There was confusion and the second yellow card was given in error, because he did not have a first yellow card.  The box score was corrected.  He has one yellow card from that game and will be permitted to play tomorrow.

Last year it was released on Wednesday morning of the week between the NESCAC finals and the NCAA tournament.  Look for it tomorrow.

I had a discussion with the coaches at my son's school.  It was along the lines of why multiple women's programs (hockey, lacrosse, field hockey) were winning national championships while the men's sports in general were not at that level.  I was told that having a C on the transcript basically rules you out.  The coach said too many freshman boys goof off their first year of high school and make themselves inadmissible, whereas the girls are less likely to do that in their freshman year.  This gives the men a smaller pool of student athletes to recruit from.

Quote from: Hotskull on November 09, 2025, 02:35:37 PMAll season long I have said it's Tufts vs everybody. Other teams see the Jumbos and they congregate, try to imitate, hate, but ultimately find their fate.

I see a team of winners, coached by a staff of winners, supported by a fan base of winners. Like soccerlover said, the NESCAC is full of small liberal arts schools (apart from Conn) and today they spent their Sunday watching Tufts lift yet another trophy... coaches will be studying the Jumbos, as they have in the past, wondering what they can pick up from the most successful program in recent history... but you just can't copy greatness. Learn to appreciate it.

Josh Shapiro built a dynasty and Dezotell has since took over the reigns. 2 NESCAC championships since the start of his tenure and it's hard to imagine he won't follow in Shapiros footsteps. His first year having a team of players only recruited by himself and look at the result... put some respect on that man's name.

I'm taking Tufts moneyline till the day I die and if you want outsized returns compared to your 401k or the S&P, I suggest you do the same.

Haram University has captured the conference trophy in the best league in D3 and best believe they are ready for the national stage.

Not all questioning their soccer pedigree.  But if you think being a school of over 7,000, in greater Boston, and offering graduate programs does not give them a huge leg up on the rest of the NESCAC, I don't know what to tell you.

To be fair, he did not really do much.  This was a complete overreaction by the officials.  They thought they saw him strike an opponent with the ball after the game, and that did not happen.  Unfortunately, there is no recourse once the red is given.

They are members of the NAIA and National Christian College Athletic Association.  They compete in the Chicagoland Collegiate Athletic Conference. 

Quote from: Hotskull on November 04, 2025, 10:25:18 AMThis Tufts team is on a revenge tour. The last two years, they've been hyped up, carrying a top ranking all season, only to crumble when it really mattered. That will not happen this year. This team is full of certified DAWGS.

They've got one of the strongest and deepest backlines we've seen in recent years (.455 GA average / 8 clean sheets — shoutout Antic in goal), paired with an attack that finds the back of the net when it matters most. In previous years, Tufts often needed a set piece or an unsung hero to grind out a winner... Not this team. Yanez is 4/4 from the spot in the last six games (CR7-level clutch), and the front three (Perkins, Canfin, Brown) have combined for 33 points, while Jett, Shultz, Fallone, Denby, and others have put in lights-out performances.

DeZotell seems to have finally found the right balance with this roster — major credit to him and his staff. In a year where Amherst look like your local church-league team and Middlebury's backline resembles a bunch of cones standing in the way of opposing attackers, Tufts is playing like the juggernaut we've always known them to be.

If they go into the weekend with the mentality that they end other teams' seasons, not that they are the team to beat, there will be another NESCAC trophy in the cabinet. My advice to the young lads up in Medford: do not play with the timid mindset of "only two more guaranteed games." In fact, F$#K THAT.* Play like you want to flex the strength you have over these inferior, minuscule, delicate, and outright afraid NESCAC schools. Gents, it is Tufts vs. everybody, and there can only be one at the top.

I'll be flying up to Boston this weekend to watch the destruction.

To the rest of you NESCAC fans: You may read this and think I'm too confident — maybe even delusional. But if that's how you feel, I actually sympathize with you... because you're the one who's delusional for not seeing the greatness, hard work, grit, and — as stated before — a squad of DAWGS right in front of your eyes.

– Hotskull

The only note I have to add is that Tufts has been awarded 10 penalty kicks this year.  The next highest totals in the conference are Middlebury and Williams at 3 each.  24% of Tufts goals this year have come on penalty kicks (9/37).  Is that sustainable through a postseason run?

He sits out the next game.

Quote from: deiscanton on October 26, 2025, 01:21:24 PMFinal from Waltham, MA--

Carnegie Mellon 1, Brandeis 0

Brandeis suffers their first home loss of the season in their final regular season home game.  Brandeis finishes their UAA slate on the road for the final 2 weekends of the regular season.

Carnegie Mellon head coach Brandon Bowman got a red card in the final minutes of the match, which means that he will have to serve a 1 match touchline suspension next weekend vs Rochester.

Carnegie Mellon improves to 1-2-2 in the UAA-- 5 points-- 8-3-5 overall.

Brandeis drops to 1-2-2 in the UAA-- 5 points-- 9-2-4 overall.

Carnegie Mellon needed that win at Brandeis today after losing on Friday at NYU-- It seems that the at-large chances may still be alive for the Tartans.

Brandeis's chances for a high seed in the NCAAs have taken a hit, but depending on what the NPI summary report shows tomorrow morning, I still think that it is more likely than not that Brandeis's chances for an at-large bid remain solid with 2 matches to go. 

The red card was overturned on appeal because one of the two cautions was actually given to the assistant coach and not the head coach, so he only accumulated one yellow.

Quote from: Ron Boerger on March 25, 2025, 08:32:22 AMI wonder how many schools have video of sufficient quality for reviews.

Ron:  In theory it can be done off an iPad.  The idea is not to re-referee the game, it is to fix significant errors.  There were multiple examples in this year's training videos for officials where a single camera at midfield could have eliminated major mistakes.

I had a chance to officiate numerous Wheaton games from 1988 to Coach Bean's retirement in 2006.  He was an intense competitor who was a true gentleman at all times.  Going to referee at Wheaton was always a treat, and Coach Bean was a big part of that experience.  RIP to a wonderful man.

The d3 Coaches meeting men's and women's combined.  There was a lot of pushback from coaches about the dials being set after coaches had already finalized schedules for this past season.  While the dial settings for the women are a bit different, the complaints were similar, although the NESCAC feels they got screwed in favor of the UAA, which got 7 teams in on the women's side.  One point the director made repeated is that the NESCAC's out of conference record was so strong that it put their teams in a great position.

Per NCAA D3 Men Championships director with the NCAA here at the United Soccer Coaches Convention in Chicago, the dials for NPI settings are locked for the next two seasons and any changes would not apply until the 2027 season.

I will make a few general remarks on the video review process and procedures.

First, it was available to use all season, and it could be as simple as an iPad.  The goal is to fix egregious errors, not to re-referee the games.  The NCAA D3 Men's and Women's Soccer Committees decreed that video review would only be used at the final four during the tournament.

Second, Coach Bianco is the current chair of the Rules Committee and has been a passionate advocate for the use of video review. 

Third, the rule states: "Indisputable video evidence, in the judgment of the referee, must be present
for the call on the field to be overturned."

Fourth, all I saw is what was shown on the broadcast.  I do not know what angles were available to the referee. 

Fifth, the teams were aware that video review would be used.

Finally, as many participants in this forum know, I am not a neutral in this case.  My son was the starting goalkeeper for Middlebury from 2019-2023, and I am a huge supporter of the program, the coaching staff, and the players and parents.  Any statement I make about the accuracy of decisions would be seen through that lens and might be taken as an official verdict. 

Referee for one semi is from Alabama and the other semi is from Illinois.  Ref for final is from California.