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Looks like the dust settled with us at 19. If we pretend that RPI is the be all and end all, that would have us hosting the 46 seed in the first round. That said, there are a number of automatic bids outside of the top 50. We'll probably face one of them, especially since there are a few in the northeast to minimize first round travel which i think is a factor in placement:

55. UC Irvine (an early season road loss for us so we shouldn't get cocky)
63. Siena
68. Farleigh Dickinson (in NJ)
71. Elon (in NC)
84. Western Michigan
90. Lindenwood (in Missouri)
97. Cleveland State
107. Lafayette

Putting stats aside, and not trying to jinx anything, Cournoyer already seems like the goalie with the most raw skill since LeNeveu and we've had an embarrassment of riches at the position.

Quote from: Jeff Hopkins '82 on November 16, 2025, 01:42:21 PM

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Quote from: The Rancor on November 16, 2025, 12:49:46 PMthat first Yale goal really seemed to piss off Cornell.

Well, the Yale guy did make a point of skating past his teammates to bang into the Section A glass.

Yeah, that was a dick move.

good lord we spend 60 minutes challenging parentage and casting hexes and they needle back a little and all of a sudden we are concerned with decorum. the whole arena is made of dick moves!

Quote from: Jeff Hopkins '82 on November 16, 2025, 01:40:34 PM

Quote from: chimpfood on November 16, 2025, 01:29:10 PM18th in the RPI. I guess there's a minuscule chance at a bye if the committee likes us but I can't imagine they will given our Q1 record.

Marshall is trailing UCF, so if that holds it could help us creep up.  However, Georgetown is leading UConn, so that hurts unless UConn drops a ton with a loss.

Does somebody want to write a "You are the committee" for soccer?   

it's bouncing around so much - we're back to 20 with remaining games that make us more likely to fall than rise, imo. we were 23 in the coaches' rankings going into the game so i don't see any path to top 16. so it goes. at least we should play at home in the first round again.

Quote from: mike1960 on November 16, 2025, 01:17:29 PM

Quote from: Jeff Hopkins '82 on November 16, 2025, 01:16:32 PMWhat struck me as more bizarre are the substitution rules.

I heard a horn and assumed people were going on and off. What's the rule?

Clock is stopped on substitution by the leading team (and also whenever the ref thinks a team is milking the clock). I assume this is because there is no stoppage time, so you have to fix it as it happens. There are also fixed substitution times in addition to any stoppage in play. Plus what Jeff said about the halves.

and now we wait for the bracket. congrats to princeton on the season. they had the run of play against us again.

Quote from: mike1960 on November 16, 2025, 01:08:39 PMThat second Princeton goal wasn't offsides?

not even close. if you watch the replay, look at the grass lines. defender on the opposite side of the field was at least a step ahead of him when the pass was struck.

fuuuuuuck really nice pass into space for a princeton chip over friedberg to seal it with three minutes to go.

5 to go. Cornell starting to put pressure on. Almost a really nice through ball from the defensive half to an "offsides" attacker but the goalie rushed out to intercept the pass which had just barely too much heat.

Quote from: ugarte on November 16, 2025, 11:54:44 AMPenalty review... Cornell may get a chance at the tying goal with two minutes left in the half.

Fuck. We get the penalty and Wollstein takes a terrible shot. Tried to get cute and make sure he didn't sail it but the timid approach let the goalie guess right and he smothered a fairly soft hit.

Wollstein nearly had a clean chance a minute earlier but he didn't gather a cross cleanly off his chest and the goalie got to the ball in the box before he could.

This is going to be a very tough second half.

Penalty review... Cornell may get a chance at the tying goal with two minutes left in the half.

Quote from: chimpfood on November 16, 2025, 11:26:23 AMMartin got fried and Friedberg could've had that one. Not liking our odds to score against this defense.

idk i thought Vigilante's shot was really tight to the post. some gap between could have and should have, i suppose.

Since the goal, Cornell has had most of the possession but it appears to be a choice by Princeton to lean defensive. Cornell has had an opportunity or two but nothing close to converting yet. Princeton had a counterattack that almost materialized into a breakaway and a crossbar on a subsequent possession.

Cornell also dodged a bullet on a video Red Card review. Appears that Princeton requested a review after accusing a Cornell player of spitting on a prone Princeton player after a hard (but clean) tackle.

Princeton color guy appears to be a wild homer.

ugh. princeton scores about five minutes in. foul outside the box, friedberg made the save on the initial shot but princeton picked up the ball after it was punched away and got a second run at it. nice footwork, pass and finish.

Quote from: chimpfood on November 15, 2025, 11:54:01 PMBig time game at 11 am tomorrow. If we can win this one we can beat anyone

LGR

Quote from: nshapiro on November 15, 2025, 04:56:14 PMAny chance Cornell moves into the top 16 and gets a bye with a win over Princeton?

Without doing anything since Friday, Cornell moved up to 18. I think we might get into the top 10 with a win over Princeton and might not fall out of the top 20 with a loss.

Quote from: stereax on November 15, 2025, 10:45:31 PMAs a BU mild enthusiast ...

what the