ALBERT-DALY FIELD SIX CAA CHAMPIONSHIPS • 12 NCAA TOURNAMENT APPEARANCES • 436 ALL-TIME VICTORIES • 12 ALL-AMERICANS • 75 ALL-CAA SELECTIONS • FOUR CAA PLAYERS OF THE YEAR • 46 NSCAA ALL-REGION SELECTIONS RECORD AT ALBERT-DALY FIELD Year Overall Pct. Conference Pct. Scored Allowed 2004 5-1-3 .722 2-1-1 .625 9 5 2005 1-3-4 .375 0-2-4 .333 14 9 Totals 6-4-7 .559 2-3-5 .450 23 14 athletics department and general college community, with their philanthropy. “Th e challenge grant provides us the opportunity to enhance the competitiveness of three of our very successful programs, men’s and women’s soccer and lacrosse,” said William and Mary Athletics Director Terry Driscoll. “At the request by Mr. and Mrs. Ukrop, the facility would be named in the honor of those two coaches recognizing their long service and the success of their programs here at the College of William and Mary.” Al Albert led the Tribe men’s soccer team as head coach for 33 seasons before retiring from coaching in January of 2004. He amassed a record of 401-187-64 (.664) during his tenure and became just the eighth coach in NCAA Division I history to reach 400 wins, and just the third to have earned all those wins at just one school. Th roughout the 1990s, the Tribe ranked as one of the top programs in the nation, placing eighth in wins (149) and 13th in winning percentage (.708). Th e William and Mary men’s soccer program received a major facility upgrade in 2004 A 1969 graduate of William and Mary, Albert’s teams put together 29 consecutive with the completition of Albert-Daly Field, an all grass complex that gives the Tribe program winning seasons (a W&M record) and 26 straight campaigns of 10 wins or more. W&M the possibility of hosting NCAA Tournament games. Named for William and Mary’s long- made its 12th appearance in the NCAA tournament in 2002, when the Tribe advanced time men’s and women’s soccer coaches, Al Albert and John Daly, the fi eld is used by both to the round of 16 with wins at Duke and Virginia. Albert was named CAA Coach of the soccer teams, as well as by the College’s lacrosse team. In just two seasons, Albert-Daly Field Year a conference-record four times (1987, 1992, 1994 and 1996), and earned the South has become a home fi eld advantage for the William and Mary men’s soccer program. Com- Atlantic Region’s top honor in 1992, 1998 and 2002. petition began at the complex in 2004 and over the past two seasons, the Tribe has enjoyed a John Daly reigns among the most successful coaches in America, leading the Tribe’s 6-4-7 (.559) home record. women’s soccer program over the last 18 years. Daly ranks among the top 10 in victories “Th e new facility has enabled us to bring in the kind of teams we would play in the (262) among his Division I peers. He has also directed W&M to the NCAA postseason 17 postseason-type environment, like UNC, Virginia and Maryland,” head coach Chris Norris times, including 13 seasons in a row from 1992-2004. Overall, the College has sponsored said. “It has allowed us to get top level programs to agree to play us in Williamsburg. It is a women’s soccer for 24 years with the team advancing to the NCAA Tournament 20 times. beautiful setting and I know if feels like home for the guys. It is a great situation. In terms of “I’m very, very happy,” said Daly. “I think it’s badly needed for both the men’s and the fi eld and the lighting, I feel like it stacks up against any fi eld in our area.” women’s soccer and lacrosse programs. Jim and Bobbie Ukrop’s gift gesture is just tremen- Th e previous home of the Tribe soccer teams was Busch Field, which features an ar- dous. It’s going to help in every way from scheduling and recruiting to the perception of the tifi cial playing surface that prohibited the College from hosting NCAA tournament games program.” over the past several years. W&M’s men were forced to play their last 15 NCAA Tournament On the fi eld, during Daly’s tutelage, 12 W&M soccer players have garnered a total matches on the road or at a neutral site. Th e completion of Albert-Daly Field, one of the top of 25 All-America honors, including two National Players of the Year in Megan McCarthy soccer venues in the region, has nulifi ed the circumstances that prevented the Tribe from (1987) and four-time All-American Natalie Neaton (1995). Daly has been named CAA hosting in the past. Coach of the Year three times (1993, 1994, 1999) and Mid-Atlantic Coach of the Year four “Th e College has done a fantastic thing for our programs, because not only can we times (1989, 1990, 1992, 1997). host NCAA games, we have also enhanced our ability to schedule quality opponents,” said Albert. “Just the overall perception of our program in recruiting and talking to people will be enhanced. It’s a great thing. Th e College took a great step when we got a home at Busch Field and now they’re taking another great step with this new facility. It’s one of the fi nal pieces that we need to go all the way.” Th e new fi eld paid immediate dividends in 2004, as W&M hosted two Atlantic Coast Conference (ACC) opponents (Maryland and Virginia Tech), the fi rst ACC teams to play W&M in Williamsburg since 1996. In just the second match played at the facility, the Tribe earned the fi rst win in school history over the nation’s top ranked team with a 1-0 victory over No. 1 Maryland on Sept. 22. W&M not only notched the victory, but shutout the nation’s top scoring off ense at the time and an eventual College Cup semifi nalist. Th e Tribe ended the year with a 5-1-3 home record in its fi rst season at the facility. While the facility has been an added coup for the Tribe men’s soccer program, it is also one for the Williamsburg and W&M community. “For the longest time, we were getting into the NCAA Tournament, but apart from the 1992 season, we were never in consideration to host an NCAA Tournament game,” Norris said. “Not only is that a diffi cult route to win when you have to go on the road and play people, but it also took away from the excitement here on campus. We had some really good teams that were very well supported by the campus and community, but yet didn’t have the opportunity to play the biggest games of the year at home. With the new facility, that changes, and it is a benefi t to not only our program, but the community as a whole.” Th e project began in the spring of 2001, when William and Mary received a $500,000 challenge grant from Mr. and Mrs. Jim Ukrop of Richmond, Va., to build a natural grass fi eld adjacent to W&M’s baseball stadium, Plumeri Park, located at the College’s Dillard A crowd of 1,690 witnessed the Tribe upset then-No. 1 and eventual College complex. As graduates of William and Mary, Jim and Bobbie Ukrop have long been generous Cup semfi inalist Maryland, 1-0, on Sept. 22, 2004 in just the second game at supporters of the College and have touched the lives of thousands of students, both in the Albert-Daly Field. 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