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STSESSION 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
JANUARY23, 2025
Ms. B
ALINTsubmitted 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
(1) congratulates the University of Vermont 2
men’s soccer team on winning the 2024 National 3
Collegiate Athletic Association Division I men’s soc-4
cer national championship; and 5
(2) respectfully requests that the Clerk of the 6
House of Representatives transmit an enrolled copy 7
of this resolution to— 8
(A) the interim president of the University 9
of Vermont, Patricia A. Prelock; 10
(B) the director of athletics of the Univer-11
sity of Vermont, Jeff Schulman; and 12
(C) the head coach of the University of 13
Vermont Catamounts men’s soccer team, Rob 14
Dow. 15
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