New England Soccer Discussion

ECSUalum · September 10, 2011, 08:03:04 PM

ECSU soccer played on newly renovated Nevers Field for the first time since 2008, defeating Ramapo College of NJ 5-0.
Five players contributed goals in a balanced attack: Matt Esposito, Cory Tobler, Jon DeCasanova, Luke Capezzone and Sean Collins.

Shots by period 1 2 Tot Saves by period 1 2 Tot
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Ramapo College...... 4 3 - 7 Ramapo College...... 1 2 - 3
Eastern Connecticut. 6 9 - 15 Eastern Connecticut. 1 0 - 1

Corner kicks 1 2 Tot Fouls 1 2 Tot
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Ramapo College...... 4 4 - 8 Ramapo College...... 2 3 - 5
Eastern Connecticut. 4 3 - 7 Eastern Connecticut. 6 5 - 11

LaPaz · September 11, 2011, 05:45:16 PM

Can u explain the renovations?

ECSUalum · September 12, 2011, 10:57:46 AM

Nevers Field was renovated for improved drainage, was crowned, new grass turf, concession stand, improved player seating and coverage, new ECSU Soccer signage, and I think they increased bleacher seating, (not sure). Prior to 2011 the team played at the ECSU's Mansfield Sports Complex on an artificial turf soccer/LAX facility. Nevers Field is on campus, (North) next to new parking garages.
REALLY DID A NICE JOB!! Must be nice for the team as well!!

ECSUalum · September 14, 2011, 10:17:45 PM

Matt Furman strikes with 22 seconds left in the match (89:38) on great cross from Kyle Suprenant and holds on in 2OT for a 1-1 tie @ Wheaton College, Norton MA. ECSU returns to action on Sat. @ Nevers Field, for their first LEConference match with RIC.

Shots 1 2 OT1 OT2 Total
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Eastern Conn. St. 6 7 1 0 14

Wheaton (Mass.) 7 11 1 2 21

ECSUalum · September 18, 2011, 05:51:08 PM

From easternct.edu and by Bob Molta ECSU SID

WILLIMANTIC, Conn. - Senior midfielder Sean Collins (Bristol) set up junior forward Matt Furman (Montville) for the only goal of the match 11 minutes into overtime to lift the Eastern Connecticut State University men's soccer team to a 1-0, double-overtime victory over Rhode Island College in the 2011 Little East Conference opener for both schools Saturday afternoon at Thomas Nevers Field.

The game-winning goal came on Eastern's third shot of overtime and just 38 seconds into the second ten-minute sudden death OT period. The Warriors won the kickoff to start the second OT period and sent the ball back to senior keeper Carl Appel (West Windsor, NJ). Appel played the ball to senior defender Aaron Smiles (Bedford, MA), who boomed a long ball from Eastern's defensive third down the left wing. Collins caught up to the pass in perfect stride and one-timed a cross from the left side to the far right post. Hustling down the right wing, Furman headed the ball from the right post to the right of RIC senior keeper Nick Clark, who was stationed at the near post to cut down Furman's angle. The game-winning goal was the ninth of Furman's three-year career.

Furman and Tobler are on their way to monster offensive years if they both stay healthy. Matt Esposito, Jon DeCasanova, and Kyle Suprenant will also be significant scoring threats, all with excellent supply from the likes of Aaron Smiles , who is also ECSU's set piece artist!!

Stats through 6 games or 1/3 of regular season
No. Name GP-GS Min G A Pts Sh Shot% SOG SOG%
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21 Matt Furman 6-4 341 4 2 10 15 .267 11 .733
9 Cory Tobler 6-6 433 3 2 8 11 .273 6 .545
5 Sean Collins 6-0 259 1 2 4 4 .250 2 .500
3 Kyle Surprenant 6-6 308 1 2 4 4 .250 1 .250
11 Jon DeCasanova 5-5 461 1 1 3 8 .125 3 .375
10 Aaron Smiles 6-6 449 0 3 3 7 .000 2 .286

RIC always puts excellent teams on the pitch every year and when it comes to LEConference games anything goes as every team in the conference can be spoilers.

ECSU and Keene are picked to be at the top of the conference, but RIC, UMass-Boston and UMass-Dartmouth have some very good talent this year and I expect a knock down drag out fight for the LEC crown and again in the LEC tournament/automatic NCAA bid

ECSUalum · September 18, 2011, 05:58:43 PM

Quote from: ECSUalum on September 18, 2011, 05:51:08 PM
From easternct.edu and by Bob Molta ECSU SID

WILLIMANTIC, Conn. - Senior midfielder Sean Collins (Bristol) set up junior forward Matt Furman (Montville) for the only goal of the match 11 minutes into overtime to lift the Eastern Connecticut State University men's soccer team to a 1-0, double-overtime victory over Rhode Island College in the 2011 Little East Conference opener for both schools Saturday afternoon at Thomas Nevers Field.

The game-winning goal came on Eastern's third shot of overtime and just 38 seconds into the second ten-minute sudden death OT period. The Warriors won the kickoff to start the second OT period and sent the ball back to senior keeper Carl Appel (West Windsor, NJ). Appel played the ball to senior defender Aaron Smiles (Bedford, MA), who boomed a long ball from Eastern's defensive third down the left wing. Collins caught up to the pass in perfect stride and one-timed a cross from the left side to the far right post. Hustling down the right wing, Furman headed the ball from the right post to the right of RIC senior keeper Nick Clark, who was stationed at the near post to cut down Furman's angle. The game-winning goal was the ninth of Furman's three-year career.

Furman and Tobler are on their way to monster offensive years if they both stay healthy. Matt Esposito, Jon DeCasanova, and Kyle Suprenant will also be significant scoring threats, all with excellent supply from the likes of Aaron Smiles , who is also ECSU's set piece artist!!

Stats through 6 games or 1/3 of regular season
No. Name GP-GS Min G A Pts Sh Shot% SOG SOG%
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21 Matt Furman 6-4 341 4 2 10 15 .267 11 .733
9 Cory Tobler 6-6 433 3 2 8 11 .273 6 .545
5 Sean Collins 6-0 259 1 2 4 4 .250 2 .500
3 Kyle Surprenant 6-6 308 1 2 4 4 .250 1 .250
11 Jon DeCasanova 5-5 461 1 1 3 8 .125 3 .375
10 Aaron Smiles 6-6 449 0 3 3 7 .000 2 .286

RIC always puts excellent teams on the pitch every year and when it comes to LEConference games anything goes as every team in the conference can be spoilers.

ECSU and Keene are picked to be at the top of the conference, but RIC, UMass-Boston and UMass-Dartmouth have some very good talent this year and I expect a knock down drag out fight for the LEC crown and again in the LEC tournament/automatic NCAA bid.

Eastern goes to Trinity College on Wednesday. Trinity has historically been a tough match for the Warriors, however, I have a good feeling about Wednesdays match.

ECSUalum · October 10, 2011, 04:03:37 PM

From Bob Molta ECSU SID
WILLIMANTIC, Conn. - Sophomores Mitch Power (Douglas, MA) , Tom Vear (Monson, MA) and Nathan Mozian (Southington) scored first-half goals and senior keeper Carl Appel (West Windsor, NJ) tied the Eastern Connecticut State University men's soccer record with his 25th career shutout as the Warriors remained atop the Little East Conference standings with a 3-0 win over Keene State College Saturday afternoon at Thomas Nevers Field.
Ranked sixth in New England, Eastern (8-3-1, 4-0-0 little east) posted its first victory and first regular-season shutout over Keene State (5-6-1, 2-2-0 little east) in 41 years and recorded its sixth home shutout in seven outings this season. In 14 previous seasons of LEC regular-season play against the Owls, the Warriors had lost 11 and tied three.

Watched this game and have to say that Keene is one of the most physical teams I have seen in a long time. However, this year they do not have the scoring punch they have had in previous years, even with Senecal still on the roster!!

Below see current LEC standings:
Team LEC Overall
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Eastern Connecticut 4-0 8-3-1
Rhode Island College 3-1 7-5
UMass Dartmouth 2-1-1 7-3-1
Keene State 2-2 5-6-1
Southern Maine 2-2 2-10
UMass Boston 1-3 7-4
Plymouth State 1-3 2-8
Western Connecticut 0-3-1 1-8-2

ECSUalum · October 14, 2011, 02:14:09 PM

ECSU remaining schedule predictions:

UMass Boston......win in 2 OTs
Babson................tie in 2 OTs
USCGA................win
U Southern Maine.win
Becker................win
UMass Dartmouth..win

13-3-2 end of schedule record
wins LEC tournament
2-1 in NCAA Northeast Regionals

Am I only New England College soccer fan on this thread?

Everyone else must be preoccupied by UConn

LaPaz · October 14, 2011, 03:54:07 PM

Dont underestimate UMASS Dartmouth..they can be a tough out

ECSUalum · October 15, 2011, 06:00:46 PM

LaPaz,

Your right conference play can be unpredictable, but I think Eastern will prevail primarily due to UMD's goals allowed/game avg, 1.62, vs 0.50 for ECSU. Additionally, taking Eastern's 2.33 Goals/game avg., together with their stingy defense put them as the favorites. Eastern's Sr keeper, Carl Appel, set an ECSU program record with 26 clean sheets today vs high scoring UMB.

In other LEC action, Keene beat RIC today, so ECSU is in the drivers seat with a 5-0 conference record with only lowly USM, (Conf. 2-3, overall 3-11), and UMD, (Conf. 3-1-1, overall 9-4-1) in the way to a perfect LEC record. This should guarantee home field advantage for the LEC tourney, unless something goes really bad!!!

Eastern plays one of their toughest opponents of the season in # 20 Babson College in a match in Willimantic on Sunday. Should be a great match, hoping for a draw. ECSU defeated Babson their previous two meetings @ Babson's 2009 and 2010 Fall Classic Tourneys .

ECSUalum · October 22, 2011, 04:15:42 PM

ECSU rolls over U Southern Maine 6-0 this afternoon with goals by Furman (2), Tobler, Collins (2), Stensland. With the win they have clinched home field advantage for the LEC tourny and #1 seed. They have one more LEC match with 3-2-1 UM Dartmouth.
Teams in LEC Tournament in Willimantic will be: Eastern, Keene, RIC and UMD, ECSU vs UMD and Keene vs RIC.

Current standing are:
Conference Overall
GP Record Win% GP Record
Eastern Conn 6 6-0 1.000 16 11-4-1
Keene State 6 4-2 0.667 16 9-6-1
Rhode Isl Col 6 4-2 0.667 16 9-7
UMass Dart 6 3-2-1 0.583 16 9-6-1
Plymouth St 6 2-4 0.333 14 4-10
Southern Me 6 2-4 0.333 16 3-13
UMass Boston 5 1-4 0.200 13 8-5
Western Conn 5 0-4-1 0.100 14 1-11-2

ECSUalum · November 05, 2011, 10:54:09 PM

ECSU (14-5-1) wins LEC tournament with a 4-0 revenge blowout of UMass Dartmouth in the semifinal match yesterday and a 1-0 win over Keene State in today's championship game. In today's match, Senior Matt Esposito converted a PK given when Carl Stensland was pull down in the box @ the 5:30 mark. Esposito could have iced the match at 29:01, but missed a second PK when Matt Furman was hauled down.
Esposito named Tourney MVP.
ECSU qualifies for its 3rd consecutive NCAA Tournament.
Shots by period 1 2 Tot Saves by period 1 2 Tot
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Keene State College. 2 3 - 5 Keene State College. 2 3 - 5
Eastern Connecticut. 6 5 - 11 Eastern Connecticut. 2 1 - 3

Corner kicks 1 2 Tot Fouls 1 2 Tot
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Keene State College. 3 2 - 5 Keene State College. 10 10 - 20
Eastern Connecticut. 4 1 - 5 Eastern Connecticut. 7 3 - 10

ECSUalum · August 14, 2012, 07:20:05 PM

New England Colleges (bolded) in the Soccer Preseason poll

NSCAA/Continental Tire NCAA Division III Men's - National - Pre-Season Ranking - August 7, 2012

2011 final record and ranking shown.
Rank School Prev. W-L-T
1 Ohio Wesleyan 1 23-2-0
2 St. Lawrence 8 18-1-1
3 Messiah 15 18-1-1
4 Rutgers-Camden 5 19-3-2
4 Trinity (Texas) 17 14-2-2
6 Amherst 10 16-2-2
7 Stevens Institute Of Technology 6 17-3-1
8 SUNY Oneonta 3 18-3-2
9 Texas-Tyler 7 18-3-2
9 University of Redlands 12 20-3-2
11 Montclair State 4 19-4-3
12 Ohio Northern 11 20-3-2
13 Christopher Newport 20 17-1-1
13 Calvin 2 19-6-2
15 Loras 19 17-4-2
16 St. Olaf 20 17-4-1
17 Dominican (Ill.) 20 19-3-0
18 Babson 13 16-3-4
19 Luther 14 17-4-2
20 Hope 9 17-5-4
21 Washington (Mo.) 23 15-4-1
22 Neumann NR 14-5-1
23 Western New England 24 16-4-1
24 Wesleyan 24 15-4-1
25 Pacific Lutheran NR 15-4-0
Also receiving votes: Trinity (Conn.), Dickinson (Pa.), Case Western Reserve (Ohio), DeSales (Pa.), SUNY Brockport, Eastern Connecticut State, Whitworth (Wash.)

1970s NESCAC Player · August 17, 2012, 12:50:30 AM

In this poll, you missed Wesleyan (CT) at No. 24.

ECSUalum · August 18, 2012, 06:34:29 PM

Quote from: Colbyunion on August 17, 2012, 12:50:30 AM
In this poll, you missed Wesleyan (CT) at No. 24.

Sorry, Did not intend to overlook our good buddies in Middletown!!!
NESCAC looks to have another strong conference of teams.