Men's Soccer 2019

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NCAA games of note:

Undefeated, yes undefeated Missouri St. (18-0-1) with a first round 1-0 win over Denver. It is their first NCAA win in program history  They advance to play at C.Florida. SLU had an exhibition with Missouri St. Pre-season.

Rhode Island falls in the first round 3-2 against Syracuse. Wright State gets the thrilling 3-2 win at Notre Dame in their first ever NCAA game. (1 of 4 NCAA first timers this year)

Top overall seed Virgina had a bye, as did SMU.

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With wins this weekend.....two 2019 SLU opponents have advanced to the NCAA quarterfinals to face each other. SMU will travel to Virginia for a spot in the College Cup Final Four. SLU lost to both teams by a combined score of 5-0, both road games.

 

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By the way, frequent long time SLU opponent, Indiana, which has 3 Stl area players  on their team and 3 more committed for next year, are playing UCSB today for a spot in the quarters as well. 

Others.....Michigan v Wake Forest, Providence v Clemson, Stanford v Virginia Tech, Marshall v Washington, Georgetown v Louisville. 

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NCAA quarterfinals:

Virginia v SMU

UCSB v Wake Forest

Georgetown v Washington

Stanford v Clemson

 

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Men's Final Four tomorrow:

Virginia v Wake Forest

Georgetown v Stanford.

Stanford has won 3 out of the last 4 men's National Titles. 

Would like to see SLU continue to schedule these schools. Why not Georgetown, one of the best teams in the country? The Jesuit school has had 8 of 10 NCAA appearances under Brian Wiese, a National Title game appearance and Final Four. 5 Big East Regular Season Titles, 4 conference tourney titles, multiple Academic All Americans (has worked with over 10 Academic All Americans as a coach at 3 schools). 

Georgetown and UVA are two of the best teams I saw this year. But Wake and Stanford are very good as well.

[HoosierPal]

24 minutes ago, courtside said:

Men's Final Four tomorrow:

Virginia v Wake Forest

Georgetown v Stanford.

Stanford has won 3 out of the last 4 men's National Titles. 

Would like to see SLU continue to schedule these schools. Why not Georgetown, one of the best teams in the country? The Jesuit school has had 8 of 10 NCAA appearances under Brian Wiese, a National Title game appearance and Final Four. 5 Big East Regular Season Titles, 4 conference tourney titles, multiple Academic All Americans (has worked with over 10 Academic All Americans as a coach at 3 schools). 

Georgetown and UVA are two of the best teams I saw this year. But Wake and Stanford are very good as well.

Georgetown had a goalie from Webster Groves maybe 6 years ago. Would have been a good time to schedule them. 

[billikenfan05]

12 minutes ago, HoosierPal said:

Georgetown had a goalie from Webster Groves maybe 6 years ago. Would have been a good time to schedule them. 

Tomas Gomez

[HoosierPal]

55 minutes ago, billikenfan05 said:

Tomas Gomez

Yeah. He played for SLFC this past season. 

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College Cup Semifinals:

Georgetown 2 Stanford 0, 

Virginia 2 Wake Forest 1

 

College Cup National Championship:

Georgetown 3 Virginia 3 OT (Georgetown 7 Virginia 6 PK's)

2019 National Champions, Georgetown, 25 years after their first ever NCAA appearance. Played 2 keepers throughout the year and up to 19 players frequently. 

[almaman]

hate penalty kicks and hockey equivalent. that being said that was exciting.

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Highly entertaining final between two elite teams. Virginia has 7 National Titles, Maryland 4, and now Georgetown getting in on the National Titles in the DMV. 

[almaman]

crazy that there were 6 goals and still ended up a tie and had to go to penalty kicks. Yea Jebbies.  

[Cowboy]

-what were the sports bras being worn by the men? are they  "chesty" like Frank Costanza?

[Speyburn]

The sports bras worn by the players were created to measure their performance on the pitch, either in training or in games. The support has a GPS system inside that allows to collect all the necessary information about the physical state of the player, and sends it in real time to a program that is controlling them.

Edited December 16, 2019 by Speyburn
change of word

[Cowboy]

10 hours ago, Speyburn said:

The sports bras worn by the players were created to measure their performance on the pitch, either in training or in games. The support has a GPS system inside that allows to collect all the necessary information about the physical state of the player, and sends it in real time to a program that is controlling them.

-interesting, thanks

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Freshman Kipp Keller (D/MF) (Principia/St. Louis FC) was named to the best 11 Freshman team by Top Drawer Soccer (best Freshman in the country).

 

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Freshman keeper Patrick Schulte and Freshman Forward Stefan Stojanovic are in the 24 player United States Under 20 Camp in Florida. (There are two other college players)

MLS Super Draft concludes next week. Devin Boyce hoping for a call. 

[slufanskip]

56 minutes ago, courtside said:

Freshman keeper Patrick Schulte and Freshman Forward Stefan Stojanovic are in the 24 player United States Under 20 Camp in Florida. (There are two other college players)

MLS Super Draft concludes next week. Devin Boyce hoping for a call. 

Thanks for the updates. 

[gobillsgo]

Anyone more in the know than me know if Schulte would be a target for the new MLS team as a homegrown signing?  I know he played for STLFC, so I would think he would be eligible as long as the new team is considered some sort of continuation of the USL team.

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2021 Chicago area Midfielder Max Floriani has committed to play soccer for SLU. Warren Township High School, (Libertyville Club) (near Il/WI border) two way player with good size and height. Can score and defend, good in the air. 3A Sectional Finalist. All area and all state teams. 

[slufanskip]

1 hour ago, courtside said:

2021 Chicago area Midfielder Max Floriani has committed to play soccer for SLU. Warren Township High School, (Libertyville Club) (near Il/WI border) two way player with good size and height. Can score and defend, good in the air. 3A Sectional Finalist. All area and all state teams. 

Thank You

[Reinert310]

Figured this was the best thread for this. A little sad news. 

[moytoy12]

 

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Former SLU soccer player Brad Davis is returning to St. Louis to be Missouri Club Director for St. Louis Scott Gallagher Boys Division, as well as St. Louis FC Academy. He was Technical Director for Kansas City Scott Gallagher the past 3 years.

http://www.slsgsoccer.com/brad-davis-appointed-club-director-of-mo-boys-division

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On 4/18/2020 at 5:56 PM, moytoy12 said:

 

Anyone know much about him? Hurt last year?  All ACC Freshman team in '18 then barely play in '19 doesn't make sense.