SBC Soccer Tourney Thread

[Mean Green Matt]

The Sun Belt Soccer tournament starts tomorrow. Here is what the bracket looks like:

1) North Texas

8) Troy

4) Western Kentucky

5) Middle Tennessee (Host)

3) Denver

6) South Alabama

2) Florida International

7) Arkansas State

North Texas plays at 4pm CT tomorrow afternoon. I'm buying the tourney pass to watch online, so I'll be posting updates for people who might be interested.

NT defeated Troy 4-1 at home earlier this year. The only team in the tournament that NT lost to was FIU (1-0 on the road). We are on the better side of the bracket, but MTSU is always tough at home, and I expect them to get past WKU.

Go Mean Green!

[Mean Green Matt]

FIU beats Arkansas State 2-0 in the first game of the day.

FIU will play the winner of the next game: Denver vs. South Alabama.

North Texas will kick off at 4pm in game 3 of the day.

[Mean Green Matt]

Denver advances with a 2-0 win over South Alabama.

Next up: The NORTH TEXAS MEAN GREEN vs. Troy at 4pm!!

Go Mean Green!

P.S. I'm lonely in this thread.

Edited November 2, 2011 by Mean Green Matt

[Wookies]

Denver advances with a 2-0 win over South Alabama.

Next up: The NORTH TEXAS MEAN GREEN vs. Troy at 4pm!!

Go Mean Green!

P.S. I'm lonely in this thread.

I hope "Jackie Says No" throughout the tournament.

[Matt]

Thanks for the updates!! I don't have an account on Sunbeltbbs, but I do appreciate the work you've been doing for soccer!

[Mean Green Matt]

A couple good scoring chances early for NT, including a corner kick that went off the crossbar, but it's still 0-0 about 25 minutes in.

[Mean Green Matt]

NT Goal!!!!! Michelle Young finishes a great cross from Kara Brooks. 1-0 NT. 20 minutes left 1st half.

[bstnsportsfan3]

NT Goal!!!!! Michelle Young finishes a great cross from Kara Brooks. 1-0 NT. 20 minutes left 1st half.

thanks for the updates matt!

[Mean Green Matt]

I'm glad you guys are enjoying the updates.

1-0 NT at the half. All of the games have been pretty competitive today.

[adman]

I'm glad you guys are enjoying the updates.

1-0 NT at the half. All of the games have been pretty competitive today.

Plus one on each of your post. Thanks for the updates.

[Mean Green Matt]

10 minutes left. Still 1-0 North Texas. Troy is beginning to throw people forward like crazy.

[Mean Green Matt]

NT GOAL!!!! Nikki Crocco ices it with about 2 minutes left! 2-0 NT.

[Mean Green Matt]

Mean Green advance with a 2-0 victory over Troy. The game was completely dominated by North Texas, and hopefully we got some of the missed scoring opportunities out of our system. Good job ladies!

NT will play the winner of WKU/MTSU at 7pm tomorrow night.

[Mean Green Matt]

Plus one on each of your post. Thanks for the updates.

No problem. I'm glad people are interested This team deserves the extra attention they have been getting recently.

[adman]

Mean Green advance with a 2-0 victory over Troy. The game was completely dominated by North Texas, and hopefully we got some of the missed scoring opportunities out of our system. Good job ladies!

NT will play the winner of WKU/MTSU at 7pm tomorrow night.

Which do we match up best against and why?

[THOR]

Which do we match up best against and why?

matchup wise, i'm lost...but i don't want to play the muts on their turf...didn't nt go out early last year to the host team?

[Mean Green Matt]

Which do we match up best against and why?

I would say it is pretty close to a toss up. We beat MTSU more handily, but that was on a Sunday after MTSU had played in Denver the Friday night before. Also, MTSU does not lose much at home. If I had to pick who to play, I'd pick WKU.

WKU is up 1-0 at halftime.

Edited November 3, 2011 by Mean Green Matt

[Mean Green Matt]

Semifinals are set:

4pm - (3)Denver vs. (2)Florida Internatinal

7pm - (1)North Texas vs. (4)Western Kentucky

[CMJ]

Late to the party...but....

[UNTDude]

Pretty heavy rain in Murfreesboro this morning. 30% chance of rain at gametime. Would like to see the semi's moved to tomorrow, but I doubt that will happen (off day). The field could get beat up after the Denver vs. FIU game at 4:00. We play at 7:00.

[CMJ]

Denver and FIU tied 1-1 at halftime.

[Mean Green Matt]

2-1 FIU with about 18' left.

I'd rather play FIU. They are pretty equal with Denver, but we would have the "revenge" factor against FIU, whereas Denver would have it against us.

We have to get by WKU first though.

[Mean Green Matt]

FIU given a penalty kick and they convert. 3-1 FIU.

[CMJ]

Looking good for the Panthers now.

[Mean Green Matt]

FIU advances with a 3-1 win over Denver. Gotta hand it to Denver, they never quit, even to the very end. The amount of pressure they were putting on the FIU defense was unreal. Hopefully it tired them out a little bit, but then again, the teams have an off day tomorrow to recover.