2013 Season

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You've got to like all the preseason home games....

And the two double headers.

Seemed much like a survival episode tonight, but the Pilots DID survive 1-0 against UC-Davis tonight.  

Certainly not the crowd we saw for the women's opener.....less than half full I would guess, but the crowd had one player in particular to cheer for, goal keeper Justin Baarts and his 14 saves.

UC-Davis seemed to have set-piece after set-piece, but Baarts repeatedly turned the Aggies away.

Jaime Velasco got the Pilots on the board when he split the Aggies' defense and got the ball to Corbett who flicked it to Iwasaki for a nice finish.

Lots of room for improvement.....but the Pilots are 1-0-0

Saw a lot of central American school of acting jobs tonight, one by a player who would hae done Greg Louganis proud. The ucsb coaching staff did some serious method acting. Real good at counting UP fouls that they thought should have been carded.

Forgot to count the hack job in front of their own bench that should have gone the other way and the takedown for DOGSO that should have gone for a red.

FYP, I think..... 

Geezaldinho wrote: The ucsb UC-D coaching staff did some serious method acting. Real good at counting UP fouls that they thought should have been carded.

I thought all the players were named U.C.Davis...

That's what they had on their backs.

Sort of a George Forman thing, I guess.

Geezaldinho wrote:I thought all the players were named U.C.Davis...

That's what they had on their backs.

Sort of a George Forman thing, I guess.

Ha-ha, including himself, George could field an entire soccer team....and yea, most of them do have the same or similar names:

1. Natalie Foreman
2. Michi Foreman
3. Leona Foreman
4. Freeda George Foreman
5. George Edward Foreman Jr
6. George Edward Foreman III
7. George Edward Foreman IV
8. George Edward Foreman V
9. George Edward Foreman VI
10. Georgetta Foreman

DoubleDipper wrote:
Certainly not the crowd we saw for the women's opener.....less than half full I would guess, but the crowd had one player in particular to cheer for, goal keeper Justin Baarts and his 14 saves.

But, the best student turnout for a men's game that I can recall.

I thought Eddie Sanchez was having a pretty good game (and he's a freshman too) until he got sent off. I didn't see just what happened, and with it behind the play I don't know if the referee saw it clearly either.

The guys lost to Cleveland State today, 3-2 in 2OT.  

Admittedly the Pilots were a little shorthanded today due to injuries, but still, one would expect a better defensive performance than we saw.

The offense looked pretty good, but to give up 3 goals against CSU does not bode well.....they've got to play tighter and tougher!!

4-0 over Air Force.  This was the most dominant I've seen our men in a long time. Many contributors.  The defense looked solid and there was some fine goalkeeping by Jason Dodson.

Lightning delay at Merlo for he Men's game. Lightning apparently hit on campus. Earliest possible start is 12:30 and that might be optimistic.

Geezaldinho wrote:Lightning delay at Merlo for he Men's game. Lightning apparently hit on campus. Earliest possible start is 12:30 and that might be optimistic.

A physical game, but some good soccer played too as the Pilots beat Seattle U 2-1.  

Maybe too many yellow cards (4), but the Pilots seemed to have the game under control for the most part.  

The student section, however, must have heeded Geez’s advice and stayed home to avoid the lightning in the area……maybe I’ll see them at the T-Room before the women’s game.