Poll comes out at 3pm Central Time I believe. I think we'd technically be ranked by the time the game starts considering we received the 2nd most votes of any non-ranked team last week.
Huskies Welcome No. 17 Bryant to Storrs on Tuesday Night - University of Connecticut Athletics
STORRS, Conn. – The UConn men's soccer team (6-0-3) is set to host No. 17 Bryant Bulldogs (7-0-1) on Tuesday, September 23 at Joseph J. Morrone Stadium. Kick...uconnhuskies.com
Didn’t realize before the game it was a ranked opponent. I guess that takes away the sting slightly. Let’s go get the big east Ws.
I wondered how Bryant of all schools, has a ranked D1 soccer team. It feels like the old Seton Hall model. Morrone lost quite a few in the 80s to those Seton Hall teams loaded with Irish guys, but he would only play U.S. players. Fond memories of those guys, they loved playing in Storrs because we had one of the few raucous crowds in the sport.
A 6 minute lapse in soccer leads to being dog walked by your opponent. They were outplayed. Very disappointing performance coming off a great win.
I don't disagree but I also think our normal starting defense is a pretty bad matchup vs a team with speed like Bryant had. Tupay and Roudette-Gregory are both big 6'5 center backs that aren't necessarily that fast, Johan Hamel is deservedly a captain and a very good player, but also really not very fast for a right back. The first 25 minutes or so weren't great, but it was still pretty back and forth at that point, although Durham had already made a couple nice saves. As soon as they scored their first goal and we started pushing some guys forward, they absolutely exploited the space in behind Hamel. Right before the assist on their 3rd goal, I was already yelling that #10 was in acres of space and it was obvious that they were repeatedly looking to send that ball in behind.
