2023 NCAA Men’s Soccer Tournament Thread

[Brass Cannon 24,876]

Hate losing on PKs.  Team really does need to get better on those.  We seem to always get burned by them 

[DoctorP 1,137]

Damn. 

[BtownStrength 1,276]

3 minutes ago, TheWatShot said:

MSU in 2017 to advance to the College Cup is literally the only match I can remember this program winning on penalty kicks. 

Won the 2004 title game in PKs vs UC Santa Barbara.  

[Banksyrules 4,849]

bah

[Alford Bailey 12,398]

PKs are a crap shoot but sure seems we lose more than our fair share

[WayneFleekHoosier 48,542]

Such a fun game in person. Those 2 chances by Sarver and Mihalic at the end of 2 ot ., ugh

[Hoosierfan1901 6,378]

2 minutes ago, WayneFleekHoosier said:

Such a fun game in person. Those 2 chances by Sarver and Mihalic at the end of 2 ot ., ugh

Game of inches 

[Brass Cannon 24,876]

4 minutes ago, Alford Bailey said:

PKs are a crap shoot but sure seems we lose more than our fair share

Disagree they are a crapshoot. You can prepare and improve on them.  Beyond the obvious of just being better at being a shooter it’s incredibly difficult to stay calm in those situation.  So working on staying calm and executing is important.  In my playing days I was good at PKs and basically nothing else which is why I was a goalie 

[Alford Bailey 12,398]

4 minutes ago, Brass Cannon said:

Disagree they are a crapshoot. You can prepare and improve on them.  Beyond the obvious of just being better at being a shooter it’s incredibly difficult to stay calm in those situation.  So working on staying calm and executing is important.  In my playing days I was good at PKs and basically nothing else which is why I was a goalie 

I should say from a keeper’s perspective. People tend to get on the keeper.

[WayneFleekHoosier 48,542]

I like Harms as a goalie but he never seems to excel in PKs. Had a bad feeling 

[Brass Cannon 24,876]

Just now, Alford Bailey said:

I should say from a keeper’s perspective. People tend to get on the keeper.

Of for sure. My job as my coach always told me was to stop one. High school kids are usually stupid and stare right where they are going to kick it luckily 

[Hoosierfan1901 6,378]

Abolish PKs, give me more OT until winner

[Brass Cannon 24,876]

I see OT and PK execution as a glaring deficiency that has bitten us time and time again the coaching staff needs to work on. As well as just consistency.  The Dr Jekyl and Mr Hyde season put us in a poor seeding position to go up against a team like Notre dame in the elite eight. 
 

These are the things I would like to see improvement on next year 

[Brass Cannon 24,876]

2 minutes ago, Hoosierfan1901 said:

Abolish PKs, give me more OT until winner

Huge heath risk. Had a buddy who had a weird theory that after 2 OT keepers should lose the right to use their hands. To help ensure a goal.  I was never convinced that would be enough 

[Hoosierfan1901 6,378]

1 minute ago, Brass Cannon said:

Huge heath risk. Had a buddy who had a weird theory that after 2 OT keepers should lose the right to use their hands. To help ensure a goal.  I was never convinced that would be enough 

Most definitely, PKs, unfortunately, is the safest bet. Good season, I’m sure we will be discussing again once IU is back in the E8/CC

[LamarCheeks 19,249]

In one of our championship wins -- might have been our first -- we beat Duke in 8 OTs. 

[8bucks 6,476]

Any of our 2024 recruits elite level scorers?

[NashvilleHoosier 3,719]

10 minutes ago, Brass Cannon said:

Huge heath risk. Had a buddy who had a weird theory that after 2 OT keepers should lose the right to use their hands. To help ensure a goal.  I was never convinced that would be enough 

I think PKs are fine but exhaust options before going there. Golden goal OT, max 30 minutes is great, but every 10 minutes each team takes off one player, having to decide whether it’s attacking or defensive player. It would be down to a more wide open 8 vs 8 by the end of OT if still tied. Then alternating corner kicks, 6 each, 3 from each corner. Play is dead when the ball clears the 18 yard box. If still tied, go to PKs. You’re welcome, everybody.

[Brass Cannon 24,876]

5 minutes ago, NashvilleHoosier said:

I think PKs are fine but exhaust options before going there. Golden goal OT, max 30 minutes is great, but every 10 minutes each team takes off one player, having to decide whether it’s attacking or defensive player. It would be down to a more wide open 8 vs 8 by the end of OT if still tied. Then alternating corner kicks, 6 each, 3 from each corner. Play is dead when the ball clears the 18 yard box. If still tied, go to PKs. You’re welcome, everybody.

I like the corner kick idea.  

[Hoosierfan1901 6,378]

26 minutes ago, NashvilleHoosier said:

I think PKs are fine but exhaust options before going there. Golden goal OT, max 30 minutes is great, but every 10 minutes each team takes off one player, having to decide whether it’s attacking or defensive player. It would be down to a more wide open 8 vs 8 by the end of OT if still tied. Then alternating corner kicks, 6 each, 3 from each corner. Play is dead when the ball clears the 18 yard box. If still tied, go to PKs. You’re welcome, everybody.

I can dig that, pretty much Soccer’s version of the 2-point conversion