IU Men's Soccer News and Notes

[Hoosierfan1901 8,366]

Akron will be our opponent 

[Class of '66 Old Fart 93,337]

11 hours ago, Hoosierfan1901 said:

Akron will be our opponent 

Sunday at 1:00 in Bill Armstrong Stadium.  Current weather forecast calling for pm sun, temp in the mid 50's with a 10 mph breeze from the south.  Televised on ESPN+

 

[Aaron 4,594]

6 hours ago, Class of '66 Old Fart said:

Sunday at 1:00 in Bill Armstrong Stadium.  Current weather forecast calling for pm sun, temp in the mid 50's with a 10 mph breeze from the south.  Televised on ESPN+

 

Before anyone complains about ESPN+, ESPN bought a contract from NCAA to televise all non-football and men's basketball postseason games as they please a couple of years ago and made it so individual schools have no say in matter.

Until then each team hosting was in charge of how they televised a postseason event and games would often be on BTN. IU had no say in matter. Blame NCAA and not IU who was not pleased about this change either from what I hear. 

[CSP 12,246]

2 minutes ago, Aaron said:

Before anyone complains about ESPN+, ESPN bought a contract to televise all non-football and men's basketball postseason games as they please a couple of years ago and made it so individual schools have no say in matter.

Until then each team hosting was in charge of how they televised a postseason event and games would often be on BTN. IU had no say in matter. Blame NCAA and not IU who was not pleased about this change either from what I hear. 

Post-season used to be free. Idk why that changed 

[Aaron 4,594]

3 minutes ago, Certified Sunshine Pumper said:

Post-season used to be free. Idk why that changed 

I just said. New contract NCAA gave to ESPN exclusively a couple of years ago for postseason events to make more money for both. Before that indeed games were free as each school handled them individually and wanted people to be able to watch as simple as possible.

Never doubt organizations will find ways to make more money when given a chance.

[Class of '66 Old Fart 93,337]

Sunday, 11.24.24 at 1:00 in Bill Armstrong Stadium.  Opening round NCAA match vs Akron (12-4-4).  They defeated Princeton 1-0 on Thursday to advance to tomorrow's match vs. IU.  Televised on ESPN+.

Preview

Live Stats

 

[TheWatShot 15,643]

Honestly would have forgotten the team was still playing if I hadn't seen this thread. Feels like it's been forever since the last game. 

[Hoosierfan1901 8,366]

Akron almost had a goal 10 minutes in

[MikeRoberts 7,998]

IU off to a sluggish start

[Class of '66 Old Fart 93,337]

Akron player just assessed a yellow card.

[Hoosierfan1901 8,366]

Tommy Rockets almost had one 

[Hoosierfan1901 8,366]

Feels like the momentum has shifted to IU over the last couple of minutes 

[Class of '66 Old Fart 93,337]

Akron scores first.  The same pinhead that got the yellow card gets the goal.  Under 15 min. left in the first half.

[Hoosierfan1901 8,366]

That was going happen 

Goal Akron

1-0 Zips 31’

[Hoosierfan1901 8,366]

Akron just about went up 2-0

They have all the momentum right now 

[Hoosierfan1901 8,366]

Zips extremely good GK is down

[Hoosierfan1901 8,366]

2 minutes ago, Hoosierfan1901 said:

Zips extremely good GK is down

True freshman is in for him, Bluder was holding his arm

[Hoosierfan1901 8,366]

This is Brett Kaminski’s first ever appearance 

[Hoosierfan1901 8,366]

Now JT Harms is hurt

[Class of '66 Old Fart 93,337]

Hate to see these kinds of things happen but when they do, you have to be prepared to take advantage of the opportunity.  From twitterverse, the freshman hasn't played at all this season for the Zips.