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I applaud the club on going 2-0 but based on the competition and the lack of scoring from the normal flow is troubling
Set plays and PKs will not be the answer going forward but I love a beautifully executed set piece anytime, any day
Congrats guys
BTW - beautiful night for a match
 
The last couple years, this would have been the sort of game we tie or even lose in the dying minutes. To gut out a win in the second game of a 48 hour stretch is pretty encouraging. Friday against Notre Dame will be the real thermometer though.
 
KSC94 said:
The last couple years, this would have been the sort of game we tie or even lose in the dying minutes. To gut out a win in the second game of a 48 hour stretch is pretty encouraging. Friday against Notre Dame will be the real thermometer though.
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At least ND (#17) is at a semi-neutral site, Sunday's game against Indiana (#2) at Bloomington could be painful if UConn can't generate shots on goal.
 
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KSC94 said:
#18 in the coach's poll now
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This ranking seems a bit sudden after getting very little notice in the preseason poll. Still, the games this weekend should give an indication whether that ranking for UConn is deserved. I would expect the Huskies to have a difficult time on Sunday playing a road game against No. 6 Indiana on Sunday. However, the Friday game against No. 24 Notre Dame ought to give an indication on how deserving UConn's new found place in the poll is.
 
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dbmill said:
UConn gets no mention at all in the College Soccer News top 30 poll. Indiana at No. 3, Notre Dame at No. 20.
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To be honest, I wish they were going into the Midwest unranked - something about early ranking and the UConn men's soccer team in the last 1/2 dozen years just isn't good Karma
C'mon boys and tear 'em up
Indiana soccer is the one thing about U of Indiana that I have a shred of respect - as for Notre Dame I despise the school and it's programs (except strangely I do respect their womens basketball coach)
 
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UConn-Notre Dame game starting at 5:30. Half hour lightning delay. WHUS carrying first game of the season on the station.
 
Notre Dame gets a goal late in the first half to make it 1-0 in their favor. Sounds like Notre Dame has generally had the better of the play.
 
Halftime, Notre Dame has a 1-0 lead in a half that they dominated. John Tuite says that UConn having trouble stringing passes together.
 
Notre Dame makes it 2-0 about 15 minutes into the second half.
 
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Ray Reid last week on the UConn podcast - "We scheduled this trip to Bloomington last minute because we knew what kind of team we'd have."

The kind that couldn't get a shot on goal until 44 minutes into the game? The kind to get dominated by a good but not great team on a neutral field? How does he consistently so misread his own team? When he lost in the NCAA's a couple years ago he was SO excited about the team coming back hinting they'd be championship contenders.. They collapsed at the end of the year and missed the NCAA's.

Good lord I can't think long about what has happened to both men's and women's soccer at this school because it just gets me way too pissed. It infuriates me. Really gotta hope Hurley gets men's hoop back and Edsall can clean up the mess he created because it looks like both soccer programs (both cornerstones of our athletic program for DECADES) are done. D-O-N-E.
 
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Had a feeling the ranking that happened after the first two games was premature. Just hope all the underclassmen show some growth as a team as the season progresses, that is the hope at this point.

I'll listen to it, but I can't imagine the Indiana game on Sunday will be much fun. UConn plays another ranked team at home against Dartmouth next weekend, we'll have to see how that goes.
 
ASweet3781 said:
Ray Reid last week on the UConn podcast - "We scheduled this trip to Bloomington last minute because we knew what kind of team we'd have."

The kind that couldn't get a shot on goal until 44 minutes into the game? The kind to get dominated by a good but not great team on a neutral field? How does he consistently so misread his own team? When he lost in the NCAA's a couple years ago he was SO excited about the team coming back hinting they'd be championship contenders.. They collapsed at the end of the year and missed the NCAA's.

Good lord I can't think long about what has happened to both men's and women's soccer at this school because it just gets me way too pissed. It infuriates me. Really gotta hope Hurley gets men's hoop back and Edsall can clean up the mess he created because it looks like both soccer programs (both cornerstones of our athletic program for DECADES) are done. D-O-N-E.
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For years Reid was able to bring in elite offensive and defensive players even when it was clear that he did not have a conventional attacking style. It's get the ball to a wing, have him invite a double or triple team, hope that the wing beats the double or triple team, advance the ball no more than 10 yards, put on the brakes and wait for the opponent to regroup, and then repeat. He thinks this approach is the safest way to attack. And despite years and years of season-ending failures with this style he refuses to change. Now the elite players are not coming or, if they do, they're jumping ship because they see that the approach is hopeless.
 
In the first game from Bloomington today, Notre Dame beat Dartmouth 2-0.
 
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Indiana has a 1-0 lead at halftime, scoring on a corner kick.
 
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Indiana wins 1-0. While it sounded like Indiana was certainly the better team, UConn had a better showing tonight than they did against Notre Dame when they were miserable. Still, I would expect the Huskies to fall out of the rankings after this weekend.
 
1-0 is very respectful at IU I could care if they are ranked, I want to see some offense
 
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