My former teammates and I suffered through the Hopkins-F&M game this afternoon. We've been going to at least one Hopkins game every season for over a decade. Today's game was the worst one we've ever seen.  F&M spent the whole game fouling. 23 called fouls (16 in the first half and there should have been more) and 6 yellow cards. Really unattractive soccer.

Still, Hopkins could not put anything in the net and not much that was even close. The goal they scored was cheap; after yet another F&M foul, Hopkins took the kick quickly before F&M was ready and scored.

Not a good day for D3 soccer. 

I only saw the first half of the Hopkins game but they were awful. Zero shots. Salisbury spent the half on Hopkins side of the ball and peppered the box with corner kicks and throw-ins. One throw-in got through and was headed in. Based on the box score, Hopkins ramped it up in the 2nd half but it was too little, too late. They took 10 shots but only 2 were on goal.

Hopkins player data through 9 games, 6-2-1
Player              #   Pos  Min  GP  St  Sh  SOG  G   A  G+A  Sh/90  SOG%  Conv%
Marshall, Jaxson    15  Def  780   9   9   0    0   0   0   0     -      -      -
Kim, Nate           25  MF   724   9   9   7    3   1   0   1   0.87    43%    14%
Cullinane, Aidan     5  Def  674   9   8   2    0   0   0   0   0.27     0%     0%
Listzwan, Brendan   17  F    665   9   9  17    8   3   1   4   2.30    47%    18%
Pathak, Rishi       23  Def  659   8   6   3    0   0   0   0   0.41     0%     0%
Ghanem, John         1  GK   630   7   7   0    0   0   0   0     -      -      -
Dwyer, Dusty        19  Def  605   7   5   3    2   1   2   3   0.45    67%    33%
Aggarwal, Rohan     12  MF   553   9   5   8    3   1   3   4   1.30    38%    13%
Pan, Jason           6  MF   511   9   9  12    3   1   0   1   2.11    25%     8%
Sardinha, Jacob      8  MF   439   7   7   4    2   1   0   1   0.82    50%    25%
Wilkes, Connor      13  MF   407   9   6  10    6   0   5   5   2.21    60%     0%
Gardner, Alex       21  MF   308   9   0   1    0   0   0   0   0.29     0%     0%
Laudisa, Giulian     7  F    283   7   5   7    5   2   0   2   2.23    71%    29%
Pirayou, Gabriel    22  F    283   9   2   4    1   1   0   1   1.27    25%    25%
Camara, Lamine      32  MF   245   9   2   7    2   0   0   0   2.57    29%     0%
Hammond, Lucas      10  MF   208   7   0   4    0   0   0   0   1.73     0%     0%
Aiken, Ryan         00  GK   180   2   2   0    0   0   0   0     -      -      -
Bruzzone, Juan       4  Def  165   4   3   1    0   0   0   0   0.55     0%     0%
Patel, Arnav        26  Def  149   8   0   1    0   0   0   0   0.60     0%     0%
Ellis, Dylan        27  F    145   5   1   7    3   2   0   2   4.34    43%    29%
Bao, Jeffrey         3  Def  111   5   1   1    1   0   0   0   0.81   100%     0%
Sapilewski, Paul    28  F     62   7   0   0    0   0   0   0     -      -      -
Hatch, Bryce         9  Def   56   5   0   0    0   0   0   0     -      -      -
Ball, Alexander     31  F     54   2   0   2    0   0   0   0   3.33     0%     0%
TEAM TOTAL                                 99  41  13  10  23           41%    13%


Quote from: Hopkins92 on September 19, 2025, 09:50:31 AMBack in my day, it was always Hop, Fords and Swat battling it out for the conference title. Slightly different mix of teams (F&M not in the conf at that time, for example) but it just seems like they have the resources and history to be competitive in a sport like soccer.

F&M was in the Middle Atlantic Conference through 1992/93 when the school, and Hopkins too, left to form the Centennial Conference for all sports (Centennial was just for football previously).

Apropos of nothing, I've been interested to observe the differences among some Centennial Conference teams in terms of how much playing time their first-year players are getting.

Dickinson, who lost relatively few players and did well in the NCAAs, has played very few first-years through the first four games. Three first-years have played so far for a total of 189 minutes. Average first-year playing time is 47 mins. per game.

F&M, who lost more players, has played four first-years through four games for a total of 632 minutes. Average first-year playing time is 158 mins. per game.

JHU, who lost a ton of players, has played 12 first-years through four games for a total of 1780 minutes. Average first-year playing time is 445 mins. per game. Note that for Hopkins, first-years includes transfers. Hopkins has four transfers this year - 2 grad transfers and 2 undergrad transfers. All four have played for a total of 579 minutes or 145 mins per game.

If you only count freshmen, JHU has played 8 freshmen for a total of 1201 minutes or an average of 300 mins per game.

Sewanee played a very aggressive press. Hopkins lost their freshman starting center back 2 minutes into the game and never recovered. As previous posters have said, first two goals were the result of Sewanee pressure and poor Hopkins play in the back. Third was a penalty that looked like feet getting tangled but it was in the box so no real complaint. Last one was Hopkins crumbling mentally.

Two players I would have expected to start or play significant minutes, CJ Feldman and Jason Pang, didn't play this weekend. I am guessing they are nursing injures.

Centennial Conf. highlights
JHU 3, Rhodes 0
Stockton 2, F&M 1
Dickinson 1, Virginia Wesleyan 1
Muhlenberg 0, Alvernia 0

Notably, 8 of Hopkins' 9 freshmen are over 6 feet and other one is 5' 11". This is a notable change from past years and one Coach Appleby highlighted recently.

Hopkins 2025 roster is now posted
https://hopkinssports.com/sports/mens-soccer/roster

4 transfers - 2 grad students and 2 undergrads
9 freshmen

They replace 10 departed players (seniors or grad students).

Quote from: Kuiper on August 21, 2025, 11:28:47 AMEither that or they are old fashioned and wait until the season is about to start because in the old days rosters weren't set until they announced who among the walk-ons had made the team.

I resemble that remark. I've been checking daily too but no 2025 roster yet.

Quote from: Kuiper on December 10, 2024, 04:52:05 PMI know some longer-time coaches still do, but are active players aware of it?  I know they used to be, but I'm just not sure if they are anymore and you (and other parents of current players) probably have some insight on that.

My son is a Bowdoin grad and some of his friends who still play soccer there read the board.

As a Green Bay Packers shareholder, I can say that I am very pleased with the team's ownership.

Dickinson is going to terrorize the Centennial next year. In addition to the four already mentioned, I've been impressed by Westin Fryberger, Daniel Spataro, and Luke Finkielstein. Fryberger and Spataro are first years, Finkielstein is a junior.

One area that could perhaps use some improvement is goalkeeping. During the regular season game between Dickinson and Hopkins this year, Gavin Marr (another first year) played the second half and was markedly better than the starter.

The Red Devils have a very skewed age structure on their team - lots of excellent juniors and first years, far fewer seniors and sophomores.

Quote from: Bucket on November 23, 2024, 08:18:44 PMAlas, sides must now be drawn, and I officially notified Little Bucket, a freshman at Dickinson, that I'll be cheering for W&L tomorrow. I know his Aunt Sarah, a Red Devil alumna, will join him in fandom.

With Hopkins eliminated, I can now join my wife, a Red Devil alumna, and my daughter, a Red Devil sophomore, in rooting for Dickinson, although I expect W&L to win.

Quote from: gocamels on November 17, 2024, 05:14:16 PMAfter handling Franklin and Marshall, lets head to Mary Washington (another two-name school that will end next weekend with less wins than names).

GO CAMELS

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