IU Men's Soccer News and Notes

[Hoosierfan1901 6,088]

Huge win.

[WayneFleekHoosier 47,943]

Huge win.

Yep. Much better second half.


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[Hoosierfan1901 6,088]

1 minute ago, WayneFleekHoosier said:

Yep. Much better second half.


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Maybe they will turn the corner, because we need every bit of it

[Aaron 4,265]

It's October which for IU soccer is winning time. I said all along I knew they would turn it around as they always do. However, they need to stop with these slow starts and leaving it to that.

Good news is Big Ten is elite this year so a big October this time will likely make you an NCAA host. Already these last two games moved IU's RPI up about 100 spots from about 135 to 35. With every game but one against a top-30 RPI team now in conference that number will be well into top-16 with another big month.

Hoosiers should praise the lord that the conference went from maybe its worst year ever in 2023 with them being only bid to maybe best it has ever been in 2024 and could well get 5-6 bids. 

[Hoosierfan1901 6,088]

I’ll be locked on our RPI the next few weeks

[Class of '66 Old Fart 83,937]

A day late and a dollar short as they say but I wasn't able to follow along last night.  A very critical win and they need to maintain that same intensity and focus going forward.  And in a very real sense we pretty fortunate IMO as Wisky fired off 15 shots, 8 on goal and had 12 corners.  Hoosiers only 5 total shots but 4 were on goal and we did make 3 of them count.  Also just 3 corners for IUMS.  Oduro and McDonald both picked up yellow cards.

Goal #1 by Oduro

https://x.com/i/status/1841271805937369368

#2 from Mihalic

https://x.com/i/status/1841285904998003063

Game winner from Oduro scored just 9 seconds after Wisky had tied it at 2-2.

https://x.com/i/status/1841290655454154912

 

 

 

[Class of '66 Old Fart 83,937]

Tonight at Bill Armstrong Stadium at 7:00, IUMS hosts Washington.  Televised on B1G+.   Need to sustain the effort we demonstrated against Wisky on Tuesday.

Preview

Live Stats

[Class of '66 Old Fart 83,937]

Hoosiers strike first.  6' |  Quinton Elliott with the goal.  

https://x.com/i/status/1842342776416932218

 

11' |  Washington ties it up.

[Class of '66 Old Fart 83,937]

18' | Elliott with his second goal of the night and we lead 2-1 about midway through the first half.

https://x.com/i/status/1842346659511972210

[Class of '66 Old Fart 83,937]

Hoosiers maintain a 2-1 lead at the half.  15 Hoosier shots; 4 on goal and 4 corners.  Washington 3, 3 and 1.

[Class of '66 Old Fart 83,937]

15 min. remain and we're hanging on to a 2-1 lead.

[Class of '66 Old Fart 83,937]

Under 10 min. left and Washington ties it up 2-2.  

[Class of '66 Old Fart 83,937]

Sigh.  Another tie so our season record is now 3-3-5 and conference record 2-1-2.   If we're going to have an October surge it has to start next Tuesday hosting Kentucky followed by hosting Penn State on Friday.  Tonight we had 21 shots; 5 on goal; 5 corners.  Washington finished with 12-6-4.   Sarver picked up a yellow card in the second half and the team assessed one for time wasting.  

[WayneFleekHoosier 47,943]

Ugh.   Washington  put one off the post with 20 seconds. Avoided an absolute catastrophe but can’t be happy with that result either. 

Edited October 5 by WayneFleekHoosier

[Hoosierfan1901 6,088]

So many ties….a lot of them should have been avoided..

[Class of '66 Old Fart 83,937]

https://www.assemblycall.com/p/3-takeaways-from-ius-2-2-draw-against?r=2xu6ia&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web&triedRedirect=true

[Class of '66 Old Fart 83,937]

Tuesday evening at 7:00 we host Kentucky (2-2-4).  Televised on basic BTN.

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Live Stats

[Class of '66 Old Fart 83,937]

23' |   pUKe scores first after having been on their heels for most of the match to that point.

36' |   2-0 pUKe

[BtownStrength 1,116]

2-0 Kentucky. Damn need to get 1 soon 

[Class of '66 Old Fart 83,937]

No magic in this year's team.