Cornell Soccer 2023

[Al DeFlorio]

2-1 win vs Binghamton and binghamtons only goal was scored by Ithaca native Cailen Thomas.

One SOG for Bingo.

[billhoward]

2-1 win vs Binghamton and binghamtons only goal was scored by Ithaca native Cailen Thomas.

If you're not going to attend Cornell, at least go to a place where the parents can't show up unannounced in about an hour, and where there's a massively different weather pattern.

[chimpfood]

Pretty dominant win over Dartmouth, keep the wins coming

[ugarte]

Pretty dominant win over Dartmouth, keep the wins coming

RPI back up to 28 in a 48 team tournament and the Ivy title is back in reach.

[billhoward]

Pretty dominant win over Dartmouth, keep the wins coming

Cornell 2-0, shots on goal Cornell 10-1.

[dbilmes]

With two weeks remaining, four teams are tied for first in the Ivies with 2-1-2 records. Harvard, Penn and Yale are tied with us for the lead. We host Yale this week and play last-place Columbia to finish the regular season.

[ugarte]

With two weeks remaining, four teams are tied for first in the Ivies with 2-1-2 records. Harvard, Penn and Yale are tied with us for the lead. We host Yale this week and play last-place Columbia to finish the regular season.

Closing games:

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Cornell: Yale      @Columbia
Harvard: Princeton @Dartmouth
Penn   : @Columbia Princeton
Yale   : @Cornell  Brown
Standings:

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Cornell  : 2-1-2 8
Harvard  : 2-1-2 8
Penn     : 2-1-2 8
Yale     : 2-1-2 8
Brown    : 1-0-4 7
Dartmouth: 2-2-1 7
Princeton: 1-2-2 5
Columbia : 0-4-1 1

Top four teams make the Ivy tournament, which I think eliminates only Columbia but I'm not going through all the permutations to make sure that a two-win Princeton team can't get frozen out. Cornell closes the season at Columbia and I may have to drag myself up there.

[Al DeFlorio]

2-0 loss to Yale; yuck

[ugarte]

2-0 loss to Yale; yuck

Need to beat Columbia and hope Brown loses to guarantee even making the playoff.

[ugarte]

2-0 loss to Yale; yuck

Need to beat Columbia and hope Brown loses to guarantee even making the playoff.

If Yale takes an early 2 goal lead I may drag myself up to the Wein Stadium to watch this one.

[chimpfood]

If current results hold Cornell won't make the Ivy tournament. Gotta cheer for a winner from Yale in the last few mins or a Penn collapse

[chimpfood]

Looks like we're gonna need a win tonight and a kind selection committee.

[ugarte]

Looks like we're gonna need a win tonight and a kind selection committee.

Yep. Brown-Yale finishes in a 0-0 tie and the best we can do is lose a tiebreaker and end up in 5th.

If Penn's two-goal lead holds, Penn will win the Ivy League. If we win we tie Brown in the standings. First tiebreaker is H2H, which was a tie. Second tiebreaker is record vs. top seed. They tied Penn, and we lost.

If Penn slips into a tie with Princeton, there's a 3-way tie for the Ivy title. In the 3-way H2H, the seeds end up Penn-Harvard-Yale and we lose the tiebreaker to Brown the same way.

If Penn blows the lead, and we end up in a 3-way tie for third with Penn and Brown, we still lose the tiebreaker on H2H. Penn (1-0-1) followed by Brown (0-0-2) then us (0-1-1).

5th place in the conference and our current RPI is 37. Beating Columbia will barely help that. Tough road to a wildcard. We have the best RPI in the Ivies but went 2-2-2 against a league that our OOC play says that we should have rolled.

[chimpfood]

Well that'll be the season. Goal with 47 second left called offside. Any team that can't beat Columbia doesn't deserve the NCAA tourney though.

[ugarte]

Well that'll be the season. Goal with 47 second left called offside. Any team that can't beat Columbia doesn't deserve the NCAA tourney though.

oof was just about to type that. 0-0 tie to almost certainly close out a season that should have gone much better. Blah follow up to an incredible '22.