Quote from: Hopkins92 on September 09, 2024, 11:45:17 AMI'm beyond the days of just throwing out stuff, thinking this place is a vacuum where no players, parents or coaches are looking.

So I say, respectfully, that Hopkins is a very dangerous team... When they have a player or 2 that can consistently get in positions to capitalize on all their possession.

This iteration... While it's early, is going to need to really tighten up in the back, because they are going to need to win a lot of 1-0 and 2-1 games. The goals allowed this weekend... At least 3 came from gaffes in the back. They simply can't afford to do that.

This attacking ability of this version of Hopkins has similar shades of the 2022 roster during the NCAA tournament; lots of threat and contributions from the wingers and the attacking mids (who I believe are the same between the two years). That team took much longer to get to that amount of threat but really showed out in their Elite 8 run. That being said, that team gave up a TOTAL of 10 goals in 24 games behind a great goalkeeper and backline. Hope they get it sorted out because the Hopkins style (trademark pending) is not typically kind to teams needed lots of goals to win games

W&L go 1 up on a (potentially) questionable PK call. Have been the better team especially in the final 15 of the first half after dealing with the crowd and physicality from Sewanee.

Have seen Sewanee in all 3 games now with them playing 2 CC opponents and W&L so far and have been unimpressed by the style for a team working to have a good year in the SAA. One glaring note is only goal so far was a corner in Game 1,and are currently sitting on about 10-12 shots in 3 outings. They seem to have very dynamic pieces on the bench in Sophomore Stokes McConnell tonight and Freshman Grayson White vs Hopkins, but both are sitting on less than 30 minutes so far.

W&L still look like they're getting out with a key win to stop a bigger slide