Men's Soccer 2014 Season Thread

Unread post by **TruePoint** » 9 years ago

Even though it is off-topic I appreciate the info on the MLS scheduling. The international window is really cool - makes total sense, I had just never thought of it before.

Go Rhody! Let's hope to go 2-0 on the day.

RhowdyRam02 · Unread post by **RhowdyRam02** » 9 years ago

Cameron is not in the starting lineup for today's friendly.

Puck Frovidence · Unread post by **Puck Frovidence** » 9 years ago

rjsuperfly66 wrote:
Puck Frovidence wrote:Nice! This combined with the win should give us a little bump. Does anyone know if there's a site for college soccer that will do up-to-the-minute RPI rankings?
Don't believe it exists, largely to do with lack of interest.

RPI is probably between 55-60 unofficially speaking.

Beating GM would probably put them between 40-45.

Thanks! If you're right then it seems like we really do need to play our way in the old fashioned way.

Unread post by **ATPTourFan** » 9 years ago

How we doing?

twisted3829 · Unread post by **twisted3829** » 9 years ago

0-0 nearing end of the first half saw 1 good chnce for URI but a nice save the Mason goalie

twisted3829 · Unread post by **twisted3829** » 9 years ago

you can watch for free online and on the a10 app

Puck Frovidence · Unread post by **Puck Frovidence** » 9 years ago

Mason scores early in 2nd half. They lead 1-0. Let's go Rams...

twisted3829 · Unread post by **twisted3829** » 9 years ago

URI ties it in the 87th minute

twisted3829 · Unread post by **twisted3829** » 9 years ago

headed to OT tied 1-1, 20 minutes of OT golden goal, if no goal we go to PKs

Puck Frovidence · Unread post by **Puck Frovidence** » 9 years ago

DOUBLE OT!!!

twisted3829 · Unread post by **twisted3829** » 9 years ago

URI WINS IN DOUBLE OT!!

Puck Frovidence · Unread post by **Puck Frovidence** » 9 years ago

GOOOOOOOOOOAAALLLLLLLLLLL!

Unread post by **TruePoint** » 9 years ago

Awesome

rambone 78 · Unread post by **rambone 78** » 9 years ago

Great news for a change!

adam914 · Unread post by **adam914** » 9 years ago

Wow awesome comeback. Nice!

rambone 78 · Unread post by **rambone 78** » 9 years ago

In the semis now? Maybe 1 win from an at large NCAA berth.

twisted3829 · Unread post by **twisted3829** » 9 years ago

in the finals now, will play winner of SLU and Fordham

rambone 78 · Unread post by **rambone 78** » 9 years ago

The 2 best teams make the final.

Maybe Fordham pulls the upset? Nah. Would be nice if they did, though.

twisted3829 · Unread post by **twisted3829** » 9 years ago

looks like URI will be playing Fordham on Sunday afternoon, Fordham up 2-0 with 15 minutes to go on SLU.

URI beat Fordham 1-0 in their first A10 game of the season

Unread post by **ATPTourFan** » 9 years ago

So many 1-0 games!

rambone 78 · Unread post by **rambone 78** » 9 years ago

SLU will most likely get an at large NCAA berth, so URI has to beat Fordham to get in.

Simple.

twisted3829 · Unread post by **twisted3829** » 9 years ago

this may have cost SLU a first round bye in the ncaa tourament

Unread post by **ATPTourFan** » 9 years ago

Goal # 1 in the 87th minute to send to OT:

Golden Goal with just a few mins left in double OT:

PeterRamTime · Unread post by **PeterRamTime** » 9 years ago

Hell yeahhhh!
Thanks for the links ATP!

Puck Frovidence · Unread post by **Puck Frovidence** » 9 years ago

Need somewhere near campus to watch A10 final before going to MBB vs UML on Sunday... anybody know a place?

twisted3829 · Unread post by **twisted3829** » 9 years ago

anywhere with wifi, should be free on the a10 app

neil · Unread post by **neil** » 9 years ago

For the soccer experts, if we win, do we get a home game in the tournament?

Unread post by **TruePoint** » 9 years ago

What a great goal. That was not a cheapie.

NJ03 · Unread post by **NJ03** » 9 years ago

Awesome goal to win it! Nice work boys! Let's beat the bad Rams on Sun!

twisted3829 · Unread post by **twisted3829** » 9 years ago

neil wrote:For the soccer experts, if we win, do we get a home game in the tournament?

we could, it would depend on the seed obviously. I don't know exactly where we stand to know what seed we'll get

rjsuperfly66 · Unread post by **rjsuperfly66** » 9 years ago

If I had to estimate I would say URI is definitely in the running for a home game, which would mean being one of the Top 32. If you believe my estimate from yesterday to be correct, they are somewhere between 40-45, but I admit to that being conservative and they could be higher. The thing about Fordham is that I'm not sure how much that win will stand to affect their RPI. If I had to guess, Fordham enters the game ~100 and beating them probably pushes URI to somewhere between 30-35. Fordham could get higher though, as their wins vs. VCU and SLU will most certainly bump them significantly.

The one flaw with college soccer (like hockey and other non-revenue sports) is that it's reliant on the RPI as much as it is. The fact that a team has to battle it's way to a home NCAA game winning it's regular season and potentially it's postseason tournament is crazy to me. The A10 isn't the B10 or ACC when it comes to soccer, but it's still a good conference and should put 4 teams (and possibly 5) into the 48 team field.

eli#10 · Unread post by **eli#10** » 9 years ago

I am biased but that game winning gooooooooal should have been on SportsCenter top 10 plays!

RhowdyRam02 · Unread post by **RhowdyRam02** » 9 years ago

URI ended the season with an RPI of 51. Going quickly through the bracket, it looks like the team with the best RPI left out was George Mason at 33.

Puck Frovidence · Unread post by **Puck Frovidence** » 9 years ago

Stronger OOC will help next year. Any word on who we'll be playing? I suspect we can draw some stronger opponents now, but don't know how many years out the schedules are made.

Also, is there any place to find info about the new recruiting class? Looks like Sykes will take nearly a quarter of this years scoring with him when he graduates in spring.

rjsuperfly66 · Unread post by **rjsuperfly66** » 9 years ago

They were also unfairly punished for the Fordham match. If URI loses to SLU in the finals, probably in.

RF1 · Unread post by **RF1** » 9 years ago

Fordham, a team that entered the A-10 Tournament with a record below .500, winning the auto bid did not help the perception of the league. This probably hurt GMU's at large chances. URI's route to the NCAA was only via the autobid given its poor RPI.

steviep123 · Unread post by **steviep123** » 9 years ago

Can't believe they were snubbed. It was a travesty that they didn't make it into the tournament.

twisted3829 · Unread post by **twisted3829** » 9 years ago

the A10 is not looked at as a good soccer league, like others have said they need a better OOC or at least beat the good teams they play (PC, BC)

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