taylorswift13_ said:
Again this was against the Lamar Cardinals of the Southland Conference who won 5 games last year and was one of the worst teams in Division 1 soccer. This year they scheduled multiple non divison 1 games to assure some wins on their schedule. Yet they almost walked away from one of the best soccer facilities in the entire NCAA and got a tie against the highest paid coach, whose salary might be more than Lamar's entire soccer budget.
In this game, our goalie made one save (it was one that my 9 year-old niece, who doesn't play soccer, would have made). Soccer can be an unfair sport, often allowing the worse side to win or tie:
After whipping Pepperdine in their opener, TCU only beat UTSA 1-0 yesterday on a goal in the last 10 minutes and UTSA was picked to finish last (11th) in the always powerful American Conference, in a much more even game than ours as each team's goalie had 4 saves.
Texas was down 0-1 at half to Long Beach State (picked to finish 6th in the Big West) and ended up winning 2-1 on a goal in the last 10 minutes after being outshot 11-20 (8-12 shots on goal). This after Texas lost 2-3 in their home opener to Northwestern State, a team that went 0-3 against Power 4 teams last year being outscored in those 3 games 0-17.
Clemson beat Ohio (not Ohio State) 1-0
#12 Michigan State tied Dayton 0-0
Syracuse lost to Niagara 1-2
Miami (FL) lost to App State 0-1
Cal tied Cal State Fullerton 0-0