If family ties have anything to do with Wake Forest’s women soccer team playing in the College Cup this weekend in Cary, then Coach Tony da Luz should feel confident. The veteran coach of the Demon Deacons has had a son, Austin, win a national championship for the Wake Forest men’s team in 2007 and a nephew, Joe da Luz, win a national championship for Georgetown in 2019. “That’s got to give us an advantage, right?” da Luz said about third-ranked Wake Forest playing on Friday at 5 p.
m. against Stanford at WakeMed Soccer Park. “To have that all in one family at one field like that is pretty crazy.
” Coach Tony da Luz is heading to his second College Cup. The Demon Deacons also made it to the College Cup in 2011. Wake Forest and Stanford will play in the early game while Duke and North Carolina play in the second game of the College Cup.
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. For da Luz, 63, he’s been a lifer in the game of soccer and is in his 28th season in Winston-Salem. He and his wife, Amy, have raised their three sons here with Austin, Tyler and Jonah.
Austin, 37, played 10 seasons of pro soccer and now works in the game at the same WakeMed Soccer Park. He is in the front office of the North Carolina FC team of the United Soccer League and the NC Courage team, which plays in the National Women’s Soccer League. Austin and his wife.
