UAA soccer 2021

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UAA standings after Matchday #2 

1.)  NYU-- 6 points, +4 goal differential through 2 matches.

2.)  Wash U-- 3 points, +2 goal differential through 1 match.  (Sunday update-- Wash U now at 4 points with the 0-0 draw vs Emory after 2 matches)

3.)  Emory-- 3 points, +1 goal differential through 1 match.  (Sunday update-- Emory now at 4 points with the 0-0 draw vs Wash U after 2 matches)

4.)  Chicago-- 3 points, 0 goal differential through 2 matches.

5.)  CWRU-- 3 points, -1 goal differential through 2 matches.

6.)  Carnegie Mellon-- 1 point, -1 goal differential through 2 matches.

7.) Brandeis-- 1 point, -2 goal differential through 2 matches.

8.) Rochester-- 0 points, -3 goal differential through 2 matches.

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Heading to extra time in St. Louis with Emory and Wash U tied at 0-0 at the end of regulation.

3:49 PM Central update-- Emory and Wash U still tied at 0-0 after 100 minutes.

Final-- 4:02 PM Central-- Wash U 0, Emory 0 after extra time.

Both Wash U and Emory get 1 point today.

Wash U improves to 4 points with a +2 goal differential, and Emory also improves to 4 points, but with a +1 goal differential.

NYU is in sole possession of first place in the UAA through 2 matches with 5 left to play.

Final team stats-- Emory at Wash U

Shots in favor of Emory, 19-8.

Shots on goal in favor of Emory, 8-4

Emory with advantage in corner kicks, 6-1.

Emory got called offside once, while Wash U was called offside 2 times.

Wash U committed 11 fouls to Emory's 6 fouls.

Wash U got booked with 2 yellow cards.

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Matchday #3-- Friday, October 15

1.)  Brandeis at Chicago-- 5:30 PM Central/6:30 PM Easterh
2.)  CWRU at Emory-- 7:30 PM Easterh
3.)  Carnegie Mellon at Rochester-- 7:30 PM Easterh
4.)  NYU at Wash U-- 8 PM Central/9 PM Eastern

Matchday #4-- Sunday, October 17

1.)  Carnegie Mellon at Emory-- 1:30 PM Eastern
2,)  CWRU at Rochester-- 1:30 PM Eastern
3.)  NYU at Chicago-- 1:30 PM Central/2:30 PM Eastern
4.)  Brandeis at Wash U-- 1:30 PM Central/2:30 PM Eastern

[WUPHF]

An interesting game in St. Louis.

The Bears defense held strong and Matt Martin bolstered his case for first-team all-Association honors, but they had far to many fouls that provided Emory with far too many good opportunities.

I have to say, respect to the Emory defender who played with his arm in a cast and honestly played most of the game.  My arm itches just thinking about it.

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Tonight, NYU is playing their make-up game vs Mt. St. Vincent.  This game was originally scheduled for September 1, but was postponed due to the flash flood emergency in the New York City metropolitan area from Post-Tropical Cyclone Ida.

NYU's top goalkeeper, Luca Mancuso, is expected to serve out his 1 game suspension today due to the red card that he received at the end of Saturday's match vs Carnegie Mellon.

I just rewatched the play in the 19th minute vs Carnegie Mellon that gave the Tartans a penalty kick.   I agree with a lot of observers (including d3_slack) that Mancuso should have been given a straight red on that play for denial of an obvious goalscoring opportunity.  The failure of the referee to give that red card right then and there probably contributed to the conduct of the game in the second half and extra time.  One can only speculate as to the result of the contest if NYU had to play a man down for at least 71 minutes.

There were two questions I immediately ask of this game:

(1)  Why no red card in the 19th minute was given to Luca Mancuso (Mancuso was only given a yellow on that play), and

(2)  Why just only yellow cards were given in the fracas late in the game-- was there no striking or punching in that melee that would have justified red cards for violent conduct under the NCAA fighting rule?

Nevertheless, the NCAA does not allow post-game protests of soccer matches based on quality of refereeing.  Quality of refereeing is considered "referee judgment" that is not subject to the protest rule.  Protests can be allowed if clearly ineligible players are playing in matches where they should not be playing due to red card or yellow card accumulation.

Update-- NYU team news out-- NYU's back-up goalkeeper, senior Nick Vafiadis, will start tonight vs Mt. St. Vincent.  Vafiadis started 7 games for NYU in the 2019-2020 season.

Just to recap, Luca Mancuso is serving out a 1 game suspension today due to the red card received on Saturday vs Carnegie Mellon.

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In the 10th minute, NYU is already leading 1-0 over Mt. St. Vincent.

Nathan Bennett scored for the Violets-- his 7th goal of the season.  He scored at 9 minutes and 5 seconds into the match.

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Mt. St. Vincent has equalized in the 80th minute.   It is now NYU 1, Mt. St. Vincent 1

Ian Lamas scored the equalizer for the Dolphins.  It is his 7th goal of the season, and it came on Mt. St. Vincent's first shot on goal of the match.

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Mt. St. Vincent has now taken the lead!  It is now Mt. St. Vincent 2, NYU 1

Ian Lamas has now scored a brace for Mt. St. Vincent.  Both goals came on Mt. St. Vincent's first 2 shots on goal of the match, and were long balls that Lamas tapped over a charging NYU goalkeeper.  Lamas's goal to take the lead for Mt. St. Vincent came in the 83rd minute.

The match is now in the 85th minute....

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Final--

Mt. St. Vincent 2, NYU 1. in non-conference action.  That is an upset.

Brace from Mt. St. Vincent's Ian Lamas on the Dolphins's first 2 shots on goal of the match late in the second half wins the game for Mt. St. Vincent.

Mancuso taking a red card on Saturday may have cost NYU this match.


Total shots in favor of NYU, 19-7

Shots on goal in favor of NYU, 11-3.

NYU goalkeeper Nick Vafiadis only had 1 save in the 90 minutes of action, but gave up 2 goals.

Corners in favor of NYU, 13-2.

NYU committed 14 fouls to Mt. St. Vincent's 8.

NYU was booked with 2 yellow cards to Mt. St. Vincent's 1.

NYU was called offside twice to Mt. St. Vincent's 3 times called offside.

Mt. St. Vincent's 2 goalkeepers made a combined 10 saves to preserve the win for the Dolphins.   Goalkeeper Joel Luna made 5 saves in the first half, while goalkeeper Eric Pantoja made 5 saves in the second half.

NYU takes their second loss of the season to fall to 8-2-1, while Mt. St. Vincent improves to 8-1-2.

NYU's goalkeeper Luca Mancuso is now available for the weekend vs Wash U and Chicago, having served his 1 game suspension today.

[WUPHF]

I am not sure if Nick Vafiadis was charging or sleeping...

Tough break for an otherwise good keeper.

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More on this game--

This is Mt. St. Vincent's first ever victory over NYU in 3 matches played lifetime.

Mt. St. Vincent played NYU in 2008 on a neutral field, and in 2016 at Mt. St. Vincent.  The Dolphins have never scored vs NYU until today-- they lost the previous 2 matches by 3-0 and 6-0 scorelines.

Mt. St. Vincent was not ranked regionally by the United Soccer Coaches regional poll in Region III, but now has a record of 8-1-2, 5-1-1 in Skyline Conference action with the victory today.

NYU takes their second loss of the season.

[PaulNewman]

That is a stunning result, while admitting I know less than nothing about Mt St Vincent.  And the box score references the NYU GK on both goals.
Doesn't actually hurt NYU much except with silly poll voters.  And maybe their confidence takes a mild hit, but will not impact RvR or at large chances hardly at all.

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That is a stunning result, while admitting I know less than nothing about Mt St Vincent.  And the box score references the NYU GK on both goals.
Doesn't actually hurt NYU much except with silly poll voters.  And maybe their confidence takes a mild hit, but will not impact RvR or at large chances hardly at all.

If anything, Mt. St. Vincent could get regionally ranked in Region III at the end of the season as a result of their win yesterday vs NYU, but the Dolphins will probably have to win the Skyline Conference AQ to get into NCAAs. 

NYU is done with their non-conference schedule as of last night.  It is now all UAA action the rest of the way.

[Buck O.]

That is a stunning result, while admitting I know less than nothing about Mt St Vincent.  And the box score references the NYU GK on both goals.
Doesn't actually hurt NYU much except with silly poll voters.  And maybe their confidence takes a mild hit, but will not impact RvR or at large chances hardly at all.

That seems to be an indictment of the current procedure for selecting teams.  One game doesn't mean everything, but losing to the team that is currently ranked #263 by Massey should be a significant hit.

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That is a stunning result, while admitting I know less than nothing about Mt St Vincent.  And the box score references the NYU GK on both goals.
Doesn't actually hurt NYU much except with silly poll voters.  And maybe their confidence takes a mild hit, but will not impact RvR or at large chances hardly at all.

That seems to be an indictment of the current procedure for selecting teams.  One game doesn't mean everything, but losing to the team that is currently ranked #263 by Massey should be a significant hit.

NCAA Division III does not allow selection committees to use outside polls or outside computer algorithms as part of the primary or secondary selection criteria.  Last spring, because there was limited info to be gleaned from RvR due to the limited schedules, selection committees were allowed to.use results vs teams with a winning pct greater than .750 as part of the primary selection criteria, and results vs teams with a winning percentage in the .501 to .750 range as part of secondary selection criteria, but that only applied to the spring 2021 season and that was due to covid-19 forcing teams to play limited schedules that season due to travel restrictions, etc.  (In other words, a lot of baseball and softball teams last spring did not play any teams outside of conference-- there were fewer games played, etc.)

Historically, going back to the founding of DIII in the 1970s, DIII has emphasized conference and regional play to be used as criteria for selection to the national tournaments in any sport.  The best way to get into any DIII national tournament is to automatically qualify by winning your conference AQ, and this was especially important last spring due to the limited size of the fields due to COVID-19.  We are back to normal sized brackets this season, but who knows how long that will last.

In the case of Mt. St. Vincent, the Dolphins only had 4 non-league contests this season due to conference requirements, with NYU being the marquee non-league opponent.  (The others were Lehman (CUNYAC), Pratt (provisional school-- C2C-- results vs Pratt do not count in primary criteria), and York (NY)(CUNYAC).   In the Skyline Conference, there are a lot of teams in the lower half of that league which any team in the UAA would be expected to win by more than 3 goals if the UAA team played those particular Skyline Conference teams. 

As for the loss, who knows if Mt. St. Vincent would have still won that game vs NYU if goalkeeper Luca Mancuso had not been shown the red card vs Carnegie Mellon, but that is pure speculation.  NYU had to play the match with the cards dealt to them.

And as for Mt. St. Vincent, they will have to win some knock-out games in their league tournament to make the NCAA tournament, so a victory vs NYU a few days ago shows the Dolphins that they are just as capable of winning the Skyline Conference tournament as the current teams in first and second place in the Skyline Conference standings-- Manhattanville and Merchant Marine.