2014 D3 Season: National Perspective

[Falconer]

Apparently Payne (again), on a nice feed into the box from Benji Kennel. Payne is the real deal at striker.

[Falconer]

Falcons get third goal on (I think) their fourth shot today--looked like Payne crossed to Thompson or Kennel. Can't tell. As bad a video feed as there is. No excuse for this.

[Mr.Right]

Cortland and F&M look over matched. Oneonta just cannot finish.

[Falconer]

This reminds me of the 2004 final against UC-Santa Cruz (a great defensive team that year, despite what I'm about to say), in which the Falcons scored on all of their first 3 shots--and all 3 goals were by freshmen. http://www.messiah.edu/gomessiah/sports/mens_soccer/statistics/2004/TEAMSTAT.HTM
Seniors scoring this time, however.

[GarbageGoals33]

UCSC 2004 ended my college career in the elite 8 on an OG

[TheSoccerGod10]

Cortland is not good plain and simple. They are just big, rough, and overall dirty players with no soccer skill. 4 cards in the first 20 minutes I believe. This looks more like a Div. 2 PSAC school than anything else. No match at all for Messiah. No defensive structure by Cortland. It's hard to watch. Messiah could end up with 6 on the board by the end of this.

[Mr.Right]

Cortland should be athletic enough to hang around more than they are doing. I agree about organization as the coaches should take fault for not coming up with a sound defensive game plan. To me F&M does not look a sweet 16 team either so far.

[TheSoccerGod10]

Payne got on outside shoulder and slotted it far post. Nice finish. Kennel with a header over the goalie off the post and in. Nice set up for that one. Thompson's was a clean up goal from a Payne cross that keeper muffed. 3-0 with 10 to play in the first half. Messiah dominating. ANy word on the F&M game?

[TheSoccerGod10]

Cortland should be athletic enough to hang around more than they are doing. I agree about organization as the coaches should take fault for not coming up with a sound defensive game plan. To me F&M does not look a sweet 16 team either so far.

Yes heard there is snow on the ground for that game. Do you know where it is being played at? And Oneonta that good or F&M just flustered?

[Mr.Right]

0-0 and F&M is starting to wake up and getting a couple chances of their own. Oneonta was all over them in the first 20 minutes. This game should come down to the wire. I will say if F&M somehow prevails they will not get by Amherst or Brandeis. This is not a Final 4 team let alone Sweet 16

[Mr.Right]

A very tiny bit of snow / frost but it is being played at Oneonta's grass field

[TheSoccerGod10]

Got ya thanks for the updates! Should be a good day of soccer!

[Mr.Right]

Brandeis is going to struggle with Amherst on Oneonta's field. They are not going to be able to knock the ball around on that slick surface. They might need to change their game plan and have their defenders whack the ball out. Amherst will be kicking and running and this should fit right into their game plan

[Ryan Harmanis]

Sequence that sums up the game of soccer. Oneonta misses a 2-on-0 breakaway, F&M comes back and scores 60 seconds later. 1-0 Diplomats.

[Mr.Right]

F&M scores against the run of play on a nice counter. Let's see if they bunker in. Oneonta must step it up even more now. They missed the 2 on 0 but I think it was offside but could not quite tell.