Mid-Atlantic Region

[soccerfan111]

BTW, re: Messiah... Where's that clown(!) who used a relatively down year last year to mark the end of the Messiah era?

Laughable.

Good question. One can only wonder what that was about. Maybe someone jealous of the Falcons who was trying to steer recruits away? Don't know, but if so they failed. The talent level in the last two incoming classes is near their historical ceiling. And, obviously, McCarty isn't losing anything. Last year's coaching job was just excellent, taking a mediocre team out of the doldrums and into the Sweet Sixteen. (Liberty teams had recently eliminated the Falcons a couple times, but last year they turned the tables at Hobart, and this year they won at Vassar.) All the while, he was developing that great FR group into the SO who are leading the team this year and recruiting another high level group coming in this fall.

Anyway, I appreciated your support last fall when that was going down.

Agree with most of your comments Falconer. This team is significantly better than last year's and I think part of that is all of those younger guys playing last year. However, I don't think this team is as deep as previous teams. The second group is playing a decent amount, but there is a significant drop between the two still.

Overall though, this team is much better defensively, which keeps them in all of their games. Resch is also special 1v1 (or even 1v2) and they've been lacking that individual player for a few seasons. Excited to see how things play out in NCAAs!

[Kuiper]

Region V - Poll 7 - October 27, 2026
Rank   School   Prev   W-L-T
1   University of Scranton   NR   12-1-3
2   Messiah University   NR   13-1-2
3   Johns Hopkins University   NR   10-4-2
4   Haverford College   NR   13-3-1
5   Catholic University   NR   10-2-4
6   Neumann University   NR   11-3-2
7   Widener University   NR   10-4-1
8   York College (Pa.)   NR   10-6-2

[Kuiper]

At 8-0-8, TCNJ is the Haverford of 2026 in terms of tying games

Region IV - Poll 7 - October 27, 2026
Rank   School   Prev   W-L-T
1   Montclair State University   NR   14-2-2
2   Rowan University   NR   11-1-3
3   The College of New Jersey   NR   8-0-8
4   Lebanon Valley College   NR   12-2-2
5   Rutgers University-Newark   NR   7-3-5
6   New York University   NR   8-4-2
7   Stevens Institute of Technology   NR   7-3-4
8   SUNY New Paltz   NR   9-5-2