New England Soccer Discussion

[ECSUalum]

Smiles - Junior - mild concussion, should be back soon.  Key defensive player in the back , excellent with set pieces.
Furman - Junior - broken cheek bone return,   Top scoring threat together with Tobler
Collins -Junior - leg/ankle?, return, ?     Best midfielder on team, rock solid defence, experienced.

[Jim Matson]

Thanks for the info.  Tough injuries on key guys...

[ECSUalum]

ECSU loses to Keene State 2-1 today and look bad in the process!!!!

No consistent passing, just lobbing the ball forward every possession they get

Defense looks bad on breakaway by Senecal.

ECSU now needs to regroup as they have droped 2 in a row!

[nescac1]

Wow, incredible:

http://sports.yahoo.com/soccer/blog/dirty-tackle/post/There-s-another-member-in-the-fastest-goal-club?urn=sow-275360

[ECSUalum]

Wow, incredible:

http://sports.yahoo.com/soccer/blog/dirty-tackle/post/There-s-another-member-in-the-fastest-goal-club?urn=sow-275360

nescac1,

That is one COOL video!!! Thanks for posting

[ECSUalum]

Smiles - Junior - mild concussion, should be back soon.  Key defensive player in the back , excellent with set pieces.
Furman - Junior - broken cheek bone return,   Top scoring threat together with Tobler
Collins -Junior - leg/ankle?, return, ?     Best midfielder on team, rock solid defence, experienced.

Everyone is now back!! (although Collins not playing full 90 minutes recently)  Furman in first game back scored a hat trick vs Kean U last night in 3-0 win.

[tjcummingsfan]

Watched the Keene State - UMD game tonight in Keene.  I feel awful for the UMD players and fans.  They sure got a raw deal with officiating tonight.

UMD was dominated most of the game, looking crisper, smarter, and more skilled.  UMD went up 1-0 in the first half, and was looking like they could continue to put pressure on Keene State. 

At one point in the second half there was a lot going on in the box in front of the UMD goal, it was pretty clear that a whistle was blown (to me and most of the UMD fans/coaches) and many of the UMD players stopped, Keene continued play and put the ball in the goal.  To the shock of just about everyone in the stadium it was ruled a goal.  There was no explanation offered to the coaches as to what the whistle was, or why play didn't stop.  This tied the game at 1-1.  Later in the half Keene State put in another goal on a pretty shot from 25-30 yards out into the top left corner just beyond the outstretched hands of the diving UMD goalie. 

Try as they might UMD couldn't come back after that second goal.  There were questionable calls throughout the rest of the half, which felt all the more offensive after the ridiculous goal call earlier in the half. 

This was the second or third Keene State game I've watched and after every one I've walked out just appalled at the lack of sportsmanship of Keene State.  After the final whistle blew Keene States players were taunting the UMD players seeming to revel more in UMD's loss than the KSC win.  Had I been a Keene State supporter I would have been extremely embarrassed.  Is this something that is well known of Keene State, or am I just used to better sportsmanship from the CCIW in the Midwest?

[zcat68]

I'm not sure about the sportsmanship issues, but UMD filed a protest that was upheld, the game is going to be replayed Friday.

http://www.corsairathletics.com/sports/m-soccer/spec-rel/110410aaa.html

[ECSUalum]

UMD/KSC rematch 

WOW, that very interesting!!!

I was watching the KSC/UMD video while listening to  the ECSU/RIC audio.  I did see the play but did not catch the commentary with it.  Also hard to see with video quality just what happened.

A rematch shows that something with officiating did go whacky!!  Kudos to LEC for fair play.

Better than those idiots who run FIFA

Both ECSU men and undefeated women's soccer seasons end with losses on PKs  

[ECSUalum]

ECSU gets Pool C bid to NCAA Tournament and defeats Nichols College 1-0 on DeCasanova, (assisted by Furman), goal at 23 minutes.  Next Bowdoin College on Sunday at Brunswick ME.,

[Jim Matson]

I was just looking back on that issue with Keene and UMD.  I don't think that I can ever recall a match being replayed in my 28 years of watching D3 soccer.  Obviously with video, it is so much easier to examine a situation like a an inadvertent whistle, but it is still a very rare occurrence.  I will say on the contested match that Cliff McCrath is a solid man and as honest as they come - so if it was he who lead the decision to replay, then it was the correct decision.

[ECSUalum]

ECSU Warrior Men lose to Bowdoin 2-1.

Good Luck to Polar Bears for rest of NCAA Tournament!!

[nescac1]

Lots of future NESCAC players listed here:

http://rise.espn.go.com/boys-soccer/articles/Honors/verbal-commitment-list/2011-Division-III.aspx?pursuit=BoysSoccer

[ECSUalum]

ECSU over Clarkson U 3-0 in Lotto Classic. This was the season opener for the Warriors way up in Canton NY.  Tobler had 2, Esposito 1, clean sheet for Carl Appel.

Today ECSU meets #22 St Lawrence U., which looks to have a big strong team and returning most of last years squad. Should be a great game.

Final SLU 1    ECSU 0
Shots      18          4 which sort of tells the story

[7express]

Western's new head coach is the brother that used to coach my sister in youth soccer, and their friends of my parents, so I'll be going to a lot of games this year.  Western is 1-1 so far winning George Kostellis's debut on the 1st with a 2-1 victory over Albertus, before losing 2-0 to Union College last Tuesday.  They go on the road to Rutgers-Newark tomorrow.