Best teams from the past

[Dubuquer]

We moved to Dubuque in '08.  I wish I could have gotten to see this '07 Loras team, if only to see Pucci play.  I thoroughly enjoyed watching the 2012 Messiah-Loras semifinal.  Probably one of the best D3 games I've watched.

2007 Loras Men
23-0-2
69 Goals Scored
6 Goals Conceded (4 regular season, 2 NCAA Tournament)
19 shutouts
1060:06 consecutive minutes without conceding a goal (11 consecutive shutouts)
Leading Goal Scorer: Matt Pucci (17G-1A-35pts)

Drew 0-0 with Middlebury in National Semifinal with Middlebury advancing on PK's.

Matt Brumfield - NSCAA Second Team All-American, D3Kicks Second Team All-American, NSCAA First Team All-Region, D3Kicks First Team All-Region
Santiago Mejia - NSCAA Second Team All-American, D3Kicks Second Team All-American, NSCAA First Team All-Region, D3Kicks First Team All-Region
Miguel Bonilla - NSCAA First Team All-Region, D3Kicks Third Team All-Region
Matt Pucci - NSCAA First Team All-Region, D3Kicks First Team All-Region
Matt Splittgerber - NSCAA Second Team All-Region, D3Kicks Second Team All-Region
Mike Richter - NSCAA Second Team All-Region
Nate Dubois - NSCAA First Team All-Region

[Mr.Right]

Loras players and coaching staff at the Hotel after the game was way more entertaining

[KICKIN95]

Loras players and coaching staff at the Hotel after the game was way more entertaining

Nehhhh nehhhh,  thump, thump, thud....   the horse is dead man, there's 3 years of overgrowth and weeds on that grave, let it go

[lastguyoffthebench]

-Barbaro

[firstplaceloser]

funny because loras acted the same way in the hotel after the 2013 defeat...

[KICKIN95]

funny because loras acted the same way in the hotel after the 2013 defeat...

I was there in the hotel the entire night and didn't see any players or coaches acting out crazy or out of line. I did see the Rutgers players  getting loud and drunk after their loss to Messiah.  Messiah players would back that statement up because they were asked to partake by the R-C guys and declined.   Not saying the Loras guus weren't drinking and having fun, but they weren't going nuts and causing a scene.

[firstplaceloser]

losing a national championship game in double OT to go undefeated.. hey I would have went straight to the bar. and do not act like loras players were angels they tried to fight the camden players in the hotel the night they lost after they were supposed to go home. . the Camden kids knew that was their only chance of ever going to the final four or winning a national championship so they enjoyed it while it lasted.

[KICKIN95]

losing a national championship game in double OT to go undefeated.. hey I would have went straight to the bar. and do not act like loras players were angels they tried to fight the camden players in the hotel the night they lost after they were supposed to go home. . the Camden kids knew that was their only chance of ever going to the final four or winning a national championship so they enjoyed it while it lasted.

So it's justified for R-C players to get drunk and out of line because they lost the Final in OT, but you chastise Loras for drinking after losing in OT on a fluke 55yd kick with 30-40 mph wind after being down 1-0 to taking the lead 2-1 and then having a goal awarded to R-C to tie it up that was later proved by video to have never crossed the line. That would be cause for bellying up to the bar.
I would love to know who witnessed Loras players "trying to get in fights" with R-C players, from my personal observation that night it would have been the opposite.   
   I don't recall saying they were angels, I actually said "Not saying the Loras guys weren't drinking and having fun, but they weren't going nuts and causing a scene."

[lastguyoffthebench]

Where is this video that it never crossed the line?  Even if you freeze the blurry frame, you/we are in no position to judge.  Only the AR on the line had the correct angle...

[firstplaceloser]

well actually none of the bars were even open after the messiah game for the Camden players to go to. and it's not camdens fault for the loras goalie coming off his line for the goal from 60+ yards away went in. I understand your frustration for 0-4 in the final four but there's no need to call the Camden players out. I was actually in the hotel when the loras kids started trouble with the Camden players coming in to the hotel to sleep after the game against loras. and it's also not camdens fault for letting 2 terrible goals in... I don't recall any players from any team being "drunk and acting out"

[Mr.Right]

glad I brought this up

[KICKIN95]

well actually none of the bars were even open after the messiah game for the Camden players to go to. and it's not camdens fault for the loras goalie coming off his line for the goal from 60+ yards away went in. I understand your frustration for 0-4 in the final four but there's no need to call the Camden players out. I was actually in the hotel when the loras kids started trouble with the Camden players coming in to the hotel to sleep after the game against loras. and it's also not camdens fault for letting 2 terrible goals in... I don't recall any players from any team being "drunk and acting out"

Ig you don't remember and players being drunk and acting out than explain this comment

"funny because loras acted the same way in the hotel after the 2013 defeat..."

[firstplaceloser]

you can act out and not be drunk... it seems as though loras has gained national attention for the way they act every year after losing in the semi finals.

[nescac1]

The most talented Williams team and I think one of the most talented ever in D3 was not the national title team, or even any of the other Final Four teams -- it was the 2001 squad that was monumentally stunned in the NCAA tourney despite outshooting their opponents 48-8, and which featured three first-team all Americans (Giannacopoulos, Powell, and Alex Blake) and two guys who would play in the MLS (Blake, who would just have a cup of coffee, and Khari Stephenson, who has had a long soccer pro soccer career).

But because of the NCAA result, they obviously won't go down as the "best" team or anything close to it ... the 1995 Williams title team was the better "team," and did feature two national players of the year in Murray and Kauffman, but 2001 had more pure talent for sure. 

[lastguyoffthebench]

I don't think the Loras players approved of this...

http://lastguyoffthebench.u.yuku.com/gallery/ls/aid/305649#.VktWhMlOnec