May 25, 2004

Mauricio Ingrassia is new Long Beach State Coach

Long Beach City College Head Soccer Coach Mauricio Ingrassia moves to NCAA Division-I after nine seasons and a 184-24-8 record. He took the team to a state championships in each of the past four seasons and has a current 55-game unbeaten streak since October, 2001. The past four championship seasons his Vikings have gone 95-3-0, with a  25-2-0 record in 2000, 24-1-0 in 2001, 24-0-1 2002, and 22-0-0 in 2003. Ingrassia graduated from CS Fullerton in 1995 with a psychology degree, and received a Masters Degree at Azusa Pacific in 1998.

He takes over from Peter Reynaud is retiring after 22 seasons and 245 wins (14th all-time) as a head coach.

Some quotes from Mauricio Ingrassia

"I'm excited about the opportunity. I take a lot of pride in Long Beach. I started playing soccer when I was three and played in Argentina until I was 10 and all of my teams have that passion for the game, which I'm bring here. Passion, heart and hard work are what makes a program succeed. This is the next challenge in my career. It was gut wrenching to say good bye to my team at Long Beach City College. Knowing they came there because of me. I'm just taking it hour by hour right now."

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