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#1
Men's soccer / Re: Big Dance 2022 - Let's Go!
November 20, 2022, 02:40:40 PM
Chicago's feed feed is awful today. Seems the camera is in the press box behind glass and it's fogged up really bad. It's also very laggy/choppy. Not sure what's different today, it was fine yesterday.
#2
Men's soccer / Re: Big Dance 2022 - Let's Go!
November 19, 2022, 05:23:27 PM
Olaf and GAC headed to PK's.
#3
Men's soccer / Re: Big Dance 2022 - Let's Go!
November 16, 2022, 12:34:49 PM
Quote from: PaulNewman on November 16, 2022, 10:20:51 AM
Gustie fans, is it just me or is the GAC men's soccer website difficult to navigate?  In trying to gather some info on GAC to report on I literally could not find links to the roster, the coach, the schedule, stats, etc.  I found some info by other means but could not access anything directly via the webpage.

Agreed. It's all hiding under the "Section" tab on the left, that you have to pop out... Not very intuitive. And the mobile experience is worse.
#4
Men's soccer / Re: Big Dance 2022 - Let's Go!
November 14, 2022, 04:05:43 PM
Quote from: Hopkins92 on November 14, 2022, 03:29:12 PM
Quote from: MNBob on November 14, 2022, 03:22:35 PM
Quote from: PaulNewman on November 14, 2022, 02:21:24 PM
UWEC showed well and took GAC to the brink.  Is there a better GK name in the country than Spencer Banks?

Except that Spencer was not in goal during the shootout. Coach substituted in 6'6" Jakob Leonard who had very limited minutes all season. Jakob stopped 3 shots but the GAC keeper stopped 4. All 14 PK shots were on frame. I said it in my previous post about the game but keepers stopping 7 of 14 PK was very impressive.


Or... :-)

(I didn't see it, so I'll take your word... I saw some great PKs this weekend, and I saw a lot of guys tense up and put a ball on frame that was way too easy for the goalie... That's the nature of the beast.)

There was certainly a few PK attempts that were not as well taken. The final save by the GAC GK however was outstanding.
#5
Men's soccer / Re: Big Dance 2022 - Let's Go!
November 13, 2022, 05:00:40 PM
Gustavus advances on PK's over UWEC! Very physical game, fairly evenly played game.

UWEC has a bright future. Excited to see the Gusties back in the sweet 16!
#6
Men's soccer / Re: Big Dance 2022 - Let's Go!
November 12, 2022, 01:34:49 PM
Cold and flurries in St. Peter, MN today.

Gustavus comfortably in control with a little over 25 minutes remaining, up 2-0 over Aurora. Gustavus is without 2 regular starters due to red card suspension from the conference final game, but not missing a bit.
#7
Men's soccer / Re: My 2022 Final 4
November 11, 2022, 09:59:24 AM
Here's my homer pick...

Gustuvas over Christopher Newport
Messiah over Bowdoin

Gustavus over Messiah in the Final - Rematch of the 2005 Final
#8
Men's soccer / Re: Big Dance 2022 - Let's Go!
November 10, 2022, 04:56:14 PM
Quote from: Hopkins92 on November 10, 2022, 12:07:25 PM
Quote from: Gregory Sager on November 10, 2022, 12:02:03 PM
Quote from: Caz Bombers on November 10, 2022, 11:34:00 AM
Quote from: PaulNewman on November 10, 2022, 10:40:46 AM
Quote from: Gregory Sager on November 10, 2022, 10:28:41 AM
Quote from: PaulNewman on November 10, 2022, 08:17:14 AM
And oddly enough a couple of weeks ago I was thinking about Keene and how to my knowledge they are one of only two D3 teams named the Owls. 

Now the great thing about this board is that Sager or FW within the next half-hour will list four other D3s that are Owls lol.

Keene State
Kenyon
UMPI
Rowan
Westfield State

That's the five D3 schools nicknamed Owls.

Sorry that I didn't meet the deadline, but I just logged in. ;)

I knew it!  Hahahahahahahahahahaha.....as my kids would say.

Rowan is the Profs. The logo is an owl, but that's not the nickname.

Yeah, you're right. Forgot about that. My bad.

That could start a whole new thread: Schools whose mascot is different than the nickname.

One of my running gags with my Hopkins friends is pretending to be confused by both Haverford and Swarthmore's mascots/nicknames.

The MIAC has got to be near the top of the list when it comes to conferences with the least creative/worst school nicknames, don't ya know.

Gustavus Gusties, St Olaf Oles, St. Johns Johnnies, Augsburg Auggies.

Tough soccer conference, but half the schools really lacked any creative juice when it comes to nicknames...
#9
Men's soccer / Re: 2022 Bracket Challenge
November 10, 2022, 04:49:07 PM
It's been a long while since I've checked the boards. Thanks for putting the bracket together!
#10
Men's soccer / Re: CCIW
November 18, 2019, 02:24:41 PM
Very fair analysis of the GAC vs NPU match.

I thought the first 30 minutes was pretty even in play, but after NPU's goal they really took it up a notch and had the better of the ball throughout long stretches of the game. GAC did a very good job defensively, and really limited NPU in the final third. There were a couple of shots that looked close, but generally they were not getting clean looks at goal. It was definitely a physical match and a lot of fun to watch. Not having Cattelin this weekend was definitely a blow to the Gusties, as he has put up big numbers all year and seemed to always find a way to make an impact, especially in big games.

I was quite impressed with NPU's Barriga, who played out of left back. He was very sound defensively and made several greats runs forward both with and without the ball that were very dangerous and caused the Gusties problems.

Shootouts are a really tough way to decide a game, but definitely create some great excitement. I'm sure the Gustavus team felt pretty confident sending Schwartz to the PK spot. Both keepers were diving early and often guessing incorrectly...Not sure if he mis-hit the ball or was just trying to be cheeky playing it up with the middle of the goal, but I couldn't help feeling it was not a well taken PK. Kudos to the NPU backup keeper, who did a great job stepping up making the save with his feet after having already dove to the side. He's probably waited all year for an opportunity to make his mark in a game, and he did so in a big way yesterday. 

The good news for the Gusties is they are a very young squad, having regularly started 5-6 freshman per game and getting a lot of young players minutes in big games throughout the year. I suspect they are only going to get better.

Congratulations to NPU on a successful weekend. You've got a impressive team and I'll be pulling for you to take it all.

#11
Men's soccer / Re: CCIW
November 17, 2019, 06:09:32 PM
Agree 100% Jim. All around great production value and announcing. Very impressive work by Greg and the NPU team putting this one.
#12
Men's soccer / Re: Big Dance
November 17, 2019, 06:07:25 PM
Gustavus with a late equalizer against NPU to send the game to OT.
#13
Men's soccer / Re: CCIW
November 12, 2019, 07:02:27 PM
Wasn't Galvao the statistical leader for Wheaton this year? Didn't see them play much, but doesn't seem out of the realm of possibility...
#14
Men's soccer / Re: Pool C Amateur Predictions and Prizes
November 12, 2019, 08:54:06 AM
I also suspect MOST D3 schools do not have separate fields for men's and women's soccer, like described at Amherst. In the Midwest it's pretty common that the two share the same game field.
#15
Men's soccer / Re: 2019 Pool C bid "stealers"
November 09, 2019, 04:10:02 PM
Add St Thomas to the list of pool C candidates.

Gustavus with a 3-1 win to take the MIAC AQ!