IU Men's Soccer News and Notes

[Aaron 4,276]

13 hours ago, Hoosierfan1901 said:

Beating the #26 in RPI is definitely going to shoot us up a bit.

Not as much as hoped. It dropped UK from 27 to about 40 and improved IU from about 40 to 35. The RPI loves road wins so a victory at Michigan next week who is around 25 is what is really needed to have chance to get near the top-16. Good news is their RPI now projects them as a tourney team but its tenuous as one of last teams in.

Good news for IU is the Big Ten as a conference in soccer has gone the way of IU Football in one season from terrible to elite between 2023 and 2024. Instead of getting one bid, this time we will see 5-6 from the league and nearly everyone but MSU and Rutgers are well inside the top-50. 

Every win going forward in conference will help the resume outside of MSU as all are teams inside top 40-50 of RPI. PSU, Michigan, UCLA Northwestern are all opportunities for quality wins rather than last year where each league game was about avoiding a bad loss. 

[Class of '66 Old Fart 84,252]

Friday night at 7:00 Penn State (5-5-2) (2-2-2) will be in Bloomington.  Televised on B1G+.

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[Class of '66 Old Fart 84,252]

Beautiful night under the stars.

0-0 tie at the half.  We have 5 total shots; 1 on goal and 4 corners.  PSU 4-0-1

With the half winding down it was looking about as mundane of a game as the women had last night but at 37' | we scored but called for offsides.  A review unfortunately confirmed the offsides call.

 

 

[WayneFleekHoosier 48,097]

That disallowed goal was a terrible call. Clearly onsides when pass was sent. Hopefully that doesn’t cost us a W.


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[Class of '66 Old Fart 84,252]

68' | Charlie Heuer gives us a 1-0 lead.  Uh oh!  It's being reviewed.   And it stands.

GOAL!   Credit assists to Jansen Miller and Josh Maher

[Class of '66 Old Fart 84,252]

Heuer goal.

https://x.com/i/status/1844902229574287810

[Class of '66 Old Fart 84,252]

Defense in the 2nd half has only allowed a single shot by PSU and no corners.  16 minutes remain.

[Class of '66 Old Fart 84,252]

Heuer with his second goal of the match at 76' |   Hoosiers lead 2-0.

[Class of '66 Old Fart 84,252]

Heuer's second goal

https://x.com/i/status/1844904653445558553

[Class of '66 Old Fart 84,252]

Final score 2-0 as our Hoosiers played some damn good soccer in the second half.  We scored both of our goals and held PSU to just 2 shots and 1 corner.  For the match we only allowed PSU 6 total shots with none on goal and 2 corners.

Late in the second half Alex Barger picked up a yellow card.

Next Tuesday we're on the road at Michigan and next Friday night we host Michigan State.

[Hoosierfan1901 6,190]

Much needed win

[Aaron 4,276]

Did former PSU coach Bob Warming kick their current coach Jeff Cook from the sidelines and take over the team again? For the first time in a long time a team basically showed zero interest attacking against IU and mostly parked the bus.

This was a regular occurrence under Warming a decade ago when the Nittany Lions were plucky underdogs. However, since Cook took over, PSU has always been the best and most talented team in the Big Ten outside of the Hoosiers and Maryland and could easily match anyone in America pound for pound.

Penn State did lose their three elite players from last year in Mangione and Butts up top and Shakes in goal. However, I would expect them to be at the point where they should be able to seamlessly reload but apparently not. The replacement goalie is fine, but their offense went from elite to awful in one season and as a result they appear to play defensive heavy and try to luck into a draw or win on a counter attack.   

Very surprising and glad IU broke them down eventually for the relatively easy win. The typical October surge seems to be well underway now as the squad is getting hot!

[WayneFleekHoosier 48,097]

Did former PSU coach Bob Warming kick their current coach Jeff Cook from the sidelines and take over the team again? For the first time in a long time a team basically showed zero interest attacking against IU and mostly parked the bus.
This was a regular occurrence under Warming a decade ago when the Nittany Lions were plucky underdogs. However, since Cook took over, PSU has always been the best and most talented team in the Big Ten outside of the Hoosiers and Maryland and could easily match anyone in America pound for pound.
Penn State did lose their three elite players from last year in Mangione and Butts up top and Shakes in goal. However, I would expect them to be at the point where they should be able to seamlessly reload but apparently not. The replacement goalie is fine, but their offense went from elite to awful in one season and as a result they appear to play defensive heavy and try to luck into a draw or win on a counter attack.   
Very surprising and glad IU broke them down eventually for the relatively easy win. The typical October surge seems to be well underway now as the squad is getting hot!

Yeah, PSU was as uninspiring as I’ve ever seen them. Let’s hope the Hoosiers can keep it rolling.


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[Class of '66 Old Fart 84,252]

Mid-season synopsis:  https://www.thedailyhoosier.com/iu-mens-soccer-starting-to-round-into-typical-late-season-form/

 

After last night you can add Charlie Heuer to this graphic.

[MikeRoberts 6,945]

1 hour ago, Class of '66 Old Fart said:

Mid-season synopsis:  https://www.thedailyhoosier.com/iu-mens-soccer-starting-to-round-into-typical-late-season-form/

 

After last night you can add Charlie Heuer to this graphic.

That is so awesome because he is also a great kid. Going to try to post the pic of him training my son at my house

 

[Class of '66 Old Fart 84,252]

Tuesday night at 7:00 the men will be in Ann Arbor to take on Michigan (6-1-4) (1-1-3).  Televised on the basic BTN channel.  Need to keep the momentum rolling.

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[Hoosierfan1901 6,190]

1 hour ago, Class of '66 Old Fart said:

Tuesday night at 7:00 the men will be in Ann Arbor to take on Michigan (6-1-4) (1-1-3).  Televised on the basic BTN channel.  Need to keep the momentum rolling.

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Would be a big win tonight 

[Dave from Dayton 3,056]

Tonight, IU men's soccer travels to Michigan at 7 PM on BTN.  IU is undefeated 5 games in a row.  Hoosiers Head to Michigan for Big Ten Battle - Indiana University Athletics (iuhoosiers.com)

[WayneFleekHoosier 48,097]

Huge game. Will be watching. 

[Aaron 4,276]

You want ANY chance at that bye and top-16? You need a win and tie minimum between the Michigan and UCLA road games. Home wins against teams 30-50 is not really helping RPI and has been steady around 40 since the Wisconsin win. Also, Wisconsin has fallen off the face of the earth in conference play so that win is not holding up.

OSU and Maryland are legit. Outside of that everyone is kind of in a big pot and solid. For IU to get close to Maryland or OSU both in RPI and conference standings, they need to win their home games (especially MSU is a MUST win for even a solid chance at NCAA Tourney given their metrics) and pick off one of these road games to be safely in and fighting for bye. Otherwise they will spend rest of fall on the bubble as they are now.