Cornell soccer 2024

[chimpfood]

Pitt pen, Martin handball, you've gotta have your arms behind your back there.

[chimpfood]

Man that really sucks, into the half down 1-0 on  a handball from a chance that wasn't even dangerous. We've been playing better since the red but I really don't like having to come from behind against this Pitt team.

[ugarte]

Pitt pen, Martin handball, you've gotta have your arms behind your back there.

it was like he couldn't control himself! he kept ticking out back in but when he turned to protect his face his arm went flying out in the worst way. really bad luck.

[chimpfood]

Man that was a chance, deflected shot straight into the keepers hands.

[chimpfood]

Really sloppy in the midfield

[chimpfood]

We still have 10 minutes but we're just forcing long balls. We need to build up the play, that's where our chances have come from.

[ugarte]

Man that was a chance, deflected shot straight into the keepers hands.

we had chances and couldn't quite cash them in. i thought it should have been a corner with 10 seconds left but so be it. really good season.

[chimpfood]

Really hurts that one unlucky play ends the season, gotta feel for Martin. Curious to see how we look next year, lots of big pieces are seniors and seems like Harris could bolt to the pros if he wants to. Maybe we should all chip in to get him a little NIL package.

[scoop85]

Yet another Cornell team that was capable of a deep run but just couldn't do enough to get there. It's one thing if we were outclassed by the #2 seeded team, but the fact we weren't just compounds the frustration.

[chimpfood]

Yet another Cornell team that was capable of a deep run but just couldn't do enough to get there. It's one thing if we were outclassed by the #2 seeded team, but the fact we weren't just compounds the frustration.

Eh outside of the first few minutes of the game and before the red card they had complete control. With no red card or penalty Pitt will win that game most of the time. We got one break and they got one too but it does hurt that it came down to a lucky handball.

[abmarks]

Game moved to 2 because of a winter storm watch. I'm going to have to miss some of the action because of class now.

In life, you have choices to make. Fifty-five years ago, it was:

Go to class versus  
Join the Class Struggle against the war.

The 2024 choice is harder. Because: Cornell made the choice for you and called off classes back then. Your choice became March Against the Man vs. Smoke Dope and Play Frisbee with Your Dog on the Arts Quad.

Below: Cornell Daily Sun file photo ca. 1969. When dogs were allowed on campus.

The best part of that photo is the dog just behind tricky dick.  The dog is looking up at him trying to figure out wtf is going on.

[Iceberg]

Yet another Cornell team that was capable of a deep run but just couldn't do enough to get there. It's one thing if we were outclassed by the #2 seeded team, but the fact we weren't just compounds the frustration.

All Ivy teams get eliminated on 1-0 scores. I'd say there's a bigger problem

[George64]

I'm in my 83rd year, but only just began following soccer.  I still have a lot to learn, especially about penalties.

Against Princeton, Danny Lokko got a yellow card for stepping on the pitch when we scored.  Unfortunately, it was his second, so he couldn't play against Pitt.  His presence might have made a difference.

I missed the first 10 minutes against Pitt, but what I saw afterwards was that Pitt was the superior team.  Contrary to the commentators musings, IMO, the penalty against Pitt for taking down Ka was fully justified.  If Ka was playing hockey, he'd have been awarded a penalty shot.  

That said, I thought giving Cornell a man advantage for 50 minutes was overly harsh.  The severity of a penalty shouldn't depend on when it happens during the game.  If there were only five minutes left in the game, the penalty wouldn't have been any problem for Pitt.  As it was, I have to begrudgingly give them credit for playing a man down for almost an hour.  A penalty shot would have been more appropriate, but rules are rules.

Speaking of penalty shots, I feel for Aidan Martin.  His penalty was clearly justified, but it was inadvertent.  Maybe, soccer shorts should have pockets.  

Penalty shots are a guessing game between the goalie and the shooter.  Against Princeton, Friedberg guessed right and made a terrific save, against Pitt he guessed wrong.  Unfortunately for us, a one goal lead in soccer can be hard to overcome.

[ugarte]

Upsets all over the place in the tournament. 13 seed Marshall in the finals against unseeded Vermont.

[chimpfood]

Post season awards are also coming out, Alex Harris is a semifinalist for the Mac Hermann, he and Connor miller were all Americans (Harris second team miller third), and Ka, Johnson, Miller, and Harris were first team all region.