CCIW

[markerickson]

Thanks for comment re: the Augie fan, Greg.  I attended the game with a former NPC soccer player who now uses a scooter due to MS.  He can no longer walk with a cane.  Since the northern half of the bleachers were filled with NP fans, we sat on the other half, which was dominated by parents of Augie players, I presume.  (Yes, much older than undergrads.)  Within ten seconds of our seating, an Augie fan yells, "How old are you?  How old are you?"  I thought he directed his burst at #21.  I checked the program to confirm that the player who had just made the play that did not favor Augie was #21, Lindmark.  I think Lindmark is a rail thin true sophomore.  NP could have won this game 5-1 or greater.  The Chi-town Vikes missed two open net shots (one a header at numbers high) in the first half.  Another Augie fan kept yelling angrily "stop the clock" throughout the game when NP had a free kick.  Her rules do not comport to mine.   

[Gotberg]

Thanks for comment re: the Augie fan, Greg.  I attended the game with a former NPC soccer player who now uses a scooter due to MS.  He can no longer walk with a cane.  Since the northern half of the bleachers were filled with NP fans, we sat on the other half, which was dominated by parents of Augie players, I presume.  (Yes, much older than undergrads.)  Within ten seconds of our seating, an Augie fan yells, "How old are you?  How old are you?"  I thought he directed his burst at #21.  I checked the program to confirm that the player who had just made the play that did not favor Augie was #21, Lindmark.  I think Lindmark is a rail thin true sophomore.  NP could have won this game 5-1 or greater.  The Chi-town Vikes missed two open net shots (one a header at numbers high) in the first half.  Another Augie fan kept yelling angrily "stop the clock" throughout the game when NP had a free kick.  Her rules do not comport to mine.

Regarding parents - Although they aren't perfect, NPU parents seem to be a quiet bunch.

When I am able to attend an NPU game, I tend to sit near the players' parents.  There usually aren't too many in attendance since NPU draws from across the US and a certain Scandinavian country.

I remember a handful of years ago when Adam Sinovic was on the team.  His father drove from Kansas and attended about every game and usually stood near the press box and quietly watched.  In one game the ref called a dubious foul against Adam and Adam started arguing with the Ref.  Adam's father yelled "Quiet Adam" and Adam about broke his neck as he quickly turned to see his father in the stands and immediate got back into his position.

[Gregory Sager]

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?   

Ha! I thought the same thing when I saw that back in September.

Thanks for comment re: the Augie fan, Greg.  I attended the game with a former NPC soccer player who now uses a scooter due to MS.  He can no longer walk with a cane.  Since the northern half of the bleachers were filled with NP fans, we sat on the other half, which was dominated by parents of Augie players, I presume.  (Yes, much older than undergrads.)  Within ten seconds of our seating, an Augie fan yells, "How old are you?  How old are you?"  I thought he directed his burst at #21.  I checked the program to confirm that the player who had just made the play that did not favor Augie was #21, Lindmark.  I think Lindmark is a rail thin true sophomore.  NP could have won this game 5-1 or greater.  The Chi-town Vikes missed two open net shots (one a header at numbers high) in the first half.  Another Augie fan kept yelling angrily "stop the clock" throughout the game when NP had a free kick.  Her rules do not comport to mine.

Regarding parents - Although they aren't perfect, NPU parents seem to be a quiet bunch.

Definitely true, and, what's more, I'd say that it's true of NPU sports parents in general ... although the football moms and dads can get a little animated at times.

There usually aren't too many in attendance since NPU draws from across the US and a certain Scandinavian country.

Filip Lindmark's dad and little sister flew in for the match on Friday night. It was the first time that either one had visited America, much less set foot on the NPU campus. That made me feel even worse when I saw Lindmark take himself out of action for good yet again early in a match. You know that he's hurting when he can't play in a contest that his family flew over four thousand miles to see.

I remember a handful of years ago when Adam Sinovic was on the team.  His father drove from Kansas and attended about every game and usually stood near the press box and quietly watched.  In one game the ref called a dubious foul against Adam and Adam started arguing with the Ref.  Adam's father yelled "Quiet Adam" and Adam about broke his neck as he quickly turned to see his father in the stands and immediate got back into his position.

That's a great story. I've known a couple of other North Park dads who've driven or flown long distances to catch every one of their sons' soccer matches. The father of current NPU keeper Tim Ahlberg, who lives in a suburb of Toledo, not only never misses a match, he never misses a chance to have dinner at Charcoal Delights as part of the trip.

[Dennis_Prikkel]

of course Jon Ahlberg is also a North Park alum - in our day charcoal delights was known as The Hot Dog Pit, or just the Pit.

[Gotberg]

I remember a handful of years ago when Adam Sinovic was on the team.  His father drove from Kansas and attended about every game and usually stood near the press box and quietly watched.  In one game the ref called a dubious foul against Adam and Adam started arguing with the Ref.  Adam's father yelled "Quiet Adam" and Adam about broke his neck as he quickly turned to see his father in the stands and immediate got back into his position.

That's a great story. I've known a couple of other North Park dads who've driven or flown long distances to catch every one of their sons' soccer matches. The father of current NPU keeper Tim Ahlberg, who lives in a suburb of Toledo, not only never misses a match, he never misses a chance to have dinner at Charcoal Delights as part of the trip.

When Adam's father was in Chicago, his mother was usually watching their son Seth's home/away games for Creighton.  Thankfully for them, he now plays for their local MLS team so travel is less often I assume, but potentially much further if they still make away trips.

http://www.sportingkc.com/players/seth-sinovic

[Gregory Sager]

of course Jon Ahlberg is also a North Park alum - in our day charcoal delights was known as The Hot Dog Pit, or just the Pit.

Non-Parkers can't be expected to know the old name ... although I'm always surprised when I refer to "the Pit" in the presence of a current NPU student or a recent alumnus/alumna, and he or she is already aware of the fact that it's the long-obsolete name of Charcoal Delights. Somebody is keeping that name alive on campus.

[Dennis_Prikkel]

of course Jon Ahlberg is also a North Park alum - in our day charcoal delights was known as The Hot Dog Pit, or just the Pit.

Non-Parkers can't be expected to know the old name ... although I'm always surprised when I refer to "the Pit" in the presence of a current NPU student or a recent alumnus/alumna, and he or she is already aware of the fact that it's the long-obsolete name of Charcoal Delights. Somebody is keeping that name alive on campus.

could be the large photo on the wall near the front cash register is a good reminder as well

There are those of us ancients that also remember Red's Drive In was right next to the Old Pit (where the driveway entrance to CD is now).

[blue_jays]

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?   

If you look at the websites of Augustana, Carthage, Illinois Wesleyan, North Park and Wheaton, you will find on their soccer schedules that they have CCIW Tournament posted. They are merely putting out the information so that people can plan their futures schedules accordingly if their team qualifies.

[Gregory Sager]

That's true, but it's not really germane to the point that voiceofseason was making. He was referring to the odd singling-out of Wheaton on the CCIW composite schedule found on the men's soccer page on www.cciw.org. Although the location of the CCIW tourney is listed as TBA on the composite schedule, Wheaton is listed in the slot where the home side appears. There aren't any other schools listed except for Wheaton; the visiting side's slot says "CCIW Tournament". I agree with voiceofseason that it's probably just a funny programming glitch, but the fact that traditional CCIW soccer leviathan Wheaton is the one school of the eight that is listed there is what makes it funny.

[voiceofseason]

That's true, but it's not really germane to the point that voiceofseason was making. He was referring to the odd singling-out of Wheaton on the CCIW composite schedule found on the men's soccer page on www.cciw.org. Although the location of the CCIW tourney is listed as TBA on the composite schedule, Wheaton is listed in the slot where the home side appears. There aren't any other schools listed except for Wheaton; the visiting side's slot says "CCIW Tournament". I agree with voiceofseason that it's probably just a funny programming glitch, but the fact that traditional CCIW soccer leviathan Wheaton is the one school of the eight that is listed there is what makes it funny.

What Greg said.   

Travelng tomorrow to St. Louis to see what Wash U has to offer as the region's top team vs IWU.  It'll be interesting to assess their athleticism after seeing North Park earlier in the year.  IWU is without a couple starters (concussion, yellow card accumulation) in addition to being down to one GK as the season progresses.  As if a trip to Wash U wasn't enough of a challenge.....

[WLCALUM83]

NAthCon update:

Dominican, CUW, MSOE and Aurora have clinched conference tournament spots:

Remaining schedules for 4 contenders for 2 spots:

Benedictine:  vs. MSOE, vs. Rockford
Edgewood:    vs. Rockford, @ Maranatha
Marian:         @ Maranatha, vs. Lakeland
Lakeland:      vs. WLC, @ Marian

[Whocares1]

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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.

Maybe she was just a little bit excited that Augie scored its first goal against NPU in two years and was celebrating the fact with the count.  I guess she did a double flip last night against Wheaton!

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[thePietist]

Travelng tomorrow to St. Louis to see what Wash U has to offer as the region's top team vs IWU.  It'll be interesting to assess their athleticism after seeing North Park earlier in the year.  IWU is without a couple starters (concussion, yellow card accumulation) in addition to being down to one GK as the season progresses.  As if a trip to Wash U wasn't enough of a challenge.....

Interested to hear what you thought of Wash U, who (on paper, at least) seemed to handle IWU with ease.  How does the CCIW (esp NPU) compare to Wash U?   Quite interested to see what comes of the Wash U v Loras match in a few weeks, especially now that Loras has shown to be vulnerable with a conference loss to Luther.

[KICKIN95]

  Quite interested to see what comes of the Wash U v Loras match in a few weeks, especially now that Loras has shown to be vulnerable with a conference loss to Luther.
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Wash U v Loras match isn't a few weeks away, it is 3 days (sunday).

[voiceofseason]

Travelng tomorrow to St. Louis to see what Wash U has to offer as the region's top team vs IWU.  It'll be interesting to assess their athleticism after seeing North Park earlier in the year.  IWU is without a couple starters (concussion, yellow card accumulation) in addition to being down to one GK as the season progresses.  As if a trip to Wash U wasn't enough of a challenge.....

Interested to hear what you thought of Wash U, who (on paper, at least) seemed to handle IWU with ease.  How does the CCIW (esp NPU) compare to Wash U?   Quite interested to see what comes of the Wash U v Loras match in a few weeks, especially now that Loras has shown to be vulnerable with a conference loss to Luther.

I was impressed with Wash U - they are deep.  IWU was without a couple starters and actually would have tied the game 1-1 if not for a great save by the Wash U goalie, who proceeded to kick off a transition that ended up being an incredible goal at the other end (bullet cross to a header).  The game went from being potentially tied to being a 2-0 match in a matter of 30 seconds, and ended 3-0 (another quick strike from about the 18 that IWU's GK wasn't apparently prepared for).  Wash U's GK had another great save as well - while Wash U had the better end of things, IWU competed and easily could have gotten out of there with a tie if they got a break or two.  Clearly, the best team won though.

I would be hard pressed to bet on a NP-Wash U game.  My inclination is that I was more impressed with the physical abilities of the North Park team, but I also thought Wash U was incredibly organized and the GK was simply stellar Wednesday night.  If I had to pick a winner, I'd go with NP simply because I think they could strike so quickly.  I know it would be a dogfight, and a game I'd enjoy watching....