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Post by sader1970 on Aug 19, 2023 6:22:23 GMT -5
Yet another school that is far superior to Holy Cross!
Thanks for keeping us humble, Foley.
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Post by purplehaze on Aug 20, 2023 16:20:49 GMT -5
Northeastern beat us today 3-1 - we managed only 3 sog (vs 6 for NU) - it was 2-1 until a late goal by NU
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Post by sader1970 on Aug 20, 2023 17:15:55 GMT -5
Their first 2 goals were on corner kicks. Our one and only goal was on a penalty kick.
In my very inexpert opinion, I thought the first 20-25 minutes of the game were very close (and scoreless) but looked like we had the better of it. Believe I may have captured their first goal on a video (haven't checked yet). Their second goal was a killer but our ladies never gave up and thought we might have a chance when we made it 2-1.
You soccer (futbol) experts might explain why we kept kicking it back to our goal keeper, who passed it back to the same player, sometimes multiple times. While I understand the idea of setting up plays down field, too often it looked like Northeastern might pick off one of those passes for an easy goal. I just didn't think our goal keeper had the leg to kick downfield both compared to the N/E goal keeper and based on prior games I've watched last season. My impression, based on nothing, was that this was the coach's plan.
It also looked to me like we have some individual talent handling the ball and defensively but we had a number of scoring opportunities and the shots were just off. A 3-1 loss is probably an accurate picture of the game.
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Post by HC13 on Aug 24, 2023 17:08:56 GMT -5
Winning goal in today's game @ MAine
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Post by bfoley82 on Aug 24, 2023 17:21:04 GMT -5
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Post by HC13 on Aug 24, 2023 17:23:13 GMT -5
True, looked at an earlier score that I thought was a final, oops!
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Post by bfoley82 on Aug 24, 2023 17:32:42 GMT -5
True, looked at an earlier score that I thought was a final, oops! They did give up the tying goal with 11 seconds left.
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Post by Crucis#1 on Aug 24, 2023 17:44:50 GMT -5
And the game was played on the U Maine baseball field in Orono. Appears to be a superior facility to Smith Stadium…..according to some pundits……😳😂
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Post by purplehaze on Aug 24, 2023 17:49:12 GMT -5
11 Seconds ! That’s a killer We used our 3rd goalie now in our 3 games - obviously the coach doesn’t know who is no. 1 is.
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Post by bfoley82 on Aug 24, 2023 20:10:35 GMT -5
And the game was played on the U Maine baseball field in Orono. Appears to be a superior facility to Smith Stadium…..according to some pundits……😳😂 Maine doesn't have Men's Lax, Women's Lax, or Men's Soccer so no reason to build a single sport stadium for Soccer. I am shocked they just don't use the football stadium.
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Post by timholycross on Aug 25, 2023 8:47:37 GMT -5
Football field being renovated, track removed, would think at that point they'd make it wide enough for soccer.
Or is it done already and they created something as narrow as Fitton?
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Post by bfoley82 on Aug 25, 2023 9:38:28 GMT -5
Football field being renovated, track removed, would think at that point they'd make it wide enough for soccer. Or is it done already and they created something as narrow as Fitton? The 8.3 million dollar field hockey field which has replay capability (this is something major D-1 field hockey programs have) just opened. goblackbears.com/news/2023/8/18/field-hockey-complex-opens-a-umaine.aspx
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Post by sader1970 on Aug 27, 2023 13:11:41 GMT -5
Women down 1-0 at the half on an own goal off a corner kick.
Our ladies seem to have the better of it except they can’t shoot. They’re trying but can’t seem to put it in the back of the net even on pretty open shots. They also have a tendency toward unforced errors.
Definitely a winnable game but someone has to be able to not shoot wide or high or directly to the goal keeper. Believe it’s 11-3 shots in favor of the Crusaders.
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Post by bfoley82 on Aug 27, 2023 14:11:21 GMT -5
Women down 1-0 at the half on an own goal off a corner kick. Our ladies seem to have the better of it except they can’t shoot. They’re trying but can’t seem to put it in the back of the net even on pretty open shots. They also have a tendency toward unforced errors. Definitely a winnable game but someone has to be able to not shoot wide or high or directly to the goal keeper. Believe it’s 11-3 shots in favor of the Crusaders. Holy Cross won 2-1 with a 31-6 shot advantage. Bryant has to be terrible
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Post by sader1970 on Aug 27, 2023 15:45:23 GMT -5
Very happy to see our ladies win this game as they totally outplayed Bryant (who was 1-1-0 going into the game, so at least one other team is worse and another just as bad).
Exceptionally happy that St. Anthony's alum scored her first career goal and the game winner. She was All-Long Island and might have been All-State (NY). She had a prior shot on goal that didn't reach the back of the net.
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Post by joutsHC77 on Aug 27, 2023 19:49:35 GMT -5
Congrats to the women's soccer team!
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Post by bfoley82 on Aug 28, 2023 6:28:34 GMT -5
Very happy to see our ladies win this game as they totally outplayed Bryant (who was 1-1-0 going into the game, so at least one other team is worse and another just as bad). Exceptionally happy that St. Anthony's alum scored her first career goal and the game winner. She was All-Long Island and might have been All-State (NY). She had a prior shot on goal that didn't reach the back of the net. That would be URI who lost 1-0 to Bryant while outshooting the Bulldogs 18-5 and having 11 corner kicks to 2. Actually the two goals by Holy Cross were the first two allowed by the Bulldogs as they tied Stony Brook 0-0 in their other game.
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Post by sader1970 on Aug 28, 2023 7:21:02 GMT -5
Yes, I know. I watched the entire game and the announcers said early on they expected a defensive battle for the reason you cited.
That said, the Crusaders missed a lot of opportunities that had little to do with Bryant’s defense.
I am thrilled Olivia Perez got her first goal of her career.
P.S. The announcer also mentioned that there are 3 HC players from St. Anthony's on Long Island. Though he didn't mention their names other than Olivia Perez (sophomore); there is also Chiara Greco (junior); and Samantha "Sam" Adams (senior).
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Post by HC13 on Aug 28, 2023 9:17:26 GMT -5
Yes, I know. I watched the entire game and the announcers said early on they expected a defensive battle for the reason you cited. That said, the Crusaders missed a lot of opportunities that had little to do with Bryant’s defense. I am thrilled Olivia Perez got her first goal of her career. Hopefully, with many more to come!
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Post by HC13 on Sept 7, 2023 21:09:41 GMT -5
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Post by bfoley82 on Sept 7, 2023 22:32:48 GMT -5
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Post by Crucis#1 on Sept 7, 2023 22:33:59 GMT -5
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Post by longsuffering on Sept 7, 2023 23:20:27 GMT -5
HC sent the UVM Goalie "tail over teakettle" on every goal. Great performance by the Crusaders.
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Post by bfoley82 on Sept 7, 2023 23:22:08 GMT -5
HC sent the UVM Goalie "tail over teakettle" on every goal. Great performance by the Crusaders. I have done probably six games of hers in the last three years...Wasn't the first time I questioned what she was doing. That second goal was horrible goal keeping.
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Post by HC92 on Sept 8, 2023 6:17:50 GMT -5
Would you go so far as to say HC was ready to play?
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