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i thought UCSB was supposed to be that.... Hey UCSB is a top 20 team...Michigan is a bottom dweller this year

Time to forget this one...maybe this was our "Cleveland State" for this season

Hey man, I like your outlook and I have to agree no matter what the outcome of this game.

"Watching" on game tracker....stats seem fairly even though

Hopefully that continues until we win in the OT when they probably give it to the guy who scores....they get all the good press

Same could be said for all the "top teams" this season. There is no clear cut dominant team so we are clearly as good as anyone else

no still 0-0 but u conn down 2-0 with 8 min left

I would hate to be New Mexico

I can't watch game and just saw that it won't be on radio Frequent updates on zipsnation would be greatly appreciated

Remaining schedule is not a help: (RPI)149 Michigan145 Buffalo102 Bowling Green58 Wake Forest87 Michigan State123 Florida Atlantic You are correct but remember the teams that are currently ranked 1-5 still need to win out for everything to remain exactly as it is at playoff time and that is impossible. I will be rooting big time for UNC on Friday as they meet Maryland. Conference tournaments also loom very large as well. I think we are fine so long as we don't stumble

If the season ended today AND the highest-RPI-ranked team in each conference won their conferences, these 22 teams would get the automatic bids 1. Connecticut 13-0-1 Big East2. Maryland 13-1-1 Atlantic Coast3. Creighton 11-2-0 Missouri Valley4. UC Irvine 12-3-0 Big West6. Akron 10-1-2 Mid-American9. New Mexico 11-0-2 Mountain Pacific10. Old Dominion 9-2-0 Colonial Athletic11. Southern Methodist 8-4-1 Conference USA12. Charlotte 10-2-1 Atlantic-1013. Coastal Carolina 11-2-0 Big South18. UCLA 10-3-1 Pac-1219. Indiana 8-3-2 Big Ten23. Iona 12-2-0 Metro Atlantic36. UMBC 7-3-3 America East37. Yale 6-5-1 Ivy41. Florida Gulf Coast 6-4-2 Atlantic Sun42. Monmouth 9-4-0 Northeast 44. Illinois-Chicago 8-4-4 Horizon48. Appalachian State 8-2-2 Southern49. San Diego 7-5-1 West Coast68. Lehigh 5-2-5 Patriot86. Western Illinois 7-5-1 SummitAnd, these would be the 26-highest RPI-ranked teams that didn’t get an automatic bid. (There are 26 at-large spots.)5. St. John’s 9-3-2 Big East7. North Carolina 11-1-1 Atlantic Coast8. South Florida 9-2-2 Big East14. UC Santa Barbara 9-4-1 Big West15. Virginia 8-5-0 Atlantic Coast16. Louisville 8-4-1 Big East17. James Madison 9-2-1 Colonial Athletic20. William & Mary 8-5-0 Colonial Athletic21. Boston College 9-4-0 Atlantic Coast22. Wisconsin 7-4-2 Big Ten24. Alabama-Birmingham 8-3-2 Conference USA25. Bradley 9-3-2 Missouri Valley26. Duke 7-5-1 Atlantic Coast27. Georgia State 10-3-1 Colonial Athletic28. Drake 9-4-1 Missouri Valley29. Northern Illinois 8-4-0 Mid-American 30. South Carolina 6-5-1 Conference USA31. Central Florida 8-2-2 Conference USA32. Memphis 8-3-1 Conference USA33. Providence 7-5-1 Big East34. Notre Dame 6-3-4 Big East35. West Virginia 7-5-1 Big East38. Va. Commonwealth 8-6-0 Colonia Athletic Association39. Cal State Bakersfield 8-1-4 Mountain Pacific40. Cornell 8-1-3 Ivy43. Xavier 8-2-2 Atlantic-10Here are the next few highest RPI-ranked teams… 45. Delaware 8-3-1 Colonial Athletic46. Cal State Fullerton 6-4-3 Big West47. Rutgers 7-5-1 Big East50. Marquette 7-5-2 Big East51. Furman 10-2-3 Southern52. Brown 7-4-1 Ivy53. Farleigh Dickinson 8-3-2 Northeast 54. Northeastern 7-4-2 Colonial Athletic55. Cal State Northridge 6-6-1 Big West56. Fairfield 6-4-1 Metro Atlantic57. Cal Poly 6-5-2 Big West58. Wake Forest 6-5-2 Atlantic Coast

First NSCAA RPI is out and we are #6.

I think that is true. But I will argue that is better for us to be under rated than over at this time. I would rather them have something to prove....and work to prove it.No, we need a top 4 seed for the Tournament to be guaranteed home games through to the Final Four. The prospects of playing UConn or Maryland on the road are ominous. Absolutely agree that we need a top 4 seed. We are in total control as if we win out I think it is a lock. Will be hoping UNC can take down Maryland on Friday and than Bakersfield beats New Mexico.

U Conn beats Pitt Creighton beats UC Irvine St Johns beats Louisville

Nice win. Total domination. Shots 27-2 !! Corners 14-1 !! SOG 12-0 !! We need an effort like that for 90 minutes.

Mayland and UNC both win

Half way through second half both Maryland and UNC are up by one

So far so good. Mayland tied with Duke and UNC tied with Cof C . Both at half. If Duke and Cof C come through with wins we will be sitting pretty probably at number two with a win tomorrow.

Thanks for the link

It is difficult for me to say anything about DeAndre but I wish they would look to his side and play the ball there a lot more than they do. Often times he is there without a defender within ten yards of him but the ball gets played up the middle or he takes off down the side and no one seems to notice. I alluded to my obervation that we don't play to the outside anywhere often enough in other posts. I wish he would also try and go inside on his runs as it would open up a whole other dimension of his play.

Do not be confused; you are seeing things correctly. See Porter's post game interview. He says pretty much what you said. That second half was NOT championship soccer. I think that is the first time this season that Porter seemed genuinely displeased with the teams' efforts.

Are there any substitution retrictions in college soccer?? I thought the rules were similar to international rules. Nope, unlimited substitutions. However, a player cannot re-enter a game in the same half that he left in. EDIT: No re-entry in the first half - One re-entry in the second half I wish I knew for sure -- I thought it was the opposite -- no re-entry for second half. Can someone find the actual rules on line? -- I've looked and can't find. If you start second half you can be subbed out and come back in. If you sub in in second half and then come out you are finished for the game.

I totally agree with your observation about not playing the ball to the outside. I have noticed this to be a problem all season long. Too much emphasis on playing straight ahead. Playing laterally consistently would open up the middle and allow an attack to occur from any point on the field. They are being too predictibe.

Gotta be happy with a #5 at this point... !!! The first RPI shpoud be out in a few days. First RPI is Oct 18.

The Creighton loss is HUGE. Missouri State is unranked. Zips might move up to the top four. I think that's a DEFINITE top 4 as long as we beat the hawks on Saturday. In fact,if U Conn, NC,or Maryland stumble over the weekend who knows how high we will be ranked next Tuesday when the NSCAA poll is released. BTW first official RPI rankings are released on Oct 18.