Clemson, meanwhile, was unable to find footing in the attack, firing off 11 shots but with just one on goal. And maybe none as great as Nanco’s.
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“First and foremost, congratulations to Stanford, worthy champions”, Noonan said. Neither team chose to score goals today. Not one landed in the back of the net. His eight saves were the highest he’s had in a match all season.
On Sunday, the unspoken question before Stanford’s College Cup title matchup against Clemson was whether it would be Morris’s last in the black and red hoops, whether he’d take the record Homegrown deal the Seattle Sounders dropped on the table for him earlier this year. Vincent tossed in a throw-in to Morris, who flicked the ball to himself as he got hip-checked to the ground just inside the box, drawing a penalty that Vincent converted for a 3-0 lead.
The U.S. women are 20-1-4 in 2015.
Fourth-seeded UA (18-3-3) and eighth-seeded Stanford (17-2-3) had played to a scoreless draw after two overtimes in their semifinal match Friday night at Sporting Park. “Sometimes it just doesn’t go in”.
Tarbell and the Clemson defense, led by senior defender and NSCAA First Team All-American Kyle Fisher, were the story of the first 110 minutes. Against Boston College, it took 78 minutes, but a Ben Polk goal finished off the Eagles.
Nanco corralled the rebound and tried a rabona, when the leg that kicks the ball is wrapped around the plant foot, with his right foot.
The Zips could have been given a penalty in the 63 minute when a shot appeared to hit off the hand of a Stanford defender, but the referee appeared uninterested in the Zips complaint for a penalty. “That has to be instinctual. You realize just how to manage it for the players”. Skundrich missed the first penalty to put Stanford in a hole, but Epstein’s save on Adam Najem’s attempt kept the Cardinal alive. The Cardinal did not allow a goal in 200 minutes of College Cup play.
Forward Julian Buescher had slipped him a pass to the right on Friday, where defenders had played loosely on Alseth.
Both teams enter with a similar style of play, keeping the ball on the ground and building through the midfield.
“It’s always frustrating when you get chances and opportunities like that and it doesn’t turn out your way”, Nanco said. For the first fifteen or so minutes Syracuse seemed content to absorb pressure, staying compact and looking for chances to counter.
Morris’ second goal of the game was his 13th of the season.
But as Syracuse tried to continue a historic season, the problem reared its ugly head again.
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Clemson was more aggressive out of the gate and quickly earned a corner, which almost turned into an Olympico, but Syracuse’s Hendrik Hilpert was able to push over the top of the cross bar. “I felt prepared. I wasn’t too nervous when I stepped up to kick it. I had my side chosen and what I wanted to do and I guess the craziness after is just like you would expect it to be”.
