NESCAC

[Mr.Right]

Amherst / Thomas ref looks to be Noel Cottrell or Gus St.Silva I cannot tell. Either way he is not calling anything and this game is not a game you want to take that chance to start the game. I could be wrong

[Mr.Right]

Dane Lind gives Amherst the 1-0 lead about 20 minutes in....Tufts inconceivably struggling with a really weak Maritime team. Tufts is going to eventually blow this team off the field but they did not come out ready to play today..1-1...25 min left 1st Half

[ChrisJS]

I can't get the Calvin video up, anyone else having problems?

[hiyasoccer]

For the people that watched more games this year... since Giammettei ran away with POY, who was the runner up?

[d4_Pace]

Realistic voting Marcucci could have been it. I'd argue the second most talented guy in the league could be a couple different tufts players, but the way they play they will never put up the stats to win unless they are a central defender.

[TheAnonymousCommentator]

For the people that watched more games this year... since Giammettei ran away with POY, who was the runner up?

Thought the only other person who could challenge was Dane Lind, who somehow didn't even make it to 1st team. Not exactly sure how that works considering he was 2nd in goals, 1st in assists, and 2nd in points in the league. There aren't too many people who break 10 assists in consecutive seasons. Would have put him above Gass just for consistency even though Gass is a handful.

[d4_Pace]

I mean last year, Lind came off the bench. Two he's not the most liked player around the league and coaches are human and vote with some emotion. Three I didn't look this year, but I know last year a lot of those points came out of conference which isn't weighed as heavily

[TheAnonymousCommentator]

I mean last year, Lind came off the bench. Two he's not the most liked player around the league and coaches are human and vote with some emotion. Three I didn't look this year, but I know last year a lot of those points came out of conference which isn't weighed as heavily

But last year him coming off the bench and points against out of conference shouldn't matter, right? Because this is this year? I also haven't been aware that he is particularly disliked other than just because he goes to Amherst and everyone hates Amherst.

Looking back, he got assists against Bowdoin, Hamilton, Merchant Marine, Middlebury, Tufts, William Paterson, and Trinity. Mix of good and bad but still I think his stats should have put him on the 1st team.

[d4_Pace]

I was just commenting on the consecutive seasons aspect and I mentioned I didn't look up this year. And the reality is every year Amherst doesn't get the awards the deserve. Nico Pascual Leone was hands down the best player in the league the year Odulate won player of the year. But the coaches dont want to reward the team.

I guess somehow saying that earned me negative karma but that's the reason like it or not.

[Ejay]

I scored 14 goals one year and didn't make All-Conference. I scored 4 the next year and was named 1st team.  Go figure.

[hiyasoccer]

I think this is another "reading stats pages" and "when is the vote taken" question... Lind seems to have scored 4 goals in the postseason, 2 again Wes in the NESCAC quarters, 1 in each of the NCAA games. Likely those were all after voting was done. If you go to the NESCAC site and just look at the regular season stats, from a purely statistical perspective, Aidan Wood is probably the saltiest about being on the second team.

I did watch some of the Amherst highlights. Looks like Lind set up both of the goals against Tufts for GG. The weight on the ball for the first goal was fantastic, not to mention the finish. Made it look easy.

I haven't been watching much the last couple of years - has Amherst been passing the ball a little bit more recently? Highlights seemed to show a lot of goals from counters and the run of play, less from set pieces than I expected.

[Mr.Right]

I mean last year, Lind came off the bench. Two he's not the most liked player around the league and coaches are human and vote with some emotion. Three I didn't look this year, but I know last year a lot of those points came out of conference which isn't weighed as heavily

Lol....was waiting for you to get the elbows out...b4 some Amherst fan goes apesh*t u wanna clarify?? I got no skin in the game but I'm chuckling a bit as D4pace with the jab

[blooter442]

Lol....was waiting for you to get the elbows out...b4 some Amherst fan goes apesh*t u wanna clarify?? I got no skin in the game but I'm chuckling a bit as D4pace with the jab

Pretty sure Lind was the one who clotheslined Weatherbie less than a minute into last year's regular season game...Shapiro was apoplectic, one of the few times I've seen him that mad.

That said, I agree with the previous poster that his through ball for the equalizer this year against Tufts was perfectly weighted. He has been one of their standout players over the last few years IMHO.

[soccerfan111]

With games a day away at Amherst, what can be expected for the field conditions? Field looked bouncy in some of the recent highlights. How is the surface?

Saturday weather looks great but Sunday looks like it could be a wet one.

[Mr.Right]

Lol....was waiting for you to get the elbows out...b4 some Amherst fan goes apesh*t u wanna clarify?? I got no skin in the game but I'm chuckling a bit as D4pace with the jab

Pretty sure Lind was the one who clotheslined Weatherbie less than a minute into last year's regular season game...Shapiro was apoplectic, one of the few times I've seen him that mad.

That said, I agree with the previous poster that his through ball for the equalizer this year against Tufts was perfectly weighted. He has been one of their standout players over the last few years IMHO.

I do not remember that at all as fouls like that within the 1st minute of a game usually have some history and / or sending a message.