Men's Soccer 2022 (6-2-7, 2-1-4 A-10)

[RhodyRams916]

Fordham has a good team. Nice comeback from the Rams to stay undefeated in 7. Shows their toughness and mentality of never giving up.

[KeaneyBluBallz]

Game Day!

[rhodyrudder]

Game Day!

Was gonna be on channel 4, but they canceled cuz there might be t-storms.
Too bad, they have been fun to watch all year.

[RhodyRams916]

Sucks that there's no broadcast, but that's unavoidable with rain considering there's no cover lol. 2-1 Rhody currently. This one is gonna be a battle.

[ramster]

The rain has been bad. Tough driving.

[RhodyRams916]

3-1! Btw you can follow the score over here http://stats.statbroadcast.com/broadcast/?id=416140

[SGreenwell]

Jesus, this game seems absolutely WILD just from the box score. It's now 5-3 with about five minutes left, after URI and Albany trade goals in a 16-second span.

[rhodyrudder]

Like a sunday mens league match.
Don’t matter though.
Keep grinding!

[RhodyRams916]

5-3 for the final score. Looked like a WILD game from the stats I’ve seen! 8 games unbeaten, this is really impressive.

[ramster]

Next up #24 Ranked Dayton at URI
Saturday 7pm

[RhodyRams916]

Next up #24 Ranked Dayton at URI
Saturday 7pm

Huge game and the 4th ranked team they're playing. Hoping for another packed crowd.

[ramster]

4 A10 Teams Undefeated

We are now into the all important conference schedule

[KeaneyBluBallz]

might squash a few Shaidzon Octoberfests and head on down the the pitch Saturday. get a little rowdy.

[RhodyRams916]

Thoughts on the game tonight:
- Tough loss, expected after playing with 10 men for a half.
- Dayton is really good and you can see why they’re ranked.
- URI could’ve tied it if some of their shots were in the air and not directly at the goalie. They didn’t look terrible with 10 men, at all.
- First loss of the season. Not a big deal!

[ATPTourFan]

https://gorhody.com/news/2022/9/24/mens ... eason.aspx

[RhowdyRam02]

[ramster]

At VCU moved from Saturday to Wednesday Oct 19th At VCU due to weather expected
VCU only A10 team without a win.

[steviep123]

At VCU moved from Saturday to Wednesday Oct 19th At VCU due to weather expected
VCU only A10 team without a win.

Let's keep it that way.

[RhowdyRam02]

The NCAA hasn't updated their RPI page, but according to this site we have an RPI of 30. With 23 auto bids and 25 at-large, we definitely seem to be in the conversation for a spot

http://rpiupdatemenssoccer.blogspot.com ... RPI%20Rank

http://rpiupdatemenssoccer.blogspot.com ... sland.html

Games remaining
10/5 vs #31 St. Louis
10/8 at #165 La Salle
10/15 vs #168 George Mason
10/19 at #97 VCU
10/22 at #75 Loyola Chicago
10/25 at #104 Brown
10/29 vs #170 Davidson

[ATPTourFan]

[ramster]

Just 20 minutes in URI leads 2-0 over SLU

URI 1 09:26 GOAL by URI Oystese, Isak (FIRST GOAL), Assist by Agyemang, Patrick, goal number 3 for season.
*shot to lower right corner 0-1

URI 1 20:00 GOAL by URI Agyemang, Patrick, Assist by Akselsen, Edvin, goal number 4 for season.
*long run down flank by 28, cross in to 27 for one-timer 0-2

[R.Kelly150]

Wait what the heck happened in the last minute?
I saw 2-2 on a URI own goal than Rhody scored with like 2 seconds left in the game? Tough to follow via stats only

[ramster]

Unbelievable!

[R.Kelly150]

Unbelievable!

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I wish I could see that final minute, it must have been crazy

[RhodyRams916]

This team seriously needs AND deserves a press box. I hate that they have to cancel broadcasts whenever it rains.

[TruePoint]

Is this good?

Lol LFG RHODY!

[ramster]

From GoRhody….


How it Happened
A wild ending in a driving rain storm saw Rhode Island pull out a stunning 3-2 win over defending Atlantic 10 champion Saint Louis Wednesday night.

After leading for almost the entire match, the Rams appeared to be heading for a disappointing tie when an own goal made the score 2-2 with 23 seconds remaining. However, Patrick Gryczewaski made a last second run and fired a shot on net at a tough angle. His shot went off the post and into the net with 10 seconds to go, providing the winning margin.

The Rams struck first in the 10th minute when Isak Oystese found the back of the net off an assist from Patrick Agyemang. On URI's third shot on goal, Oystese slipped the ball into the lower right corner past Saint Louis keeper Carlos Tofern for the 1-0 lead.

Agyemang padded the lead exactly 20 minutes into the match. Edvin Akselsen made a long run with the ball down the flank before sending a cross in to Agyemang, who one-timed the pass for the goal.

The Billikens had a chance to cut into the deficit just before halftime when they were awarded a penalty kick. However, Alberto Suarez missed badly, and URI took the two-goal lead into the break.

Saint Louis came out firing in the second half. John Klein put a shot off the crossbar just 54 seconds into the period. Max Hinke came up with a save in the 57th minute on a shot by Alex Shterenberg. The Billikens finally broke through in the 59th minute when CJ Coppola flicked a pass from Lane Warrington with his heel and the ball just crossed the goal line to make the score 2-1.

The score remained that way until the crazy final minute of the match.

Inside the Box Score
The match was Rhode Island's first in 11 days.
With the victory, URI snapped a five-match unbeaten streak for Saint Louis. The Billikens had been 4-0-1 over their last five.
With a goal and an assist, Patrick Agyemang now has a team-high 10 points this season (4 goals, 2 assists).
Edvin Akselsen picked up his team-leading fourth assist. He also had an assist the last time Rhody beat Saint Louis, which happened on Oct. 3, 2018.
All three of Patrick Gryczewski's goals this season have proven to be game winners for URI.
Rhody keeper Max Hinke had eight saves on the night. He has played all 900 minutes of the season in net for the Rams.
Action was chippy at times, with the two sides combining for 36 fouls, 20 of which were called on Saint Louis.
There were seven yellow cards issued in the game. Saint Louis was booked four times, Rhode Island three.
URI's players wore pink jerseys in support of breast cancer awareness.
Up Next
The Rams are back in action Saturday when they head to Philadelphia to take on La Salle for a 7 p.m. game match.

[EZBuckets]

That was THE most insane ending to a soccer match I’ve ever witnessed. It rained steady for most of the match and picked up with about minute to go. The own goal with 23 seconds to go to tie it up was a heartbreaker & the SLU sideline was going nuts.

The rain suddenly kicked into a straight DOWNPOUR and Rhody took it straight back into SLU territory and Gryczewski somehow someway found the net just off the inside post with 10 seconds to go. It was surreal. Everyone in the press tent was slackjawed and the rain started coming down even harder. Coach Elliot’s face looking back at the SLU side was priceless. What an absolute batshit crazy ending.

[RhowdyRam02]

I'm old enough to remember coach Elliot from his playing days here so I can only imagine his face that you're talking about

[KeaneyBluBallz]

Im still wet

[RhowdyRam02]

Our RPI has moved up to #26

http://rpiupdatemenssoccer.blogspot.com ... sland.html

It's critical that we don't lose our next two and the last game of the season, three teams that are pretty much cupcakes according to the RPI. Take care of those three games and hope that the results from the middle three games keep your RPI in the hunt for an at large going into the conference tournament

[ElmCityRhody]

Is this good?

Lol LFG RHODY!

NO DOUBT !
BUCKLE UP !

[RF1]

Rhody played a not very good 3-5-4 LaSalle to a 2-2 draw last night in Philly.

[ramster]

Our RPI has moved up to #26

http://rpiupdatemenssoccer.blogspot.com ... sland.html

It's critical that we don't lose our next two and the last game of the season, three teams that are pretty much cupcakes according to the RPI. Take care of those three games and hope that the results from the middle three games keep your RPI in the hunt for an at large going into the conference tournament

In A10 play to date as far as team records ties now outnumber wins losses. Last season ties represented only 1/3rd of wins and losses.

A10 to date 2022:
20 wins
20 losses
28 ties (1st year of having no overtime)


Looking at the 2021 A10 End of season (Overtime was played)
45 wins
45 losses
14 ties

[rhodyrudder]

In A10 play to date as far as team records ties now outnumber wins losses. Last season ties represented only 1/3rd of wins and losses.

A10 to date 2022:
20 wins
20 losses
28 ties (1st year of having no overtime)


Looking at the 2021 A10 End of season (Overtime was played)
45 wins
45 losses
14 ties

Ever since they expanded to 32 teams, I've been expecting the World Cup to need a coin flip to determine who advances to the knockout round.

When it was 24, they took the top 4 of the 6 third place teams.

Now it's only the top 2 in each group.

So far there haven't been any ties for 2nd and 3rd.
But with the number of matches that end in a draw...

Next time, there are 48 teams, likely with groups of 3.
Who knows what will happen then?
This format would obviously make it impossible for all teams in a group to play their last match simultaneously.

Regardless, I am very pleased that the NCAA allows draws after 90' now.

[RhowdyRam02]

We started receiving votes in the last United Soccer Coaches poll that counts games through Sunday. We're tied for 35th with 2 points in the poll. Dayton is 22nd and Duquesne is 25th. Official NCAA RPI is now out counting games through the same time period and that has us 37th with the 2nd best RPI in the conference behind 27th Saint Louis.

Eight teams make the conference tournament and despite the good news above we wouldn't actually make the A10 tournament if the season ended today since we're tied for 10th place, one point behind VCU, Fordham, and Saint Joseph's for the last conference tournament spot with four conference matches left. Wednesday night we play at VCU, which could be a big one for conference tournament placement. Also a week from tomorrow we're at Loyola who we're tied with in points, thought they've played one more conference game than us

[KeaneyBluBallz]

need to stop the sister smooching

[bigappleram]

Rhody beats Mason 2-1

[ATPTourFan]

Final minute goal to win on senior night.

https://gorhody.com/news/2022/10/15/men ... -goal.aspx

[theblueram]

With the win we went from 10th place to 4th place in the A10.

[RhowdyRam02]

Even with the win this week our RPI dropped from 37th to 50th. We might need to run the table plus make it to the A10 championship game to have a chance at an at large bid now

[rhodyrudder]

what do I know, but how can a soccer rpi even come close???

They've played 12 games, and a typical score is 1-1...

they have 1 loss, have beaten or tied (umm they have 1 loss) many top ranked teams (all but 1, see what I did there?)

if they're 2nd in a-10s and make the final, they oughtta get a bid

now, they might get screwed...again

so they probably want to win the tourney

not sure how a 1-loss team that's played the schedule they have isn't better than #50

but what do I know?

go win the tourney, boys

[RhowdyRam02]

And after a week where we won our only game we're no longer receiving votes in the coaches poll. What a screwy sport

[KeaneyBluBallz]

what do I know, but how can a soccer rpi even come close???

They've played 12 games, and a typical score is 1-1...

they have 1 loss, have beaten or tied (umm they have 1 loss) many top ranked teams (all but 1, see what I did there?)

if they're 2nd in a-10s and make the final, they oughtta get a bid

now, they might get screwed...again

so they probably want to win the tourney

not sure how a 1-loss team that's played the schedule they have isn't better than #50

but what do I know?

go win the tourney, boys

x2

[SGreenwell]

what do I know, but how can a soccer rpi even come close???

They've played 12 games, and a typical score is 1-1...

they have 1 loss, have beaten or tied (umm they have 1 loss) many top ranked teams (all but 1, see what I did there?)

if they're 2nd in a-10s and make the final, they oughtta get a bid

now, they might get screwed...again

so they probably want to win the tourney

not sure how a 1-loss team that's played the schedule they have isn't better than #50

but what do I know?

go win the tourney, boys

RPI is what it is, regardless of the sport - it's more of a "brute force" metric, vs. something that has a lot of predictive value. I don't know what kind of analytical systems exist for college soccer, but I suspect that if URI is being "dinged" for something, it's the fact that they have a good amount of ties, only a +7 goal differential, and their opponent win percentage is under .500. (According to this website, 75-80-53.)

We've seen this happen with the basketball team too - In most sports, it's tough to keep winning games by one goal or less than 5 points, and eventually you lose a couple of those games. I'd feel more confident about this team, and they'd probably pick up some more poll votes, if they start pasting teams.

[RhodyRams916]

0-0 Rhody/VCU. Not a great game at all from URI against a really bad VCU team. Make that 6 ties, and honestly at least 4 of them they really should've closed out wins in. Onto the next!

[HobbyBurley]

0-0 draw (sigh) tonight at VCU. Big game at Loyola this weekend.

Our RPI (now 60) feels about right. The draws against UMass Lowell at home and at Lasalle hurt as they are both 165+ in RPI. Draws vs those teams are essentially losses.

[RhodyRams916]

0-0 draw (sigh) tonight at VCU. Big game at Loyola this weekend.

Our RPI (now 60) feels about right. The draws against UMass Lowell at home and at Lasalle hurt as they are both 165+ in RPI. Draws vs those teams are essentially losses.

It seems like Rhody is hard to beat, but at the same time inconsistent in the attack. Too many wasted balls, especially off of corners.

[ramster]

0-0 Rhody/VCU. Not a great game at all from URI against a really bad VCU team. Make that 6 ties, and honestly at least 4 of them they really should've closed out wins in. Onto the next!

URI lost at VCU in 2013 and 2017. So we are 0-2 overall playing at VCU until getting a tie tonight.

VCU was picked 3rd preseason in the A10, the only team other than SLU to get a first place vote.

To get a tie at VCU is good, not a win but a good result on the road.

[RhodyRams916]

0-0 Rhody/VCU. Not a great game at all from URI against a really bad VCU team. Make that 6 ties, and honestly at least 4 of them they really should've closed out wins in. Onto the next!

URI lost at VCU in 2013 and 2017. So we are 0-2 overall playing at VCU until getting a tie tonight.

VCU was picked 3rd preseason in the A10, the only team other than SLU to get a first place vote.

To get a tie at VCU is good, not a win but a good result on the road.

It is a "good road result". I was just pointing out that VCU still has 1 win this entire season. I feel like they were beatable.