New England Soccer Discussion

[blooter442]

Wheaton-Brandeis is 1-1 less than five minutes in. Judges got caught on the break 2 minutes in, defender was forced to foul, Sesay put the free kick away -- really nice hit. Judges counter 137 seconds later through Allen with a nice shot from the top of the box. Good game thus far.

[blooter442]

3-1 Brandeis at the half. Wheaton again proving to be Jekyll and Hyde -- great going forward, disorganized at the back.

[blooter442]

Final from Norton, Brandeis 5-1 over Wheaton. 28 shots for the victorious Judges.

[blooter442]

Endicott up early on WPI.

[PaulNewman]

I don't know anything about Springfield other than what I read here, and I know many or most are not fans of their style of play...but they are quietly undefeated and seem to be winning comfortably in each outing.  The schedule hasn't been daunting, but still...

[blooter442]

I don't know anything about Springfield other than what I read here, and I know many or most are not fans of their style of play...but they are quietly undefeated and seem to be winning comfortably in each outing.  The schedule hasn't been daunting, but still...

They look better than last year. Will be curious to see them play UMASS-Boston...methinks there could be fireworks (not because Springfield is chippy, but because those are two teams whose schedules aren't that challenging yet could quietly be good this year).

[PaulNewman]

Bridgewater State up 2-0 mid 2nd half versus UMass-Boston???

[NEsoccerfan20]

Very good win for Endicott....2-1 at home over WPI.

[ECSUalum]

ECSU comes back from a 0-2 deficit to win 3-2 over Salem State in OT on goal by Freshman Lucas Chaude.  Max Parent off a Nicholas Warren feed and Nicholas Warren (unassisted) @ 76.44 brought ECSU level and sent the match into OT.  Nice gutsy win for the Warriors!!

[blooter442]

A lot going on here!

Bridgewater State up 2-0 mid 2nd half versus UMass-Boston???

That result held up. Pretty crazy considering the two teams' differing plights: BSU is now 2-6, UMB is 4-2-2. Have the two losses just been blips, or are the wheels coming off for UMB?

Very good win for Endicott....2-1 at home over WPI.

Very good win for the Gulls. WPI is a solid side whose only other losses are to Brandeis and Wesleyan, and it looks like they'll compete for the NEWMAC title.

ECSU comes back from a 0-2 deficit to win 3-2 over Salem State in OT on goal by Freshman Lucas Chaude.  Max Parent off a Nicholas Warren feed and Nicholas Warren (unassisted) @ 76.44 brought ECSU level and sent the match into OT.  Nice gutsy win for the Warriors!!

I did see that ECSU was down 2-0, so you can imagine my surprise when I saw they won 3-2 in 2OT. Well done!

[OldNed]

ECSU comes back from a 0-2 deficit to win 3-2 over Salem State in OT on goal by Freshman Lucas Chaude.  Max Parent off a Nicholas Warren feed and Nicholas Warren (unassisted) @ 76.44 brought ECSU level and sent the match into OT.  Nice gutsy win for the Warriors!!

I've always had a soft spot for ECSU as my older son went there for a few years and a friend of my other son played soccer there until a severe concussion ended his soccer career.  Nice to see them come through with a comeback win.

On another note, I thought of replying to the posts in the NESCAC thread about D1 recruits playing for D3 teams but since this doesn't apply to NESCAC I thought it might be more appropriate here.  Albertus Magnus has a freshman, Salah Oumorou, who was initially a UConn commit.  This article sheds a little more light on why he ended up at Albertus rather than UConn: http://www.gametimect.com/2017/07/boys-soccer-west-havens-oumorou-will-playing-albertus-magnus-instead-uconn/

Interesting read, and it makes me think that if Ray Reid was that high on Oumorou then he would have found the money somehow to get him to Storrs. I've seen him play and IMO he might be a little undersized to play D1 soccer, but at the D3 level his athleticism does stand out. 

[Mr.Right]

ECSU comes back from a 0-2 deficit to win 3-2 over Salem State in OT on goal by Freshman Lucas Chaude.  Max Parent off a Nicholas Warren feed and Nicholas Warren (unassisted) @ 76.44 brought ECSU level and sent the match into OT.  Nice gutsy win for the Warriors!!

I've always had a soft spot for ECSU as my older son went there for a few years and a friend of my other son played soccer there until a severe concussion ended his soccer career.  Nice to see them come through with a comeback win.

On another note, I thought of replying to the posts in the NESCAC thread about D1 recruits playing for D3 teams but since this doesn't apply to NESCAC I thought it might be more appropriate here.  Albertus Magnus has a freshman, Salah Oumorou, who was initially a UConn commit.  This article sheds a little more light on why he ended up at Albertus rather than UConn: http://www.gametimect.com/2017/07/boys-soccer-west-havens-oumorou-will-playing-albertus-magnus-instead-uconn/

Interesting read, and it makes me think that if Ray Reid was that high on Oumorou then he would have found the money somehow to get him to Storrs. I've seen him play and IMO he might be a little undersized to play D1 soccer, but at the D3 level his athleticism does stand out.

EXACTLY...Thank you....If he WAS that good Ray Reid would have gotten him to UCONN...Go on UCONN's website they have 7 assistants..He has plenty of funding...

[blooter442]

Unheralded Suffolk pulls the upset at MIT, who was 3-1-2 a week ago and coming off two wins, 4-1 over Wheaton and 2-0 over Wentworth. Now they have dropped two straight at home. Suffolk's #9 can really play, I'd never heard of him before but definitely an All–New England caliber player based on what I saw tonight. MIT got a bit unlucky with the goal ruled out for outside before Suffolk struck the dagger. Freshman Carayannopolous, who  scored both goals against Wentworth and five on the season in total is injured, and on this evidence he is definitely missed.

[Ommadawn]

Unheralded Suffolk pulls the upset at MIT, who was 3-1-2 a week ago and coming off two wins, 4-1 over Wheaton and 2-0 over Wentworth. Now they have dropped two straight at home. Suffolk's #9 can really play, I'd never heard of him before but definitely an All–New England caliber player based on what I saw tonight. MIT got a bit unlucky with the goal ruled out for outside before Suffolk struck the dagger. Freshman Carayannopolous, who  scored both goals against Wentworth and five on the season in total is injured, and on this evidence he is definitely missed.

A quick Blooter-induced peek at the Suffolk roster revealed that the #11 player is the son of Babson legend Jim Fisher:

http://www.babsonathletics.com/information/halloffame/jimfisher

[Ommadawn]

I don't know anything about Springfield other than what I read here, and I know many or most are not fans of their style of play...but they are quietly undefeated and seem to be winning comfortably in each outing.  The schedule hasn't been daunting, but still...

They look better than last year. Will be curious to see them play UMASS-Boston...methinks there could be fireworks (not because Springfield is chippy, but because those are two teams whose schedules aren't that challenging yet could quietly be good this year).

Apart from perhaps the UMass-Boston match, I don't see a game on their schedule in which Springfield won't be favored.  I expect them to continue to climb in the rankings, using their Loras-like intensity to overwhelm their opponents.  They don't have a scorer like last year (Luke Alvaro), but their recent successes have resulted in an increase in overall roster quality.