B1G Tournament Women's Soccer vs. No. 4 USC
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I have always said when one team dominates and the other team holds them off - the team the held them off has the advantage in PKs.
Are you being facetious? If you're speaking of Tiernan, not a fan. I posted some time ago that she was a dirty player.
I confess.. when I saw Riley pull that Christian Laetner assey move and stomp that girl.. I knew it was a red card and I almost turned the game off. down 1-0, early in 2nd half.. have to play remainder of game with 10. I was ready to give up.. but I kept watching.
I was thinking that goalie Bodner looked skinny and weak and pale and... boy was I wrong about her. She stepped up.. the whole team did. After tying it up still early in 2nd half they went into a defensive shell and it was hard to watch.. all teh little deflections and taking no risks.. so conservative..
I was thinking that goalie Bodner looked skinny and weak and pale and... boy was I wrong about her. She stepped up.. the whole team did. After tying it up still early in 2nd half they went into a defensive shell and it was hard to watch.. all teh little deflections and taking no risks.. so conservative..
Agreed.. I don't watch often.. but, generally, in the past, I saw other teams players marking Riley and roughing her up and I saw Riley's dirty play as payback.
But this? This is a whole other level of crazy/dirty. I saw no rough play by USC.. I saw mostly them taking dives.. I saw some headers over the top (not called) .. but, generally, I don't think anyone on USC would have deserved that. At worst, maybe that USC player was trash-talking..
Yeah.. this was crazy bad foul.
I joked that Bodner didn't look like a D1 goalie.. then while she was having that great 2nd half and OT I commented that I suddenly understood.. Bodner can see the future!
PK time confirmed that.
Do we still want to fire HCMO?
Undoubtedly, her PK saves were something special. With that said, I think her miraculous saves in the 2nd OT were even better. Without those stops there would have been no shootout.
IMHO, the save of the game...
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Agreed, the only really tough save was the last one in PKs but in the second OT she was unbelievable.
I was being facetious of course just awful I said in a previous post I would not even play her when we play in the NCAA tournament she hurts this team more than she helps
Second time this year she has been suspended that’s not acceptable
Interesting stat:
Ashley Baran has 4 goals during game play when Riley Tiernan is disqualified from playing due to cards. 3 against Nebraska and 1 today.
Baran is a superstar. The “Baran bomb” her shots are like a video game. She has the strongest leg and best aim IMO on the team, needs more minutes.
I think this thread is understating one of the greatest performances by a Rutgers athletics team in history. The team was down 1-0 to the number one seed in the tournament, who only lost one game all season. Early in the second half, our star player was ejected, and unlike football, when a player is rejected THEY ARE NOT REPLACED. Rutgers was facing a situation where they were down by a goal and could only have 10 people on the field for the rest of the game. Facing incredible odds, we actually scored a goal to tie the game, At that point, the strategy was clear. Down one player, who also happens to be your team's superstar, the only way we could win was to play defense for basically the entire second half and go to overtime and just play defense, then go to penalty kicks. That's exactly what we did. During the penalty kicks, Rutgers hit three consecutive goals, and USC had all three of their goals blocked. It was an incredible ending and showed the contrast between a team that was "Jersey tough" and USC. What a great win by the team and a great day for Rutgers!
Great anticipation meant or only had to be a good save. Great play!
∆∆∆∆This! I do not believe I have ever seen better or more appropriate use of capital letters in the entire history of message boards!!!! Congratulations to the women of Rutgers Soccer for a performance for the ages...you have made your school proud!!!! GO RU!!!!!!
You’d think we could see video of our PK makes somewhere?
Two things as has been discussed ad nauseum Riley holds the ball way too long and often misses wide open girls
Second when Riley is in Ashley plays about 60 minutes or less per game
The Nebraska game she played 84 minutes
Thanks
But I wanted to see video of the PKs that OUR team took and made
Finally found it by watching a replay of the game on Fox Sports app
Don’t know why we can’t see clips of those goals
Imagine holding the ball too long and till being the career Rutgers leader in assists.
I’m not making this up just listen to previous games and the color commentator mentioned this numerous times
I am not saying she’s not talented but if you know soccer and have watched her play these past 4 years she could have had a lot more assists and unfortunately for her except her freshman year which was by far her best year because she had Amirah Ali up front she has not had that type of finisher up front with her and maybe that’s why she has the mentality that I have to do it myself and dribble through everybody
Let’s see how the championship game plays out
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Taglarieni made it all work for them. You are absolutely right about Tiernan, except she doesn't hold it because she thinks she doesn't have a finisher, she holds it because she wants to do it herself & score. Baran is a finisher. They will move the ball better without Riley.
It is amazing that a guy who can't coach or recruit will play in his 4th BIG Title game (most of any RU program) and will make the NCAA once again. I wish all our coaches were this bad.
Yup....He is terrible....LOL!!
The best was when Dentist crapped all over Tsokos when she transferred from Arkansas. Mike converted her to Defense and now she is a major impact player.
.....But what does Mike know.
RU career assist leader……your disdain for her is a little creepy.
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