Dang, if we could just score a goal once in a while. I‘ve watched several games. It’s simply boring.
Huskies Head to Providence for BIG EAST Quarterfinal - University of Connecticut Athletics
STORRS, Conn. – The No. 7 seeded UConn men's soccer team begins the BIG EAST Tournament Championship with a quarterfinal matchup at the No. 2 seed Providence...uconnhuskies.com
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Joe Morrone refused to recruit foreign players (has to go to HS in the US). Alabama A & M had a roster full of Africans. By the late 80's into the early 1990's, Morrone's policy led to the demise of the team until Reid took over.saw this on fb
1970s Soccer USA
NCAA Dateline: On 6 December 1981, the University of Connecticut won its 1st NCAA championship by defeating Alabama A&M in overtime, 2-1, at Stanford Stadium. Huskies stars Pedro DeBrito (pictured)...
But for the National Title game, it made for a great back story. UConn was "America's Team", if I remember correctly. I was only 13 when they won in '81.
...and then Reid's policy led to the demise of the team because he thought his NC in 2000 secured his position as soccer savant even though the results over the next 10-12 years proved otherwise.
Great game. Now we just need to get back to that level. I don't imagine that UVM or Marshall have the facilities and resources that we do. I don't follow college recruiting like I did in the past, is our recruiting down? Vermont had a kid from U of Bridgeport, right in our back yard. I guess we have to give Gbandi time, I'm just a little impatient.
It was nice to see teams like Vermont and Marshall in the championship. Teams that you don't normally see go that far. Congratulations to Vermont.
In Coach Ray's defense, his record at SCSU was remarkable and his 1st half of the UConn team tenure was very successful and then came the AAC.......................................................
Marshall did win it all 4 years ago
Lucas Almeida: 2 total appearances this year and 33 minutes. Going to Siena.
The portal has made every kid a free agent. There will be no such thing as developing players anymore.
i saw him when he was in high school. Phenomenal speed and touch for a big guy but Gbandi doesn't favor offense from what I see. Ray Reid 2.0.
Yeah, the early title, then about a decade of consistently fielding top ten teams (that seemed to always get picked off in the tournament) was a very nice run but for many of those years it seemed he preferred a style that kept lesser opponents in the game, which often led to getting picked off by lesser opponents.
It hurt recruiting big time. You need the players, foreign or domestic.
