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Daniel Munie, Ryan Wittenbrink and Herb Endeley have declared for the MLS Superdraft and will forgoing their COVID year of eligibility and leaving IU. Goumbale will use his COVID year and come back. 

Will be some talented individuals to replace, but we’re IU and we will reload. Hoping Todd hits the transfer portal and finds a big forward. 

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2 hours ago, JerryYeagley23 said:

Daniel Munie, Ryan Wittenbrink and Herb Endeley have declared for the MLS Superdraft and will forgoing their COVID year of eligibility and leaving IU. Goumbale will use his COVID year and come back. 

Will be some talented individuals to replace, but we’re IU and we will reload. Hoping Todd hits the transfer portal and finds a big forward. 

A core of Luka Bezerra (who should step seamlessly into Wittenbrink's role), Goumballe, Sarver, Mihalic, McDonald, Waggonner, Maher, and Harms is not a terrible starting point. Also, Maher's younger brother is coming in and should start along side Joey with a Maher/Maher back line which should terrify anyone. One Maher is hard to play against so two will be even harder and the younger Maher is supposedly even better than Jack or Joey.  

That's 9 starters already. I can pretty much guarantee you this is ripe for another 4-3-3 formation with Sarver the striker up the middle and Bezerra and Mihalic on the wings. The rest of the midfield will be Goumballe, Waggoner, and McDonald. Defense will probably be both Maher's, Bebej, and Jansen Miller. That's a very good team still. Bench should still have Helmer, Redmon, Hummel, and whatever other transfers and freshman play right away or any player who develops who rarely plays now.

That is still a team that is better than 90% of the country and should be top 25 easily. IU doesn't rebuild. They reload.       

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41 minutes ago, JerryYeagley23 said:

Daniel Munie selected 10th overall by the San Jose Quakes. Herb Endeley selected 24th overall by FC Dallas. Ryan Wittenbrink selected 53rd by FC Dallas  

Good luck to the boys. 

2 Hoosiera to Dallas? Will have to tune in to a few of their games next year. 

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Former Indiana men's soccer student-athletes Roman Celentano and Aidan Morris received their USMNT senior call-ups.

https://iuhoosiers.com/news/2023/1/18/mens-soccer-celentano-morris-earn-usmnt-call-ups?fbclid=IwAR3tM4j5E7mDL-DUhGeDOllHXal4OBbpuMfmapYicKxAx2jsb13CFKyRyi4

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Final match of the spring season at Grand Park and it was 0-0 at the end of regulation.  Both teams had chances but just couldn't convert.  This one may have been the most exciting as described by Ari Shifron:  Oh my god! Sarver and Ward combined on the perfect hookup that was crossed point blank to Henderlong but an absolutely out of this world save by the ND goalie on the final header keeps us scoreless.

After regulation ended in the tie teams went straight to a PK shootout and this is how it ended.

 

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