AUS Semi-final #1: Cape Breton – SMU
A huge test awaits the Huskies after they upset the Dalhousie Tigers yesterday. But this is a game every team wants to play.
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AUS Quarter-final: UNB v. UPEI
Nobody is scared of UPEI–but they should be, because there’s no school in AUS better at pulling off playoff upsets.
AUS Quarter-final: Dalhousie v. SMU
It’s the Halifax derby–live from Cape Breton. The AUS didn’t give us a playoff race but it did give us a great quarter-final rivalry. Saint Mary’s aren’t having much of a year in the other football, so no doubt the whole campus community will be cheering on the boys tonight. No doubt.
AUS Week 8: Centre-backs Optional
Usually I write obituaries for the teams that are out, but the playoff race this year was a non-event so let’s not bother rehashing all of that and cut straight to the games that matter.
AUS Week 6 & 7: The Lost Games Edition
I don’t want to say I forgot about AUS exactly–there were some games in there, I’m pretty sure–but there’s not exactly much of a playoff […]
Game States: AUS Week Six
One of the more interesting tools to help analyze games is the game state: how does a match pan out when the score is 2 – 1? 3 – 0? On the road? At home?
Halfway Points: Week 3 in AUS
One of the nice things about the university season is it just comes thick and fast. Unlike the Canadian Premier League spring season, there aren’t a lot of midweek games. Instead, you get weekend back-to-backs. Pick your poison.
AUS Week 2: I Was Wrong About Everything
As soon as I hit post on the AUS season preview, I knew large parts of it would be wrong. Some of this was just my doing it rather quickly, and some of it is the nature of university soccer.
Hurricanes and Home Losses: Week 1 in AUS
The only team that really won this week in university soccer were the Holland College Hurricanes, whose name seemed less of a reach.
The Merchant Sailor 2019 AUS Preview
University soccer in Canada is growing. In 2019, more eyes will be on AUS, and on USPORTs soccer as a whole. With the success of its alumni in the new Canadian Premier League, let’s look at who leads AUS, and who might be next to make the jump beyond it.