IUMS vs Michigan - 10/1/21 @ 5:00 on ESPNU

[Class of '66 Old Fart 93,851]

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After opening Big Ten Conference play with a pair of road wins, the Indiana Hoosiers (5-2-1, 2-1-0 B1G) seek a third-straight victory when they host Michigan (4-4-1, 1-1-0 B1G) Friday at 5 p.m ET on Jerry Yeagley Field at Bill Armstrong Stadium.

The contest will be nationally televised on ESPNU, with streaming available on the WatchESPN digital platform. Live stats can be found at IUHoosiers.com. Dalen Cuff (PxP) and Devon Kerr (color analyst) will provide commentary for the match.

SETTING THE SCENE
• The Hoosiers enter the match with consecutive Big Ten road wins in hand. Indiana battled to a 1-0 victory at Michigan State on Sunday (Sept. 26) after freshman Patrick McDonald scored his first career goal in the 48th minute by redirecting a deflection from a corner kick.
• Junior goalkeeper Roman Celentano and the IU defense earned their third clean sheet of the season against the Spartans. The 19th shutout of his career, Celentano made a season-high six saves in the match. 
• The Wolverines also won Sunday, dispatching Northwestern, 3-1. The victory also came as Michigan's first of the Big Ten campaign after it dropped its conference opener to No. 8 Maryland on September 17.
• Over the last six seasons, Indiana holds a record of 32-3-8 against Big Ten opponents in the regular season and have outscored conference foes 76-22 during that stretch.

ABOUT THE WOLVERINES
• Michigan is led by 10th-year head coach Chaka Dalet. He has compiled a record of 82-67-29 during his time leading the Wolverines. 
• The Wolverines lead the Big Ten in corners taken (62). 
• Senior attacker Kevin Buca leads Michigan in goals (4) and total points (9). The reigning Big Ten Co-Offensive Player of the Week netted his first career hat trick in Michigan's 3-1 win over Northwestern on Sunday (Sept. 26).
• Buca has earned a point in three of Michigan's last four matches and nine total points within that span.
• Two goalkeepers have seen action for the Wolverines. Hayden Evans (3-2-0) has started five matches and owns a 1.15 goals against average and 19 saves, while Owen Finnerty (1-2-1) has a 1.42 average and nine saves.

SERIES HISTORY
• Indiana has traditionally dominated the series against Michigan and has won 23-of-29 matches played (23-3-3) all-time. The Hoosiers own a 9-2-2 home record against the Wolverines, and are undefeated in 10 straight matches spanning back to 2013 (8-0-2). 
• Indiana won the first 11 series meetings before Michigan captured three of the next eight contests between 2008-2013. The Hoosiers have gone undefeated against the Wolverines in the 10 games since, recording an 8-0-2 record in that span. 
• In the last meeting between the programs on March 27, 2021, Ryan Wittenbrink scored a 101st minute golden goal to push No. 7 Indiana to a 1-0 victory over the 11th ranked Wolverines.
• Two current Hoosiers have recorded goals against the Spartans: Spencer Glass (2) and Wittenbrink.

NEW FACES IN THE SCORING COLUMN
• Of IU's 10 goals this season, seven have been scored by by a student-athlete that had not recorded a collegiate goal prior to the 2021 season
• Three freshmen (Midfielder Tommy Mihalic, forward Samuel Sarver and midfielder Patrick McDonald), sophomore defender Joey Maher and redshirt junior Ben Yeagley have all opened their collegiate goal scoring accounts this season.
• McDonald is the most recent Hoosier to record his first-career goal after grabbing the lone score in Indiana's 1-0 win over Michigan State on Sunday.

[Class of '66 Old Fart 93,851]

[Hovadipo 62,417]

I love Endeley. He plays real soccer like I play FIFA…just take off dribbling and hope for the best. 

[Class of '66 Old Fart 93,851]

PENALTY KICK GOAL by Bezerra his first goal of the year.  Hoosiers lead 1-0.

 

[Class of '66 Old Fart 93,851]

Ryan Wittenbrink assessed a yellow card at 76'.

[Class of '66 Old Fart 93,851]

Michigan ties it at 81'

[Class of '66 Old Fart 93,851]

Joe Schmidt assessed a yellow card 89'.

[Class of '66 Old Fart 93,851]

Free soccer tonight as we're tied 1-1 at the end of regulation.  To me, it felt like much of the second half we were the aggressor but after we scored felt like Michigan became the aggressor for the remainder of the game.

                                  IU           MI

Shots                       14            8       

SOG                            8            3

Corners                     7            5

Fouls                          8          15

[Aaron 4,609]

Well what else could go wrong this year. IU plays their best overall game of year and actually dominated time of possession and shots and controlled game in way they have not yet this year.

Then we forget to mark Michigan's best player and give back the goal late we had in the bag, which has happened far to many times this yr.

[Class of '66 Old Fart 93,851]

Well crap.

[Brass Cannon 25,777]

Wasted season.  

[Aaron 4,609]

This is the first loss of the season that felt like every season in the past. IU dominates, is clearly the better team and the other team steals it as always happens in their 1-2 losses each season.

What makes this painful is all the struggles prior to today. If we had come in with one loss where we were clearly the better team and today happened it's easy to overlook. The problem is you have either been dominated most of season and found a win you did not deserve, or were flat out the inferior team like in the previous losses. 

 IU is still going to make the NCAA Tournament baring a collapse as RPI was in low 20's before today and being who they are will always get the nod even barely. 

We have three more wins (I would assume in Omaha, Trine and Evansville) as these are the type of teams we beat even in the darkest years. 

However, the second half of the Big Ten schedule is daunting and we have a solid VCU team. Get half of those, make the tourney and try to salvage something. Big Ten is far more balanced this year with only NW stinking and Maryland looking elite and everyone else a muddy mess in the middle. 

Big Ten season this year feels like 2014 for IU where we went 3-0-1 on road and 0-3-1 at home. Right now 2-0 on road and 0-2 at home and playing far better on road in general this year. Problem is most of rest of season is at home (granted three of the games should be walkovers) and we need to pick it up in Bloomington. 

[Aaron 4,609]

In general this is not a well constructed team.

We have more attackers than ever, but no true midfielders which is exposing the D as everyone goes forward. Goumballe and Endeley are the closest we have given their ability to dribble up the field, but we have no holding midfielders who are elite passers and can stay back which is exposing the D and not finishing attacks in ways team needs. Its like having 3 elite big men in basketball and no guards. That is basically the problem.

Also, our stars look like they would rather not be here. Bezerra has not looked good even healthy and might as well have gone to MLS. Celantano in goal is not all his fault, but he is making mistakes he did not last two years and looking like a decent Colin Webb from mid decade (but taller) rather than an elite goalie like he and Muse were in past years.

Not sure if there is a chemistry problem and players are not giving it 100% or not (that is really hard to know) but the number one issue is the roster construction. You had an elite midfield recruit from a couple years ago like Emerson Nieto who cannot get on the field and another in Kyle Folds who is injured.

Just like Yeagley used the transfer portal to bring in Sessock to shore up D last year which has mostly worked, he needs to go in there and get some holding mid's for next year and then hope everyone besides Bezerra sticks around. Even if you keep one of Sarver, Mihalic or Wittenbrink around and shore up the mid that is a stronger team. Not necessarily more talented but better constructed which could lead to better results.    

[WayneFleekHoosier 51,901]

Really frustrating. This teams previous dominance has been fun. Expected it to continue, roster certainly seemed good enough. Not sure we rebound now.


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[HoosierAloha 30,102]

Really frustrating. This teams previous dominance has been fun. Expected it to continue, roster certainly seemed good enough. Not sure we rebound now.


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I think you’ll see a different team when it counts. From the little I watched, there was little team play and a lot of individual play, seemed some were disinterested.


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