IU Men's Soccer News and Notes

[Brass Cannon]

UK can’t hold on. SLU with two late goals one in OT to take it 

[WayneFleekHoosier]

UK can’t hold on. SLU with two late goals one in OT to take it 

Probably the slightly tougher matchup?


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[Class of '66 Old Fart]

Hoosiers (12-5-1) will host St. Louis (11-2-7) on Sunday at noon.  Televised on ESPN+.  We defeated St. Louis 1-0 in Bloomington back on Sept. 3.  Current weather forecast is great.  Sunny, temp in the low 50's, wind light and variable.

[Brass Cannon]

10 hours ago, WayneFleekHoosier said:

Probably the slightly tougher matchup?


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Probably we beat both by one goal. But UK was on the road.  But it all depends which team shows up 

[Class of '66 Old Fart]

The complete tournament bracket

https://www.ncaa.com/brackets/soccer-men/d1/2025

[Dave from Dayton]

IU vs St. Louis in Soccer Sunday at noon.   BTN+

 

 

 

Indiana set for rematch with Saint Louis in NCAA second round - The Hoosier Network

[LamarCheeks]

This will be the Battle of Champions, so to speak -- pitting the winningest NCAA men's soccer programs: 

Saint Louis: 10 nattys (1959, '60, '62, '63, '65, '67, '69, '70, '72, '73) 

IU: 8 nattys (1982, '82, '88, '98, '99, '03, '04, '12) 

Next: Virginia (7); Clemson, Maryland, UCLA, San Fran (4 each)

[Jeff Flabjohns]

Oooof. We’d been dominating thus far and give up a sloppy one. Down 1-0

[Jeff Flabjohns]

IU leading 7-1 shots on goal 

[LamarCheeks]

Game is on ESPN+ ... Not BTN+

[Hoosierfan1901]

7 minutes ago, Jeff Flabjohns said:

Oooof. We’d been dominating thus far and give up a sloppy one. Down 1-0

Just like early this season getting down 1-0 multiple times, hopefully this doesn’t perplex us

[Brass Cannon]

14 minutes ago, Jeff Flabjohns said:

Oooof. We’d been dominating thus far and give up a sloppy one. Down 1-0

Microcosm of the season basically 

[Hoosierfan1901]

2 minutes ago, Brass Cannon said:

Microcosm of the season basically 

I guess good news is that we have experience from it, but let’s get a goal to feel a whole lot better

[Hoosierfan1901]

Dang almost netted that one in

[Brass Cannon]

Full disclosure I’m not watching the game but we haven’t had a SOG since they scored their goal.  Not sure that’s the response I would want 

[Hoosierfan1901]

1 minute ago, Brass Cannon said:

Full disclosure I’m not watching the game but we haven’t had a SOG since they scored their goal.  Not sure that’s the response I would want 

It somewhat died down on both sides, but IU has gained some momentum compared to SLU 

[Aaron]

There was always the chance the offense could win them a title, or the defense and goalkeeping could cost them their first game. Right now, they have one half to try to keep it from being the negative one.

Regardless, they must find a top-level goalie and a couple more backline players in the offseason. SLU is the anti-IU with an elite D and goalie, and minimal attack. 

While Brown and the SLU goalie had similar chances with tough but savable shots, the SLU guy made them all, and Brown could not bail his side out and reason it is 1-0 bad guys. While the D is the primary culprit in the goal, the lack of being able to be bailed out by a top-flight keeper, as SLU was, is the difference.

Whether it is Michelle who has promise but is raw, or a portal or elite freshman guy, this level of keeping meets many sides' standards, but not IU. If the Hoosiers want to remain elite, this is a must-fix. The evaluation of Brown I see with his size, but it was a clear misevaluation for the elite awareness needed and must be addressed in the offseason to be a serious contender.

Not mad at IU, but a clear upgrade and correction is needed to be a serious contender going forward as well as plugging a hole or two on the backline. While ideally you want both size and awareness, I'll take Harms' awareness last year and lack of size over Brown's inverse any day.

Brown is a finished product who rivals only Souderland in 2013 and Caulfield in early 2019 in terms of awareness issues. Michelle is either that or Louis Soffener, who was awful his first couple of years due to Freitag being an awful coach, and Yeagley developed him into a top-level goalie by the end.

We will know by next year if Michelle has the awareness and if he does Yeagley will get it out of him. 

[Brass Cannon]

3 minutes ago, Hoosierfan1901 said:

It somewhat died down on both sides, but IU has gained some momentum compared to SLU 

I don’t buy into the momentum argument it’s not resulting in SOG letting us possess the ball before forcing a turnover or a bad shot not on goal is playing into their hands 

[Hoosierfan1901]

Need a strong 45 minutes to continue, but this season has been disappointing 

[Hoosierfan1901]

Watching both Colts and IU right now so I’ll be going back and forth