Quote from: College Soccer Observer on October 01, 2023, 10:18:44 PM
Midseason outlook:
Amherst (7-1-1, 4-0-1 NESCAC). The Mammoths have league games remaining at Conn, at Wesleyan, at Bowdoin, then go to Montclair State for a very interesting out of conference game, before finishing with home games vs Hamilton and Trinity.
Middlebury (6-0-2, 3-0-2 NESCAC). The Panthers have league games remaining at Colby, at Trinity, at Conn, host Tufts, and visit Williams. They have non-conference games at Vassar and at Eastern Nazarene.
Tufts (6-1-2, 3-1-2 NESCAC). The Jumbos visit Babson and host Emerson before hosting Bates and Williams in league play. They finish with games at Middlebury and at Bowdoin.
Bowdoin (6-0-3, 2-0-2 NESCAC). The Polar Bears host Trinity and Amherst, visit Hamilton, Colby, and Wesleyan, before finishing vs Amherst at home in a game that should have massive ramification on the top of the table.
Conn (6-0-2, 2-0-2 NESCAC). The Camels have a five game homestand with Amherst, Williams, Coast Guard, Colby, and Middlebury, before closing on the road vs Bates and Wesleyan
Williams (5-2-1, 2-2-1 NESCAC). The Ephs have non conference home games remaining with Keene State and Western Connecticut State. In the league, they go to Conn, host Wesleyan, go to Tufts, and then finish at home with Trinity and Middlebury.
Colby (3-2-2, 1-2-2 NESCAC). The Mules only have one game outside of Maine remaining. The visit Husson, host Middlebury and Hamilton, visit Conn, host Bowdoin and Maine Maritime, and then close at Bates.
Trinity (2-4-2, 1-3-2 NESCAC). Can the Bantams make a run at conference tournament spot? They host Western New England and Castleton and visit Hartford out of conference, but their last 4 conference games are a brutal stretch, as they visit Bowdoin, host Middlebury, and then travel to both Williams and Amherst.
Hamilton (3-4-2, 1-4-1 NESCAC). The Continentals have only four conference games left to make it into the NESCAC tourney, visiting Bates, Colby, and Amherst and hosting Bowdoin. The also have non-cons against Ithaca and SUNY Oneonta.
Wesleyan (3-2-2, 0-3-2 NESCAC). The Cardinals better get hot in a hurry if they want to make the conference tourament. They have out of conference games at Western Connecticut and home to Eastern Connecticut. Their remaining league slate includes Amherst at home, Bates and Williams away, Bowdoin and Conn at home.
Bates (2-6, 0-5 NESCAC). The Bobcats only have two road games left, at Southern Maine and Tufts. The host Hamilton, Wesleyan, Maine-Farmington, Conn and Colby.
How about we move on from the useless and off-topic trolling and name calling and discuss this....
Or better yet, here's a topic. The Development Academy (and now MLS Next) has changed the youth soccer landscape to such a degree that has resulted in massive jumps in the number of quality players across scores of D3 rosters. This is not your father's Middlebury or Bowdoin, for instance, where they out-size, out-kick and out-muscle you to a win. Instead, they out-run, out-class and out-score you with large rosters full of highly skilled players that play proper football
Discuss.