The Big Dance

[Brother Flounder]

No I do not think Tufts would have done better than Deis today...Brandeis went straight up with them and Tufts would not have...Deis gave us a very entertaining game..I will say Tufts would have been better with the lead than Brandeis were

Who's to say if Tufts would have done better. Can never say, but I do agree with the point about Tufts holding a lead.  Brandeis played well. Congrats on a fine season. I was rooting for the Judges. BLOOTS, now u can cheer for Arsenal over Man Utd. This weekend...

[blooter442]

Who's to say if Tufts would have done better. Can never say, but I do agree with the point about Tufts holding a lead.  Brandeis played well. Congrats on a fine season. I was rooting for the Judges. BLOOTS, now u can cheer for Arsenal over Man Utd. This weekend...

As a Liverpool fan, would have done that anyway.

[PaulNewman]

Comments here are heard too starkly and things getting mentioned are about things with tiny differences.  Like while I thought Woodhouse got caught I didn't think he was WAY off the line either.  He would have saved almost any shot except for one directly over his head.  While I think Tufts might have matched Messiah physically a little better they might have lost 3-0 too.  Brandeis played to win and easily could have won.  Holding off most teams with a lead is also a little different than holding Messiah off.  Easier said than done.

Brandeis also could have really used DePietto today.

[Gregory Sager]

Messiah has never lost a national title game in d3 men's soccer.  Chicago or North Park will have their hands cut out for them, but kudos if they can pull it off.

I have a feeling this next game will have a good amount of goals too. good luck to whoever has to play Messiah tomorrow being 10/10 in final games. it's possible but you need some luck and of course heart. Messiah is too experienced to let them hang around like that tonight. it happened in 2013 with Loras(although I have yet to see another team press and annoy teams like they did ) you get complacent and one mistake causes what just happened

Keep in mind that Messiah's perfect championship-match legacy has nothing to do with the current Falcons. The last time that the Falcons were in the national championship match, back in 2013, the current players were still in high school. Therefore, none of them have ever been in this position before. Just because players wearing the same uniform as you in seasons past were a perfect 10-for-10 doesn't mean that some sort of supernatural mojo in that kit automatically transfers over to you. NPU and Chicago each have as much national-title-match experience as does this particular Falcons squad.

It's all about the players, not the kits that they wear. If Messiah wins tomorrow, it'll be because the Falcons are a great side, not because of magical powers.

[Brother Flounder]

Messiah has never lost a national title game in d3 men's soccer.  Chicago or North Park will have their hands cut out for them, but kudos if they can pull it off.

I have a feeling this next game will have a good amount of goals too. good luck to whoever has to play Messiah tomorrow being 10/10 in final games. it's possible but you need some luck and of course heart. Messiah is too experienced to let them hang around like that tonight. it happened in 2013 with Loras(although I have yet to see another team press and annoy teams like they did ) you get complacent and one mistake causes what just happened

Keep in mind that Messiah's perfect championship-match legacy has nothing to do with the current Falcons. The last time that the Falcons were in the national championship match, back in 2013, the current players were still in high school. Therefore, none of them have ever been in this position before. Just because players wearing the same uniform as you in seasons past were a perfect 10-for-10 doesn't mean that some sort of supernatural mojo in that kit automatically transfers over to you. NPU and Chicago each have as much national-title-match experience as does this particular Falcons squad.

It's all about the players, not the kits that they wear. If Messiah wins tomorrow, it'll be because the Falcons are a great side, not because of magical powers.

Well said!

[deiscanton]

Messiah has never lost a national title game in d3 men's soccer.  Chicago or North Park will have their hands cut out for them, but kudos if they can pull it off.

I have a feeling this next game will have a good amount of goals too. good luck to whoever has to play Messiah tomorrow being 10/10 in final games. it's possible but you need some luck and of course heart. Messiah is too experienced to let them hang around like that tonight. it happened in 2013 with Loras(although I have yet to see another team press and annoy teams like they did ) you get complacent and one mistake causes what just happened

Keep in mind that Messiah's perfect championship-match legacy has nothing to do with the current Falcons. The last time that the Falcons were in the national championship match, back in 2013, the current players were still in high school. Therefore, none of them have ever been in this position before. Just because players wearing the same uniform as you in seasons past were a perfect 10-for-10 doesn't mean that some sort of supernatural mojo in that kit automatically transfers over to you. NPU and Chicago each have as much national-title-match experience as does this particular Falcons squad.

It's all about the players, not the kits that they wear. If Messiah wins tomorrow, it'll be because the Falcons are a great side, not because of magical powers.

It is indeed all about the players, and soccer is a sport of "giant killing".  The Falcons are coming in to tomorrow's game as the perceived "giant" because of their history in national title games.  These particular Messiah players may think that it may be unfair to call them "giants", but reputation precedes them, and both teams playing in tomorrow's game will have a short turnaround period.

That being said, I hope that we have a great title game tomorrow.

[Mr.Right]

Wow....Koh a great ball across the box...Chicago MUST finish that

[blooter442]

Oh HOW DID THEY NOT SCORE?! I was sure that would go in.

[blooter442]

Chicago with more threatening looks but the Vikings are looking solid going forward.

[Gregory Sager]

NPU has to step it up. The Maroons own possession thus far.

[1970s NESCAC Player]

Sounds like the announcers took time to read this thread between games . . .

[blooter442]

As a lifelong Nordic skier, I love that the announcers are talking about the niche (in America, at least) sport...they are correct that it is fascinating to watch.

[Gregory Sager]

Sounds like the announcers took time to read this thread between games . . .

Yes, and PBP announcer Dave McHugh obviously read my PM to him about how to pronounce the names of NPU players ... except that the one he's messing up is the easy one, Kyle Robson.

D-Mac, if you're reading this, remember -- it's ROB-son, not ROBE-son.

(And tell Ira that it's LEN-artz, not Luh-NARTZ. Kinda funny that it's two American players for NPU that are causing them so much trouble.)

But I won't give them too much of a hard time. Four matches in one day is a heckuva lot of work, and a heckuva lot of names to remember. Overall, D-Mac and Ira are doing a great job.

[Mr.Right]

I do not think North park has a SOG yet...That being said besides that one really solid chance Chicago has not had much else either..

[Mr.Right]

One of those games where a Lopez finish off a set piece would be enough to win this