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Conal Fagan (StEdsman) Irish leprechaun with amazing kick. Some back story....

Author: BaronVonZemo (59917 Posts - Joined: Nov 19, 2010)

Posted at 12:43 am on Dec 5, 2020
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......Fagan was an elite soccer player from Northern Ireland. He was working towards the Olympics and a professional soccer career someday. But he changed his priorities, and chose to focus on school. He came to ND for the academcis and then signed on to being one of the Leprechauns (there are more than one because there are many games to cover - in case you didn't know that).

Conal was asked to play with the varsity ND mens soccer team which is a perrenial top NCAA D1 power program, and I was told that he could have played for them if he wanted to do so, but after a few months on what must have been a very tight schedule, he decided to hang up the cleats and focus fully on school.

I was introduced to him once - very personable - and when I heard that the ND mascot had made an amazing kick, i knew immediately who it had to be.

PS - students from the smallest dorm on campus (St. Edwards Hall) refer to it as "Steds" and to themselves as "Stedsmen".


Link: https://und.com/conal-fagan-home-away-from-home/

http://www.espn.com/video/clip?id=30451928

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Thread Level: 2

Thanks for posting, Baron...the kick video was enough, but the backstory is special.

Author: TyroneIrish (20440 Posts - Joined: Oct 8, 2020)

Posted at 1:34 pm on Dec 5, 2020
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Thread Level: 2

Very cool.

Author: NDavenue (7489 Posts - Original UHND Member)

Posted at 10:04 am on Dec 5, 2020
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I don't believe illusions because too much is for real.
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If only he was a female.... ESPN/ACC would make him/her a star

Author: FoolBear (385 Posts - Joined: Oct 26, 2017)

Posted at 8:56 am on Dec 5, 2020
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Maybe he is female where it counts: inside.

Author: Napoleon (5421 Posts - Joined: Apr 23, 2015)

Posted at 9:58 am on Dec 5, 2020
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What an incredible storyline that would be for ESPN.

Thread Level: 2

If he's an elite player from NI, he could easily play for ND.

Author: AlbanyIRISH (25812 Posts - Original UHND Member)

Posted at 8:50 am on Dec 5, 2020
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I grew up around elite D1 soccer, and great players from the Brish Isles is far superior to American players.

Kind of reminds me of when Rocket Ismail played for Notre Dame
Invincibility with no vulnerability
Thread Level: 3

That was my understanding as well.....

Author: BaronVonZemo (59917 Posts - Joined: Nov 19, 2010)

Posted at 9:16 am on Dec 5, 2020
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......my knowledge on his tryout is very limited, but I had heard that he easily would have been one of our best players.....but again, I only heard that second hand.

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