title: 2017 NCAA Division I women's soccer rankings
Soccer America
Peter Bridgwater
Bruce Murray (soccer)
Essence (magazine)
Katie Thorlakson
2016 NCAA Division I women's soccer rankings
2011 NCAA Division I men's soccer rankings
Soccer America College Team of the Century
Soccer America Player of the Year Award
sentences: Four polls make up the 2017 NCAA Division I women's soccer rankings, the United Soccer Coaches Poll, the Soccer America Poll, the Top Drawer Soccer Poll, and the Hero Sports soccer poll.
 They represent the ranking system for the 2017 NCAA Division I women's soccer season.
Soccer America is a quarterly American magazine devoted to soccer.
 The magazine is headquartered in Oakland, California, USA.
Peter Bridgwater (7 March 1935 – 21 June 2005) was the first president of the San Jose Clash—later known as the San Jose Earthquakes—Major League Soccer franchise.
 Prior to arriving in the Bay Area, Bridgwater was an executive of the Vancouver Whitecaps franchise in the North American Soccer League.
 He had been involved with professional soccer in San Jose since 1984, when he was named general manager of the NASL's San Jose Earthquakes.
 Bridgwater purchased the Earthquakes later, but the NASL ceased operations in 1985.
 After the NASL went under, Bridgwater became a founder of the Western Soccer Alliance, which later became the USL First Division. "
Soccer America" called him "one of the men most responsible for keeping professional outdoor soccer alive [in the U.S.] after the collapse of the North American Soccer League".
 Bridgwater was also a venue director for the 1994 FIFA World Cup at Stanford Stadium in Palo Alto, California.
 Two years after the World Cup, the MLS was launched; Bridgwater served as the Clash's first president.
 He remained the general manager through the 1998 season, and played a role in having San Jose host matches for the 1999 FIFA Women's World Cup.
Bruce Edward Murray (born January 25, 1966) is a retired American soccer forward/Mid fielder, who at the time of his retirement was the all-time leading scorer for the U.S. National Team.
 His standout college career led to his selection by Soccer America Magazine to its College Team of the Century.
 He then played professionally in both Europe and the United States, including the American Soccer League and American Professional Soccer League.
 Concussion syndrome forced him to retire in 1995, Murray had earned 86 caps, scoring 21 goals, including one at the 1990 FIFA World Cup.
 He was also a member of the U.S. national futsal team which placed third at the 1989 FIFA Futsal World Championship.
 He currently coaches at McLean Youth Soccer in McLean, VA.
 He is a member of the National Soccer Hall of Fame.
Essence is a monthly magazine for African American women between the ages of 18 and 49.
 It is the only magazine that focuses on reaching an audience of black women, revolves around the black woman experience, and has remained for a long period of time.
 The magazine covers fashion, lifestyle and beauty, with an intimate girlfriend-to-girlfriend tone, and its slogan "Fierce, Fun, and Fabulous" suggests the magazine's goal of empowering African-American women.
 The topics the magazine discusses range from celebrities, to fashion, to point-of-view pieces addressing current issues in the African-American community.
 A number of its readers engage closely and personally with the publication, and it claims to be the magazine "for and about Black women".
Katie Thorlakson (born January 14, 1985, in New Westminster, British Columbia) is a Canadian retired soccer forward, who last played for Melbourne Victory FC.
 Thorlakson won two medals with the Canadian women's national soccer team at the Pan American Games in 2003 and 2007.
 She played collegiately soccer for the University of Notre Dame women's soccer team, where she record 73 assists, second most in school history.
 In 2004, she won the Soccer America Player of the Year Award, awarded to the best player in collegiate soccer for that year.
Four polls make up the 2016 NCAA Division I women's soccer rankings, the NSCAA Coaches Poll, the Soccer America Poll, the Top Drawer Soccer Poll, and the Hero Sports soccer poll.
 They represent the ranking system for the 2016 NCAA Division I women's soccer season.
Throughout the 2011 NCAA Division I men's soccer season, several sources rank the top men's college soccer programs in the nation based on their results and perceived strength of their opponents.
 Notable ranking sources include the National Soccer Coaches Association of America, whose poll is the official rankings posted by the NCAA, as well as the Fox Soccer/SBI, Soccer America and TopDrawerSoccer.com polls.
The "Soccer America" College Team of the Century were chosen by the editors of the American periodical "Soccer America" to comprise, as one men's and one women's eleven-member side divided each as one goalkeeper, three defenders, four midfielders, and three forwards, the best players of collegiate association football in the United States of the 20th century CE.
Beginning in 1984, Soccer America Magazine began naming a college player of the year.
 At the time "Soccer America" was the best source for U.S. soccer, especially collegiate soccer which was rarely covered by the national news services.
 Consequently, its end of year awards have been recognized as among the most important and are listed by the NCAA in its official awards.

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 Four polls make up the 2017 NCAA Division I women's soccer rankings, the United Soccer Coaches Poll, the Soccer America Poll, the Top Drawer Soccer Poll, and the Hero Sports soccer poll.
 They represent the ranking system for the 2017 NCAA Division I women's soccer season. 

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 Soccer America is a quarterly American magazine devoted to soccer.
 The magazine is headquartered in Oakland, California, USA. 

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 Peter Bridgwater (7 March 1935 – 21 June 2005) was the first president of the San Jose Clash—later known as the San Jose Earthquakes—Major League Soccer franchise.
 Prior to arriving in the Bay Area, Bridgwater was an executive of the Vancouver Whitecaps franchise in the North American Soccer League.
 He had been involved with professional soccer in San Jose since 1984, when he was named general manager of the NASL's San Jose Earthquakes.
 Bridgwater purchased the Earthquakes later, but the NASL ceased operations in 1985.
 After the NASL went under, Bridgwater became a founder of the Western Soccer Alliance, which later became the USL First Division. "
Soccer America" called him "one of the men most responsible for keeping professional outdoor soccer alive [in the U.S.] after the collapse of the North American Soccer League".
 Bridgwater was also a venue director for the 1994 FIFA World Cup at Stanford Stadium in Palo Alto, California.
 Two years after the World Cup, the MLS was launched; Bridgwater served as the Clash's first president.
 He remained the general manager through the 1998 season, and played a role in having San Jose host matches for the 1999 FIFA Women's World Cup. 

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 Bruce Edward Murray (born January 25, 1966) is a retired American soccer forward/Mid fielder, who at the time of his retirement was the all-time leading scorer for the U.S. National Team.
 His standout college career led to his selection by Soccer America Magazine to its College Team of the Century.
 He then played professionally in both Europe and the United States, including the American Soccer League and American Professional Soccer League.
 Concussion syndrome forced him to retire in 1995, Murray had earned 86 caps, scoring 21 goals, including one at the 1990 FIFA World Cup.
 He was also a member of the U.S. national futsal team which placed third at the 1989 FIFA Futsal World Championship.
 He currently coaches at McLean Youth Soccer in McLean, VA.
 He is a member of the National Soccer Hall of Fame. 

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 Essence is a monthly magazine for African American women between the ages of 18 and 49.
 It is the only magazine that focuses on reaching an audience of black women, revolves around the black woman experience, and has remained for a long period of time.
 The magazine covers fashion, lifestyle and beauty, with an intimate girlfriend-to-girlfriend tone, and its slogan "Fierce, Fun, and Fabulous" suggests the magazine's goal of empowering African-American women.
 The topics the magazine discusses range from celebrities, to fashion, to point-of-view pieces addressing current issues in the African-American community.
 A number of its readers engage closely and personally with the publication, and it claims to be the magazine "for and about Black women". 

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 Katie Thorlakson (born January 14, 1985, in New Westminster, British Columbia) is a Canadian retired soccer forward, who last played for Melbourne Victory FC.
 Thorlakson won two medals with the Canadian women's national soccer team at the Pan American Games in 2003 and 2007.
 She played collegiately soccer for the University of Notre Dame women's soccer team, where she record 73 assists, second most in school history.
 In 2004, she won the Soccer America Player of the Year Award, awarded to the best player in collegiate soccer for that year. 

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 Four polls make up the 2016 NCAA Division I women's soccer rankings, the NSCAA Coaches Poll, the Soccer America Poll, the Top Drawer Soccer Poll, and the Hero Sports soccer poll.
 They represent the ranking system for the 2016 NCAA Division I women's soccer season. 

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 Beginning in 1984, Soccer America Magazine began naming a college player of the year.
 At the time "Soccer America" was the best source for U.S. soccer, especially collegiate soccer which was rarely covered by the national news services.
 Consequently, its end of year awards have been recognized as among the most important and are listed by the NCAA in its official awards. 

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