has served thousands of youths in 18 countries, helping provide equipment, a safe environment, and development of skills both on and off of the field.)
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