Men’s Soccer vs Notre Dame -
Mudhead - 09-14-2024
Men hang on for a gritty win. Lots of fouls. Seems like every player in Stanford team, including goalie, played with a yellow card. And we played a man short for 43 minutes of the second half. 1-0 on a goal by Kill. No scoring in second half as Stanford played defense.. and played it very well
RE: Men’s Soccer vs Notre Dame -
cardfan77 - 09-14-2024
That was a defensive performance. Lots of yellow card. Stanford was able to reorganize and disciplined soccer after a stern talking from coach Gunn. So far, Stanford has beaten last year’s champion (Clemson) and finalist (ND).
RE: Men’s Soccer vs Notre Dame -
Hieronymus - 09-15-2024
Last year’s team was talented and was often fun to watch but had several problems.
1. Ball movement that some games didn’t generate chances.
2. A propensity to fall behind early caused by:
3a. A defense that would lose focus on high balls and sometimes on the break
3b. Shakey goalkeeping
This years team is clearly much improved except I still don’t have a lot of confidence in the goalkeeping. Up to #3 right now in the polls and yes big wins so far on the road v. #2 Clemson and top. 25 notre dame.
Today’s game though was rough watching. The first 5 cards were on Stanford and 6 total out of 9 in a game that would have been one of the least physical PAC games last year. Also that is 6 cards on 9 fouls. Absolute officiating insanity. I will just say college soccer officiating is an abomination at a level where I am not sure if it’s a sport or a WWE match in disguise.