Men's Soccer loses to previously winless Howard
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Wow, didn't they beat them 9-0 last year? They seemed to be modestly improving earlier this year, but are clearly in a tailspin. Would like to see them work their way out of this and win at least one ACC game this year.
Watch for the NCAA regular season to switch to both semesters with a 6 week winter exhibition and training season during the cold months. Coaches are really pushing for it. Personally I think schools/conferences need to explore leaving NCAA soccer entirely and playing in the PDL where the competition is better and there are no NCAA restrictions in regards to travel, training, and sponsorship.
For someone who has a prospective D1 player/daughter...I hate those ideas!!
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Try playing 3 games a week, then all the sudden not having more than a couple friendlies til next year. It's a terrible set up. Too many games per week, too much mid-week travel, not enough training. It's harder on the athletes and worse for their development.
This post was edited on 10/16 11:12 PM by rpost3
This post was edited on 10/16 11:12 PM by rpost3
Development?? Who cares about development. All schools and players play under the same rules, so they "should" be "developing" the same. None of them are playing professionally...but an increased ability to perform in the classroom in the spring WILL help them with their lifelong profession.
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Players and coaches care about development. The fear is the NCAA will lose players who want to develop to other soccer leagues if the college calendar doesn't adapt with the times.
And 3 games per week is brutal. Too many games, not enough practice or rest.
There will only be a few more games per year under the new setup. They're just spread out more. There will be a lot more training and rest in between.
Games will only be on weekends. That means no more missing classes. And believe me when I say you miss a lot of classes.
Another concern of coaches is no one pays attention to the NCAA playoffs because it's football season. They want the soccer playoffs to get a little more air time. That's possible with playoffs occurring in May/June. Just look at all the softball and lacrosse on ESPN each spring semester.
It's inevitable, thomas. The coaches want it and the players want it. Expect an announcement within the year.
This post was edited on 10/22 11:00 AM by rpost3
I think they will go to more of a European-style August-May schedule (but with a much longer winter break). The USSF despises the NCAA soccer calendar and have been pressuring them to change it for years. Soccer players need to play year-round and this will enable them to do that. They'll be able to play more games (30 maybe?) and do mostly weekends.
Not a pawest thing..try Neanderthal.
Then again, I have heard coaches revert to this style when they don't have enough talent to play a possession game....ie--high school soccer. That said, you don't see the elite high school boys programs (USC, Peters, Canon Mac) play that way. Although they are only of a few HS programs that are deep enough to play a better brand. Even in AA the better teams don't. Anyone who has watched West Allegheny or South Park would agree.
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Then again, I have heard coaches revert to this style when they don't have enough talent to play a possession game....ie--high school soccer. That said, you don't see the elite high school boys programs (USC, Peters, Canon Mac) play that way. Although they are only of a few HS programs that are deep enough to play a better brand. Even in AA the better teams don't. Anyone who has watched West Allegheny or South Park would agree.
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Yes, if Pitt's players aren't good enough to keep possession, and by all indications, they are not, the only chance they have are to hit long balls down the field and hope it bounces the right way. This is a common strategy of outclassed teams at every level.
Lux is an excellent coach as far as teaching soccer. He does not have the "drive" to make Pitt better and lost that drive/motivation years ago. It is not that he can't recruit, it is that he has never been interested in recruiting. Recruiting has never been something Lux really cared about or was motivated to do. He was/ is more interested in other thing such as hunting or writing books about soccer. His team's are poor because he does't recruit and thus his talent level Has always been poor except for a few years when some good kids just decided(probably on their own) to be at Pitt. He can teach soccer, but there is no talent to play a high level game.
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