The Big Dance

[firstplaceloser]

Man that Matthew Koh for UChicago has some wheels... U of C down to Lake Forest 2-1 at halftime. Chicago the more creative and dangerous side, could have had 4 or 5 goals had they been more clinical. Think Chicago takes care of business in the second half.

I hope UOC opens it up this half bc I wasn't too impressed with them. they get forward and in dangerous spots but they haven't finished any chances nor were any on target. I watched the last 20 min of first half so I can't really say much. they are very goood though

[paclassic89]

Wow! Rowan bounced in the first round by Cabrini. Shots were 42-2 in favor of Rowan 

[jknezek]

Wow! Rowan bounced in the first round by Cabrini. Shots were 42-2 in favor of Rowan 

I checked in on W&L's field hockey team this morning. They were playing top ranked Messiah and it was 2-2 late in the game. Messiah had taken over 40 shots, W&L had scored on the only two shots they got. Messiah scored late and won with just under 50 shots, W&L never got another one. It just goes that way sometimes in sports like soccer and field hockey. The dang ball just won't go in.

[Mr.Right]

JCU and Calvin feeling it out a bit...this will be the best game of the night

[Mr.Right]

Chicago in control now 3-2 off a Koh set piece to Lopez' Head...UAA looking at 4-0-0 now..well done..

[firstplaceloser]

Chicago in control now 3-2 off a Koh set piece to Lopez' Head...UAA looking at 4-0-0 now..well done..

I think chicago may have seen my post about them. but now they look like a top 5 team

[4samuy]

It's not about being clinical for Chicago.  It's about spreading the pitch and giving space for their talented and fast forwards to create.   Being down 2-0 in a tournament match and score 5 straight shows some moxie.

[Flying Weasel]

Calvin has started the same 11 players in all 21 games this season.  Gotta think it's very rare for that to happen.

[Mr.Right]

Game starting to get stretched a bit

[Dubuquer]

Calvin closes the game with 2 goals in final 5 minutes. Great game! Looking forward to Calvin v Chicago.

[luckylefty]

Was at both games at Rowan tonight. Rowan was obviously the better team in the first game of the evening but that shot tally is a bit misleading. Rowan kept inexplicably shooting deep outside the box. I can't think of many of them being dangerous honestly. They created 4-5 really good chances when they combined but I would be interested in how many of the 40 shots were on frame.

Hopkins is super impressive. Possesses the ball and builds out of the back better then anyone I've seen in a long time.

Edit: looked up shots on goal. 11. Rowan had 42 shots and had 11 on frame. I think a ton were blocked outside the box.

[Ron Boerger]

Trinity up 4-0 over Texas Tyler..Some really nice goals in this game...Texas Tyler not sure what is going on

Was there in person ... first half was a clinic.   Second half was not nearly as artistic as the Trinity starters basically sat the rest of the match.   UT-T was without ASC midfielder of the year Leandro Cid Fernandez who according to a parent suffered an injury in final of the ASC championship.     Trinity was also without their star mid, Christian Sakshaug, injured Friday. 

Trinity faces UMHB for the second time this season, the first being a 2-0 win in the season opener.

[Falconer]

Hopkins is super impressive. Possesses the ball and builds out of the back better then anyone I've seen in a long time.

That's exactly what I saw when Hopkins came to Grantham. They were, to be precise, Messiah's mirror image--which is why that game was both so fascinating and yet so frustrating, since neither team actually finished with a score until the final minutes.

Have you ever seen Messiah play live (not streaming, where you never see the whole field), luckylefty? 

[PaulNewman]

Interesting that at least a few here seemed to think Rowan was going to be the team to advance and knock off Tufts in a huge "revenge" matchup.  My first reaction to the Rowan exit was that a major threat to Tufts is already out of the way, but maybe Johns Hopkins actually will prove to be a more dangerous foe (presuming Tufts gets by the New England tilt drawing a lot of focus versus St Joseph's).

I said I was going to stop talking about Calvin, but one thing I think is notable is how the Knights always manage to up their game in concert with the level of competition.  And they are able to do that without a steady diet of tough games other than a couple at the beginning of the season more than two months ago.  JCU is a formidable, very talented team that was highly motivated and on their own pitch (with a fantastic player playing for his father in a senior season).  Calvin just stays patient trusting that they'll eventually get one, and so a well-played, Elite 8 type game with both teams looking dangerous ends up the way a lot of us probably thought it would....with Calvin walking away victors. 

If we end up getting Calvin vs Chicago, there will be sentiment that Chicago has enough firepower to knock Calvin out.  They do, and they might...but don't bet on it.

[luckylefty]

Hopkins is super impressive. Possesses the ball and builds out of the back better then anyone I've seen in a long time.

That's exactly what I saw when Hopkins came to Grantham. They were, to be precise, Messiah's mirror image--which is why that game was both so fascinating and yet so frustrating, since neither team actually finished with a score until the final minutes.

Have you ever seen Messiah play live (not streaming, where you never see the whole field), luckylefty?

I have not unfortunately. Does Messiah always build out of the back though?  The games I've seen on stream they were hitting long goal kicks and punts. Hopkins hit two long goal kicks last night and Desales was trying to actively press them to refuse them the ability to play out of the back.