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[Mr.Right]

Interesting lineup by Serpone....He has moved former CB Fikayo Ajayi out to RB which makes no sense to me...The kid is not a legit defender but Serpone almost is forcing the issue..He has already gotten burned by Conn's wide player Murphy...Amherst other starting CB Felix Wu is not on the field and Serpone has the ultra slow but big monster Sean Fitzgerald at CB alongside Will Cohen...Not sure where Jack O'Brien is but I actually like him as a player...Bryce Johnson stays at LB as he is a solid defender and obviously has the long throw....Conn made only 1 change with their striker as they have turned to Frosh Augie Djerdjaj. I am guessing Highton is still injured but I really like Taft School Frosh MT Tshuma the past few games up top. I am guessing he will be looked for to be a spark plug off the bench.


NOTE:  Serpone brings O'Brien off the bench and puts him in the back and pushes Ajayi up the field.

[Mr.Right]

Bowdoin 1-0 over Colby with about 10 minutes left.....All the love I have been giving Colby's GK Dan Carlson all year and for good reason as he has made some big saves to save the Mules in 2018 BUT it all goes out the window as Bowdoin gets a Goal on a MASSIVE GK'ing error by Carlson...Bowdoin striker Luke Lockwood is out on the left flank and hits a harmless cross into the box without ANY Bowdoin players near the 6 yard line...Carlson goes to pick the line drive up and catch it but instead he gets over it a bit and the ball deflects off of him and sneaks into the net....Ridiculous GK'ing error just cost his team and the way Bowdoin defends 1 Goal leads I expect them to see this game out and grab a KEY 3 pts....That is really to bad..

[Mr.Right]

Meanwhile...Predictably Conn and Amherst are 0-0 at the Half with each team having some looks but both look very wary of giving up that first goal...

Williams continues to under perform as they look uninterested in a 0-0 match at Home v Coast Guard who has next to nothing goin forward but have a GK and some decent defenders..Still Williams needs to find a Goal....0-0 about 20 minutes left

[Mr.Right]

Conn's Dieng almost made it 1-0 about 5 minutes into the 2nd Half but it hits the post and stays out of the net....Still 0-0

[blooter442]

Conn's Dieng almost made it 1-0 about 5 minutes into the 2nd Half but it hits the post and stays out of the net....Still 0-0

He just wanted to provide a teaser. 1-0 Conn.

[blooter442]

Stoke City ties it, 1-1.

[Mr.Right]

Yup...Dieng finishes to give Conn an important 1-0 lead...I will say that is just porous defending by Amherst especially the big stiff Fitzgerald...He failed to tackle a Conn player and then was to slow to track the man and Dieng takes advantage...Fitzgerald gives you size but is so damn slow and showed right there he missed a key tackle....However, Amherst gets even on the first Goal scored against Conn in the run of play...Amherst scores off a corner on a failed clearance by Conn on defense and then the ball slipped thru Marcucci who was screened....Both Goals not the prettiest but effective...1-1 about 25 minutes left...

Meanwhile...Coast Guard has taken Williams to OT as it is 0-0 and with back to back games this weekend this is the last thing Williams needs....Williams finally breaks thru in the 1st OT in what looks to be a Goal off a corner if I am reading the live stats correctly...Still that is a piss poor performance by Williams and will need to really pick it up with Wesleyan and a red hot Bowdoin coming to town this weekend.

[Mr.Right]

Conn is really missing their top 2 strikers with Highton and MT Tshuma not playing...They cannot afford to have those two out long term...

[blooter442]

God they play some ugly stuff...yyyyyyyyuck. It may be effective at times but is tough to watch. (I know, I can just not watch, but that requires more effort than complaining.)

[blooter442]

The one thing I have to give them credit for is coming back from being 1-0 down. I figured that Amherst getting anything from this game would come as a result of parking the bus, but they have had to go for it after going behind. Fair 'nuff.

[Mr.Right]

Conn RB Stokes with a careless giveaway near his own box as he got stripped by an Amherst double team but Amherst Ajayi(who Serpone has moved up front) was basically useless with the ball and Amherst could not take advantage....0-0 2nd OT about to start...Amherst needs a victory here but Bowdoin all of a sudden at 7-3-0 could be ranked and give Amherst a ranked Win

[blooter442]

Johnson gets burned down the left side and Conn. gets a cross off but White gets out there just before the Camels attacker is able to get a foot on it.

[Mr.Right]

Manoogian gets his 2nd Yellow(soft Yellow if u ask me) and now Conn down to 10 men ...More importantly Tufts GETS A HUGE break as they will now face a Conn team without its leader...That is a major loss for Conn this weekend....I think Amherst GK situation looks to be solved for now as White is a monster in net and very solid in the air not sure how good he is getting down but Amherst has finally found a decent GK...Why was this kid not starting from the beginning of the season is another question

[OldNed]

So this is the first time I've watched Conn College and I caught most of both overtimes.  Am I missing something here?  They didn't look all that impressive to me.  Were the 2 OT periods an anomaly as far as how they usually play?  I'd love to hear what everyone else thinks.

[PaulNewman]

Watched almost that entire game and oddly feel like I didn't learn much, other than Amherst's talent level being down quite a bit.  Conn looked more dangerous with better playmakers and Amherst seemed like almost a caricature of their reputation re: playing style.  Amherst GK did not make any mistakes.....but I didn't fully trust him either....seemed maybe like a poor man's Blake Mullen.

Losing your leader for next game versus Tufts is NOT good as Mr.Right noted, especially on a play like that on the offensive end.