All things being equal, maybe one of the most disappointing performances of the Vidovich era. WVU has a good soccer program and returned 10 starters from a team who beat Marshall last season and barely missed the NCAA Tournament but they don't have the type of quality Pitt has. It kinda reminded me of that typical Pitt/WVU basketball/football game where we'd come in highly ranked but the crowd would will WVU to a victory. Studies have shown that home field advantage means more in soccer than any other sport but that doesn't usually play a large role in college soccer. But last night I believe it did. The place was packed, mostly with students and they were loud and into it. WVU seemed to feed off of that. They were faster than Pitt and much more aggressive. I don't think I've ever seen a Pitt game with that many slide tackles.
WVU scored first on a horrible mistake by the GK, Campuzzano. He is always so complacent with the ball and this time, as he was taking a year to get rid of it, a WVU player slide tackled it away from him which lead directly to a goal. It was like a "blooper" goal you'd see on ESPN.
Not sure what the deal is Dexter. He didn't start again but did play some, scoring the only goal on a sequence he started by winning the ball in WVU's half, making a nice move, passing it, then getting it back and scoring. My guess is they like Mort's defense and workrate and are willing to give up some offense and Mort hasn't been bad but Dexter is a highly skilled offensive player.
WVU's second goal came late on a great cross to a D2 transfer who got in front of Loefflesand.
This wasn't "Indiana." WVU looked better than Pitt and outplayed them, outhustled them, and outshot them. That's worrisome. I mean its a good team, picked to win the MAC over Akron, probably mid-level ACC, but there's no excuse for being outplayed and outworked like we were. Maybe you can write it off as one of those games where it was the NC to the home team and their fans and that home team just wanted it so bad, but still, worrisome.
WVU scored first on a horrible mistake by the GK, Campuzzano. He is always so complacent with the ball and this time, as he was taking a year to get rid of it, a WVU player slide tackled it away from him which lead directly to a goal. It was like a "blooper" goal you'd see on ESPN.
Not sure what the deal is Dexter. He didn't start again but did play some, scoring the only goal on a sequence he started by winning the ball in WVU's half, making a nice move, passing it, then getting it back and scoring. My guess is they like Mort's defense and workrate and are willing to give up some offense and Mort hasn't been bad but Dexter is a highly skilled offensive player.
WVU's second goal came late on a great cross to a D2 transfer who got in front of Loefflesand.
This wasn't "Indiana." WVU looked better than Pitt and outplayed them, outhustled them, and outshot them. That's worrisome. I mean its a good team, picked to win the MAC over Akron, probably mid-level ACC, but there's no excuse for being outplayed and outworked like we were. Maybe you can write it off as one of those games where it was the NC to the home team and their fans and that home team just wanted it so bad, but still, worrisome.
