Dan Bulls is senior co-captain of the Retrievers soccer team. His brother Andrew, a freshman, is one of the team's top scorers. Together, the pair from Millersville have helped propel UMBC, 3-1-1 entering today's game at Towson (4 p.m.).The Bulls brothers are the first siblings to start for Pete Caringi, the school's coach for 18 years. They play side by side as midfielders.
To their teammates, they are known simply as "Bulls" and "Baby Bulls."
"Their chemistry amazes me," Caringi said. "They read each other real well. Against Adelphi [a 3-2 double-overtime victory], Andrew scored the winner on a play that Dan had started."
Born four years apart, the Bulls brothers had never gotten to play organized soccer together. Until now.
"I've been waiting for this all my life," said Andrew Bulls (McDonogh).
As kids, they chased the ball in their backyard in Anne Arundel County.
"Sometimes we got carried away and hit the neighbor's house," said Dan Bulls (Old Mill). 'When that happened, we ran inside real fast."
Last week, when the brothers orchestrated the deciding goal in sudden death against Adelphi, it was too much for their mother to bear. Pat Bulls climbed out of the stands and jumped into the pile of players.
"Mama Bulls was in the thick of the victory celebration," Caringi said.
To their teammates, they are known simply as "Bulls" and "Baby Bulls."
"Their chemistry amazes me," Caringi said. "They read each other real well. Against Adelphi [a 3-2 double-overtime victory], Andrew scored the winner on a play that Dan had started."
Born four years apart, the Bulls brothers had never gotten to play organized soccer together. Until now.
"I've been waiting for this all my life," said Andrew Bulls (McDonogh).
As kids, they chased the ball in their backyard in Anne Arundel County.
"Sometimes we got carried away and hit the neighbor's house," said Dan Bulls (Old Mill). 'When that happened, we ran inside real fast."
Last week, when the brothers orchestrated the deciding goal in sudden death against Adelphi, it was too much for their mother to bear. Pat Bulls climbed out of the stands and jumped into the pile of players.
"Mama Bulls was in the thick of the victory celebration," Caringi said.