2016 NCAA Tournament

[rudy]

Messiah up 2-0 with 20 left in first half.  14 shots to 1

5-0 now
Will C puts in back to back goals.  This one is over.  Clicking well this game..tomorrows game will be much tougher

[4samuy]

Wild one thus far in Chicago.  Dubuque goes up 2-0 with couple of pretty goals in first five minute. In the 10th minute Westminster looks to have scored but was waived on a red card to Dubuque in box. Westminster converted pk and scored another two minutes later. Still 22 minutes left in the first 2-2.

[Mr.Right]

I was impressed with F&M today as they dominated W&L. F&M dominated possession and play a nice attractive futbol compared to W&L who are not the prettiest team to watch, like Singleton's teams at MIT. They are an athletic side but the wingbacks look slow and F&M could be a dangerous side moving forward if they can continue to play on their carpet.

[PaulNewman]

Agree.  Last two nights are first time I got a good look at F&M.  Much more talented than I realized.  Some very skilled and pacey players.  Okolie has got to be one of the best in the country, but several other very talented players.  Dangerous speed coming around the wings.  I was wrong.  The Diplomats CAN play with Messiah or any other team.  I've been blinded by my fatigue over Dips alum Jeffrey Lord.

[Domino1195]

F&M broadcast team is superb...video good but angles and view not great.

Kenyon looked very sloppy today.  That will not get it done tomorrow against a team that has yet to lose on its home field and will have an active crowd.  Maybe another night of sleep after very long bus ride and a bus accident before practice today will help.  Should be relatively fresh as Brown played a lot of subs a ton and was probably sending a message to starting forwards and mids whose passes were not sharp and far too many easy giveaways and loss of 50/50 balls to a scrappy Maryville team.  Lords need to come out hot tomorrow and snag an early goal.

It really hasn't been Amolo's year but the attack functioned much better with Amolo and Glassman out - even Eudy looks less effective than in previous years. The younger players seem to connect and support one another with runs and positioning.

[PaulNewman]

DePauw comes from behind to defeat Centre 3-2.  Colonels hit post (partial save by DPU GK) with 50 secs left on a free kick.

Domino, the younger forward tandem has given Kenyon a nice boost but they aren't going far if Amolo, Eudy and Carmona don't play very well.  I'll bet Amolo will be sharp tomorrow in a big game.  Mids need to play much simpler and cleaner, or Brown needs to put in mids who can make clean passes and avoid bad giveaways.  Even Myers was off today early in the game.  The good news is that Clougher is playing his best ball of the season.  And Lowry and Resnekov played really well too.

Tony also is not getting the kind of service he used to get with Barnes out on the field.  I've never thought of him as a pure striker but as more of an attacking mid.  Would be interesting to see him there sitting in behind two forwards.  He had a gorgeous pass curving across the face of goal today that Glassman should have buried.  They also could play Carmona at attacking mid and put Eudy at holding.

[PaulNewman]

Trinity looks very good.  Great video and commentary there as well.  And after a score player goes right into fan area and hugs his parents.  Gotta be one of the best venues in D3.

[Domino1195]

DePauw comes from behind to defeat Centre 3-2.  Colonels hit post (partial save by DPU GK) with 50 secs left on a free kick.

Domino, the younger forward tandem has given Kenyon a nice boost but they aren't going far if Amolo, Eudy and Carmona don't play very well.  I'll bet Amolo will be sharp tomorrow in a big game.  Mids need to play much simpler and cleaner, or Brown needs to put in mids who can make clean passes and avoid bad giveaways.  Even Myers was off today early in the game.  The good news is that Clougher is playing his best ball of the season.  And Lowry and Resnekov played really well too.

Tony also is not getting the kind of service he used to get with Barnes out on the field.  I've never thought of him as a pure striker but as more of an attacking mid.  Would be interesting to see him there sitting in behind two forwards.  He had a gorgeous pass curving across the face of goal today that Glassman should have buried.  They also could play Carmona at attacking mid and put Eudy at holding.

I did watch the Kenyon game and recall the pass to Glassman. I've only seen Kenyon 4 times this year but I commented how they seem like a rudderless ship since Barnes left. But the younger players are so much sharper right now. If JCU finished a third of their chances the score would have been 4-4 minimum. JCU gave the ball away too cheaply too many times and LC was excellent at capitalizing on those turnovers.  Kenyon won't make those mistakes and if LC plays as loose as they did today in their area Kenyon wins - won't be easy - but as the dad of a defender - Kenyon's defense has the edge over LC.

[PaulNewman]

Looked like an unbelievably tough call for a PK with a minute left.  Pretty sure ref had wrong angle on that.  Carthage out.  Maybe only team that had a chance versus Chicago in that quad.

[dontshootthegoose]

As a ref in that situation (talking about Carthage), you just can't call that! He didn't get mugged, there was no saving the ball of the end-line with a hand, no punches thrown...  That was a mediocre foul, if that, in the center of the field. But to call a PK in double overtime in the national tournament.. wowzers!

But with that said, Benedictine missed a breakaway prior to that in the first overtime.

I think if UWW makes it through their match against Hanover, I think they may be viewing this game as being very winnable.

Hanover and UWW may be a sleeper game if UWW doesn't show up! Stanko UWW's 6'6/6'7 center back is back in action... Should point to mention, he was out for a majority of the remainder of UWW's season (where they finished with a 9 game unbeaten streak).

[PaulNewman]

IMO Springfield has played a really good game versus Tufts but unfortunately just went down 2-0 on a great goal curved in from a decent distance outside the 18.

[dontshootthegoose]

Stanko starts up top, scores a quick goal off a long throw at forward.  Very smart decision, need his ability to score goals but don't mess with a back-line that is doing a great job.

UWW 1 - Hanover 0

[PaulNewman]

And the UAA is down to 2 (from 5).  Very well played, open game with Wash U and Redlands.  Redlands comes back from down 2-0 in the 2nd half with advance in PKs and after missing 1st PK.  The Bulldogs should have a good chance against DePauw.

[4samuy]

not just a second half lead of 2-0, they had a 2 goal lead with 16 minutes remaining.

[mjan]

Montclair State another 1st round knock out 5-1. When was that last year they made it out of the first round?