Most of the time GKs cover for awful plays up the field ... once in a while, field players return the favor ... 

Vanzela spent this past spring/summer trying to find 2025 GKs with strong foot skills - even going so far as asking recruits to send him highlight videos comprised entirely of game footage of them handling under pressure. The staff certainly understands the challenge presented by the system.

Quote from: BaboNation on October 02, 2024, 02:47:21 PMI don't know about other conferences, but as a fan of the NEWMAC the first year of the contract under FloSports has been a net negative.  I swore I wouldn't pay for the service, but my addiction got the best of me so I signed up for the special NEWMAC all-sports package.

My experience:

The "technical difficulties" have increased dramatically - exponentially really.  And you never really know whether you should wait for the "we're working on it" to be resolved or restart the feed, which if you do so you've got a commercial to suffer through.

You really need to use the app, because the browser version is extra fluky and doesn't support IOS from what their CS told me.

Not as easy as it used to be to toggle between games with multiple tabs open.  Now it's one at a time, and again, a commercial before the match.

The Customer Service is slow to respond (best to use the chat).

The ability to save Favorites is clunky.

My understanding (I could be wrong) was that all equipment (and cameramen?) would be supplied by FS, with the announcers (if any) supplied by the team(s).
I haven't seen any improvement in camera coverage/technology.

Other than that, everything is fantastic.  I know this is the trend, but pray your favorite conference doesn't get FS.

As the parent of a 2025 committed to a NEWMAC school, this makes me queasy ...

Quote from: Viking on June 05, 2024, 11:51:12 AMMiddlebury
Tiger Xie, G, Power FC/Upper Canada C, China/Canada (Feb?)

I believe Xie is a current Midd student who will graduate in Feb 2027 (Class of 2026.5) and is being elevated from the club team.

Quote from: Kuiper on February 28, 2024, 04:18:50 PMPomona-Pitzer put its Spring scrimmages on Instagram

https://www.instagram.com/p/C356WqoyODM/
https://www.instagram.com/p/C356EZ3SsHL/

As is their custom, they are taking advantage of the single game day to have two games (presumably to get everybody on their roster playing time during the single game day).  Both games are at home on their grass field.

Sunday March 3

11 am v. Santa Monica College (JC)

3:00 pm v. Cal State San Marcos (D2)

Looks like Ditta has stepped away from the program. Any idea if Swartz is back from sabbatical?

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Quote from: Newenglander on February 26, 2024, 05:09:54 PMQuick Spring question - of course having to be different does anyone know the official Spring rules for NESCAC vs all of D3?

I believe it is the same as lacrosse in fall 2023: 10 coach practices.

10 vs 24 practices for NESCAC as well as no scrimmage.....I would love to know what percentage of players like the "focus on academics" vs the ability to train......

In my limited experience, most players greatly appreciate the NESCAC model/limitations and a majority of the juniors use their off-season to do a semester abroad.

Quote from: Newenglander on February 26, 2024, 05:09:54 PMQuick Spring question - of course having to be different does anyone know the official Spring rules for NESCAC vs all of D3?

I believe it is the same as lacrosse in fall 2023: 10 coach practices.

Quote from: PaulNewman on December 07, 2023, 03:18:00 PM
Now is the time for Colby to swing for the fences...and this certainly has a feel of Colby wanting to swing for the fences ..

Agreed ... and exactly what Colby just did last month by bringing in Jake Bernhardt (former Maryland OC) to coach the lacrosse team. 

Quote from: Kuiper on November 01, 2023, 11:02:24 PM
One interesting note is that the play-by-play announcer for Redlands is Joe Tutino, who is the long-time regular TV and now radio play-by-play guy for the LA Galaxy.  Redlands coach Ralph Perez is a former LA Galaxy assistant coach and sometimes a color guy on Galaxy radio and I bet he brought him in given that the Galaxy are out of the playoffs and Tutino was not one of the team announcers selected for the Apple TV deal.  Gives the stream a pro feel for listeners.

Having Tutino on the call is a real treat.  CMS up 1-0 on a bouncing free kick from just outside the penalty box.

^ Thanks - appreciate the comprehensive response.

Does anyone know how Williams wound up with only two keepers (both seniors) on the roster?

Quote from: Another Mom on May 18, 2023, 04:00:26 PM
Heard on the grapevine that the NESCACs are pushing the preread date to August 1 this year. I have no direct knowledge of this myself. If true it doesn't *help* with recruiting.

Christmas comes early for the Centennial Conference!

Excellent - thank you very much!

Quote from: Another Mom on December 08, 2022, 01:13:48 PM
I think you can safely say that *all* the NESCACs want a player to ED in exchange for coach support.  Most offers are made in July/August (after prereads) or at least they were 2 years ago when my son went through the process.

I've got a quick question regarding NESCAC coach support for soccer recruits, since I have a kiddo (keeper) about to enter the recruiting process.  My older son is playing lacrosse at Midd.  In a normal (non-COVID) year, the lacrosse coaches at the NESCACs he talked to (Midd, Williams, Wes, Bowdoin) had enough juice/support for 8-10 recruits depending on how they spread it around (e.g. 1-2 slots, 6-8 tips, etc).  Since soccer rosters are roughly half the size of lacrosse rosters, I was under the impression that NEXCAC soccer coaches are typically able to offer meaningful support to 4-5 recruits per year.  Is this accurate?  Thanks

Quote from: nescac1 on February 10, 2022, 10:44:37 AMI just note that Sullivan was relieved of his duties way back in July, before guys had even submitted an application to Williams.  It's not like by then recruits are generally locked in, like they are in the middle of the fall ... who knows whether admissions had even weighed in by that point.

NESCAC coaches obtain pre-reads from admissions in late June and begin offering admissions support to recruits beginning on July 1.  A positive pre-read and an offer of coach support is near guarantee of admission (unless grades fall dramatically, recruit runs afoul of the law, etc).  Recruits accept coach support in exchange for a commitment to apply ED1. Committed recruits then inform coaches at other schools of their commitment. Those coaches move on to other recruits.

If a new coach rolls in and pulls support just because he didn't personally recruit the player, it is a really sh!tty move and something that future recruits should understand about that coach. Fortunately, most new NESCAC coaches honor their predecessor's support commitments - e.g. both Amherst and Bowdoin hired lacrosse HCs after July 1, 2021 and both of those coaches did honor the support that was previously offered to recruits.