Men's Soccer 2022

[Iceberg]

Unfortunate result to end a very nice season and hopefully NCAA appearances are more of a regular occurrence in the next few years. Syracuse is quick team that was on the ball the whole game but they certainly didn't need the referee's help. He really didn't want to call many fouls on Syracuse after the 1st half apparently.

[Scersk '97]

And that's why you don't want to give up a bunch of corners.

So close

Argh! And then, argh!!!

Yep, we had another great chance off the corner, then SU with a great individual effort on the counter to take a 1-0 lead. We have 6 minutes to try to extend the season.

Very close one. My only beef with Cornell's play was a lot of wasted throw-ins. Once again, I would have encouraged marching down the sidelines, putting pressure on a pretty suspect Syracuse back line by keeping it as wide as possible.

But we did force many, many corners, and, in the end, it was... so, so close!

[Trotsky]

I would have encouraged marching down the sidelines, putting pressure on a pretty suspect Syracuse back line by keeping it as wide as possible.

Can you elaborate on this please?  I see EPL teams do this and never understand why.  Is the idea to string out the defense in a vertical line (since the far defender has to keep marking his man who hugs *his* sideline) to increase the gaps between them as wide as possible, setting up the threat of passing to a man diving into one of those gaps?

[Roy 82]

Syracuse defeated Vermont to make it to the College Cup. Their success makes me feel a tiny bit better about our loss.

[billhoward]

Syracuse defeated Vermont to make it to the College Cup. Their success makes me feel a tiny bit better about our loss.

And another part believes, "It could've been us."

[scoop85]

Syracuse just beat Creighton 3-2 to make its first NCAA final. And Emeka Eneli has been named a 2nd team All American.

[ugarte]

Syracuse defeated Vermont to make it to the College Cup. Their success makes me feel a tiny bit better about our loss.

And another part believes, "It could've been us."

If you thought it could have been us because of this, what about that Syracuse is playing #13 Indiana in the final?

[scoop85]

Syracuse defeated Vermont to make it to the College Cup. Their success makes me feel a tiny bit better about our loss.

And another part believes, "It could've been us."

If you thought it could have been us because of this, what about that Syracuse is playing #13 Indiana in the final?

And Syracuse wins it all. Game was 2-2 after OT, and SU won the PK contest 7-6

[ugarte]

Syracuse defeated Vermont to make it to the College Cup. Their success makes me feel a tiny bit better about our loss.

And another part believes, "It could've been us."

If you thought it could have been us because of this, what about that Syracuse is playing #13 Indiana in the final?

And Syracuse wins it all. Game was 2-2 after OT, and SU won the PK contest 7-6

I didn't get to watch to the end but did see all the goals in regulation. Fun game. A lot of parity in NCAA soccer.

[scoop85]

Emeka Eneli was drafted by Real Salt Lake in the 1st round of the MLS draft, #25 overall pick. First Cornellian to be selected in the 1st round.

[Swampy]

Emeka Eneli was drafted by Real Salt Lake in the 1st round of the MLS draft, #25 overall pick. First Cornellian to be selected in the 1st round.

Following the chatter regarding the USMNT and World Cup, it seems many top players are going straight to the pros, from MLS academies for talented teenagers to MLS, and then for very elite players perhaps to European club teams and the USMNT.

Does anyone reading this have a handle on how this is affecting college players, both in the sense of who's choosing to go to college and who's being drafted by pro teams?

[mountainred]

Emeka Eneli was drafted by Real Salt Lake in the 1st round of the MLS draft, #25 overall pick. First Cornellian to be selected in the 1st round.

Following the chatter regarding the USMNT and World Cup, it seems many top players are going straight to the pros, from MLS academies for talented teenagers to MLS, and then for very elite players perhaps to European club teams and the USMNT.

Does anyone reading this have a handle on how this is affecting college players, both in the sense of who's choosing to go to college and who's being drafted by pro teams?

Many of my colleagues here at work are big soccer fans, so I pick up a few things.  My sense from them has always been that any player with USMNT dreams, or thoughts of playing at an elite level in Europe, skips college altogether.

[abmarks]

Emeka Eneli was drafted by Real Salt Lake in the 1st round of the MLS draft, #25 overall pick. First Cornellian to be selected in the 1st round.

Following the chatter regarding the USMNT and World Cup, it seems many top players are going straight to the pros, from MLS academies for talented teenagers to MLS, and then for very elite players perhaps to European club teams and the USMNT.

Does anyone reading this have a handle on how this is affecting college players, both in the sense of who's choosing to go to college and who's being drafted by pro teams?

Many of my colleagues here at work are big soccer fans, so I pick up a few things.  My sense from them has always been that any player with USMNT dreams, or thoughts of playing at an elite level in Europe, skips college altogether.

 To say that any kid with dreams or thoughts of playing USMNT or in Europe goes to Europe is a tremendous overstatement.  They're really precious few opportunities over there. I think it's more fair to say that any kid who's been identified as having a possible future chance of reaching those levels-considers the possibility of going to Europe.

Very few do go though.


Given how few are going to Europe or playing on professional contracts with the domestic academies, I'd be shocked if college soccer was losing even 50 players a year because of kids skipping altogether or going to Europe. (Or skipping college to go right to MLS.)

I can't imagine this has much effect on who's getting drafted.