CUSA Soccer Tournament

[UNTLifer]

Opening round match vs. WKU is currently in the second half with about 34 minutes left.  We are up 4-1.

Edited November 3, 2022 by UNTLifer

[golfingomez]

yeah, they are cruising right now

it's on ESPN+

[MeanGreenTexan]

Poor WKU gets smashed by NT twice in 1 week.

[UNTLifer]

Ladies advance to the semi-finals with a 5-1 win against WKU.

[UNTLifer]

https://meangreensports.com/news/2022/11/2/womens-soccer-soccer-rolls-to-5-1-quarterfinals-win

Probably their best game to date.  Some pretty incredible goals by our ladies.  Worth a watch is you have ESPN+.

[UNTLifer]

UTSA upset UAB, so we get the Lady Roadkill tomorrow at 3:30pm.  We beat them in the regular season 3-1.

[UNTLifer]

5th seeded FAU beat 4th seeded La Tech and 8th seeded Charlotte whipped #1 Rice 4-1. This sets up perfect for us if we play well. 

[97and03]

 

[MeanGreenTexan]

Charlotte is playing at home.   But that’s no reason to whip Rice like that.

If NT drops any of the remaining games, it would be a colossal failure.  

That’s a standard.

Then, we’ve seen it time & again, be ready for NT to get an unusually tough draw in the tournament, hang extremely tough against a top 10 team, and have people show up asking for Hedlund to be replaced.

[UNTLifer]

UNT vs. Lady Roadkill. 3:30pm on ESPN+. 
 

[greenminer]

 

[keith]

Ladies down 2-nil at halftime.  Need a strong 2nd half to stay alive.

[keith]

UTSA has controlled the game winning more of the 50/50 balls.  The Mean Green desperately need a goal to get back into this game.

[keith]

Ladies find the back of the net on a nice header from a corner kick.  2-1 with 30 minutes left.

[keith]

10 minutes left....UTSA in hang-on mode ragging time whenever they can. 

[keith]

That's game.  Mean Green bow out in the semis 2-1.  UTSA defense was stingy all game.

[Jonnyeagle]

Very sad

[greenminer]

Not Hedlund's strongest squad.

[UNTLifer]

Should have never lost that game.  

[GrandGreen]

Hedlund needs to up NT's game.  I think he benefited from other schools lack of focus on women soccer for decades.  Now other teams have caught up.  

IMO he has to focus more on recruiting.   He build his record by taking mostly second tier metroplex players.  Those not recruited by P5 teams and he has a lot more competition for those players. 

He (NT) has slowly started recruiting other areas than just the Metroplex,  He also seem to be relying more on transfers from P5 programs.  Signs that area high school recruiting is not what it used to be. 

Other teams are also investing more in their programs in terms of recruiting, coaching and better facilities

Hedlund has been coach at NT for 27 years, it is only natural if his enthusiasm for the game has waned.  He has single handedly build the best athletic program in NT history.  

The knock on Hedlund on this board has always been he can't advance past the conference level.  I thought that point was invalid because winning league championships is a great accomplishment.

I hope NT gets it's soccer magic back and Hedlund can go another decade or so.