Lively offense not always the case (maybe often not), but normally a good signal. Can’t be good without it. Glad to be 2-0-0.
UNC Men’s Soccer 2025-2026
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Seattle was their reigning conference champion and thus an NCAAT participant last year. this was a better opponent than you might expect, though they lost bad in their first game of the season.
Shots 13-5 UNC
SOG: 6-3 UNC
UNC started really slow (again) but really put on pressure once down (again)
We missed a couple of shots that seemed like layups, so this could have been a better outcome.
Our defense last year was so consistently rock solid. But a couple of bad breakdowns to start this season makes me question if we will be as reliable. The good news is we still have Cordes who is about as proven as you can get in goal.
But I don't see an offense so far that you can expect to be putting up routine crooked numbers, and the returnees combined with the transfers just do not have any star players known for goal production. I do like Hansen up top. Not your traditional center striker, but he is electric and is pressuring defenses. He is best chasing down the long balls with plenty of room. He has the speed and his timing of runs is usually spot on. That of course means he works best on the counterattack, when he has almost half a field to work with. Does placing him there this tip our hand that we will be a pack the defense in and rely on the counter attack team this year?
Couple an unproven offense with a defense that at times looks out of sorts, and I see a team that is still a work in progress, and in danger of dropping a few you would hope to win. Plenty of time still to gel, though.
But very glad to be 2-0-0
Shots 13-5 UNC
SOG: 6-3 UNC
UNC started really slow (again) but really put on pressure once down (again)
We missed a couple of shots that seemed like layups, so this could have been a better outcome.
Our defense last year was so consistently rock solid. But a couple of bad breakdowns to start this season makes me question if we will be as reliable. The good news is we still have Cordes who is about as proven as you can get in goal.
But I don't see an offense so far that you can expect to be putting up routine crooked numbers, and the returnees combined with the transfers just do not have any star players known for goal production. I do like Hansen up top. Not your traditional center striker, but he is electric and is pressuring defenses. He is best chasing down the long balls with plenty of room. He has the speed and his timing of runs is usually spot on. That of course means he works best on the counterattack, when he has almost half a field to work with. Does placing him there this tip our hand that we will be a pack the defense in and rely on the counter attack team this year?
Couple an unproven offense with a defense that at times looks out of sorts, and I see a team that is still a work in progress, and in danger of dropping a few you would hope to win. Plenty of time still to gel, though.
But very glad to be 2-0-0
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#15 in Coaches poll. There are 8 (!) ACC teams ranked ahead of us. Cal is #17, SMU is receiving votes. Teams not receiving vote are Louisville, BC, Cuse, and Notre Dame.
Maybe not the most repeatable goal but that is a goal from a corner!
3-0. Signs of life. I'll take it.
First road game always challenge
Every1 saying poor guys can’t watch football game.
well focus on soccer and I think football start about 2hrs 8 min later and does yall kno how long a college football game be lol
win and yall be on bus streamin Bill on phone
Every1 saying poor guys can’t watch football game.
well focus on soccer and I think football start about 2hrs 8 min later and does yall kno how long a college football game be lol
win and yall be on bus streamin Bill on phone
Seeing a 2-0 L to CHARLESTON SOUTHERN after that football atrocity just cements this night as one of the worst ever
Team is lucky we were all distracted last night. Watched Charleston's goals on their Twitter account, first one was a huge deflection. 2nd was well worked but likely should've been defended better.
Yesterday was not a great day for our teams. Both teams will have to bounce back.
My Thundering Herd still number 2-after tieing Vtech
Look I am a Carolina first guy-but I like the little guys and live with a Marshall Girl (well we are 70ish )
Look I am a Carolina first guy-but I like the little guys and live with a Marshall Girl (well we are 70ish )
mpaer, I am not bad at you. You have to keep the peace in the household. It is okay to have Marshall as your number 2 team. Married guys do understand, trust me when I say this. If your wife or girlfriend is not happy than nobody in the house hold will be happy. Go Heels!
this was College of Charleston. they’re worse and beat us in basketball and we have to listen to Adam Lucas prattle on about them.
so yeah you’re right it sucked
Yeah I mistyped that. That result just drains any sort of confidence I’ve built since the start of the season. Hopefully we beat state tomorrow
So close to winning it at the end there
In some ways this feels like a win to me. Number 5 LOL at home against a new Carolina team and you earn. A draw. Now improve.
I only got to see the first half. I thought that was mostly encouraging. After the first ten minutes or so, the Heels were mostly in control. Given how young they are, they should have the ability to get better.
There were a couple of calls I thought should have been called against NC State. They were being very aggressive; especially when one of their players cut the legs off of one of our players when he was trying to score. I know he went after the ball, but our player grabbed his knee when he hit the ground. He could have gotten hurt.
We can build on this. Wake has a number of top players on that team.
I agree totally. At least they did not lose. I will take a tie any day. This team has a lot of new players on it. They are still learning to play with one another. Go Heels!