Men's Soccer

[Pablo]

http://www.uwbadgers.com/sports/m-soccer/recaps/090514aab.html:

'We were in another tight match against a well-coached team in George Mason," UW head coach John Trask said. "It was a great environment for a game and a good crowd on hand. . . "

 

[GMUgemini]

American University upsets No. 1 UCLA 2-1:

http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs...cer-american-university-upsets-no-1-ucla-2-1/

Wisconsin was also a preseason top 25 team.

We've also got UMBC (top 15) and UVA (soccer royalty) both coming to Fairfax later in the season.

 

[phoenix-arizona]

http://www.gomason.com/ViewArticle.dbml?DB_OEM_ID=25200&ATCLID=209641801

Getting noticed in three national polls. Good luck gents this weekend.

 

[GSII]

Feels good to be proud of a GMU sports program!

 

[gmujim92]

Feels good to be proud of a GMU sports program!

Amazing what good coaching will do for a program.

 

[GSII]

Amazing what good coaching will do for a program.

Greg has been there awhile. And I think last year he was on hot seat. I may be wrong. But I think the competition level from mens soccer was barely lateral or maybe a little below what it was in the CAA. So the conf move worked out for all sport except men bball where we have an alien at the helm.

 

[GMUgemini]

Greg has been there awhile. And I think last year he was on hot seat. I may be wrong. But I think the competition level from mens soccer was barely lateral or maybe a little below what it was in the CAA. So the conf move worked out for all sport except men bball where we have an alien at the helm.

Probably a step down, but they gave UMBC a run for their money, beat top 25 W&M in Williamsburg and almost pulled out an upset at national semifinalist UNM. It was a pretty damn good season regardless of conference.

I'm not sure how hot Andrulis's seat was, but I felt he had been underachieving for a while based on the talent he had coming in every year. Andrulis's himself is a failed MLS coach who came to Mason after being fired. But he seems to be a good recruiter (especially at GK) and his defenses seem to always be stout (just thinking of their 1-0 win over UMD a few years ago in College Park).

 

[MasonFanatic]

Is anyone going to the game tonight?

 

[Pablo]

Final score: #22 Mason 2 - Wisconsin-Milwaukee 0.

 

[psyclone]

Final score: #22 Mason 2 - Wisconsin-Milwaukee 0.

Unfortunately, I didn't get there until the second half after Mason had already scored its 2 goals, but was impressed with their overall speed and ability to maneuver in tight quarters.

Nice turnout although the students seemed more interested in socializing than getting into the game. The scarf giveaway seemed to be a big success given the number of people wearing them--good looking green and gold scarves had me more than a little jealous of the students!

 

[Pablo]

Final score: #22 Mason 1 - Hartwick 0

 

[GMUgemini]

Very nice start to the season, but the schedule is about to get a lot harder with #14 UMBC, #15 UVA, vcu, Navy, and St. Louis (all receiving votes).

 

[psyclone]

Final score: #22 Mason 1 - Hartwick 0

Isn't Hartwick Tony Kornheiser's alma mater? Was he there?

 

[Pablo]

Isn't Hartwick Tony Kornheiser's alma mater? Was he there?

He's a Binghamton alum.

 

[GMUgemini]

Hartwick competes in division one only for men's soccer and women's water polo. Odd.

 

[psyclone]

He's a Binghamton alum.

My mistake---actually he graduated from Harpur which later became Binghamton. I must have gotten my H's mixed up.

 

[GMUgemini]

Men's soccer getting some press on Washington Post's Soccer Insider. See:

http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/soccer-insider/wp/2014/09/15/5-college-teams-in-region-to-watch/

 

[GMUgemini]

After breaking into the ranks last week, Mason has improved in the polls after going 2-0-0 over the week.

NSCAA (National Soccer Coaches Association of America) #18
Top Drawer Soccer's Top 25 #12
College Soccer News #19
SoccerAmerica #20

http://www.gomason.com/ViewArticle....75&DB_LANG=C&ATCLID=209656219&DB_OEM_ID=25200

Not too shabby.

 

[phoenix-arizona]

Hall and LIU don't seem all that strong, so a 2-0 weekend trip might be in the cards!

GMU takes their rankings on the road Friday, Sunday:

Fri, Sep 19 Seton Hall18at South Orange, N.J. 4:00 p.m.
Sun, Sep 21 Long Island University18at Brooklyn, N.Y. 12:00 p.m.

Seton Hall:
http://www.shupirates.com/sports/m-soccer/seha-m-soccer-body.html

Overall
1-2-1
Conf.
0-0-0
Home
1-1-0
Away
0-1-1
Neutral
0-0-0

LIU:

http://liuathletics.com/index.aspx?tab=soccer&path=msoc

CURRENT RECORD
0-5
.000
L5
Home: 0-3
Road: 0-2
N: 0-0

 

[GMUSig03]

GS can't even post in a soccer thread without referring to Hewitt? Jesus Christ.

This team is really exciting to follow this year, one of only two remaining undefeated (no ties) teams in the nation, with a lot of tough matchups left this year. I'm going to have to make it to the UVA game - would that be the biggest win in school history?