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keeker · October 12, 2011, 12:46:26 PM

Quote from: Gotberg on October 12, 2011, 10:51:26 AM
What are DA games?

DA = developmental academy. You know, the be all and end all of youth soccer run by ussf which will win us world cup trophy in about... oh.. 100 more years.

mr_b · October 12, 2011, 12:57:23 PM

Quote from: keeker on October 12, 2011, 12:46:26 PM
Quote from: Gotberg on October 12, 2011, 10:51:26 AM
What are DA games?

DA = developmental academy. You know, the be all and end all of youth soccer run by ussf which will win us world cup trophy in about... oh.. 100 more years.

If that's not bulletin board for the US national team, I don't know what is.

Wormburner · October 12, 2011, 04:15:40 PM

Interesting thought, what will come first, US World Cup Win or Chicago Cubs World Series Win???

markerickson · October 12, 2011, 05:05:04 PM

I watched "Catching Hell" the other night. It is a recent documentary about Steve Bartman and the Game Six debacle. Some fantastic footage comes from a fan who chronicled the infamous game with a video recorder. The security guard who escorted a disguised Bartman away from Wrigley was interviewed.

Gotberg · October 12, 2011, 05:54:34 PM

Quote from: Wormburner on October 12, 2011, 04:15:40 PM
Interesting thought, what will come first, US World Cup Win or Chicago Cubs World Series Win???

My vote is the Cubs world series if for no other reason than they get to try every year.

Gregory Sager · October 12, 2011, 07:43:20 PM

The NCAA has vacated the two ties NPU had against Methodist and North Carolina Wesleyan last month on account of the fact that in neither match were overtimes played, because Methodist wanted to keep its two-day tournament on a prearranged timetable. Thus, NPU's record is now 8-0-3.

Those ties more than likely weren't going to matter, anyway, since they were not in-region. Nevertheless, it's good to get rid of them (although it's going to hurt Jonas Pettersson in the national goals and scoring lists). This doesn't erase the fact that the Vikings didn't play well that weekend in the Tarheel State, but it makes the record look a little tidier.

tjcummingsfan · October 13, 2011, 01:54:46 PM

Greg, are there any negative ramifications for North Park having played two fewer games (or for having two fewer games recorded)?

Gregory Sager · October 13, 2011, 05:11:22 PM

Quote from: tjcummingsfan on October 13, 2011, 01:54:46 PM
Greg, are there any negative ramifications for North Park having played two fewer games (or for having two fewer games recorded)?

I can't think of any.

keeker · October 14, 2011, 07:33:21 PM

Off to watch npu men crush augustana boys. Not as windy as I expected and no rain in sight. Should be fun.

Jim Matson · October 14, 2011, 10:46:50 PM

That move by the NCAA has really helped North Park's overall record. 8-0-3 seems more reflective of the strength of the team. As Greg said, the matches were out of the region, but still....

No issue at all with two fewer matches. The NESCAC plays even fewer matches in their conference schedule.

Maybe this is the year for the Vikings? Maybe this is the year for an upgraded Vikings website??

Dennis_Prikkel · October 14, 2011, 11:01:28 PM

north park beats the vi-queens from rock island 3-1 tonight

mr_b · October 15, 2011, 07:50:25 AM

Quote from: dennis_prikkel on October 14, 2011, 11:01:28 PM
north park beats the vi-queens from rock island 3-1 tonight

It looks like the game got chippy in the second half (75th minute): one yellow card on Augie, then two red cards, one for each team.

Gregory Sager · October 15, 2011, 07:01:18 PM

Quote from: mr_b on October 15, 2011, 07:50:25 AM
Quote from: dennis_prikkel on October 14, 2011, 11:01:28 PM
north park beats the vi-queens from rock island 3-1 tonight
It looks like the game got chippy in the second half (75th minute): one yellow card on Augie, then two red cards, one for each team.

It was an ugly incident, that's for sure. It got pretty chippy in the stands, too. I was the P.A. announcer, and I was flabbergasted when an Augie mom went up to the window of the press box and flipped us off after Augie scored its goal. Maybe she thought that I didn't put enough emphasis into my identification of the Augie goal scorer. Or maybe she was IdahoSoccer's mom.

At any rate, it's good that NPU will get a week off ... and next Saturday's match against winless and undermanned Millikin (only seventeen guys left on the roster after the Big Blue's head coach purged seven players from the team) doesn't appear to be one that'll require maximum effort. The Vikings are still pretty banged-up, so this hiatus will provide a much-needed healing respite.

Quote from: Jim Matson on October 14, 2011, 10:46:50 PMMaybe this is the year for the Vikings? Maybe this is the year for an upgraded Vikings website??

NPU soccer needs its own webmaster who'll do for the team's Internet presence what Dr. B has done for the North Park baseball team. And, no, I won't be that guy.

mr_b · October 15, 2011, 10:04:01 PM

Quote from: Gregory Sager on October 15, 2011, 07:01:18 PM
Quote from: mr_b on October 15, 2011, 07:50:25 AM
Quote from: dennis_prikkel on October 14, 2011, 11:01:28 PM
north park beats the vi-queens from rock island 3-1 tonight
It looks like the game got chippy in the second half (75th minute): one yellow card on Augie, then two red cards, one for each team.

It was an ugly incident, that's for sure. It got pretty chippy in the stands, too. I was the P.A. announcer, and I was flabbergasted when an Augie mom went up to the window of the press box and flipped us off after Augie scored its goal. Maybe she thought that I didn't put enough emphasis into my identification of the Augie goal scorer. Or maybe she was IdahoSoccer's mom.

At any rate, it's good that NPU will get a week off ... and next Saturday's match against winless and undermanned Millikin (only seventeen guys left on the roster after the Big Blue's head coach purged seven players from the team) doesn't appear to be one that'll require maximum effort. The Vikings are still pretty banged-up, so this hiatus will provide a much-needed healing respite.

Quote from: Jim Matson on October 14, 2011, 10:46:50 PMMaybe this is the year for the Vikings? Maybe this is the year for an upgraded Vikings website??

NPU soccer needs its own webmaster who'll do for the team's Internet presence what Dr. B has done for the North Park baseball team. And, no, I won't be that guy.

It takes a lot of time to put together and maintain a site.

voiceofseason · October 16, 2011, 09:48:12 AM

Illinois Wesleyan downed Elmhurst 1-0 in what started to be a pretty chippy game. 41 fouls and 7 yellow cards - the referee was in danger of losing complete control in the first half. For reasons I can't explain, it seemed both sides settled down and played soccer the final 30 minutes of the match, with IWU getting a goal in the 78th minute by Kyle Gorgol. With four goals in two matches this week, I would assume he would receive POW consideration.

IWU has Augie at home next Saturday (after traveling to nationally ranked Wash U. Wednesday), then wraps up at Wheaton and home against Carthage. Clearly, only one team is out of contention for the tournament - this is always an interesting week in the schedule.

Something else interesting - if you look at the CCIW Composite Schedule (on the CCIW site) only Wheaton is listed as being scheduled for the CCIW Tournament game November 2nd. Programming glitch, or just an annual assumption by conference staff?