2019 Women’s New England D1 College Soccer

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Dont forget the international students

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Dont forget the international students

I won’t! I was planning to get them a gift too.

Don’t forget the dessert!

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Another lost season for Northeastern.

It's time the AD started looking for a new leader of the program.

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Another lost season for Northeastern.

It's time the AD started looking for a new leader of the program.

NEU is playing for the conference win. Why is that a problem? Many coaches use OOC games to get their new line ups in place especially if they are young. They play good OOC games not gimmes like some others.

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NEU is playing for the conference win. Why is that a problem? Many coaches use OOC games to get their new line ups in place especially if they are young. They play good OOC games not gimmes like some others.

Let’s face it, shooting for a CAA win is a pretty low bar; but right now NEU would be lucky to finish in the top half of the conference the way they are playing.

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Let’s face it, shooting for a CAA win is a pretty low bar; but right now NEU would be lucky to finish in the top half of the conference the way they are playing.

What exactly do you clowns expect?

I hate to tell all of you know it alls, who jibber jabba about the superior colleges in these parts.... and that is sure, you might get some good talent to stay local, but you have never, ever drawn in the top internationals or even top national recruits to these "superior" schools. To be continuously at the top of D1, and I'll be very generous and consider the top to be 50 RPI or lower, you need above average players at each and every position, even your first 4 subs. An ECNL Stars player or two here, or a GDA NEFC or SSS player there, isn't going to cut it.

And don't give me the weather BS either. The next time a Michigan Hawks or Chicago Eclipse recruit shows up at a New England school, please advise.

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What exactly do you clowns expect?

I hate to tell all of you know it alls, who jibber jabba about the superior colleges in these parts.... and that is sure, you might get some good talent to stay local, but you have never, ever drawn in the top internationals or even top national recruits to these "superior" schools. To be continuously at the top of D1, and I'll be very generous and consider the top to be 50 RPI or lower, you need above average players at each and every position, even your first 4 subs. An ECNL Stars player or two here, or a GDA NEFC or SSS player there, isn't going to cut it.

And don't give me the weather BS either. The next time a Michigan Hawks or Chicago Eclipse recruit shows up at a New England school, please advise.

Good points, so the obvious question is
Are the local coaches settling for local players and not recruiting nationally/internationally?

What would be your selling points if you were NE, BU, UMass, Providence?

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Yup, people have to realize that 2014, when a bunch of locals had real good RPI’s, and the blowhards bring up, was an outlier. It was a real aberration that is likely never to repeat.

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Good points, so the obvious question is
Are the local coaches settling for local players and not recruiting nationally/internationally?

What would be your selling points if you were NE, BU, UMass, Providence?

NE at least has the co-op program, but that's tough to manage as a D1 athlete. They're all solid schools (maybe a bit less so with Providence) but that's all. Certain majors might interest some of the players. But top players are going to utilize their marketability to get into better schools and better programs, both if they have the academic and soccer chops. Having a top program takes time with the right coach and vision. I mean how does Geno get the nation's top basketball players to UCONN? Or how do they get top soccer players to W VA for god's sake. Some coaches these days aren't given the time to develop a winning program or the resources.

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Let’s face it, shooting for a CAA win is a pretty low bar; but right now NEU would be lucky to finish in the top half of the conference the way they are playing.

You tool. Winning any league/conference has value. Many teams never have that honor. And no one is comparing this to ACC, PAC 12, but it's still something celebrated by the team and their school.

They will get it together. Easy to throw stones from your couch with remote in hand so you never have to get up and change a channel.

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NE at least has the co-op program, but that's tough to manage as a D1 athlete. They're all solid schools (maybe a bit less so with Providence) but that's all. Certain majors might interest some of the players. But top players are going to utilize their marketability to get into better schools and better programs, both if they have the academic and soccer chops. Having a top program takes time with the right coach and vision. I mean how does Geno get the nation's top basketball players to UCONN? Or how do they get top soccer players to W VA for god's sake. Some coaches these days aren't given the time to develop a winning program or the resources.

UMass Lowell has a few internationals.
Basketball is easy (I know kids that were recruited/attended UCONN). Geno has fewer slots to fill and basketball doesn't have partial scholarships.

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UMass Lowell has a few internationals.
Basketball is easy (I know kids that were recruited/attended UCONN). Geno has fewer slots to fill and basketball doesn't have partial scholarships.

Doesn’t women’s basketball get 15 full scholarships? Much easier to get a bball player from a state far away to come to a New England college for free than to come for soccer and get maybe 30% off of 40k/year tuition. Whole different ball game.

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Doesn’t women’s basketball get 15 full scholarships? Much easier to get a bball player from a state far away to come to a New England college for free than to come for soccer and get maybe 30% off of 40k/year tuition. Whole different ball game.

This is a dumb point, all the schools have the same scholarships so convincing top recruits to go to UConn is impressive when a player could choose a better academic school or one located in a nicer environment.

Similarly, all soccer schools have the same number of scholarships to apportion. So the better coaches wisely use their school's location, academic reputation, or history as recruiting advantages.

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Doesn’t women’s basketball get 15 full scholarships? Much easier to get a bball player from a state far away to come to a New England college for free than to come for soccer and get maybe 30% off of 40k/year tuition. Whole different ball game.

Come on. Geno is a legendary coach. National titles, all Americans, etc.
There is no other coach around here to compare to, except maybe the BU men’s hockey coach.

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Notes:
Providence was extremely happy with a last minute score and tie vs BC
BC now starts the difficult ACC schedule
Boston University eked out an OT win over equally inept Northeastern
UMass tied #21 Tennessee 3-3 (that's a lot of goals)
Harvard beat UMass rather handily controlling play then lost to San Francisco 3-1
... while Northeastern beat San Francisco ... go figure
Brown and Dartmouth are playing well and the Ivy League will be very competitive this year.

My 2019 Women's DI New England Rankings - 9/16/2019

1) Boston College - tied Providence 1-1, beat Mississippi State 2-0, at Florida St. Thu 9/19 7pm
2) Brown - beat Hartford 1-0, beat Providence 1-0, vs Fairfield Wed 9/18 4pm, at Villanova Sun 9/22 1pm
3) UMass-Amherst - lost to Harvard 2-1, tied Tennessee 3-3, vs Richmond Sun 9/22 1pm
4) Dartmouth - beat NH 1-0, beat Quinnipiac 2-0, vs URI Thu 9/19 7pm, at Sacred Heart Sun 9/22 12pm
5) Providence - tied Boston College 1-1, lost to Brown 1-0, at Texas Thu 9/19 8pm, vs Northeastern Sun 9/22 6pm
6) Northeastern - lost to BU 1-0 OT, beat San Francisco 2-1 OT, vs Yale Thu 9/19 6pm, at Providence Sun 9/22 6pm
7) Harvard - beat UMass 2-1, lost to San Francisco 3-1, beat UConn 3-1, vs UMass Lowell Wed 9/18 7pm, vs LIU Sat 9/21 2pm
8) Central CT - tied Seton Hall 0-0, at Bryant Fri 9/20 3pm, at Yale Sun 9/22 5pm
9) Uconn - lost to Harvard 3-1, at UMass Sat 9/21 7pm
10) Boston University - beat Northeastern 1-0 OT, beat URI 1-0, vs American Sat 9/21 1pm, vs Stony Brook Sun 9/22 6pm

11) Yale - beat Fordham 2-0, beat Robert Morris 2-1, at Northeastern Thu 9/19 6pm, vs Central CT Sun 9/22 5pm
12) Maine - beat Marist 2-1, lost to Siena 1-0, vs Stony Brook Sun 9/22 1pm
13) UMass Lowell - beat Quinnipiac 2-1 OT, at Harvard Wed 9/18 7pm, vs UConn Sat 9/21 7pm
14) Quinnipiac - lost to Umass Lowell 2-1 OT, lost to Dartmouth 2-0, at Canisius Sat 9/21 1pm
15) Hartford - lost to Brown 1-0, beat Delaware St 6-0, at Albany Sun 9/22 1pm
16) URI - tied Holy Cross 1-1, lost to BU 1-0, at Dartmouth Thu 9/19 7pm, vs St. Louis Sun 9/22 1pm
17) New Hampshire - lost to Dartmouth 1-0, beat Army 1-0, vs UMBC Sun 9/22 2pm
18) Fairfield - tied Bryant 3-3, at Brown Wed 9/18 4pm, vs Niagara Sat 9/21 noon
19) Holy Cross - tied URI 1-1, beat St. Francis Brooklyn 4-0, vs Army Sun 9/22 2:05pm
20) Bryant - tied Fairfield 3-3, beat Vermont 2-1, vs Central Ct Fri 9/20 3pm
21) Vermont - lost to Colgate 2-1, lost to Bryant 2-1, at Binghamton Sun 9/22 1pm

My Notes and Observations:
Added Sacred Heart and Merrimack to the NE Division 1 list
BC scored 4 goals but lost to #1 ranked Florida St. Not too shabby at least offensively.
Brown vs Dartmouth should be a good game this week.
Northeastern has now played 4 straight OT games
Boston University is starting the traditional pattern of winning late in the year over weak Patriot league opponents

My 2019 Women's DI New England Rankings - 9/23/2019

1) Boston College - lost to Florida St. 5-4, vs Miami Thu 9/26 7pm, vs Louisville Sun 9/29 noon
2) Brown - beat Fairfield 5-0, lost to Villanova 1-0, vs Dartmouth Sat 9/28 7pm
3) Dartmouth - beat URI 2-0, beat Sacred Heart 4-0, at Brown Sat 9/28 7pm
4) UMass-Amherst - lost to Richmond 2-1, at George Mason Thu 9/26 7pm, at St. Josephs Sun 9/29 1pm
5) Providence - beat Texas 1-0, beat Northeastern 2-1 OT, vs St. Johns Sat 9/28 6pm
6) Harvard - beat UMass Lowell 4-1, beat LIU 5-0, vs Penn Sat 9/28 2pm
7) Yale - beat Northeastern 2-1 OT, beat Central CT 3-0, at Princeton Sat 9/28 4pm
8) Uconn - beat UMass Lowell 2-1, vs East Carolina thu 9/26 7pm, vs Cincinnati Sun 9/29 1pm
9) Boston University - beat American 4-1, vs Stony Brook Wed 9/25 6pm, at Bucknell Sat 9/28 1pm
10) Northeastern - lost to Yale 2-1 OT, lost to Providence 2-1 OT, vs Towson Thu 9/26 3pm, at UNCW Sun 9/29 1pm

11) UMass Lowell - lost to Harvard 4-1, lost to UConn 2-1 OT, vs Hartford Sun 9/29 4pm
12) Central CT - tied Bryant 1-1, lost to Yale 3-0, at Mount St. Marys Sun 9/29 1pm
13) Maine - lost to Stony Brook 2-0, at Vermont Sun 9/29 1pm
14) Quinnipiac - beat Canisius 3-0, vs Rider Sat 9/28 noon
15) Hartford - lost to Albany 2-1, vs UMass Lowell Sun 9/29 4pm
16) URI - lost to Dartmouth 2-0, lost to St. Louis 4-1, at Dayton Thu 9/26 7:30pm, vs George Washington Sun 9/29 1pm
17) New Hampshire - beat UMBC 2-0, vs Binghamton Sun 9/29 1pm
18) Fairfield - lost to Brown 5-0, beat Niagara 5-1
19) Holy Cross - tied Army 1-1, at Loyola Md Sat 9/28 3pm
20) Bryant - tied Central Ct 1-1, at St. Francis Fri 9/27 3pm, at Robert Morris Sun 9/29 1pm
21) Vermont - lost to Binghamton 3-1, vs Maine Sun 9/29 1pm
22) Sacred Heart - beat Merrimack 2-1, lost to Dartmouth 4-0, at Wagner Fri 9/27 7pm, vs St. Francis Brooklyn Sun 9/29 noon
23) Merrimack - lost to Sacred Heart 2-1, beat Manhattan 5-3, at Fairleigh Dickinson Sun 9/29 noon