gwsmith63 Posted October 8, 2011 Share Posted October 8, 2011 Some CIS games are streamed live on this site: http://ssncanada.ca/ Past games can be found under the Schedule > Upcoming Live Events, down at the bottom of the page. Cheers gws Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gwsmith63 Posted October 21, 2011 Author Share Posted October 21, 2011 UofT travel to Ottawa to take on Carleton this weekend. Carleton win or a draw and the Ravens take the OUA East title. UofT win forces the Ravens to beat Ryerson on Sunday or the Blues win the OUA East. Should be a good game as both teams are playing well of late. Kick off is 3:00pm Saturday. http://www.ssncanada.ca/games/ gws Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sulfur Posted October 22, 2011 Share Posted October 22, 2011 In Kingston, the Queen's men can clinch a home playoff game with either a win today against Nipissing or a draw tomorrow against Laurentian. Both games kick off at 2:15pm, today's game at Tindall Field, tomorrow's at the new turf field at West Campus, just northeast of Richardson Stadium. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gwsmith63 Posted October 22, 2011 Author Share Posted October 22, 2011 Varsity Blues defeat the Ravens 1-0 and lead OUA East by 2 points. Carleton must defeat Ryerson on Sunday to take the OUA East title. Toronto fully deserved the win against an out-of-sorts Ravens team. gws Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sulfur Posted October 24, 2011 Share Posted October 24, 2011 Carleton came from behind against Ryerson with two late goals to win 3-2 and claim the OUA East title. Queen's and Laurentian drew 3-3 in a pretty insane finish. Queen's was up 2-0 after 55 minutes, Laurentian tied it with two goals in 75 seconds (72nd and 73rd minutes). Two minutes of injury time, Laurentian scored at (by my watch) 90:40 on a long free kick (call was for offside, ref didn't indicate indirect, GK played the ball into his own net not realizing that it was an indirect free kick) to go up 3-2. Mad celebrations. Q's kicked off and scored at 92:55 (by my watch) to tie the game at 3. That means that Queen's hosts Laurentian on Wednesday afternoon at 1pm ET. More details on the Kingston CIS happenings in my blog in sig. I'm going to do bigger writeups on the Queen's games from the weekend, as I was in attendance at all of them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sulfur Posted October 27, 2011 Share Posted October 27, 2011 The first round of the OUA playoffs has begun. Queen's dropped a tight game to Laurentian today. The teams were tied 1-1 after regulation. Still tied 1-1 after extra time, and Laurentian won on PKs 5-4 after 6 kicks. I put together a full writeup of the game from this afternoon. Laurentian's Patrick Smoke was dismissed for his second caution after about 30 minutes in the second half, and Queen's out-shot Laurentian 19 to 14, and out-cornered them 23 to 4, but could not make their advantages count. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
passtheball Posted October 28, 2011 Share Posted October 28, 2011 Lost a bit this season, in the East any way is the performance of the SFU Clan in the NCAA Div. II. They are unbeaten, and are No.1 ranked Hamilton's Lucas Ferritto is playing a big role the team Sigma Univ. Roundup Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DJT Posted October 30, 2011 Share Posted October 30, 2011 It's nice to see some CIS discussion. As an alumnus, I've followed the University of Toronto Varsity Blues men's and women's teams quite closely over the last three seasons. This year I've made it to only 8 games so far (due to weather and other circumstances), but I watched a few more online. I went to over 30 games in each of 2009 and 2010. Of course, that was possible because there were OUA and CIS Championships in Toronto both years (that's 15 games per year right there). Unfortunately that won't happen this year unless Laurentian upset Carleton in the OUA Quarterfinals tomorrow (the OUA Women's Championship is already set for Laurier after they defeated York in the OUA Women's Quarterfinals today; the CIS Championships are at the University of Victoria (men) and McGill (women)). What's extra disappointing is that UofT really could/should have taken first place (and, therefore, potentially host the OUA Championship). Their win over Carleton (described by gwsmith63 above) was excellent ((great job on the commentary as usual, Gord!)), but that became irrelevant when Ryerson blew a 2-0 lead to lose 3-2 to Carleton the next day (described by sulfur above) when a draw would have sufficed for UofT. But that's not really where UofT could/should have taken first place: they should have picked up an extra 2 points at Ryerson (2-2, Ryerson tying it in injury time despite UofT controlling the game and Ryerson not threatening at all in the latter part of the game) and/or at Trent (0-0, I didn't see this one but UofT had outscored Trent 22-2 in their previous 5 games and beat them 3-0 five days later). A win in either of those two games and UofT would have been first. Anyway, that's in the past. Now's it's about the third Downtown Toronto Derby of the season against Ryerson in the OUA Quarterfinals tomorrow. This game really scares me. Ryerson were pushovers for many years, but are now much improved. They drew UofT with an injury-time goal last year, too, then came back to beat Carleton 3-2 in the OUA Quarterfinals after trailing 2-0 (so Carleton's win last weekend was payback), then led (eventual CIS Champions) York 1-0 in the OUA Semifinals before giving up 2 goals in the last 4 minutes, then led Western 2-1 in the OUA Third-Place Match before giving up a goal in the 120th minute and eventually losing on penalty kicks, thus just falling short of qualifying for their first-ever CIS Championship. UofT did dominate in a 4-0 win in their last meeting 2 weeks ago, but Ryerson underperformed and I doubt that will happen again. Moreover, UofT are missing their starting keeper John Smits and their best all-around player and two-time OUA East MVP Darragh McGee (both injured within 10 minutes of each other in rather innocuous circumstances in that 4-0 win over Ryerson). By the way, sulfur, I've appreciated your input and blog entries! I was suprised that Queen's had so much difficulty against Laurentian -- particularly giving up so many goals when they were so solid defensively in their win over UofT. OUA First Round Ryerson 5-0 Trent Queen's 1-1 Laurentian PK 4-5 Guelph 4-2 Brock Windsor 4-2 Western OUA Quarterfinals Carleton vs. Laurentian Toronto vs. Ryerson York vs. Windsor McMaster vs. Guelph Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gwsmith63 Posted October 30, 2011 Author Share Posted October 30, 2011 Tomorrow has some excellent matchups in the OUA. I think McMaster v Guelph should be a good one, especially if Robbie Murphy is back and fit. And as DJT said, TO v Ryerson could be a tight affair with the Blues injuries. The Final Four, no matter who is there, should be a great weekend starting next Saturday. SSN will have all the games if either Carleton or Toronto host. Cheers gws Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DJT Posted October 30, 2011 Share Posted October 30, 2011 OUA Quarterfinals Carleton vs. Laurentian Toronto vs. Ryerson York vs. Windsor All three of these games will be shown live (starting in a little over an hour) and on-demand (unfortunately with each game's result spoiled right next to its link) on SSN Canada (link at the top of this thread). Meanwhile, Gord is the commentator for Ottawa vs. Toronto in the OUA Women's Quarterfinals, which has just reached halftime with Toronto leading 1-0. I'd like to finish watching but I'm off to Varsity! Go Blues! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gwsmith63 Posted October 30, 2011 Author Share Posted October 30, 2011 DJT, how was the TO/Ryerson game? Next week will be a cracking OUA Final Four: York v Toronto Carleton v McMaster or Guelph Bronze Medal Game Gold Medal Game All games will be live on http://ssncanada.ca Looking forward to calling the four of these next weekend! gws Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sulfur Posted October 31, 2011 Share Posted October 31, 2011 The UofT v Ryerson game seems to be one hell of a match. UofT has some youtube highlights of it on their front page. I was about 3 block from Varsity at a baby shower and am regretting not skipping out to give it a watch! Ha! To be honest, I think that both men's and women's sides should fantastic final fours. Looking forward to it. P.S. McMaster beat Guelph 2-0 in the late game last night. P.P.S. Writeups of all eight (men's and women's) OUA games this weekend are online in the blog (in sig). I'm planning on doing OUA Final Four previews midweek. If Queen's advances, I'll continue to focus primarily on them (local team and all), but either way, I'll be writing about the CIS Championships, with a focus on the Ontario teams. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sulfur Posted October 31, 2011 Share Posted October 31, 2011 Aside -- I found out this morning that the OUA gets to send three teams to the Women's championships due to the fact that an OUA team won it last year (Queen's women). So that means that if you win a game at the OUA Women's Final Four, you're taking a trip to Montreal. That suddenly puts a lot onto the Bronze medal game, which is definitely a good thing! Interestingly (and oddly), despite the York men winning the CIS Championships last year, the OUA only sends two teams to the CIS this year. RSEQ and AUS have been "assigned" berths for some reason, rather than the medalist's league getting the extra berth. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest GoGreen Posted October 31, 2011 Share Posted October 31, 2011 Aside -- I found out this morning that the OUA gets to send three teams to the Women's championships due to the fact that an OUA team won it last year (Queen's women). So that means that if you win a game at the OUA Women's Final Four, you're taking a trip to Montreal. That suddenly puts a lot onto the Bronze medal game, which is definitely a good thing! Interestingly (and oddly), despite the York men winning the CIS Championships last year, the OUA only sends two teams to the CIS this year. RSEQ and AUS have been "assigned" berths for some reason, rather than the medalist's league getting the extra berth. The extra berth usually goes to the the association/province hosting the tournament. If I am correct UofToronto is hosting the women's nationals.. so really only gold & silver are going in addition to the hosts, which = 3. Bronze medalists can qualify if the host wins gold or silver. This happened last year on the men's side, Toronto won the OUA and were CIS hosts, York finished 2nd, and Western won the bronze to also go to Nationals. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sulfur Posted October 31, 2011 Share Posted October 31, 2011 McGill hosts the women this year. I looked at the CIS policies, and they work sort like this: One berth for each of AUS, RSEQ, and Canada West. Two berths for OUA. The other three berths are assigned as follows: * Host (RSEQ this year -- McGill) * Top Medalist (OUA this year, Queen's won it last year) * Rotating spot (CW this year, OUA next year) On the men's side, it works as follows: One from each conference (AUS, RSEQ, OUA, CW). Host berth (CW -- Victoria). The other three are assigned based on standings from prior CIS Championships and work out this year to OUA, RSEQ, and AUS. So, on the men's side this year, 8 teams, 2 teams from each conference. Women's side: 8 teams, 2 from RSEQ and CW. 1 from AUS, 3 from OUA. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sulfur Posted November 2, 2011 Share Posted November 2, 2011 Women's OUA Final Four preview is online now at the blog (in sig). Doing a men's preview for tomorrow. I just realized today that the women's Final Four features the same teams as last year, and the matchups are identical too! Weird. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gwsmith63 Posted November 3, 2011 Author Share Posted November 3, 2011 To go along with sulfur's blog. http://www.ssncanada.ca/media/smithonsoccer.html Weekly look into CIS Soccer each Wednesday on SSN Canada. Previews, Reviews, exclusive interviews, the CIS Top Ten and CIS by the numbers. This week's episode includes interviews from: Kevin McConnell - Women's Head Coach - Montreal Carabins Steve Johnson - Women's Head Coach - Ottawa GeeGees Nationals preview show will be up next week before both Championships. Also on the site are some interviews and reports on the ineligible player situation out of the RSEQ involving three teams, game defaults and subsequent appeals. Cheers gws Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sulfur Posted November 3, 2011 Share Posted November 3, 2011 And the men's preview up now at: http://supportlocalsoccer.blogspot.com/2011/11/oua-mens-final-four-preview.html I think that the game of the weekend could be the opener between Toronto and York. Rematch of last year's OUA final (ended 0-0, PKs, John Smits from Toronto stopped a pair to win it -- last week Smits stopped a pair of Ryerson pens to win the OUA QF). I also think that the winner of that game is likely going to be the OUA Champion. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gwsmith63 Posted November 3, 2011 Author Share Posted November 3, 2011 Sulfur, you coming up to Ottawa for the Final Four? If so, please stop by the pressbox and introduce yourself. Same for any other poster on here! Hope to see a few of you. Cheers gws Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sulfur Posted November 3, 2011 Share Posted November 3, 2011 I'd love to be able to scoot up to Ottawa for the matches, but (for obvious reasons) would prefer to go to Waterloo for the women's side of things. If only either were practical, affordable, or feasible. Instead, I have to console myself with watching them all live online and going to the Canada match in a couple of weeks in Toronto instead. Next time around perhaps. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gwsmith63 Posted November 5, 2011 Author Share Posted November 5, 2011 Confirmed teams at CIS Nationals after Friday's playoff games: Victoria Cape Breton Montreal McGill Final four spots to be determined Saturday and Sunday Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
munseahawk Posted November 5, 2011 Share Posted November 5, 2011 If you're referring to the CIS Men's Nationals, Cape Breton is not confirmed yet. The AUS semi-finals are kicking off as I write this. The winners of those games advance to Victoria. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
argh1 Posted November 5, 2011 Share Posted November 5, 2011 If you're referring to the CIS Men's Nationals, Cape Breton is not confirmed yet. The AUS semi-finals are kicking off as I write this. The winners of those games advance to Victoria. SMU 4-1 over CBU everyone thought the Capers would dominate. Heard the score watching the SMU/X Football semi. No idea of the score on the Dal/UPEI semi. Went to the UdeM/UNB hockey game last night 1500 at the game. Love AUS sports. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
argh1 Posted November 5, 2011 Share Posted November 5, 2011 Just to add that the AUS tourney is live streamed on CapersTV http://www.caperstv.ca/ Snow showers in Sydney Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sulfur Posted November 5, 2011 Share Posted November 5, 2011 York got hammered 4-1 by Toronto. York scored in the 5th, Toronto answered in the 11th. York had a PK in the 25th, but Smits came up with a huge stop. The Lions lost both Badat and Trafford to injury within 5 minutes of the penalty being taken, and the momentum shifted completely in favour of Toronto. it was 1-1 at halftime before a red card to the Lions' other centreback and Toronto took a 2-1 lead. They tacked on two late goals to absolutely bury York and book their ticket to Victoria. Full writeup in the blog below. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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