Question about soccer/Jordan Hall

[80RU]

He had over half of RU’s goals last year and transferred to Connecticut. Now he has nine of their 15 goals and they are 3-7-1. Last year they were 12-6-2. We were 4-13-1 last year and 7-3-1 this year. For those of you who follow the sport and are knowledgeable, do you think he would’ve fit in/helped this year? Is he one of those guys whose presence is not as positive overall as his statistics would indicate?

 

[Rutgers36]

Very interesting observation. Like to know what the soccer experts think.

 

[AreYouNUTS]

Interesting for sure!

 

[its haLL baLL]

He is exactly what this team is missing and would have scored 15+ goals if he was here this year. Unfortunately he left before the staff was able to fill out the roster.

He tore his ACL a few weeks ago for UCONN.

 

[80RU]

He is exactly what this team is missing and would have scored 15+ goals if he was here this year. Unfortunately he left before the staff was able to fill out the roster.

He tore his ACL a few weeks ago for UCONN.

I see – – I looked at the site — he scored nine goals in nine games before going down, but the team was 3-5-1 against unimpressive competition. So I guess I would still have the original question. But I don’t have the requisite knowledge of the game to dispute your analysis.

 

[ruwarrior]

does anyone know why he transferred?

 

[its haLL baLL]

I see – – I looked at the site — he scored nine goals in nine games before going down, but the team was 3-5-1 against unimpressive competition. So I guess I would still have the original question. But I don’t have the requisite knowledge of the game to dispute your analysis.

Hall was/is a poacher. He'd turn nothing into a goal. He wasn't great in other facets of the game but he had a knack for scoring goals, which is what this team sorely lacks.

They've had to play guys out of position in the #9 role and have to rely on Jackson and Pablo for their goal scoring. If you take away the Norwegians penalties, no one else on the team has more than 1 goal other than those two. They haven't gotten a single goal from anyone they've played at the #9 this year. If Hall was here he'd have double digits.

 

[its haLL baLL]

does anyone know why he transferred?

Uncertainty around the RU program and he thought he'd have a better chance to win at UCONN. He was gone before RU even hired a coach.