Thanks Mr. Pace. I appreciate your view here and willingness to debate.

Although I disagree strongly. It is my view that sending women to the front lines of a war is a sin. Women are not wired for war, and should be protected from the horrors of war. They are the ones who give birth to our future generations. This is sacred and they should never be put into armed conflict.

Men and women are created differently, and have lived in traditional roles for thousands of years before woke feminism came in and told women to go out there and chase careers and t essentially compete with men.  The women I know in my community who are stay at home moms, homeschooling their children, taking care of the garden and the animals, with their husbands as protector/providers are the happiest folks I know with the healthiest most long lasting marriages. In my little neck of the woods in North Idaho the divorce rate are a fraction of what you will find in liberal cities where the traditional roles of men and women have all but disappeared.  People get married young, stay married, and make tons of babies. Be fruitful and multiply.

Good one.

Simple - I don't believe women should be leading young men.  I do not agree with women in leadership roles.

Does that make you virtuous and me un-virtuous?

Can someone debate the merits of this, rather than be triggered by my stance and resort to insults?

Welcome to the end of the social discourse in America.

Challenge the leftist pre-approved dominant narrative and get labeled a misogynist, racist, or whatever useless insult you wish to hurl in my direction.

And rather than insult me and arrogantly position yourself as my moral superior, debate the merits of why you think that women should be in leadership of young men and that would be a healthy debate.

As far as embarrassing SLU - I pretty much did the opposite of that as player as I embarrassed our opponents for four years and helped to put that program on the map. I loved clowning on mental midgets just like you. You would have been so wound up by halftime trying to stop me that your coach would have benched you if you hadn't already been sent off.

Too funny Paul Newman.

That didn't take long.

Beta males are so predictable.

I was recruited to play at Regis University in Denver, CO and offered a full ride scholarship. At the time Amy Machin Ward was the head coach - and she was not well liked. I felt nauseous after meeting for 20 minutes in her office, and her players absolutely hated her heavy handed style. She didn't last long.

I ended up going to St. Lawrence to play for a man of high integrity and honor in Bob Durocher and had a pretty decent college career.

I would personally never play for a woman - under any circumstances. And I don't believe women belong in leadership. Period. Women tend to put peace over truth whereas men (or at least real men who haven't cucked to Neo-feminism) place truth over peace. The irony is that you can't have peace without truth.

Go ahead, call me a misogynist.

Well done D3Soccer.com. Marvin is a class player and deserves to be recognized. I think this kid will have his place amongst the legends of the SLU program when the dust settles on his career. I hope the the squad can have some success next year as I would love to see him have a chance to show what he can do on the national stage with a deep run in the tourney.  Only thing is he needs a little bit more quality around him and really hope Coach can bring in a couple of studs or transfers that can help raise the overall level of the group.

Andrew Bednarsky was my assistant coach when I was the head coach at Heidelberg for a short time.  I can tell you that he is a class act all the way around and will make a fantastic head coach at whichever university is lucky enough to hire him.  Bednarsky for President!!!!

Hats of to SLU. Great job to win the league.

To be candid I did not expect they had enough quality to pull it off, and I was pleasantly surprised.   For two decades it has been an expectation for SLU to win the league every year and anything less was absolutely unacceptable. So forgive me if I don't congratulate the post man every time he delivers my mail. This is what the program should expect every year. Anything less is unacceptable and a massive failure. Think Tom Cruise in the Last Samurai. 

Unfortunately, and I think soon to be revealed, this SLU team is average at best and those that keep insisting that the Liberty League is a great league are a bit off in my opinion. There is a massive difference between the NESCAC, NJAC, SUNYAC, UAA when compared to the Liberty League. Sibanda is a good player, and Mogul has potential to be something. But aside from that, average all the way around.

If SLU can get past Washington College, which will be no small errand, I expect we will see just how average this team is when they face the hired guns at Montclair State. A multi goal drubbing would not surprise me in the least.

Now, if SLU can pull off a run in the NCAA Tournament, I would be delighted. Don't get me wrong. 

As for the future of SLU soccer, if Toshak wants to separate from the pack and restore SLU as a nationally prominent program, he will need to reinvigorate the pipelines that have brought Division I caliber players from the West Coast, the Caribbean and Africa to sunny Canton, NY.  And for him to do that he will need to attempt to rebuild some of the burned bridges with key alumns around the country who have lost interest in helping the program. He's got his work cut out for him. And if he continues to rely on NE Boarding School kids, we will remain woefully mediocre for years to come.

But as for now, here we go Blue!

Unlucky for Hobart who did well to equalize in the second half to force overtime.

Gamewinner by Sibanda who shows his class in a big moment.

Can't say I'm not happy to see SLU play spoiler and end Hobart's season, but my hat's off to the Statesman as they played very well in long stretches and were the better team in many ways.

SLU will have to be much better if they want to have a chance to make a run in the conference tournament. They run out of ideas and get stuck on one side of the pitch or overplaying the central channel too often. They do not have a #9 who can hold the ball with his back to goal.  Reynolds does his best and is good running at guys, but not as a target. And the other #9 they had up top today is just not quite at the level. Looks to be an athlete but not a footballer and so most attacking movements ended at him anytime an entry pass was played to him back to goal.

Quote from: Saint of Old on October 30, 2021, 04:21:39 PM

Quote from: SaintsgoMarching on October 30, 2021, 03:38:17 PM
Mogul is a baller too...

The #7 Tradition continues.

He's like a cross between Nick Mangee and the OG #7 Howard Beckford aka Mani T.

Mogul is a baller too...

Wow what a goal from Sibanda... Glad I tuned in to see the magic.

Toshak has driven the program into mediocrity because of his arrogance. He thinks he can do it better.  He has burned bridges with key alumni who used to lovingly recommend players and help recruit players. The California, Colorado, Arizona kids came from key alumni who were coaches in those areas. Tosh has burned the bridge with those guys and they don't have any interest in helping. The Caribbean and West African connection came from guys in NYC and New England with ties to Martin Luther King high school and other pipelines. Toshack has burned that bridge as well. So what's left for him - average and soft New England boarding school kids who are mediocre at best and lack the real desire and passion that has been a hallmark of the program for nearly three decades. It is truly sad to see the state of this once great program. And as a former player I can hardly even stomach watching games any more... There is nothing special about SLU soccer anymore and I don't think under the current coach they will every rise to national prominence. And to think, Duroucher could have hired Brendan Murphy. And if he had hired Murph - SLU would be a perennial power for years to come.

Much respect to the RPI men's soccer team.  Bravo! I love watching this team play.

As a former SLU player and fan, it feels a little weird to say this, but I love the way RPI play the game.  They remind me of the SLU of old.

And a big kudos to Ithaca and Hobart who both had tremendous seasons and much to be proud of.

My condolences to Clarkson - they absolutely deserved to be in the dance. And the way they were playing down the stretch would have made them a very tough draw for any team in the NCAA Tournament.

Looking around the league, there is no reason to believe that SLU will be able to regain the top spot in the conference any time soon. It will take them at least 5 years to rebuild the program.

Good luck to RPI and coach Clinton! I expect them to go toe to toe against Messiah and believe they will come out on top!  Prediction - RPI (3) - Messiah (2) OT

Quote from: Saint of Old on November 04, 2019, 12:26:40 PM
Great year in the LL.
Looking forward to the playoffs and watching the 6 teams that fought hard and are there because of tehir hard work.
Special mention to RIT (battled hard all year and earned a spot at the very end).
Vassar has had a great season with some special wins and Clarkson has not gone over the hump and could win this entire thing.

I think any one of these teams can win actually.
My hope is that we have atleast 2 teams dancing as a league this season.

SLU has had a bad season like any other program.
I think that the SLU fans should continue to support their team and hopefully things can be turned around with a few changes and better recruiting.

I would like to know what has happened to those long standing pipelines SLU used to get players from?  Does Toshak not reach out to the old alumns who used to send players to Canton?  The current group of players looks a full notch below the standard of the program.  I.E. not good enough to wear that shirt.

SAINT OF OLD - please shed some light.  You seem like a knowledgeable alumni with still close connections to the program. I used to help the program out with players, Durocher would call me all the time to ask about kids in my area.  But the current head coach has not contacted me once to ask about players in my zone...  I wouldn't care if he was recruiting SLU quality players, but he is clearly not. The current crop of players is lacking.  This is a 5 year re build process in my opinion. We will be an average mid table team until the current group of players graduate and phase out.