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With a two-game winning streak on the line, Harvard was coming off a solid 3-2 victory over Providence. More importantly, the Crimson offense had undergone a maturation of sorts against the Friars. Not only did the young midfield dominate play down the middle, but captain Tom McLaughlin-last year's top Ivy League point-getter-exploded for his first two goals of the season...
Right from the start McLaughlin picked up where he had left off against Providence. After only a minute of play and without Yale (3-1-1, 0-0-1) even touching the ball, McLaughlin deposited a direct kick from 20-yards out into the back...
Harvard's problems this year have basically rested on offense, not defense. Too often it has played long ball, kicking it downfield in hopes that the frontrunners- captain Tom McLaughlin or senior forward Toure McCluskey-could retrieve...
Harvard finally executed against Providence, and McLaughlin-last year's leading point man-exploded for two goals. With a similar effort the Crimson should succeed...
...scoring in practice. Everyone looks good at practice, but we just weren't finishing in games," McLaughlin said. "I knew that it was just a matter of time and hopefully we just needed that one goal and now maybe the floodgates will open. Maybe the rest of them will come a little easier...