2025 Weekly D3 Soccer Pool

[Kuiper]

If you're looking for a crazy, off-the-beaten path, borderline sadistic, preseason game to warm-up with for EJay's pool, check out this one on on Monday night:

Lewis & Clark (DIII) at University of Portland (DI)

Monday, August 25th at 7 pm (Pacific)

I have no idea why University of Portland, which finished 7-4-7 last season, including wins against University of Washington, Oregon State, Cal, LMU, and San Diego, decided it needed to schedule a game against Lewis & Clark, which finished 0-20 last season, and has a record of 0-46-1 over the last three seasons.

To make matters more lopsided, this is a countable game for Portland, but a preseason game for Lewis & Clark.  So, Portland's stats will count and its players will get credit for any goals/assists the same as if they scored them against UCLA or Duke, while Lewis & Clark should be rotating its players and still working on getting its team into shape for the season.  On the other hand, Lewis & Clark traveled to Iceland this preseason and played three games there against local teams.  Maybe they learned a thing or two from the Icelanders about being giant killers.  At the least, their bench might be able to unsettle the Portland players by expertly performing the Icelandic "Viking Clap" or "Thunderclap" from the sidelines.

There should be no credit for predicting who wins, so it's got to be based on score or goal differential.  One issue with predicting the score in this game, though, is that I don't know for sure how high the scoreboard goes at Portland's Clive Charles Soccer Complex. Does it reach triple digits?  We may find out. Last season, Portland scored 32 goals and gave up 23.  Lewis & Clark, by contrast, scored 7 goals and gave up 70.

One additional note:  If there is an inquest after this game, there will be plenty of witnesses because the game is going to be nationally televised on ESPN+ .  I don't think this will help anyone make the argument that DIII teams can be competitive with DI teams.  We need to get Pacific Lutheran players to sneak onto Lewis & Clark's roster for one game just for the purposes of defending the Division's honor!

FINAL:  Portland 9 - Lewis & Clark 0

Portland outshot Lewis & Clark 30-0, but Portland was only up 3-0 at halftime and it was 6-0 until Portland got three goals in the last 10 minutes when their coach unleashed them. I guess it was good practice for Lewis & Clark in parking the bus! 

[Ron Boerger]

Hopefully L&C got a nice check for showing up for target practice.

[Kuiper]

Hopefully L&C got a nice check for showing up for target practice.

According to its Instagram, it looks like Portland was effectively honoring former Portland coaches/alums Bill Irwin and Jim Tursi - now at Lewis & Clark - by inviting them back (and I guess by not scoring double digits on them)

[SierraFD3soccer]

Wouldn't that be great just like FCS.

[Ejay]

Almost 30 participants, with another day left to enter.

https://forms.gle/HQNDjyo5U3FhuD1j9

[Ejay]

35 participants. Pool closing in a few hours.

[Ejay]

Pool Closed. 37 Participants.
               
Oglethorpe    11%   
W&L    70%   
Draw    19%

OWU    35%   
Calvin    30%   
Draw    35%

RU-C    60%   
Haverford    19%   
Draw    21%

Dickinson    49%   
CNU    32%   
Draw    19%

Transylvania    57%   
Heidelberg    19%   
Draw    24%

Chicago    19%   
St. Olaf    57%   
Draw    24%

F&M    16%   
Rowan    47%   
Draw    35%

Cortland    62%   
SLU    24%   
Draw    14%

NYU    19%   
Vassar    65%   
Draw    16%

Blackburn    14%   
Buena Vista    43%   
Draw    43%

[FCGrizzliesGrad]

I believe if you had picked every game as a scoreless draw, you'd have earned 50 points this week.

[Ejay]

And we also have the first 0 pt week of the season! That's impressive.

[Ejay]

Some things never change. Standings after week 1.  New pool to be posted tomorrow.

Week 1
jball    55
fromNCwithluv    50
NJay    50
Recon    50
Rcjh2345    45
SKUD    45
FCGrizzliesGrad    40
Local    40
paclassic89    40
Cookie    35
EJay    35
Mr November    35
PitchPerfect    35
TheRealSimpleCoach    35
Hopkins Walk-On    30
Birdie    25
cruyff18    25
Kansas Hokie    25
nefutbol90    25
NEPA    25
NJACguy    25
Nutmeg43    25
Urbana#17    25
BigSoccerFan    20
BlueJay95    20
d3ma    20
JerseyFran    20
Chasjo62    15
Jfreddys    15
pithed2    15
slt1369    15
TJF    15
CharmCity    10
oacalum    10
SimpleCoach    10
ExiledInTexas    5
SierraFD3soccer    0

[Ejay]

Week 2 pool is open:

https://forms.gle/1333QyUDe5GSfJ4z8

Note: Email is now a mandatory field so you can receive a copy of your selections if you choose. I believe you can enter a bogus email if you want. Let me know if you run into issues.

[SimpleCoach]

And here is the Games of the Week - Week Two show.

SC.

[SierraFD3soccer]

Some things never change. Standings after week 1.  New pool to be posted tomorrow.

Week 1

SierraFD3soccer    0

Shot the moon!! So do I get 100 pts??? Just checking!

[Crossit4fun]

I cannot believe I missed week 1 of the pool this year....