2018 Season - National Perspective

[Falconer]

Vegter is the best player in the country.  Full stop.

Agreed. He has been that good all the way along since his first year. His cannon throw-ins are a very dangerous weapon, pretty close to those that Otterbein got from their AA defender the year they made it all the way to the final. The Maroon keeper literally had his hands full of near misses. I didn't see every minute of the game, so perhaps I missed something, but otherwise Vegter just shut down the Chicago attacks. Which is saying something.

[repete]

Little late but here's my best crack at the Top 25 right now!

Shooter's 25
1. Chicago (7-0-1)
2. Messiah (5-0-1)
3. Trinity (4-0-1)
4. Tufts (5-0-0)
5. Calvin (7-0-0)
6. Kenyon (6-0-1)
7. Rochester (6-0-0)
8. St. Joe's Maine (8-0-0)
9. CMU (5-0-1)
10. Lynchburg (5-0-1)
11. F&M (6-0-1)
12. Emory (7-0-0)
13. MW (6-0-1)
14. St. Norbert (6-0-1)
15. Ithaca (6-0-1)
16. Luther (7-1-0)
17. MHB (6-0-0)
18. North Park (6-1-0)
19. Cortland St (5-0-2)
20. Amherst (2-1-0)
21. TCNJ (7-1-0)
22. CMS (7-0-0)
23. Stevens (7-1-1)
24. Hope (7-0-0)
25. CT College (6-0-0)

RV (No order): Hopkins, Lycoming, CWRU, Rowan, Drew, Salisbury, Oneonta St, Buff St, Mt. Union, St. Lawrence, Williams, PSU-Harrisburg, Ramapo, Montclair, St. Mary's, Roanoke, J&W, WPI, Springfield, Middlebury, Babson, NYU, RIT, Skidmore, Clarkson, Grove City, DePauw, Capital, Spalding, Webster, MSOE, Wheaton (Ill), UWP, Loras, Macalester, Gustavus Adolphus, St. John's, Redlands, Tx Tyler, Willamette, Southwestern

St. Norbert's ranking mystifies me. They beat two CCIW teams having down years. They somehow tied winless Carroll, who just gave up 7 goals in the first half versus Chicago. Not seeing it.

And I hope Shooter is right about St. Thomas and the poll.

[d3soccerscout]

Have to say I was surprised at the Calvin GK's antics.  Referees should not allow that nonsense...and then it's rewarded and so continues as Lopez missed on the PK.  I'm sure Souders will have a word with him regarding Calvin sportsmanship.

I didn't see it as anything to do with sportsmanship, just a bit of gamesmanship. Either way, what a great contest between two top programs decided by a touch of class by Koh. Would love to see these teams match up again late in the fall!

[cmackowiakSGSN]

Before they were Salisbury University Sea Gulls, they were Knights at CCBC Essex across the Chesapeake Bay. Read about the story of four SU men's soccer players and how their journey took them together through junior college soccer to NCAA Division III soccer now as the backbone of the SU defense.

https://thesuflyer.com/2018/09/24/knights-evolve-into-sea-gulls-the-ccbc-essex-defensive-pipeline/

[Shooter McGavin]

Little late but here's my best crack at the Top 25 right now!

Shooter's 25
1. Chicago (7-0-1)
2. Messiah (5-0-1)
3. Trinity (4-0-1)
4. Tufts (5-0-0)
5. Calvin (7-0-0)
6. Kenyon (6-0-1)
7. Rochester (6-0-0)
8. St. Joe's Maine (8-0-0)
9. CMU (5-0-1)
10. Lynchburg (5-0-1)
11. F&M (6-0-1)
12. Emory (7-0-0)
13. MW (6-0-1)
14. St. Norbert (6-0-1)
15. Ithaca (6-0-1)
16. Luther (7-1-0)
17. MHB (6-0-0)
18. North Park (6-1-0)
19. Cortland St (5-0-2)
20. Amherst (2-1-0)
21. TCNJ (7-1-0)
22. CMS (7-0-0)
23. Stevens (7-1-1)
24. Hope (7-0-0)
25. CT College (6-0-0)

RV (No order): Hopkins, Lycoming, CWRU, Rowan, Drew, Salisbury, Oneonta St, Buff St, Mt. Union, St. Lawrence, Williams, PSU-Harrisburg, Ramapo, Montclair, St. Mary's, Roanoke, J&W, WPI, Springfield, Middlebury, Babson, NYU, RIT, Skidmore, Clarkson, Grove City, DePauw, Capital, Spalding, Webster, MSOE, Wheaton (Ill), UWP, Loras, Macalester, Gustavus Adolphus, St. John's, Redlands, Tx Tyler, Willamette, Southwestern

St. Norbert's ranking mystifies me. They beat two CCIW teams having down years. They somehow tied winless Carroll, who just gave up 7 goals in the first half versus Chicago. Not seeing it.

And I hope Shooter is right about St. Thomas and the poll.

Yes the Tommies should have been in there or RV at least. Will try to do better with the next rankings 

[Shooter McGavin]

Not much change. 

Shooter's 25
1. Chicago (8-0-1)
2. Messiah (7-0-1)
3. Trinity (6-0-1)
4. Tufts (6-0-0)
5. Calvin (7-1-0)
6. Kenyon (7-0-1)
7. Rochester (7-0-0)
8. St. Joe's Maine (9-0-0)
9. CMU (6-0-2)
10. Lynchburg (6-0-1)
11. F&M (7-0-1)
12. Emory (7-0-0)
13. MW (7-0-1)
14. St. Norbert (7-0-1)
15. Ithaca (6-0-2)
16. Luther (8-1-0)
17. Cortland St (7-0-2)
18. North Park (6-1-0)
19. CMS (8-0-0)
20. Stevens (8-1-1)
21. Hope (7-0-0)
22. CT College (7-0-0)
23. PSU Harrisburg (10-0-0)
24. CWRU (7-1-0)
25. Roger Williams (9-0-0)

RV (No order): TCNJ, MHB, Lycoming, Drew, Salisbury, Oneonta St, Buff St, Mt. Union, St. Lawrence, Williams, Ramapo, Montclair, St. Mary's, WPI, Springfield, Middlebury, Babson, NYU, Skidmore, Clarkson, Grove City, DePauw, Capital, Wabash, Spalding, Webster, MSOE, UWP, St. Thomas, Loras, Gustavus Adolphus, St. John's, Redlands, Tx Tyler, Willamette, Southwestern

[NEsoccerfan]

5 UAA teams in your top 20. Scary, scary looking conference so far this year.

Not much change. 

Shooter's 25
1. Chicago (8-0-1)
2. Messiah (7-0-1)
3. Trinity (6-0-1)
4. Tufts (6-0-0)
5. Calvin (7-1-0)
6. Kenyon (7-0-1)
7. Rochester (7-0-0)
8. St. Joe's Maine (9-0-0)
9. CMU (6-0-2)
10. Lynchburg (6-0-1)
11. F&M (7-0-1)
12. Emory (7-0-0)
13. MW (7-0-1)
14. St. Norbert (7-0-1)
15. Ithaca (6-0-2)
16. Luther (8-1-0)
17. Cortland St (7-0-2)
18. North Park (6-1-0)
19. CMS (8-0-0)
20. Stevens (8-1-1)
21. Hope (7-0-0)
22. CT College (7-0-0)
23. PSU Harrisburg (10-0-0)
24. CWRU (7-1-0)
25. Roger Williams (9-0-0)

RV (No order): TCNJ, MHB, Lycoming, Drew, Salisbury, Oneonta St, Buff St, Mt. Union, St. Lawrence, Williams, Ramapo, Montclair, St. Mary's, WPI, Springfield, Middlebury, Babson, NYU, Skidmore, Clarkson, Grove City, DePauw, Capital, Wabash, Spalding, Webster, MSOE, UWP, St. Thomas, Loras, Gustavus Adolphus, St. John's, Redlands, Tx Tyler, Willamette, Southwestern

[lastguyoffthebench]

Solid list, Shooter.

Emory would be at 5 or 6 for me.
I'd have Cortland State in the top 10 and ahead of URochester.   
CT College needs some more love.
PSU-Harrisburg isn't even top 50, definition of cupcake schedule
TNCJ and Ramapo belong no where near RV.  MSU should be around 18th to 20th.

[Mid-Atlantic Fan]

I want in!

MAF Top 25
1. Chicago
2. Messiah
3. Tufts
4. Calvin
5. Trinity
6. St. Joe's Me
7. Kenyon
8. Emory
9. F&M
10. Lynchburg
11. Rochester
12. CMU
13. MW
14. Cortland St
15. St. Thomas
16. North Park
17. CT College
18. Montclair St
19. Case Western
20. Lycoming
21. Stevens
22. Hope
23. Luther
24. Ithaca
25. Loras/Oneonta St

[Mid-Atlantic Fan]

UAA
Emory (7-0)
Rochester (7-0)
Chicago (8-0-1)
Carnegie Mellon (6-0-2)
Case Western Reserve (7-1)
New York U. (7-1)
Washington (4-3)
Brandeis (3-4)


How scary is the UAA?!? Combined 49-9-3 record with Brandeis of all teams sitting in dead last...wow!

[NESCAC43]

UAA
Emory (7-0)
Rochester (7-0)
Chicago (8-0-1)
Carnegie Mellon (6-0-2)
Case Western Reserve (7-1)
New York U. (7-1)
Washington (4-3)
Brandeis (3-4)


How scary is the UAA?!? Combined 49-9-3 record with Brandeis of all teams sitting in dead last...wow!

I remember 3-4 years ago the UAA had 7 of their 8 teams ranked in the top 25. Absolutely crazy. And yes Brandeis at the bottom currently but I've seen them a few times this year and they are far better than their record suggests.

[Mr.Right]

Crazy result of the day:

New Paltz 5-1 Cortland St

Runner Up:

Coast Guard 2-0 Wheaton(MA)

[Soccerfan]

Cortland's keeper got a red card 6 minutes into the match. Cortland went down 1-0 then tied it up with 10 men. Score was 1-1 with about 30-35 min left in the game when New Paltz scored their 2nd goal. Cortland continued to push with 10 players,  but New Paltz caught them with couple of counter attacks and scored.

[Flying Weasel]

Millikin beating North Park 3-0 with 12 to play.

[Ejay]

Staten Island 16, York (N.Y.) 1

Who the hell let's their team score 16 goals.  Show some class.