RE: LSJU M soccer 2026 -
Hieronymus - 08-31-2026
Decent game with a slow start vs. Denver. Gunn basically pulled a shift change to shake things up in the first half. They struggled with finishing though and Denver had a few near-miracle clearances. Shots finished 32:4 in a 3-1 game.
I agree with DenverCard, against UCD the entire first half was awful. Shift change didn’t help this time. Only outshot UCD 5:4 and finished the half down 1:0. They gave up a goal in 25 second and almost gave up another 2 minutes later. Second half was much better though finishing remains a challenge. UCD went into a shell in the second half and barely tried to attack.
The team is falling into the pattern of the last 2 years - start poorly, give up an early goal and then chase like crazy to catch up. Also as much as recent past teams have pushed the envelope physicality-wise, this team pushes it even farther. I hope it doesn’t bite them too often.
On a digression - the official in the Denver game was terrible and gave us both a rereview of a video review that changed nothing; and a sequence that included a foul and card on Groeneveld who thought he got fouled, another Stanford card (pymm?) for a push because he thought the Denver player was faking, both coaches getting cards and a video review that reversed the foul and I thought resulted in a Denver card. But the box score cards and timing don’t match up to what I saw on field. And we had 3 near fights - Islam and one of the Denver defenders would have thrown down for real in a longer game. Ref didn’t call enough but still got suckered on dives. I didn’t think he was biased which was about his only good point. Just terrible.
RE: LSJU M soccer 2026 -
Spiny_Norman - 09-05-2026
Stanford won a chippy game vs. San Jose State last night, 1-0. 8 yellow cards issued, 4 to each team.
RE: LSJU M soccer 2026 -
Nobadeer - 09-05-2026
Per GoStanford, so far LSJU has outshot its opponents by 93-37, has 28 corners to 10 for the opponents - and has been whistled for 91 fouls to opponents' 60. All of which suggests some talent on the field, and an aggressive "front-foot" style.