Now it is!

Quote from: Ejay on June 21, 2026, 02:25:21 PM

Quote from: Kuiper on June 21, 2026, 02:00:49 PMJeremiah Cateau MF Holy Cross (D1) (rising junior) (yet to see action; Trinidad & Tobago U20 and U17 YNT player)

Side bar: how does a u17 and u20 YNT player not see the field at a historically weak D1 program? HC hasn't had a winning season since 2008 and finished below .400 in each of the last 4 years. Edit: Did play 14 games and started twice freshmen year. Maybe was hurt So. year?

I think being on the Trinidad & Tobago sides is the equivalent to being on the Mercer County, NJ all-star team.

Quote from: Kuiper on June 16, 2026, 01:11:24 PMSome NESCAC schedules

Williams

NESCAC teams often start playing conference games early in the season, even from Opening Day, but I don't think I've see a team play three straight NESCAC games to start the season (Bates, Hamilton, and Trinity).  On the other hand, Williams started last season with Wheaton (MA) and then played Tufts (which it beat 3-1!), Hamilton, and Amherst, so this year looks quite a bit less intimidating (especially given how good Wheaton turned out to be last year). In terms of non-conference games, Williams trades Union and Western Connecticut (which it tied 3-3), for Gordon and Hartford.  Starting the season with some of the lower NESCAC teams may come back to bit them in 2026 since they end with Wesleyan, Tufts, and Middlebury.

Middlebury

Middlebury trades out Bridgewater State, St. Lawrence, Thomas, and Vassar for the US Merchant Marine Academy, Endicott, RPI, and Maine Maritime Academy.  I would say that's a downgrade, but St. Lawrence turned out to be a down year and they beat Vassar 4-2, while Endicott is capable of rising to the occasion (including tying Wheaton last season) and USMMA went 12-4-3 last season, while RPI is probably due for a turnaround.  One conference advantage for Middlebury is that they don't have a two NESCAC game weekend.

Do these teams look like they are running away from quality OOC games vs years past? I think we are seeing NPI at work here.  Why challenge OOC when you will have the SOS from conf games?

Quote from: SierraFD3soccer on May 11, 2026, 09:00:06 AM

Quote from: SKUD on May 10, 2026, 08:40:24 PMI disagree with your assessment.

Your opinion which is fine. Did you have a kid coached by Dan Wagner?

Thankfully not. He was wise enough as an 18 not to.

I disagree with your assessment.

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Hot take and false

NEWMAC Welcomes Saint Anselm College as Newest Member

https://newmacsports.com/news/2026/4/21/newmac-welcomes-saint-anselm-college-as-newest-member.aspx


NEWMAC Welcomes Saint Anselm College as Newest Member

Quote from: SierraFD3soccer on April 13, 2026, 09:55:09 AM

Quote from: Kuiper on April 11, 2026, 06:29:54 PMBabson posted on its Instagram account the results from its Spring game today.  Looks like it beat the UConn Huskies (D1) by a 2-1 score

UConn was 12-5-4 last season and got to the second round of the NCAA tournament before falling to Maryland.  Pretty impressive result (with all the caveats about spring games and player availability etc)!

Perhaps and not trying to take away from what happened, but UCONN played two games on the same day (9 was Babson and 1 was Providence). Second game was against Providence so I'm thinking the Babson game was for evaluating players who may not have had much playing time.

The Providence game was also for the new Northeast Spring Cup. 8 different teams in two groups. UConn, Boston College, Boston University, Bryant, New Hampshire, Providence, UMASS, and Vermont. So I am guessing UCONN used its starters from 2025. https://friars.com/news/2026/2/17/mens-soccer-mens-soccer-to-compete-in-inaugural-northeast-spring-cup

Another interesting thing - looked at UCONN's roster and they had a keeper grad student, Adam Carter, from Messiah who started all its games in 23 and 24. However he did not see the field in 25 at UCONN.

Good info. So what this tells me is Babson (minus the entire Junior class, abroad) was better than UConns reserves last weekend.

They say, "are you going to heaven or are you going to Ohio."

Maybe the Cali boy didn't like the Ohio climate and opted for the horrible heat of San Antonio.

As for Jersey, you can take the boy out of jersey but you can't take the jersey out of the boy. Maybe the super-crunchy megalopolis of Gambier Ohio (population 2,200) wasn't for him and he wanted to be closer to home.

3 transfers doesn't strike me the way it struck you.

Quote from: D3Navy on December 19, 2025, 08:20:55 PMThey won this by 4 seconds.

But many minutes better than the opponent.

https://youtu.be/SiNNu9wKKAA?si=YNBHdlRVLMWjvxz3

Good conversation as SC takes the knife and digs it into the wound as they relive the PK violation.

I bet he will be platinum level on SAS airways by April.

I have met and communicated with him, not a fan.

I do wonder how that nescac final woukd have turned out if we didnt give them a goal at the end of the game...
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I know how the Conn season should have ended had it not been for 2 unnecessary blunders/PKs by their 2nd round opponent.

Quote from: VASoccerDad on December 05, 2025, 05:59:32 AM

Quote from: SierraFD3soccer on December 04, 2025, 10:40:02 PMTufts will not sweep the womans and mens as the women lost in the semis. Either way that is pretty impressive they even had a chance.

So is Tufts now the D1 version of Connecticut basketball (2014 and 2004)?

Tufts also won field hockey. One evil empire takes the touch from another.

2"-6" of snow expected in VA this morning.