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2025-01-23 - Referred to the House Committee on Education and Workforce.
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2025-01-23
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Sports and Recreation
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This resolution congratulates the University of Vermont men’s soccer team for winning the 2024 NCAA Division I men’s soccer national championship. It highlights the team’s dramatic comeback win over Marshall University, when they scored the winning goal in overtime to finish the season as national champions. The resolution also recognizes that this was the first NCAA Division I national title in the university’s history and praises the players, coaches, and support staff for their hard work, determination, and late-game success throughout the season.
- The championship game ended 2–1 after an overtime “golden goal” with 5 minutes and 6 seconds left.
- The team’s first-ever Division I national championship is described as a major milestone for the university and for Vermont.
- The resolution notes several key moments in the tournament, including late goals, an overtime win against San Diego, and a semifinal comeback that led to a penalty-kick victory over Denver.
- The House asks that copies of the resolution be sent to the university’s interim president, athletic director, and head coach.
Official Summaries
This resolution congratulates the University of Vermont men’s soccer team on winning the 2024 National Collegiate Athletic Association Division I men’s soccer national championship.
Current Full Text
[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H. Res. 58 Introduced in House (IH)]
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119th CONGRESS
1st Session
H. RES. 58
Congratulating the University of Vermont men's soccer team on winning
the 2024 National Collegiate Athletic Association Division I men's
soccer national championship.
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IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
January 23, 2025
Ms. Balint submitted the following resolution; which was referred to
the Committee on Education and Workforce
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RESOLUTION
Congratulating the University of Vermont men's soccer team on winning
the 2024 National Collegiate Athletic Association Division I men's
soccer national championship.
Whereas, on December 16th, 2024, the University of Vermont men's soccer team
(referred to in this preamble as the ``Catamounts''), after a golden
goal with 5 minutes and 6 seconds left in overtime, pulled off an
historic comeback against Marshall University to win the 2024 National
Collegiate Athletic Association (referred to in this preamble as
``NCAA'') Division I men's soccer national championship, with a final
score of 2 goals to 1;
Whereas the 2024 NCAA Division I men's soccer national championship victory for
the Catamounts is the first-ever NCAA Division I national championship
in the history of the Catamounts;
Whereas the 2024 NCAA Division I men's soccer national championship game was a
game for the record books, with many notable moments including--
(1) a perfectly timed goal by Marcell Papp, which gave the Catamounts a
golden opportunity in overtime; and
(2) the game winning goal by Maximilian Kissel, his 11th goal of the
season, which will be remembered by the Catamounts for all time;
Whereas the coaching staff of the Catamounts led the team with grit and
determination;
Whereas the support staff of the Catamounts played critical roles in supporting
the Catamounts throughout the 2024 season;
Whereas, to the casual observer, the Catamounts may have been the underdogs or
the ``Cinderella story'' of the entire 2024 NCAA Division I men's soccer
national championship tournament;
Whereas, during the 2024 season, the Catamounts scored 22 goals in the 76th
minute or later, including the championship equalizing goal, earning the
Catamounts the nickname ``Cardiac Cats'';
Whereas last-minute victories were a habit for the Catamounts during the 2024
NCAA Division I men's soccer national championship tournament,
including--
(1) beating San Diego University in overtime in the third round match;
and
(2) tying the University of Denver in the final minutes of the
semifinal match to push the game into penalty kicks, where a save from
Catamounts goalkeeper Niklas Herceg ended up securing the Catamounts a
ticket to the championship match;
Whereas Vermonters and fans of the Catamounts congratulate the Catamounts for
their well-deserved 2024 NCAA Division I men's soccer national
championship win;
Whereas the Catamounts are champions, not underdogs; and
Whereas the Catamounts made the people and State of Vermont very proud and
showed the United States that the State of Vermont is, in fact, a soccer
State: Now, therefore, be it
Resolved, That the House of Representatives--
(1) congratulates the University of Vermont men's soccer
team on winning the 2024 National Collegiate Athletic
Association Division I men's soccer national championship; and
(2) respectfully requests that the Clerk of the House of
Representatives transmit an enrolled copy of this resolution
to--
(A) the interim president of the University of
Vermont, Patricia A. Prelock;
(B) the director of athletics of the University of
Vermont, Jeff Schulman; and
(C) the head coach of the University of Vermont
Catamounts men's soccer team, Rob Dow.
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