UNC Men's Soccer 2026-2027

BlueHeels02 said:

WHAT A GOAL

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Put it on SporsCenter!


The difference in this game: we have Joschi Schelb and you don't.

GoHeels95 said:

What was up with that NCSU player after the final horn?

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The candy-striper State fans heckled Rutkowski quite a bit during the game. After the final horn it looked like Rutkowski did a little hackling back (to the fans). They definitely had it coming, though we all know not worth it.

#5 for NCSU I guess thought it was his job to protect State fans? Never seen that before. Tried to shove Rutkowski back towards our bench as a self-appointed hall monitor. And Rutkowski was already corralled by a UNC reserve and Alan was settling down so . It was a nothingburger and both #5 and Rutkowski were already retreating, thinking better of it.

Then #7 for NCAA saw the very minor commotion and saw an opportunity to try and start a fight, even though the only other NCSU player had already walked away. No one was interested in fighting him and his GK came and pulled him away. #7 lost his cool with a couple of minutes left in the game, yelled at the ref in manner that normally would be a card (this ref was bound and determined to not give cards, but he was at least consistent.) He was seeing red so no surprise he tried to fight.

BTW, flawless game by Alan Rutkowski. Every decision was the right one, and one really great save.