New England Soccer Discussion

[deiscanton]

I guess UHartford is trying to find out what it means to be a DIII institution.    It is not helping matters that UHartford is placing all of their home games for all of their teams behind a paywall at $9.99 for a single game and no affordable monthly rate.  UHartford is charging $49.99 for all of their home games for the fall season, $99.99 for an early bird rate for all home games for the full academic year (if paid before September 15) and $129.99 for all of the home games for all seasons of the 2023-24 academic year (if paid after September 15)   I wanted to see Conn College men's soccer at UHart this afternoon, but I guess that I am going to have to follow the game on live stats. The worst part about it is, you are not aware that there is a paywall up until you start attempting to watch the UHartford video livestream.  I am only going to pay for Univ. of Rochester content this year on a regular basis, if I do decide to pay for DIII content.

[SKUD]

I feel your pain.  Sorry that U HA has joined the $$ club.  IMO the parents who fund those student should rise up and grab that AD by the €&\\$ and get that changed.

[Kuiper]

I haven't been able to watch the game, but the fact that Conn is up 3-0 in the 67th minute, has already rotated its GK, and played a large number of players off the bench, suggests that Hartford hasn't retained many, if any, of its better players from its D1 years.  Since they lost every game their last year in D1, they probably lost most of the legit D1 players before last year.

The game ends 6-0.  I'm sure Conn is good, but it's pretty clear that Hartford is not.  Conn emptied the bench (27 Conn players played in all) and still poured on three more goals.

[Ted Lasso]

TTTD (Ted's thoughts of the day)
-Babson vs Suffolk ends in a 0-0 draw. Pretty even game with Suffolk having the clearest chance in my opinion. Could Suffolk be on the come up? Or did they just catch Babson on an off day.

-Midd dominates in an 11-1 win but GK Grady must be a bit salty letting one in to ruin the clean sheet. When I played, the goalies would always complain about letting one in no matter how much we won by, so I know that stings for Grady.

-Amherst up 2-1 at the half after a slow start. They conceded a goal that came from a good finish, but then scored fairly quickly after with their usual set pieces. Seems as though some of their "main guys" from last year came off the bench (not sure why that is but you never know with Serpone and his antics). The game has gone in their favor since they've been on the field with Okorogheye scoring the goal to put them in the lead. However, Yeshiva is surprising me though as I thought Amherst would have a much easier time against them. They move the ball well at times. Lets see what happens in the second half.

[stlawus]

Do you have a source there or are you at the game or something?  Yeshiva broadcast never went up as far as I can tell.

[Ted Lasso]

Took me a while to find the link. https://live.veo.co/stream/adf92514-881c-4645-9ab8-ccdb5d5161bc@1693956560468/
You have to make an account but it's free.

Amherst up 4-1 now with two solid goals

[EnmoreCat]

TTTD (Ted's thoughts of the day)
-Babson vs Suffolk ends in a 0-0 draw. Pretty even game with Suffolk having the clearest chance in my opinion. Could Suffolk be on the come up? Or did they just catch Babson on an off day.

-Midd dominates in an 11-1 win but GK Grady must be a bit salty letting one in to ruin the clean sheet. When I played, the goalies would always complain about letting one in no matter how much we won by, so I know that stings for Grady.

-Amherst up 2-1 at the half after a slow start. They conceded a goal that came from a good finish, but then scored fairly quickly after with their usual set pieces. Seems as though some of their "main guys" from last year came off the bench (not sure why that is but you never know with Serpone and his antics). The game has gone in their favor since they've been on the field with Okorogheye scoring the goal to put them in the lead. However, Yeshiva is surprising me though as I thought Amherst would have a much easier time against them. They move the ball well at times. Lets see what happens in the second half.

So squad rotation becomes an "antic"!  Gotta love the early Amhate (like it ever truly goes away). If one of the venerated Ohio coaches did it, it would be clever man management.  I am yet to watch the stream, but will offer some thoughts after doing so.

One thing I would say is the Amherst/Middlebury game is one of the epic NESCAc fixtures, and I am sure both coaches would have been very careful in their game management leading up to it.

[PaulNewman]

USMMA pulls off a major mid-major upset over West Conn 1-0 in Kings Point, NY.  USMMA announcer was solid and also ecstatic at the end, suggesting the victory was perhaps the biggest win in USMMA soccer history.  West Conn just beat Wesleyan mid-week.

[Kuiper]

Are they still planning to play the GNAC quarterfinal game involving #1 St. Joseph's (ME) hosting Regis #8 on Saturday?

The GNAC announced today that they were postponing the GNAC Cross Country Championships that were scheduled to be run at St. Joseph's (ME) on Sunday

https://thegnac.com/sports/mxc/2023-24/releases/2023XCChampPostponed

[OldNed]

Are they still planning to play the GNAC quarterfinal game involving #1 St. Joseph's (ME) hosting Regis #8 on Saturday?

The GNAC announced today that they were postponing the GNAC Cross Country Championships that were scheduled to be run at St. Joseph's (ME) on Sunday

https://thegnac.com/sports/mxc/2023-24/releases/2023XCChampPostponed

I'm not seeing any indication they are postponing the SJC/Regis game tomorrow. I hope if it goes off as scheduled they have some extra police presence there.

[paclassic89]

They finally found the guy.  Killed himself in the woods

[PaulNewman]

If the NCAA site can be trusted, either J&W (Providence) or Norwich will be in the NCAA tournament, as they knock off the two St Joseph's by identical 1-0 scores.

[SKUD]

 Verified on the GMAC website.

[Christan Shirk]

REGION I - NCAA REGIONAL RANKINGS - November 01, 2023

Rank	School	. Div. III . Record	. Div. III . SOS	. R-v-R .	. Overall . Record	. Prev. . Rank
1.	Connecticut College	10-0-5	0.588	4-0-4	11-0-5	1
2.	Middlebury	12-0-4	0.581	4-0-3	12-0-4	3
3.	Amherst	11-2-3	0.623	5-2-2	11-2-3	2
4.	Tufts	11-2-3	0.605	6-2-2	11-2-3	4
5.	Bowdoin	9-3-4	0.572	1-3-4	9-3-4	5
6.	Williams	8-6-2	0.609	2-5-1	8-6-2	6
7.	St. Joseph (Conn.)	13-1-3	0.519	-0	13-1-3	--

REGION II - NCAA REGIONAL RANKINGS - November 01, 2023

Rank	School	. Div. III . Record	. Div. III . SOS	. R-v-R .	. Overall . Record	. Prev. . Rank
1.	Babson	10-3-6	0.579	5-3-2	10-3-6	1
2.	Wheaton (Mass.)	7-4-6	0.548	2-2-2	7-4-6	2
3.	Suffolk	9-4-3	0.504	1-1-1	10-5-3	5
4.	WPI	8-3-6	0.510	2-2-1	8-3-6	6
5.	Endicott	7-7-4	0.552	1-5-1	8-7-4	--
6.	Salem State	11-4-2	0.495	1-2-0	11-4-3	--

[Kuiper]

The NEWMAC has posted its pre-season coaches poll

Looks like the coaches are divided as to who is likely to win the conference this season

2024 NEWMAC Men's Soccer Preseason Coaches Poll
Babson (4)
WPI (3)
Wheaton (2)
MIT
Coast Guard
Springfield
Salve Regina
Emerson
Clark