[Hieronymus]

I managed to catch most of the second half vs Oregon State last night on the ESPN app. Quite a match, with lots of twists and turns, including a 10-minute review that disallowed a Stanford goal that would have given the good guys a 2-1 lead. Instead OSU scored about a minute later. In the end, it was a gritty 3-2 comeback victory for the Cardiac Cardinal:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dD2HNXPkADQ

I don't know enough about soccer to judge whether or not Stanford is a threat for a deep playoff run, but this team has a lot of moxie.

I think they are a threat, but the margins on the men’s side are tiny in the tournament. On the good side, the offense is clearly better though they can be somewhat reliant on dead balls. On the bad, the defense is worse this year. Overall I think it’s a higher ceiling / lower floor team vs. last year. But I don’t think the odds for any men’s team to win it all this year is higher then 10%ish.

Against OSU Stanford was the better first half team, but only had a 1:1 tie to show for it. Second half was much more back and forth, and choppy with the endless video reviews and “injuries.” Stanford really turned it on the last 20 minutes though, resulting in goals 2 and 3. Goal 3 was a mad scramble in the final minute for Allen.

On a side note, OSU is about the most theatrical team I have seen in college soccer. I thought I was watching Uruguay at times as somebody writhed on the ground near death. Combined with the video reviews, it turned into a 2:20 minute game which is ridiculous.

I guess that goal was called back for offsides per the match write up. Sorry, If it takes that long it wasn’t conclusive. Also, terrible on field communication by the referee, and the placement of the ball made it look like it was a foul on Banks. More generally, he couldn’t handle the second half intensity. Cards erratic. Fouls erratic. Fouls ended 15:7 and cards 3:0 against Stanford somehow, and we had announcers commenting that they thought the ref was mad at Stanford. All sadly normal on the west coast.

[Hieronymus]

I managed to catch most of the second half vs Oregon State last night on the ESPN app. Quite a match, with lots of twists and turns, including a 10-minute review that disallowed a Stanford goal that would have given the good guys a 2-1 lead. Instead OSU scored about a minute later. In the end, it was a gritty 3-2 comeback victory for the Cardiac Cardinal:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dD2HNXPkADQ

I don't know enough about soccer to judge whether or not Stanford is a threat for a deep playoff run, but this team has a lot of moxie.

I think they are a threat, but the margins on the men’s side are tiny in the tournament. On the good side, the offense is clearly better though they can be somewhat reliant on dead balls. On the bad, the defense is worse this year. Overall I think it’s a higher ceiling / lower floor team vs. last year. But I don’t think the odds for any men’s team to win it all this year is higher then 10%ish.

Against OSU Stanford was the better first half team, but only had a 1:1 tie to show for it. Second half was much more back and forth, and choppy with the endless video reviews and “injuries.” Stanford really turned it on the last 20 minutes though, resulting in goals 2 and 3. Goal 3 was a mad scramble in the final minute for Allen.

On a side note, OSU is about the most theatrical team I have seen in college soccer. I thought I was watching Uruguay at times as somebody writhed on the ground near death. Combined with the video reviews, it turned into a 2:20 minute game which is ridiculous.

I guess that goal was called back for offsides per the match write up. Sorry, If it takes that long it wasn’t conclusive. Also, terrible on field communication by the referee, and the placement of the ball made it look like it was a foul on Banks. More generally, he couldn’t handle the second half intensity. Cards erratic. Fouls erratic. Fouls ended 15:7 and cards 3:0 against Stanford somehow, and we had announcers commenting that they thought the ref was mad at Stanford. All sadly normal on the west coast.