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No result on the exhibition game yesterday vs URI on the UConnhuskies.com site. Anyone know what happened?
 
huskymedic said:
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We lost to them 3-1 on the road during the season last year, so hopefully a good sign for the defense.

I'd love to see us creating a few more chances. Last season, I thought we were actually quite good at possessing the ball in midfield but were too timid to take advantage a lot of the time. Hopefully Moussa Wade coming back can help bring some of the creativity we'll be missing from Mateo leaving.
 
UConn vs Charlotte is streaming now on ESPN+. I don’t know if Charlotte is any good. Either I forgot just how poor the quality of play is in college, or UConn is just not even in the vicinity of what we once were. Probably both are true.
 
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I thought this was an interesting starting 11. Wade technically in midfield, Chandler in defense, Testori and Almeida coming off the bench. I thought we looked okay, we created a few chances but no real clear-cut ones. I wonder if we see any changes going into the Holy Cross game on Sunday
 
HuskyHawk said:
UConn vs Charlotte is streaming now on ESPN+. I don’t know if Charlotte is any good. Either I forgot just how poor the quality of play is in college, or UConn is just not even in the vicinity of what we once were. Probably both are true.
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I understand why you would have that opinion but I don't feel it fair to generalize. College soccer is beginning to readjust to the factors that changed the game over the past 10-15 years.
I watched Syracuse/PC last night and Cuse has some really nice players (they have had 12 transfers on their roster this season and most are are either Srs or grad xfers). Indiana has gotten stronger, again; Penn State has a nice side this season (tied Pitt yesterday) and UCF beat Clemson yesterday.
I like the fact that the talent has been spread out.
Unfortunately, the ACC is still by far the strongest conference.
 
The weather was definitely affecting the quality of play last night. Charlotte is historically pretty strong and has a pretty decent chance to win their conference. College soccer is always going to look a little rough compared to most pro leagues, but there's still some pretty good soccer out there.

I wish we played Akron this year now that they're in the Big East, they always have a really solid team.
 
I started watching the match in the second half on ESPN+. Charlotte did score (after what looked like a missed foul on Charlotte) and led 1-0 when the game was delayed for the weather, and then cancelled.
 
gtcam said:
I understand why you would have that opinion but I don't feel it fair to generalize. College soccer is beginning to readjust to the factors that changed the game over the past 10-15 years.
I watched Syracuse/PC last night and Cuse has some really nice players (they have had 12 transfers on their roster this season and most are are either Srs or grad xfers). Indiana has gotten stronger, again; Penn State has a nice side this season (tied Pitt yesterday) and UCF beat Clemson yesterday.
I like the fact that the talent has been spread out.
Unfortunately, the ACC is still by far the strongest conference.
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Yes, it's mostly me I suspect. I went to most every game in the 80s. I didn't however, watch any high level soccer then. I've watched a few UConn games when I can over the years, but I've also watched a lot more World Cup, Premier League and even MLS than I ever did many years ago. So yesterday, a less than inspiring UConn team in its first game of the season didn't look very good.
 
yungdowork said:
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I thought this was an interesting starting 11. Wade technically in midfield, Chandler in defense, Testori and Almeida coming off the bench. I thought we looked okay, we created a few chances but no real clear-cut ones. I wonder if we see any changes going into the Holy Cross game on Sunday
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The 2022 National HS Player of the Year can't crack the starting lineup. What the hell is going on up there?
 
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RC111 said:
All from donations of a former player alum, so not really. Are you going to force alums to provide money only to the programs you support? Maybe you can gift several million to the university and ensure it's not "wasted"
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Might as well give it to the chess club.
 
ZooCougar said:
Might as well give it to the chess club.
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What do you gain from coming to this thread and being a constant source of negativity with absolutely nothing worthwhile to provide?
 
yungdowork said:
What do you gain from coming to this thread and being a constant source of negativity with absolutely nothing worthwhile to provide?
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That’s what happens when you resurrect an old post. Tough.
 
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Good game from the boys. Conway scored 2 and did some dribbling in the corner that had the whole stadium out of their seats. I was really impressed by Kieran Chandler who was solid all night. Almeida created a lot of opportunities for himself but still hasn’t adjusted to the speed of play and couldn’t get a clean shot off
 
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UConn playing a home game against LIU tonight. LIU with a 2-0 lead early in the 2nd half.
 
Very tough game for UConn. They controlled possession but got caught on the counter twice. The first goal came off a tough mistake from a UConn defender, but that's soccer for ya. We created a few chances in the last 15 or so minutes but it was too little too late. We need to be a little braver in the final third in my opinion, we have way too much of the ball to be creating so few chances.
 
UConn playing a home game against Siena tonight. Huskies have a 2-0 lead at the end of the 1st half, a nice change of pace from the loss to LIU in their last game.
 
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