OT: We're #1! ...seriously, just for futbol not football

[jekelish]

The NSCAA (soccer coaches association) has just released the final regular season poll of 2014, and our very own Syracuse Orangemen are #1 heading into the postseason.

 

[texascpa]

You've got to be shittin' me! Wow! Congrats to the soccer team.

 

[jekelish]

I legitimately never thought I would see this day. Soccer was such an afterthought when I was at SU, it was sometimes easy to forget we actually had a program.

Amazing how far they've come in 10 years.

 

[Upstate]

So awesome. What a turnaround. Gotta hand it to Gross for getting the program rolling.

 

[OrangeinBoston]

The NSCAA (soccer coaches association) has just released the final regular season poll of 2014, and our very own Syracuse Orangemen are #1 heading into the postseason.

Clearly, we've been watching the wrong futbol!

 

[cuseguy]

But seeded second in the ACC.

 

[ImperialOrange]

http://www.ncaa.com/rankings/soccer-men/d1

This poll has us 6th. UCLA @ 1, which IIRC, is where one of last years top strikers transferred to from Cuse

 

[jekelish]

http://www.ncaa.com/rankings/soccer-men/d1

This poll has us 6th. UCLA @ 1, which IIRC, is where one of last years top strikers transferred to from Cuse

http://www.nscaatv.com/rankings/3838/NCAADivisionI/men/Poll10

The coaches have voted us #1 so I'm deferring to them.

 

[OrangeXtreme]

 

[ImperialOrange]

I really hope they do jersey sales again next year. I missed the boat

 

[Orangezoo]

This is awesome. Any possible future pros/U.S. nationals on this squad you guys think?

 

[NKR1978]

Amazing accomplishment for the program in a really short amount of time.

Right now we have:
#1 Men's soccer
#3 Men's cross country
#6 Field Hockey
#16 Women's cross country
#23 Men's basketball
#25 Women's basketball

Not too shabby for a little school in Central New York.

Women's soccer, volleyball and ice hockey and their coaches are on the clock. No reason for those programs to not crack the rankings.

 

[Full_Rebar]

This is awesome. Any possible future pros/U.S. nationals on this squad you guys think?

The GK, Bono, is likely to leave after this season to turn pro. Defenders Skylar Thomas and Jordan Murrell are possible MLS draftees and there is always the chance that top scorer Ekblom returns to Europe. This is probably the best chance they will have to get to the Final Four.

 

[orange79]

 

[Pyle]

I really hope they do jersey sales again next year. I missed the boat

Those things look like Otto inspired Steeler's throwback jerseys...yuck.

 

[OrangePA]

Amazing.

Give Dr. Gross credit.

He has certainly improved our "Olympic" sports

 

[GoSU96]

The GK, Bono, is likely to leave after this season to turn pro. Defenders Skylar Thomas and Jordan Murrell are possible MLS draftees and there is always the chance that top scorer Ekblom returns to Europe. This is probably the best chance they will have to get to the Final Four.

Not bad for Radisson.

Within a couple of years kids drafted into the MLS, MLB, and NHL.

 

[Fjoinkay]

This is great! Gross transformed Olympic sports at SU.

 

[Millhouse]

i youtubed some of that ekblom kid a while back. holy crap

how did they track all these kids down?

 

[Full_Rebar]

i youtubed some of that ekblom kid a while back. holy crap

how did they track all these kids down?

Two very good recruiters. One (Miller) is now at Duke and was key to getting the Toronto kids (Thomas, Murrell, Nanco, Halis) and the other (Masalin) has great European connections and was the one who landed Ekblom and Avseth.

It's too bad the Hale kid left to go to UCLA a couple of years ago. People told me he'd be the best player on this year's squad.

 

[NKR1978]

i youtubed some of that ekblom kid a while back. holy crap

how did they track all these kids down?

McIntyre has always had great European connections going back to his Hartwick days. Historically Hartwick had a great Euro pipeline (hence McIntyre playing at Hartwick). It makes sense that he would continue it at SU, though I imagine he can recruit much better at Syracuse.

This was a homerun hire by Gross.

 

[IHeartSUFball]

We are a soccer school

 

[Scooch]

Amazing accomplishment for the program in a really short amount of time. Right now we have: #1 Men's soccer #3 Men's cross country #6 Field Hockey #16 Women's cross country #23 Men's basketball #25 Women's basketball Not too shabby for a little school in Central New York. Women's soccer, volleyball and ice hockey and their coaches are on the clock. No reason for those programs to not crack the rankings.

What Gross has done for non-revenue sports at SU is nothing short of remarkable.

I know a lot of people here only care about football, men's hoops and men's lacrosse. Jake C shared that POV.

But as an alumni I know that we are a much better university for having successful Olympic sports programs.

 

[NKR1978]

What Gross has done for non-revenue sports at SU is nothing short of remarkable.

I know a lot of people here only care about football, men's hoops and men's lacrosse. Jake C shared that POV.

But as an alumni I know that we are a much better university for having successful Olympic sports programs.

Just hope we get a championship during this great run for one of these teams.

 

[Full_Rebar]

Just hope we get a championship during this great run for one of these teams.

For all the money spent on them, not getting a title in the next couple of years would be disappointing.