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...with 15 minutes to go! ND is bringing the heat right now but Pitt is playing good D. ND just oozes with talent and skill. This could be huge
Should have been 2-0 but the GK made a great save late on Alexander Dexter.
Should have been 2-0 but the GK made a great save late on Alexander Dexter.
He needed to shoot the ball first time. Taking the extra touch gave the goalie time to close him down.
Twitter said Pitt soccer beat #2 st John's in 2000.
He needed to shoot the ball first time. Taking the extra touch gave the goalie time to close him down.
OK. The ND announcers were the ones that said it was the first ever.
He needed to shoot the ball first time. Taking the extra touch gave the goalie time to close him down.
I thought the same thing.
Of all of the games I've seen, which started with WVU, this was the first team that looked decidedly bigger and faster than Pitt. Admittedly, I got home from work late so I only caught the last 23 minutes so I don't know what the first 67 looked like.
I honestly don't see this team collapsing down the stretch. They seem to really be gelling right now.
Lastly, I love watching Mauriq Hill play. Dude is a beast on the back end
1. Which of Luxbacher's recruits actually play?
1. Which of Luxbacher's recruits actually play?
I think there were two of them tonight. The goalie, Outcalt, is a redshirt sophomore so he would be one. And Matt Bischoff is a senior who has played at Pitt for four years. I'm pretty sure that's it, at least from tonight's game.
Yeah, that's where I got it. I assumed that the announcers got it from Pitt's game notes or something. I wonder who told them that if it wasn't true?
What about Bryce Cregan?
I am not sure they now are in the NCAAs as someone posted. There likely are 7 locks for the tournament in the ACC: Wake Forest, UNC, Louisville, Notre Dame, Clemson, Duke and NC State. UVA is likely ahead of us for the eighth spot right now. Will the ACC get 9 spots in the tourney? Remember only 12 teams play mens’ soccer: Miami and FSU don’t.
If we beat UVA next week and finish with home wins over Akron and VT, then I think we are probably in. We likely jump UVA for the eighth spot, assuming the ACC gets 8 in. Akron is a former national champion and wins over both Virginia schools would mean we would finish the conference 4-4. That and an overall 11-6 record, with wins over 3 ranked teams, should get us in. But, my scenario presumes one of those ranked teams, Syracuse, doesn’t make it or makes it after we already are selected.
I’ve been watching videos, and Alexander Decker reminds me a tiny bit of Leo Messi. Both are 5’7, and both keep the ball very close to their feet — making it harder for defenders to take it from them. I think the comparison ends there. Messi does things that no other mortal ever has done with a soccer ball. But, even being slightly compared to Messi is a great compliment.
This team is very close to being really, really good in the next year and thereafter. They need to replace 3 FBs and I don’t know if he already has them on the squad or needs to recruit them this year. They are strong up front, but the Midfield needs more creative players in addition to Perez. Still, what the new coach has done in two years is incredible. It’s not just recruiting either. You can see how they have learned to play together better as the year has gone on, and how they have learned how to win.
As far as ND being bigger and faster overall, they were. But, they suffer from the AYOS malady: They were taught from the time they first took up the sport to pass when a defender closes on them. As a result, they can’t beat a defender on the dribble. None of their strikers IMO could have made the move Decker made for the winning goal — back to the goal, turning, like Alan Shearer or Gerd Mueller used to do, and finding a tiny space between two defenders to put the ball in the back of the net. I would imagine most of ND’s goals come off headers or odd-man rushes.
What about Bryce Cregan?
He played two seasons at Akron and then transferred here, so I don't think so.