sulfur Posted November 6, 2011 Share Posted November 6, 2011 With SMU's hammering of UPEI (6-0), that gives us 7 of the 8 teams now: Victoria (Host) Cape Breton (AUS season champs) SMU (AUS playoff champs) Montreal (RSEQ champs) McGill (RSEQ silver) Toronto (OUA 1/2) McMaster (OUA 1/2) And either UBC or Alberta. That game kicks off at 5:15pm ET Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sulfur Posted November 6, 2011 Share Posted November 6, 2011 McMaster draws first blood in the OUA men's final with a goal from Patterson Farrell in the 20th minute. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DJT Posted November 6, 2011 Share Posted November 6, 2011 AUS Final UPEI 0-6 Saint Mary's 4 goals by Elvir Gigolaj, 1 goal by each of Derek Gaudet and Ian Coke. RSEQ Final Montreal 3-2 McGill 22' - Montreal goal - Sylvain Willot 25' - Montreal goal - Alhassane Fox 39' - McGill goal - Alexander Trotsky 57' - Montreal goal - Jordan Derrien 73' - McGill goal - Alexander Trotsky OUA Third Place Carleton 0-2 York 17' - York goal - Carlos Noguiera 45'+ - York goal (PK) - Luigi Oliverio This game felt like a friendly to me. Many regulars were rested. Last year, when a CIS berth was on the line, it was very thrilling, perhaps even the best match of the Final Four. OUA Final Toronto 1-3 McMaster 20' - McMaster goal - Paterson Farrell 59' - McMaster goal - Brandon Gutierrez 68' - Toronto goal - Mario Kovacevic ~90' - McMaster goal - Paterson Farrell This game I don't feel like talking about right now. Canada West Third Place Victoria 1-0 Trinity Western 45' - Victoria goal - Craig Gorman Canada West Final After 30 minutes: Alberta 0-0 UBC Webcast at http://www.canadawest.tv. The winner qualifies for the CIS Championships. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DJT Posted November 7, 2011 Share Posted November 7, 2011 Canada West Final After 30 minutes: Alberta 0-0 UBC Webcast at http://www.canadawest.tv. The winner qualifies for the CIS Championships. A dramatic ending: Alberta 1-0 UBC 90' - Alberta goal - Marcus Johnstone A long pass from the centre circle found Johnstone at the top left corner of the box, he carried it along the left edge of the box halfway to the goal line, then got just enough space on his marker to drill a bad-angle shot over the keeper. Alberta qualifies for the CIS Championship. So both of last year's finalists are out. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sulfur Posted November 7, 2011 Share Posted November 7, 2011 I've put together a complete summary of the OUA weekend this morning, including highlight videos galore from the women's final four (all done by Laurier's Athletics department, kudos to them!): http://supportlocalsoccer.blogspot.com/2011/11/weekend-roundup-nov-56-oua-final-fours.html I'm planning on doing CIS previews in the next couple of days, which'll be fun and interesting, since I know almost nothing about non-OUA teams! Time to learn! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gwsmith63 Posted November 8, 2011 Author Share Posted November 8, 2011 Here is our SSN Canada Men's CIS Championship Preview show: http://www.ssncanada.ca/media/11062011_cis_m-soccer.html Good luck to all eight teams on Thursday! gws Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sulfur Posted November 8, 2011 Share Posted November 8, 2011 Good preview -- I agree that the men's is very tight. The women's should have a few games that are a bit more open, but there are some games there that are just impossible to call. One note I'd like to make about the video though, I found the sound mix a bit off. The music was a bit louder than it perhaps needed to be, and your voice was lost in the mix a few times in there. I had to "rewind" the video and turn it up a couple of times to hear what you'd said. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gwsmith63 Posted November 8, 2011 Author Share Posted November 8, 2011 Good preview -- I agree that the men's is very tight. The women's should have a few games that are a bit more open, but there are some games there that are just impossible to call. One note I'd like to make about the video though, I found the sound mix a bit off. The music was a bit louder than it perhaps needed to be, and your voice was lost in the mix a few times in there. I had to "rewind" the video and turn it up a couple of times to hear what you'd said. Thanks sulfur. On the audio issue, we are trying to get that fixed. Cheers gws Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sulfur Posted November 9, 2011 Share Posted November 9, 2011 A couple of things got in the way of me posting this yesterday (stupid real life stuff, bah!) but the men's preview is now online. Do I have any idea who might win? No more so than Gordon, but hey... that's why we play and watch the game, isn't it? http://supportlocalsoccer.blogspot.com/2011/11/cis-mens-championship-preview.html Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sulfur Posted November 9, 2011 Share Posted November 9, 2011 So, over the last couple of days I've fielded a bunch of questions as to how the hell the seedings work for the CIS Championships. I spent a bunch of time reading the policies and playing with a whiteboard, and I'm pretty sure I've sussed it out now. It's a bit complicated, but if the CIS office can figure it out, I certainly can too! Right? Well, maybe. I think that I got it though: http://supportlocalsoccer.blogspot.com/2011/11/cis-championship-seedings-explained.html Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gwsmith63 Posted November 9, 2011 Author Share Posted November 9, 2011 LOL Should try something a little easier next, maybe Rubik's Cube????? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sulfur Posted November 9, 2011 Share Posted November 9, 2011 Amusingly, it's one of the most popular university soccer related posts on the blog for some odd reason. I'm sure that the CIS Office is double-checking their math against it right now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alberto7 Posted November 10, 2011 Share Posted November 10, 2011 St. Mary's Huskies beat the McGill Redmen 2-1 in the first quarter final. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sulfur Posted November 11, 2011 Share Posted November 11, 2011 Followed up by Alberta downing UofT in game 2, also by a 2-1 scoreline. SMU faces Alberta tomorrow in the first semi-final, and McGill faces UofT in the first consolation semi-final. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sulfur Posted November 11, 2011 Share Posted November 11, 2011 Game three was an interesting one. McMaster took the lead early in the second half over Cape Breton 1-0, but Cape Breton tied it up with a bit over ten minutes to play. Extra time... and McMaster dominated. Which meant that it was obvious that Cape Breton would score the winning goal with just under two minutes on the clock. 2-1. Both AUS teams advance, both OUA teams into the consolations. One more game to go, Victoria v Montreal. That kicks off in about 5 minutes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sulfur Posted November 11, 2011 Share Posted November 11, 2011 And Victoria beat Montreal in the game of the day. 1-1 after regulation. 2-2 after extra time. 4-2 on penalties after the both teams had a player miss the net! Full recaps, along with video highlight packages for three of the games c/o the UVic Vikes: http://supportlocalsoccer.blogspot.com/2011/11/cis-mens-championship-quarter-finals.html Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Soccerpro Posted November 11, 2011 Share Posted November 11, 2011 I'm calling the AUS with their first championship since the mid 90's. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DJT Posted November 11, 2011 Share Posted November 11, 2011 On the men's side it's two CW and two AUS teams in the semifinals, while on the women's side it's two OUA and two RSEQ teams. Weird. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DJT Posted November 11, 2011 Share Posted November 11, 2011 I was just tuning in to the first consolation semifinal (Toronto vs. McGill) and got this message: "Due to inclement weather we are unable to bring you a live stream from the alternate field, but we are recording and will post the game later today." Of course, when they post games for on-demand viewing, they also spoil the results. :mad: theweathernetwork.com says it's 9C and raining lightly in Victoria. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sulfur Posted November 12, 2011 Share Posted November 12, 2011 So, the men's final is set. SMU and Alberta went to extra time 0-0 and SMU tallied twice in extra time to get the 2-0 win. In the other game, UVic went up 2-0 very early but let CBU back into the game. UVic scored the winner with about 10 left to win 3-2. Final: SMU v UVic I'd say that UVic has a bit of an edge due to the whole home advantage thing, but SMU's been playing the underdog card for five games in a row now and coming up huge each time... Bronze game: Alberta v CBU Fifth place: McMaster v McGill Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Soccerpro Posted November 12, 2011 Share Posted November 12, 2011 I'll take Saint Mary's to win. They've been oh so close so many times. This is it. (I know because I was on the field for them when they lost to U of A in the 2003 final in Montreal) Elvir Gigolaj has been the best player in the country in the last two weeks and former Portland Timber/national team stand out Derek Guadet hasn't even upped his game yet. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sulfur Posted November 12, 2011 Share Posted November 12, 2011 It's going to be one hell of a game, the Vikes have had over 2000 at their first two games, I'm really curious to see how many they get out for the national final. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
argh1 Posted November 12, 2011 Share Posted November 12, 2011 The good thing about the 4 hour time difference is that I can watch the Lonney Bowl at 1pm AT then the CIS Championship at 6pm AT followed by les Aigles/Huskies on ice. Good day to be an AUS sports fan.............is this what it's like to be an NFL fan.........spend the day on the coach........... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sulfur Posted November 12, 2011 Share Posted November 12, 2011 Very nice way to spend a day. I get to run out and deliver some tickets for the Canada game on Tuesday before watching the Gaels and Gee-Gees in an hour. Eek. Still need to shower too. *sigh* Anyhow, men's consolation SFs and semi-final writeups, along with links to the highlight videos done by the Vikes: http://supportlocalsoccer.blogspot.com/2011/11/cis-mens-championship-friday-games.html Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tarnado1555362291 Posted November 13, 2011 Share Posted November 13, 2011 Bronze Medal Game 1st half - Cape Breton 0 : 0 Alberta http://www.ssncanada.ca/game/3472/ CIS CHAMPIONSHIP FINAL 17:00ET Victoria v Saint Mary's http://www.ssncanada.ca/game/3473/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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