Quote from: Falconer on October 24, 2026, 10:00:07 AM

Quote from: Hopkins92 on October 23, 2026, 05:45:19 PMBTW, re: Messiah... Where's that clown(!) who used a relatively down year last year to mark the end of the Messiah era?

Laughable.

Good question. One can only wonder what that was about. Maybe someone jealous of the Falcons who was trying to steer recruits away? Don't know, but if so they failed. The talent level in the last two incoming classes is near their historical ceiling. And, obviously, McCarty isn't losing anything. Last year's coaching job was just excellent, taking a mediocre team out of the doldrums and into the Sweet Sixteen. (Liberty teams had recently eliminated the Falcons a couple times, but last year they turned the tables at Hobart, and this year they won at Vassar.) All the while, he was developing that great FR group into the SO who are leading the team this year and recruiting another high level group coming in this fall.

Anyway, I appreciated your support last fall when that was going down.

Agree with most of your comments Falconer. This team is significantly better than last year's and I think part of that is all of those younger guys playing last year. However, I don't think this team is as deep as previous teams. The second group is playing a decent amount, but there is a significant drop between the two still.

Overall though, this team is much better defensively, which keeps them in all of their games. Resch is also special 1v1 (or even 1v2) and they've been lacking that individual player for a few seasons. Excited to see how things play out in NCAAs!

Quote from: Kuiper on October 20, 2026, 10:36:39 AMRegion V - Poll 6 - October 20, 2026
Rank   School   Prev   W-L-T
1   University of Scranton   NR   10-1-3
2   Messiah University   NR   12-1-1
3   Catholic University   NR   9-1-4
4   Johns Hopkins University   NR   9-3-2
5   Haverford College   NR   11-3-1
6   Neumann University   NR   10-3-1
7   York College (Pa.)   NR   9-5-2
8   Moravian University   NR   7-3-5

Messiah's next two matches are against two regionally ranked teams (York and Neumann). Good to see a few other MAC teams in the rankings at this time of the year.

Quote from: stlawus on October 17, 2026, 06:12:13 PMSLU had to play against a desperate RIT, and although they were without 2nd leading scorer Sammy Bothwell today they got back Gustav Scheibler who provided an immediate boost to the defense.  They were feeling the pressure in the first half but a great tactical adjustment by the coach resulted in a win.

Didn't get to watch the match and just saw the box score. Says RIT outshot SLU 10-4. Was the game pretty even or more in line with the total shots? It's a good time of the year to be able to get results in any type of game though, so well done.

How does Skidmore lose 2 games and stay ranked in the regional rankings?

What's going on with F&M? Haven't caught a game this year yet, but they had a string of 10-12 years of NCAA and fighting to be in the Top 10 nationally. Tough year last year but seems like it's continuing into this year.

The fact that SLU fans are celebrating a victory over Clarkson in men's soccer shows the current state of the program. Hope the boys can keep it rolling into the conference schedule.

Quote from: deutschfan on October 16, 2021, 05:50:05 PM
So much for prescience. I thought SLU would at least show up.

Been watching SLU for awhile and it's disappointing seeing the level of this program continue to drop each year. Current regime better figure out how and where to recruit or this program will be a mediocre Liberty League team, year in and year out.

With games a day away at Amherst, what can be expected for the field conditions? Field looked bouncy in some of the recent highlights. How is the surface?

Saturday weather looks great but Sunday looks like it could be a wet one.

Quote from: Saint of Old on August 31, 2019, 01:50:40 PM
St. Lawrence 2-0 down at home and playing the ball through the Goal Keeper.

Is this a joke... This style of soccer will lose many games.
PLAY FWD... The concept is not difficult.
Not sure if these boys dont understand that the point of the game is to go fwd and score or not??? NO one cares about possession unless it results in goals. Jeesh.

I hear you Saint of Old. Even at the highest level this weekend (Manchester United vs  Southampton), Southampton's best chances were when Man United would try and play out of the back when they were under pressure. There is a very fine line (but a very big difference) between playing out of the back under significant pressure and playing out of the back under so-so pressure. I don't understand the infatuation with wanting to play possession in your own defensive third. The risk vs. reward isn't there. Yes, playing good soccer and keeping the ball is the way to go, but do it in the middle of the field and the attacking third. If nothing is on, play it long into a 1v1 situation and go from there. Worst case, get up the field and win it back on the other half. It's extremely frustrating to watch (at any level) and I hope the Saints figure out that connecting the most passes doesn't win a game. You win by going forward. The genius of the and is keeping the all and penetrating.

Announcement on Murphy's retirement. Replacement will be named this week. Looks like he stayed on payroll through end of May.

https://www.nescac.com/sports/msoc/2018-19/releases/CONN_MurphyRetires

What is going on at Conn? It has been months since the job was posted but there has been no mention of Murphy's exit or of a new coach being hired.

Surprised no one has commented here yet with the Conn job opening up. Anyone know happened with murphy?

https://ncaamarket.ncaa.org/jobs/12014393/head-coach-of-men-s-soccer

Conn College job is now open. Chicago is still open too. Is Murphy going there or is there something else going on? NESCAC jobs don't open very often so it will be interesting to see who the shortlist is.

Quote from: deutschfan on August 29, 2018, 11:51:16 AM
Looks like Tosh is going to move to the Hobart horde approach to soccer given a 16 member first year class.  If you can't beat them....  I don't know how you convince 16 players, including many internationals, to come to a program with 9 returning starters including 5 all league players and a total roster size in the mid-30's.  Kudos on what must have been an excellent recruiting pitch.  Last year it appeared that physical size mattered, this year roster size.  There is also an emphasis on multi-sport players.  Historically some of the most impactful LL players have played multiple sports in HS.  This wouldn't be true for USSDA recruits but they are few and far between in this year's LL recruiting classes.

An outside perspective makes me think that Toshack was either influenced by admissions (bring all of these kids in) or wasn't as active recruiting and decided to bring all of them in. Doing the latter, he can then trim down through kids quitting or cutting after the season.

From 2017's roster, there were 6 student-athletes that didn't return from the previous season (that could have). This is not all on Toshack but he needs to get guys that are going to stay 4 years. At the division 3 level (magnified at SLU b/c of location/academics/conference), it is important to get recruits that are a good fit for the program and will stay.

2016 to 2017- 14 out of 26 ; 12 did not return (1st year with Toshack's recruits having a chance to return)
2015 to 2016- 19 out of 23 ; 4 did not return (Toshack's first coaching year)
2014 to 2015- 21 out of 24 ; 3 did not return
2013 to 2014 - 22 out of 23; 1 did not return
2012 to 2013 - 16 out of 22 ; 6 did not return (3 of the 6 were rising SRs)
2011- to 2013 - 19 out of 24 ; 5 did not return

I'm rooting for them to turn it around this year. The trend isn't going the right way and need a big year to get the ship heading the right direction.