NESCAC

[Mr.Right]

Bates AD being forced out at the end of the year. Nothing to do with soccer although it should as Stewart Flaherty has not been an upgrade at all.



http://nescac.com/news/2016-17/BAT_McHugh_082516

[Mr.Right]

Former Yale assistant and recently Head Coach at Western Connecticut is added to Trinity's staff. In his 4 years at WCONN they were a complete and utter disaster. I am unsure if he resigned to be closer to Hartford or if he was fired. Does anyone remember when WCONN had chippy, athletic ans a couple skilled players that would win their league and get into the NCAA's every once and a while. This was only 10 years ago and those days like Keene St are long gone


http://athletics.trincoll.edu/sports/msoc/2016-17/releases/Men-s_Soccer_11617

[Mr.Right]

Again, I will re-iterate Trinity as my sleeper team. They lost 3 seniors and all are replaceable. Malcolm Joseph is a loss but can be replaced. The other 2 were oft injured or did not contribute all that much.  Very interested in opening Nescac play on 9-10 with Trinity travelling to Williams. They need a draw but a win would not be all that surprising. After just finding out Williams captains I am not impressed. They lacked leadership last year and JC Bahr-DeStefano, Christian Alcorn and Kevin Mercandante do mot scfream leadership to me. Alcorn canbe a leader from net but the other 2 not so sure. Bahr-Destefano is a fine player but not a leader and Mercadante while a tough kid a most likely Williams best tackler is not the greatest player and cost them big time when Sullivan tried playing him at wingback last year. He was caught out of position on more than a couple occasions and lacked speed to play there. Captains usually get a bulk of minutes and Alcorn and Bahr-Destefano will be fine but IMO the only place for Mercadante is Defensive CM. Looking ofrward to see both teams line-ups in thus game.

Heard from a Midd friend that Williams will be scrimmaging Midd this Saturday. Not sure where

[Off Pitch]

Former Yale assistant and recently Head Coach at Western Connecticut is added to Trinity's staff. In his 4 years at WCONN they were a complete and utter disaster. I am unsure if he resigned to be closer to Hartford or if he was fired. Does anyone remember when WCONN had chippy, athletic ans a couple skilled players that would win their league and get into the NCAA's every once and a while. This was only 10 years ago and those days like Keene St are long gone


http://athletics.trincoll.edu/sports/msoc/2016-17/releases/Men-s_Soccer_11617

Kostelis is a decent coach.  He inherited nothing on his arrival and notched 1, 3, 4, and 7 wins in his four years - clearly moving in the right direction.  Not sure of the circumstances of his departure, but WConn has almost all of last year's contributors returning and should be a .500 team this year.

[SoccerKick]

Bates AD being forced out at the end of the year. Nothing to do with soccer although it should as Stewart Flaherty has not been an upgrade at all.



http://nescac.com/news/2016-17/BAT_McHugh_082516

From the article you sent: "Since arriving in 2007, McHugh has overseen historic achievements on the field, including the college's best-ever ranking, in 2015, in the annual Directors' Cup measuring U.S. collegiate success at the NCAA tournament level.

His tenure has included Bates' first NCAA team championship, in women's rowing in 2015; individual national titles in track and field, squash, and tennis; a first-ever NCAA tournament bid for men's lacrosse; a return to the NCAAs for women's lacrosse and men's basketball; and the improvement of the football program, now at its strongest in 30 years and winners of a share of the Colby-Bates-Bowdoin Conference title for five straight years. Bates athletes have earned more than 200 All-America honors since 2007, and the college has hosted two NCAA championships, in skiing and men's tennis."

Doesn't seem like he is being forced out as you say...

[Mr.Right]

Word is he is being forced out for other issues....Im glad you have learned to interpret press releases as the truth to a situation..Based on that release he should be promoted. There is more and more pressure to win in Nescac then ever before...

[Mr.Right]

-1 k

[SoccerKick]

Devastated...

Regardless, Bates won't be as bad as you think this year Mr. Right. They won't win the league but may have the best freshman class

[amh63]

FYI.....the Amherst Athletic Soccer website has posted its 2016 Team Assessment/Preview.  HC Serpone has high expectation from his GK and this year's returning players.

[Once_A_Metro_Always_A_Red]

FYI.....the Amherst Athletic Soccer website has posted its 2016 Team Assessment/Preview.  HC Serpone has high expectation from his GK and this year's returning players.

Alternate Headline: Coach of Reigning National Champions Expects His Players To Play Well

[nescac1]

Williams' roster out ... a huge 30-man roster:

http://ephsports.williams.edu/sports/msoc/2016-17/roster

The Ephs should be very strong up front this year led by Rashid, Moutenot, and Sisco-Tolomeo, with support from Young and hopefully a frosh or two.  Goalie should also be solid, with loads of experience now.  Midfield and the back are the bigger question marks, with Muellers and Andreu the two sure-things in the back and lots of other guys who have seen some time but are more uncertain.  Williams has a big frosh class (eight players) and hopefully one or two guys can make an immediate impact.  The two mentioned by Coach Sullivan in the Hero Sports preview, Fleischer and Bardong, can hopefully step right in and help in the midfield area. 

One interesting addition to the roster is 6'5 sophomore Ian Kagame, he didn't play varsity last year so I'm not sure how good he is, but I believe he is the son of the President of Rwanda, so there could be some interesting spectators at Eph games! 

[Mr.Right]

20 minutes in Wesleyan at ECONN and Wesleyan had ECONN pinned in for about 5 minutes and had 2 or 3 great chances to score but could not finish. ECONN starting to come on and keeping possession better. ECONN looks like the team that has been out for about 3 weeks and Wesleyan looks a bit sloppy in its 1st game. As was reported earlier this week ECONN was hoofing it but I see ECONN trying to keep possession and their backs trying to keep the ball on the ground almost to a fault as Wesleyan has almost picked 1 or 2 short passes off from ECONN's backs. This has a 1-0 scoreline written all over it. Updates to follow

[Mr.Right]

0-0 Wesleyan at ECONN at the half. The game is getting stuck in midfield with both teams giving the ball away quite frequently. Like someone mentioned in an earlier post Wesleyan needs to be a little faster in possession and especially on the counter they should be able to get a goal. Gruner  and Nick Jackson look solid for Wesleyan. Not a big Rubenstein fan but he gets the job done.  Wesleyan needs to get Cowie-Haskell and Martinez-Paiz more involved 2nd Half. Same goes for Charlie Livingstone who looks improved from last year

[Once_A_Metro_Always_A_Red]

0-0 Wesleyan at ECONN at the half. The game is getting stuck in midfield with both teams giving the ball away quite frequently. Like someone mentioned in an earlier post Wesleyan needs to be a little faster in possession and especially on the counter they should be able to get a goal. Gruner  and Nick Jackson look solid for Wesleyan. Not a big Rubenstein fan but he gets the job done.  Wesleyan needs to get Cowie-Haskell and Martinez-Paiz more involved 2nd Half. Same goes for Charlie Livingstone who looks improved from last year

No Martinez-Paiz at all through about 60 minutes. Don't know why he hasn't featured, though he does appear to be dressed for this game. #FreeKomar

[Mr.Right]

WOW....ECONN #20 makes and incredible athletic and skilled move to beat Gruner and finish to go up 1-0. Wesleyan knots it at 1-1 30 seconds later on a nice finish by Cowie-Haskell. ECONN caught flat-footed after scoring. I like Wesleyan's Frosh #5 Wolf. He has some skill and heart