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The old refrain to the long-defunct Portland Timbers fight song, "Green is the color..." was given a new applica­ tion with the arrival of former Timber player Bernie Fagan to Portland State. In its inaugural season, the Viking soccer program fielded both women and men's teams that competed under the auspices of the university's club sports banner, and laid waste to the no­ tion that U of P was the only place high-caliber collegiate soccer could be found in The Rose City. Doing double duty as head coach for both teams, Fagan led his men's team to a 9-2-3 record, while his wom­ en's team played out a 4-6-4 year. Fagan's program was unique in that it was funded using monies from a va­ riety of corporate sponsors over the course of the season. In keeping with Fagan's belief in nurturing youth soccer, PSD hosted a day-long six-a-side tournament at its home field. Civic Stadium on Oct. 13. Culling together transfer talent from Warner Pacific (where he had shaped the Knights into an NAIA power over the course of nine seasons), Fagan's men's team won all its games until it tied Concordia College in mid-season. PSU lost to the University of Puget Sound and Seattle Pacific by 1-0 mar­ gins, before concluding the year by de­ feating visiting Whitman College by three goals. Forward Mike Parsons was top goal-getter with 10 goals and 3 as­ sists, followed by Scot Rothery (5 goals, 5 assists). PSU ended-up netting 30 goals and conceding 7. The women's team, encouraged by a 1-0 victory over Pacific in Forest Grove, played with sporadic brilliance and flatness throughout their 14 match- long season. In a year seasoned with NAIA, juco and other club sports-level opponents that saw PSU's most accomplished for­ ward Kris Kent lost to injury against Seattle University, the Viks concluded their seesaw campaign with an as­ sertive 4-0 trouncing of fellow Division ’ II school Seattle Pacific. Offensive production was spread around, with Jeannie Braich, Melaine Ransom and Liv Hanson scoring 3 , goals apiece. The women's team ! scored 18 times and allowed 20 goals. —Freeman Tong | 130 1