hallgrad80 said:

Are we saying that all the players assigned a number have signed a LOI or does it include just verbals as well.

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All signed as scholarship players except the 3 walk-ons.

No. 25 Pirates Edge UAlbany on Final Minute PK, 2-1 - Seton Hall University Athletics

Sophomore Jon Vignir Petursson (Selfoss, Iceland) scored on a penalty kick with only 49 seconds remaining to give the No. 25 Seton Hall men's soccer team a d...

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#25 Pirates Edge Albany on Final Minute PK, 2-1​

Jon Vignir Petursson tallies the game-winner with 49 seconds left after Sam Bjork got taken down in the box.


SOUTH ORANGE, N.J. – Sophomore Jon Vignir Petursson (Selfoss, Iceland) scored on a penalty kick with only 49 seconds remaining to give the No. 25 Seton Hall men's soccer team a dramatic 2-1 victory over Albany at Owen T. Carroll Field on Thursday evening.

In the final minute, senior Sam Bjork (Huskvarna, Sweden) was tripped while trying to play the ball directly in front of Albany goalkeeper Parker Kump, which resulted in a penalty shot. Vignir Petursson drilled the ball to the upper right corner of the goal and the Pirates came away with a dramatic, last-minute victory.

The Pirates (2-0-0) out-shot the Great Danes, 18-to-6, and had seven shots on goal, compared to just three for Albany. The Hall set the tempo in the first half, but play was close in the second with the Pirates out-shooting the Great Danes only 6-to-5.

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HOW IT HAPPENED
The Pirates largely dominated the first half, controlling the pace and out-shooting the Great Danes, 12-to-1, in the first 45 minutes. Still, the game was scoreless until Smith broke through for The Hall with under 15 minutes prior to halftime. Bjork found Smith to the left of the goal with a high-arcing pass, and Smith headed the ball past a diving goalkeeper and into the upper right corner of the net. Originally ruled off-sides, the officials declared the goal for the Pirates after video review.

Off a throw-in, Ivar Orri Gissurarson scored the equalizer in the 41st minute on Albany's first shot of the game to send the contest into halftime tied at one goal apiece.

The second half was a significantly closer affair, with both goalkeepers making key saves to keep the game deadlocked. Seton Hall goalkeeper Soren Jensen (Nyborg, Denmark) stopped tough shots in the 59th and 67th minutes to keep the game even and set up the late heroics by Bjork and Vignir Petursson. In a final surge, Bjork was tripped in the box by an Albany defender just as he collided with Kump. For the second time in the game, video review played a key role as the foul call was upheld. Moments later, Vignir Petursson booted the game-winning goal.

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INSIDE THE BOX SCORE

• Vignir Petursson and Smith scored for the Pirates. Both were their first respective tallies of the year.
• Jensen made two saves and improves to 2-0 on the young season.
• Freshman Til Kauschke (Hamburg, Germany) had a game-high five shots.
• Seton Hall out-shot Albany, 18-6, which included a 7-to-3 edge in shots on goal.
• The Pirates were called for eight fouls, compared to seven for Albany.
• Albany had six corner kicks, while The Hall had five.
• The Great Danes were called for five off-sides, while Seton Hall had only one.

NEWS & NOTES

• The Pirates are now 5-0-2 in their home openers under head coach Andreas Lindberg and have not lost a home opener since 2016.
• Tonight's match was the first-ever meeting between Seton Hall and Albany.
• It's the fifth straight year that the Pirates are undefeated through their first two games.
• Vignir Petursson scored his first career goal.
• Smith's goal was his first of the year, his third at Seton Hall and the fifth of his career.
• Bjork's assist was his first of the year and his fourth at Seton Hall.
• Seton Hall entered the United Soccer Coaches Poll at No. 25 in the rankings released on Tuesday afternoon. The Pirates have now been nationally ranked at least once in four of the last five seasons.

UP NEXT
Seton Hall will return to action on Sunday, September 1 when it returns to Owen T. Carroll Field to host local rival Manhattan. Game time is scheduled for 1:00 p.m.

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HALL85 said:

This was worthy of its own thread? What about the senile guy with his finger on the nuclear codes?

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anything is worthy of a thread based on how low the TwitterGuy has set the bar. Trump wiped with left hand might be next.

SHallguy2 said:

So funny, Biden dis mantles everything Trump did, but in Afghanistan he just follows Trumps lead.

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One of Biden’s biggest mistakes was to follow Trump’s agreement with the Taliban to withdraw from Afghanistan. Both Presidents completely screwed up.

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Looks like we have a lot of height which is good to have. Hopefully they all have "game" and can contribute! A lot of questions about this year's team in terms of who will start and be first off the bench. Also who can score the ball and play defense. Sha has a lot to do before the season starts and it is fast approaching. I can't wait!

Are we saying that all the players assigned a number have signed a LOI or does it include just verbals as well.

Worst of all I heard that Trump parked in a no parking zone and actually jaywalked across Arlington Boulevard. Is there no end to his flaunting the law? Meanwhile, our sitting President is sitting in a beach chair staring vacantly at the ocean. And you lefties will vote for more of this in November.

They dodged a bullet, almost giving up a tie on their home field to a pretty poor opponent. They almost kissed their ranking goodbye. Moving forward the team needs to work on not losing their defensive focus in the closing minute of the half or game. Such lapses have been a recurring problem for the past 4 years.

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It’s actually quite comical.

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Robot_Man said:

You can't seriously believe this. You're really telling me the same political media that had a freakout over Obama's coffee cup salute are only giving this story attention because it's Trump?

https://www.cnn.com/2014/09/23/politics/obama-coffee-cup-salute/index.html

Really not the point, we've already addressed that he was invited by some of the family members. Do you agree that the Trump people used the invitation as an opportunity to produce campaign fodder? At the very least, don't you think it seems pretty immoral to do something like that?

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So we’ve gone from a Federal offense to now it’s immoral.

You made claims above that were false, like it being a scheduled campaign event and now you’re changing your argument. Neither of us knows all the facts or who pushed who or if Trump was even present when this all happened.

This was worthy of its own thread? What about the senile guy with his finger on the nuclear codes?

Robot_Man said:

You can't seriously believe this. You're really telling me the same political media that had a freakout over Obama's coffee cup salute are only giving this story attention because it's Trump?

https://www.cnn.com/2014/09/23/politics/obama-coffee-cup-salute/index.html

Really not the point, we've already addressed that he was invited by some of the family members. Do you agree that the Trump people used the invitation as an opportunity to produce campaign fodder? At the very least, don't you think it seems pretty immoral to do something like that?

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great let’s get into an immoral debate. We can be here til the end of time showing the lack of morals on both sides here.

HALL85 said:

The whole thing is only getting attention because it’s Trump.

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You can't seriously believe this. You're really telling me the same political media that had a freakout over Obama's coffee cup salute are only giving this story attention because it's Trump?

HALL85 said:

He was invited by gold star families…it wasn’t a scheduled campaign event.

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Really not the point, we've already addressed that he was invited by some of the family members. Do you agree that the Trump people used the invitation as an opportunity to produce campaign fodder? At the very least, don't you think it seems pretty immoral to do something like that?

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Merge said:

I don't see it as a huge deal legally. Would likely only be a fine if anything.
This would normally just be the kind of thing where people would just agree that he's an ass and filming a political ad at Arlington is pretty distasteful, he shouldn't have done it and then and move on.

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agreed. The rest of the country might be moving on but here on piratecrew, we’re not.

Well we finally know who is actually on the team.

shu09 said:

Breaking the debate tradition of three in Sept/Oct. and holding one in June was the tell-tale sign. Then you had Harris appear on CNN right after it to perform clean up. Complete set up to remove Biden.

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Sadly exactly what happen, media going way too far with no end in sight. This is the definition of threat to our democracy. Totally unacceptable but no way to stop it.

Robot_Man said:

For the record, I agree that Biden's decline should get more attention and scrutiny, but perhaps there are valid reasons why federal law prohibits the use of military cemeteries for campaign events?

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The whole thing is only getting attention because it’s Trump. He was invited by gold star families…it wasn’t a scheduled campaign event.

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