In the exercise of “one of these things is not like the other,” Fordham is clearly the oddball among the final eight teams left standing on the road to the College Cup at Talen Energy Stadium in a couple weeks.
The Atlantic 10 champions have compiled a 14-5-3 record, but even the strongest runs for teams from smaller conferences in men’s college soccer are usually snuffed out in the grind that is the NCAA Championship.
The Rams secured a spot among the nation’s elite and a Saturday meeting with North Carolina in the most dramatic of fashion, turning a 2-1 deficit into a 2-2 draw against Duke with an 87th minute equalizer and two scoreless overtimes before winning a penalty shootout in 10 rounds.