CAA - Dramatic Conclusion

I've seen a lot of sports movies in my day and recent events have caused me to do some thinking about where to rank this year's season among my favorites sports movies of all time. Some of my more obscure sports favorites include Victory (Pele - "I do this, this, this, this, this, goal."), Caddyshack & Happy Gilmore, Cool Runnings, & Ben Hur (Chariot Racing was a huuuuge sport back then, and when the guy died during filming they didn't even stop the shot, now thats bad ass).

The 2010 Drexel Men's Soccer season, which I have unofficially titled "Enter The Red Dragon", has accumulated some rave reviews of it's own thus far.  drexeldragons.com says:  Enter The Red Dragon 2010 - "Explodes in second half..." and "...Continues Dominance at Vidas Field..."

While this season has certainly had its share of exciting moments, I hesitate to unofficially rank "Enter The Red Dragon 2010" without having seen the climax of the movie just yet... With the final 3 games of the CAA left on the table the director has certainly set us up for a dramatic ending. 

In typical zig zag fashion (and not the good Pele kind - go watch Victory if I just lost you..), Drexel managed to drop 2 away game in a row this past week after scraping out a 2-1 win at home against Georgia State. Losing to Mufasa & Simba 1-0 up in the Hofstra Pride lands was bad enough of a setback, but getting smashed in the nuts 2-0 by the VCU Rams (Jackass 3D style) over the weekend made things even worse.  The Dragons now sit at 3-5 in CAA and have almost fallen below my original prediction of 5-4-2 on the season.  

History (aka The Ineligibles) will tell us, the only games that really ever matter in the CAA playoff race are the last 3 of the season.  If Drexel wins out they can still technically squeeze into the Top-4 and make the CAA Championships with a 6-5 record... (I mean, I barely passed math in college, so...).  Hopefully I have managed to get my math right and we get a chance to witness the dramatic conclusion we've been waiting for all year!

One Up-ing Harry Potter 7, "Enter The Red Dragon 2010" divided it's dramatic conclusion into 3 juicy parts:  

 - Wednesday October 27th, HOME -vs- Northeastern

 - Saturday October 30th, AWAY @ James Madison

 - Saturday November 6th, HOME -vs- Old Dominion (On Senior Day!)

Leave your 3D goggles at home, the action comes natural at Vidas Field!  Let's just hope that this movie ends more like Happy Gilmore than Cool Runnings...  After all the boys have 3 chances down the stretch, but they need to get all of them right.  

Check out drexeldragons.com for the official write up of the Hofstra & VCU games.