The week of upsets continues.

Discussion in 'College & Amateur Soccer' started by Sandon Mibut, Oct 19, 2011.

  1. Sandon Mibut

    Sandon Mibut Member+

    Feb 13, 2001
    Been a crazy week for highly-ranked and unbeaten teams.

    Sunday night San Jose State gives Bakersfield its first loss of the season.

    Monday Davidson upsets North Carolina, which entered the game ranked as high as second in some polls.

    Last night Michigan gives Akron just its third loss in three seasons (not counting the PK loss to UVa, of course.;)) and West Virginia gives top-ranked UConn its first L of the year.

    And this afternoon St. John's, a consensus top 5, including in the RPI, loses to Villanova 3-1. Adding insult - or irony - to injury, two of 'Nova's goals were scored by Kyle Soroka, whose older brother Ryan left/was run out of St. John's because of clashes with Dave Masur.
     
  2. bisbee

    bisbee Member

    Sep 9, 2010
    RPI wise Michigan and Villanova are both in bottom third of the rankings....what a week !!
     
  3. bisbee

    bisbee Member

    Sep 9, 2010
    Maybe Irvine and Creighton also lose this evening to make the week even crazier:)
     
  4. CCSoccerFan

    CCSoccerFan Member

    May 2, 2009
    Well, Irvine fulfilled that prophecy, losing to UC Davis in OT, 2-1. (In fact, all the BW teams with more wins so far in conference lost to teams with less wins tonight.)
     
  5. alt(bayern)münchen

    Apr 1, 2005
    Omaha
    Club:
    FC Bayern München
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    Sorry to disappoint, but Creighton won 1-0 on the road over Bradley...
     
  6. bisbee

    bisbee Member

    Sep 9, 2010
    I know and that was the team i really wanted to lose...oh well,at least one did:)
     
  7. xpowerout

    xpowerout Member

    Nov 17, 2010
    Club:
    Tottenham Hotspur FC
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    Well, at least if Maryland loses (please no, I am going 11 hours in the car for this), it'll be to a top-class team on the road.
     
  8. tman1

    tman1 Member

    Jan 27, 2006
    Bring home a victory xpowerout.... Going to be tough with no Sunny and now UNC is coming off a loss. Tea leaves says this doesn't bode well for Maryland but we'll see. I have Md going down 3 - 1 in this one but I have Maryland winniing the ACC tourny. Sasho and the kids will be ready for the tourny. UNC is very good.

    t.:cool:
     
  9. Sandon Mibut

    Sandon Mibut Member+

    Feb 13, 2001
    To continue the trend, UC Irvine - No. 4 in this week's RPI - lost at home last night to UC Davis.

    That's 1, 4, 5, 6 and 7 in this week's RPI that have lost since the RPI was announced.:eek:
     
  10. headerdunce

    headerdunce Member

    Dec 19, 2005
    Is this, perhaps, an early sign of increasing parity in college soccer based on a wider talent pool of good youth soccer players in the U.S.? Twenty years ago this almost certainly would not have happened, and if it happened ten years ago, it was a very rare week. My sense is that the college game is getting better not only at the top, but across the board.
     
  11. xpowerout

    xpowerout Member

    Nov 17, 2010
    Club:
    Tottenham Hotspur FC
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    tman1: Luckily for Maryland, they have impressive depth to deal with the loss of Jane. Kaoru Forbess and Jereme Raley will start on the outside of the midfield. It'll be a little harder to push it forward, but Forbess is great at crosses and getting the ball into traffic.
     
  12. NC SOCCER

    NC SOCCER New Member

    Nov 18, 2009
    Raleigh, NC
    Club:
    FC Barcelona
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    Interesting to note that the Davidson upset of UNC was probably fueled by the Davidson loss to Longwood University (Farmville, VA) by 2 - 0 (at Davidson) a couple of days earlier (Saturday, 10/15).

    BTW, the Davidson loss was followed by another 2-0 win by Longwood over UNC Greensboro (10/19)... this must have also been a terrible upset for the UNCG Coach Justin Mullin for him to say the stuff he said in the post game interview: http://www.youtube.com/user/uncgsports?feature=mhee#p/u/0/wSQm_qlU0LI
     
  13. espola

    espola Member+

    Feb 12, 2006
    Questioning his own players' "manhood"? Mafia motivational methods?
     
  14. casoccer

    casoccer New Member

    Sep 26, 2011
    Club:
    Los Angeles Galaxy
    Maybe the teams at the top are a little overrated and the teams at the bottom don't get enough respect.
     
  15. collegesoccer

    collegesoccer Member+

    Apr 11, 2005
    ... or maybe it is just soccer and anything can happen especially midweek/midterm time of year.
     
  16. CCSoccerFan

    CCSoccerFan Member

    May 2, 2009
    This ^^^
     
  17. bisbee

    bisbee Member

    Sep 9, 2010
    Anyone have U Conn final? Game tracker stuck on 21 minutes:confused:
     
  18. Nacional Tijuana

    Nacional Tijuana Custom Titleist

    May 6, 2003
    San Diego, Calif.
    Club:
    Seattle Sounders
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    Stuck at 21:16. No notice of a weather delay. Not sure what is up.
     
  19. Libric

    Libric Member

    Oct 14, 2011
    Club:
    Houston Dynamo
    Uconn 0
    Georgetown 0

    Uconn starting to fall apart?????
     
  20. Sandon Mibut

    Sandon Mibut Member+

    Feb 13, 2001
    Northridge scores two late goals to beat UCLA 3-2.

    And UCSB lost AT HOME to UC Riverside, also 3-2.
     
  21. bisbee

    bisbee Member

    Sep 9, 2010
    Fullerton ties Irvine 0-0. The Big West may be the craziest conference in the country this season.
     
  22. Nacional Tijuana

    Nacional Tijuana Custom Titleist

    May 6, 2003
    San Diego, Calif.
    Club:
    Seattle Sounders
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    Alright, Matadors!
     
  23. Sandon Mibut

    Sandon Mibut Member+

    Feb 13, 2001
    Irvine actually got a goal in OT to escape with a W, but, yeah, the Big West is nuts this year.
     
  24. eder11

    eder11 Member

    Jul 21, 2010
    Club:
    New York Red Bulls
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    true anything can happen in soccer...but I also think that there are a lot more college coaches who play negative soccer and sit 9 player inside the 50yd line to get a result....this makes it very difficult for even the most attacking teams to score.
     

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