10-31-2014, 06:20 AM
In isolation a good result, but it sounds from the game recap that we had trouble converting shots into goals again. And with three draws out of four, I'm sure the team would like to get more in the win column.
Didn't see the game, but MSoc ties #1 UCLA 2-2
In isolation a good result, but it sounds from the game recap that we had trouble converting shots into goals again. And with three draws out of four, I'm sure the team would like to get more in the win column.
10-31-2014, 10:37 AM
(This post was last modified: 10-31-2014, 10:49 AM by Viking_Guy.)
WiM--
Got to watch it late last night. Stanford did have the better of the run of play, and probably had more dangerous opportunities; Zach Batteer has to still be seeing a sitter he skyed over the bar early in the second half with the score tied at 1. Jordan Morris beat his defender to the endline and crossed the ball to Batteer about 8 yards out with the entire goal to shoot at, and he sent it a good 3 yards over the crossbar.
The other tough thing was the second UCLA goal was, well, soft. A bouncing ball at the top of the box gets chipped into the middle. Jimmy Callinan, facing his own goal, is trying to hold off Seyi Adekoya, who scored both goals for the Bruins. But he lets the ball fall just inside the penalty spot, obviously expecting Epstein to come and collect it as he shields. Neither happened, as Epstein was late to react, and Callinan let Adekoya slip around him to toe-poke the ball under Epstein and into the Stanford net. Really poor play.
Which made the equalizer with under 15 minutes left that much sweeter. UCLA had been sagging eight men back once they took the lead, and space was very hard to come by. Bobby Edwards got just enough just outside the top right corner of the box and flighted a ball toward the back post. Batteer atoned for his earlier miss by holding off his defender and nodding the ball back toward Baird, who hammered in a 13 yard volley that left Bruins keeper Earl Edwards no chance.
This after Baird opened the scoring in a similarly opportunistic fashion. 15 minutes or so in, Stanford drew one of its many corner kicks on the night. Austin Meyer sent the ball in and it was cleared to the top of the box, into the path of Edwards, who absolutely obliterated a shot that rung off the crossbar and rebounded directly to Corey, who made a beautiful turn and volley from about 6 yards out that again left UCLA's keeper no chance.
All in all, a good effort, especially after giving up the soft goal. Would have been very easy to wilt in that situation, given the Cardinal's lack of success in LA, well, pretty much ever. To rebound and take the game to the Bruins (UCLA didn't get a shot off for the first 15 minutes until Adekoya's first goal, and also didn't get a shot off after Baird's equalizer through both overtimes), is a nice result.
That being said, it's been characteristic of Stanford - their high pressure is great, except when it breaks down. And when it breaks down, it breaks down and concedes goals. First game of the season, they gave up two shots on goal against Creighton - and both went in. This game, they gave up 5 shots total, all five were on goal, and two went in. Both goals tonight were breakdowns at the back - the first was a simple ball over the top to Adekoya, who had far too much room right at about 8 yards to simply turn and, with his defender a full yard off him, blast the ball into the far side netting.
But all in all, a good night. Especially following on the women getting yet another late goal from Lo LaBonta in overtime to beat the Ducks 1-0 just before the men's game kicked off. Talk about the score not reflecting the dominance - the Cardinal outshot Oregon 26-4.
VG
Got to watch it late last night. Stanford did have the better of the run of play, and probably had more dangerous opportunities; Zach Batteer has to still be seeing a sitter he skyed over the bar early in the second half with the score tied at 1. Jordan Morris beat his defender to the endline and crossed the ball to Batteer about 8 yards out with the entire goal to shoot at, and he sent it a good 3 yards over the crossbar.
The other tough thing was the second UCLA goal was, well, soft. A bouncing ball at the top of the box gets chipped into the middle. Jimmy Callinan, facing his own goal, is trying to hold off Seyi Adekoya, who scored both goals for the Bruins. But he lets the ball fall just inside the penalty spot, obviously expecting Epstein to come and collect it as he shields. Neither happened, as Epstein was late to react, and Callinan let Adekoya slip around him to toe-poke the ball under Epstein and into the Stanford net. Really poor play.
Which made the equalizer with under 15 minutes left that much sweeter. UCLA had been sagging eight men back once they took the lead, and space was very hard to come by. Bobby Edwards got just enough just outside the top right corner of the box and flighted a ball toward the back post. Batteer atoned for his earlier miss by holding off his defender and nodding the ball back toward Baird, who hammered in a 13 yard volley that left Bruins keeper Earl Edwards no chance.
This after Baird opened the scoring in a similarly opportunistic fashion. 15 minutes or so in, Stanford drew one of its many corner kicks on the night. Austin Meyer sent the ball in and it was cleared to the top of the box, into the path of Edwards, who absolutely obliterated a shot that rung off the crossbar and rebounded directly to Corey, who made a beautiful turn and volley from about 6 yards out that again left UCLA's keeper no chance.
All in all, a good effort, especially after giving up the soft goal. Would have been very easy to wilt in that situation, given the Cardinal's lack of success in LA, well, pretty much ever. To rebound and take the game to the Bruins (UCLA didn't get a shot off for the first 15 minutes until Adekoya's first goal, and also didn't get a shot off after Baird's equalizer through both overtimes), is a nice result.
That being said, it's been characteristic of Stanford - their high pressure is great, except when it breaks down. And when it breaks down, it breaks down and concedes goals. First game of the season, they gave up two shots on goal against Creighton - and both went in. This game, they gave up 5 shots total, all five were on goal, and two went in. Both goals tonight were breakdowns at the back - the first was a simple ball over the top to Adekoya, who had far too much room right at about 8 yards to simply turn and, with his defender a full yard off him, blast the ball into the far side netting.
But all in all, a good night. Especially following on the women getting yet another late goal from Lo LaBonta in overtime to beat the Ducks 1-0 just before the men's game kicked off. Talk about the score not reflecting the dominance - the Cardinal outshot Oregon 26-4.
VG
(This post was last modified: 10-31-2014, 10:49 AM by Viking_Guy.)
WiM--
Got to watch it late last night. Stanford did have the better of the run of play, and probably had more dangerous opportunities; Zach Batteer has to still be seeing a sitter he skyed over the bar early in the second half with the score tied at 1. Jordan Morris beat his defender to the endline and crossed the ball to Batteer about 8 yards out with the entire goal to shoot at, and he sent it a good 3 yards over the crossbar.
The other tough thing was the second UCLA goal was, well, soft. A bouncing ball at the top of the box gets chipped into the middle. Jimmy Callinan, facing his own goal, is trying to hold off Seyi Adekoya, who scored both goals for the Bruins. But he lets the ball fall just inside the penalty spot, obviously expecting Epstein to come and collect it as he shields. Neither happened, as Epstein was late to react, and Callinan let Adekoya slip around him to toe-poke the ball under Epstein and into the Stanford net. Really poor play.
Which made the equalizer with under 15 minutes left that much sweeter. UCLA had been sagging eight men back once they took the lead, and space was very hard to come by. Bobby Edwards got just enough just outside the top right corner of the box and flighted a ball toward the back post. Batteer atoned for his earlier miss by holding off his defender and nodding the ball back toward Baird, who hammered in a 13 yard volley that left Bruins keeper Earl Edwards no chance.
This after Baird opened the scoring in a similarly opportunistic fashion. 15 minutes or so in, Stanford drew one of its many corner kicks on the night. Austin Meyer sent the ball in and it was cleared to the top of the box, into the path of Edwards, who absolutely obliterated a shot that rung off the crossbar and rebounded directly to Corey, who made a beautiful turn and volley from about 6 yards out that again left UCLA's keeper no chance.
All in all, a good effort, especially after giving up the soft goal. Would have been very easy to wilt in that situation, given the Cardinal's lack of success in LA, well, pretty much ever. To rebound and take the game to the Bruins (UCLA didn't get a shot off for the first 15 minutes until Adekoya's first goal, and also didn't get a shot off after Baird's equalizer through both overtimes), is a nice result.
That being said, it's been characteristic of Stanford - their high pressure is great, except when it breaks down. And when it breaks down, it breaks down and concedes goals. First game of the season, they gave up two shots on goal against Creighton - and both went in. This game, they gave up 5 shots total, all five were on goal, and two went in. Both goals tonight were breakdowns at the back - the first was a simple ball over the top to Adekoya, who had far too much room right at about 8 yards to simply turn and, with his defender a full yard off him, blast the ball into the far side netting.
But all in all, a good night. Especially following on the women getting yet another late goal from Lo LaBonta in overtime to beat the Ducks 1-0 just before the men's game kicked off. Talk about the score not reflecting the dominance - the Cardinal outshot Oregon 26-4.
VG
Got to watch it late last night. Stanford did have the better of the run of play, and probably had more dangerous opportunities; Zach Batteer has to still be seeing a sitter he skyed over the bar early in the second half with the score tied at 1. Jordan Morris beat his defender to the endline and crossed the ball to Batteer about 8 yards out with the entire goal to shoot at, and he sent it a good 3 yards over the crossbar.
The other tough thing was the second UCLA goal was, well, soft. A bouncing ball at the top of the box gets chipped into the middle. Jimmy Callinan, facing his own goal, is trying to hold off Seyi Adekoya, who scored both goals for the Bruins. But he lets the ball fall just inside the penalty spot, obviously expecting Epstein to come and collect it as he shields. Neither happened, as Epstein was late to react, and Callinan let Adekoya slip around him to toe-poke the ball under Epstein and into the Stanford net. Really poor play.
Which made the equalizer with under 15 minutes left that much sweeter. UCLA had been sagging eight men back once they took the lead, and space was very hard to come by. Bobby Edwards got just enough just outside the top right corner of the box and flighted a ball toward the back post. Batteer atoned for his earlier miss by holding off his defender and nodding the ball back toward Baird, who hammered in a 13 yard volley that left Bruins keeper Earl Edwards no chance.
This after Baird opened the scoring in a similarly opportunistic fashion. 15 minutes or so in, Stanford drew one of its many corner kicks on the night. Austin Meyer sent the ball in and it was cleared to the top of the box, into the path of Edwards, who absolutely obliterated a shot that rung off the crossbar and rebounded directly to Corey, who made a beautiful turn and volley from about 6 yards out that again left UCLA's keeper no chance.
All in all, a good effort, especially after giving up the soft goal. Would have been very easy to wilt in that situation, given the Cardinal's lack of success in LA, well, pretty much ever. To rebound and take the game to the Bruins (UCLA didn't get a shot off for the first 15 minutes until Adekoya's first goal, and also didn't get a shot off after Baird's equalizer through both overtimes), is a nice result.
That being said, it's been characteristic of Stanford - their high pressure is great, except when it breaks down. And when it breaks down, it breaks down and concedes goals. First game of the season, they gave up two shots on goal against Creighton - and both went in. This game, they gave up 5 shots total, all five were on goal, and two went in. Both goals tonight were breakdowns at the back - the first was a simple ball over the top to Adekoya, who had far too much room right at about 8 yards to simply turn and, with his defender a full yard off him, blast the ball into the far side netting.
But all in all, a good night. Especially following on the women getting yet another late goal from Lo LaBonta in overtime to beat the Ducks 1-0 just before the men's game kicked off. Talk about the score not reflecting the dominance - the Cardinal outshot Oregon 26-4.
VG
10-31-2014, 10:39 AM
Was quite happy to see Baird score twice -- for my money (two cents' worth) the team is much better with his trickery involved and I don't understand why Gunn is so eager to rotate him.
Was quite happy to see Baird score twice -- for my money (two cents' worth) the team is much better with his trickery involved and I don't understand why Gunn is so eager to rotate him.
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