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Post by rgs318 on Sept 24, 2018 18:12:17 GMT -5
Way to go!!!
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Post by timholycross on Sept 28, 2018 9:42:27 GMT -5
I'm surprised college soccer doesn't make the home team wear white socks...differentiating the socks can be as important as the shirt color.
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Post by hchoops on Oct 1, 2018 18:54:06 GMT -5
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Post by bfoley82 on Oct 4, 2018 0:25:43 GMT -5
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Post by rgs318 on Oct 4, 2018 5:53:49 GMT -5
That goal was hard to see. HC had been dominating play and BU only had that one opportunity in the first 12 minutes or so. Tough break for an improving HC team.
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Post by rgs318 on Oct 6, 2018 13:58:50 GMT -5
Women beat Loyola 1-0. Nice performance by the women, wearing the "old" Crusader logo (with Helm, plume and sword). The women are now 4-8 (2-3 in the PL).
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Post by sader1970 on Oct 6, 2018 14:48:05 GMT -5
Really?! Someone from the PC police will be arresting them soon. Where is RSIG when you need them? And I'll bet there's an APB to stop the Silver Fox bus with the knight logo on it on any Worcester streets.
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Post by rgs318 on Oct 6, 2018 15:13:51 GMT -5
lol
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Post by purplehaze on Oct 7, 2018 21:11:22 GMT -5
heartbreaking loss today at Bucknell - Bison scored in the 109th minute (very end of 2nd ot) to win it 1-0 (lost earlier in the season the same way at Northeastern). our record now stands at 2-5-4 overal and 1-2-1 in the league. five league matches left and we need some w's to move up in the standings.
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Post by purplehaze on Oct 10, 2018 7:52:40 GMT -5
Olympic sports is another stark example where the Ivies simply have better teams across the board than the PL. Brown (not a contender in the Ivy) beat our men 2-1 last night. yes, that's a close score but they had 19 shots during the game including a 14-1 shot advantage in the first half.
our women also gave up 19 shots (14 on goal) vs. Dartmouth in a 3-1 loss
both teams have only league matches the rest of the way so playoff opportunities are there for the taking.
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Post by sader1970 on Oct 13, 2018 14:27:24 GMT -5
Though down 2-0 to American with about 30 minutes left, great to see the uniforms sporting the Crusader knight on their purple jerseys.
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Post by sader1970 on Oct 13, 2018 15:15:38 GMT -5
The Cross loses 2-1. While I was watching, looked like HC had the better of the game but it seems very hard to score a goal in soccer. American seemed to be trying to hang on - and they did. We had some chances to tie but just missed. Lots and lots of yellow cards just while I was watching and one HC player (#10) got red-carded and ejected.
I don't understand soccer enough to understand the rules, or non-rules, how a team that is up, like American was, to let them take their time to get the play resumed. Notably the goal keeper for American, and I've seen it in other games in a similar situation, "dog" it and take what seems to be 30 seconds and more to get the ball back in play. After a foul, they take forever to resume play.
Someone enlighten me. This is a timed game, not like baseball. Purposely killing the clock by inaction just doesn't seem right to me. What am I missing?
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Post by bison137 on Oct 13, 2018 15:33:07 GMT -5
Olympic sports is another stark example where the Ivies simply have better teams across the board than the PL. Brown (not a contender in the Ivy) beat our men 2-1 last night. True, the Ivy's are somewhat better in soccer - but it is not completely one-sided and the better PL teams can certainly hold their own with the IL. For example, here is where the teams from the two leagues are ranked by Massey: Men (208 teams): 21 Cornell 47 Columbia 50 Loyola 51 Colgate 63 Lehigh 76 Dartmouth 77 Princeton 113 Brown 126 Yale 134 Bucknell 136 Brown 140 Army 151 Boston U 157 Harvard 161 Lafayette 165 American 171 Holy Cross Women (335 teams): 57 Princeton 72 Penn 91 Dartmouth 99 Colgate 114 Boston U 122 Harvard 126 Columbia 142 Navy 159 Yale 178 Bucknell 195 Army 211 Lehigh 238 American 247 Holy Cross 264 Lafayette 272 Loyola 284 Cornell
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Post by bison137 on Oct 13, 2018 15:39:38 GMT -5
I don't understand soccer enough to understand the rules, or non-rules, how a team that is up, like American was, to let them take their time to get the play resumed. Notably the goal keeper for American, and I've seen it in other games in a similar situation, "dog" it and take what seems to be 30 seconds and more to get the ball back in play. After a foul, they take forever to resume play. Someone enlighten me. This is a timed game, not like baseball. Purposely killing the clock by inaction just doesn't seem right to me. What am I missing? Yes, there is some milking of the clock in soccer - and I too don't like it. In normal soccer, the ref may add on time at the end if there has been an unusual amount of time wasting. In college soccer - which has different rules - the ref sometimes stops the clock if there is an unreasonable amount of time being wasted putting the ball back in play. Also if the team which is ahead subs in the last five minutes of the game, the clock automatically stops.
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Post by realism on Oct 13, 2018 16:05:54 GMT -5
Olympic sports is another stark example where the Ivies simply have better teams across the board than the PL. Brown (not a contender in the Ivy) beat our men 2-1 last night. True, the Ivy's are somewhat better in soccer - but it is not completely one-sided and the better PL teams can certainly hold their own with the IL. For example, here is where the teams from the two leagues are ranked by Massey: Men (208 teams): 21 Cornell 47 Columbia 50 Loyola 51 Colgate 63 Lehigh 76 Dartmouth 77 Princeton 113 Brown 126 Yale 134 Bucknell 136 Brown 140 Army 151 Boston U 157 Harvard 161 Lafayette 165 American 171 Holy Cross Women (335 teams): 57 Princeton 72 Penn 91 Dartmouth 99 Colgate 114 Boston U 122 Harvard 126 Columbia 142 Navy 159 Yale 178 Bucknell 195 Army 211 Lehigh 238 American 247 Holy Cross 264 Lafayette 272 Loyola 284 Cornell Statements like the one above from Purplehaze are made on this board without any factual basis to back them up. They're merely a projection of HC's "lived experience" onto the rest of the PL...a common plight in the human condition when overcome by grief. Some on this board are really out of it, HC should really find another conference ( i.e. the MAAC ) or hasten their destiny into D3 to relieve the pain.
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Post by bison137 on Oct 13, 2018 16:15:58 GMT -5
True, the Ivy's are somewhat better in soccer - but it is not completely one-sided and the better PL teams can certainly hold their own with the IL. For example, here is where the teams from the two leagues are ranked by Massey: Men (208 teams): 21 Cornell 47 Columbia 50 Loyola 51 Colgate 63 Lehigh 76 Dartmouth 77 Princeton 113 Brown 126 Yale 134 Bucknell 136 Brown 140 Army 151 Boston U 157 Harvard 161 Lafayette 165 American 171 Holy Cross Women (335 teams): 57 Princeton 72 Penn 91 Dartmouth 99 Colgate 114 Boston U 122 Harvard 126 Columbia 142 Navy 159 Yale 178 Bucknell 195 Army 211 Lehigh 238 American 247 Holy Cross 264 Lafayette 272 Loyola 284 Cornell Statements like the one above from Purplehaze are made on this board without any factual basis to back them up. They're merely a projection of HC's "lived experience" onto the rest of the PL...a common plight in the human condition when overcome by grief. Some on this board are really out of it, HC should really find another conference ( i.e. the MAAC ) or hasten their destiny into D3 to relieve the pain. The MAAC is somewhat weaker than the PL in most Olympic sports, but the difference generally is not huge. Is an association with much worse academic institutions worth it to marginally improve the winning pct?
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Post by timholycross on Oct 14, 2018 23:44:38 GMT -5
The Cross loses 2-1. While I was watching, looked like HC had the better of the game but it seems very hard to score a goal in soccer. American seemed to be trying to hang on - and they did. We had some chances to tie but just missed. Lots and lots of yellow cards just while I was watching and one HC player (#10) got red-carded and ejected. I don't understand soccer enough to understand the rules, or non-rules, how a team that is up, like American was, to let them take their time to get the play resumed. Notably the goal keeper for American, and I've seen it in other games in a similar situation, "dog" it and take what seems to be 30 seconds and more to get the ball back in play. After a foul, they take forever to resume play. Someone enlighten me. This is a timed game, not like baseball. Purposely killing the clock by inaction just doesn't seem right to me. What am I missing? The timing rules are different between hs, college, and USSF (which is what the rules SHOULD be in this regard; no justification for them being different, but I digress). However, when it comes to delays, the basic idea should be the same. You don't penalize the trailing team when the leading team is fooling around. And you can start carding players who commit these kind of acts, especially after just talking to them doesn't work.
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Post by purplehaze on Oct 24, 2018 20:20:22 GMT -5
Loss at Colgate tonight 2-0 - a disappointing year with overall record 2-9-4 (1-5-1 in the PL) - This program's last winning season was in 2007. What can you say, other than the pile of mediocrity (for all athletics) is getting higher by the season
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Post by Sons of Vaval on Oct 25, 2018 7:52:08 GMT -5
And to think men’s soccer was our “team of the year” a season ago.
What a sad state of affairs.
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