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DWC 2010

Head Coach - Liz McGrail
Email: MCGRAIEA@oneonta.edu

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McGrail returned to her alma mater as head coach in 2007.  She is certainly no stranger to Oneonta, having played four years for the Red Dragons where she left an indelible mark on the program’s history.  As the Oneonta State all-time top scorer for both men’s and women’s soccer, she set the bar high for those who have come after her while helping Oneonta become a perennial national contender.
 
In her first two years as head coach McGrail has continued the programs winning ways guiding the Red Dragons to back-to-back  SUNYAC titles and the programs 9th and 10th consecutive NCAA tournament appearances.

As a three-sport athlete, McGrail garnered numerous individual accolades culminating in being the first women’s soccer player to be selected as a first team All-American.  She finished her soccer career at Oneonta with 137 points and is the only women’s player in the SUNYAC to earn conference MVP honors three times.  She was a four-time All-SUNYAC selection and a three-time All-State and All-Region player while leading Oneonta to three conference championships.
 
During McGrail’s senior year the team reached 20 wins for the first time while advancing to the final 16 in the NCAA tournament.  During her four seasons the program put together a 65-15-6 record with three NCAA tournament appearances and one ECAC tournament appearance.
 
McGrail also helped lead the women’s basketball and softball teams to two NCAA tournament appearances each.  Winning the SUNYAC Conference during her final year of competition in 2000-01 in all three sports.  She was the first player off the bench for the basketball team and was the starting center fielder for the softball team.  In softball she was an All-Conference and All-Region player as well.
 
After graduating McGrail spent three years playing professionally for the Hampton Roads Piranhas in the W-League and was a member of the 2003 team that won the W-League National Championship with a perfect 15-0 record.
 
McGrail holds both a National and an Advanced National Diploma from the National Soccer Coaches Association of America (NSCAA) and is a 2007 graduate of the NCAA Women’s Coaches Academy.

Assistant Coach - Amy DuCharme

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DuCharme is in her first season as an assistant with the women’s soccer team and brings a wealth of knowledge that will help the program both on and off the field.

An All-American for Oneonta as a senior in 2001, DuCharme helped the Red Dragons to three straight SUNYAC titles from 1999-2001 while earning All-Conference and Regional All-American honors in both her junior and senior seasons. She capped her playing career at Oneonta in the fall of 2001 when she was named the SUNYAC Player of the Year and a third team National All-American.

 

DuCharme graduated from Oneonta in 2002 with a degree in Elementary Education. She also completed her masters in Literary Education at Oneonta graduating in 2005. She has spent three years as the varsity girl’s soccer coach at nearby Laurens Central School where she also works as a Reading Specialist in the Title I program and has coached at numerous area soccer camps over the past 10 years.

DuCharme holds a USSF Coaching D National certificate and is also a certified USSF grade 7 official.

Assistant Coach - Allecia Laing

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Laing returns to her alma mater as an assistant coach this fall after having mined the net for the Red Dragons from 1996-1999.

Laing graduated from Oneonta in 2001 with a degree in Mathematics and is currently working on her masters in Special Education. While at Oneonta she etched her name in the team's record books and still holds Oneonta's career records for saves (463), shutouts (39.5) and consecutive shutout minutes (968).

Her post-collegiate soccer experience includes having spent five-years as the boys varsity soccer coach at Franklin Central School. She also currently holds a NSCAA National Goalkeeping Diploma.