IV 
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. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JANUARY 23, 2025 
Ms. BALINT submitted the following resolution; which was referred to the 
Committee on Education and Workforce 
RESOLUTION 
Congratulating the University of Vermont men’s soccer team 
on winning the 2024 National Collegiate Athletic Asso-
ciation 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 min-
utes 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 na-
tional 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 
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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 en-
tire 2024 NCAA Division I men’s soccer national cham-
pionship tournament; 
Whereas, during the 2024 season, the Catamounts scored 22 
goals in the 76th minute or later, including the cham-
pionship equalizing goal, earning the Catamounts the 
nickname ‘‘Cardiac Cats’’; 
Whereas last-minute victories were a habit for the Cat-
amounts 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 min-
utes of the semifinal match to push the game into pen-
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alty kicks, where a save from Catamounts goalkeeper 
Niklas Herceg ended up securing the Catamounts a tick-
et to the championship match; 
Whereas Vermonters and fans of the Catamounts congratu-
late 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 soc-
cer 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 Univer-
sity 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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