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Post by eagle87 on Aug 12, 2023 15:05:48 GMT -6
Great win for USI over the MVC school. I was there and it was a big crowd with lots of MSU and USI fans in attendance. uSI had a really great opportunity to get a third goal aswehad the ball right in front of the net but it grazed off the pole. Didn’t end up needing it anyway and glad to see us with some offense.
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Post by eagle87 on Aug 12, 2023 15:17:52 GMT -6
attendance was 325 today for women’s exhibition game. Not bad. Attachments:
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Post by eagle87 on Aug 15, 2023 12:39:45 GMT -6
Murray State…..which USI beat Sunday 2-0…….is picked to finish 5th in the MVC. Ironically, we are picked to finish 7th in the OVC. Not much difference in the two leagues in women’s soccer. The exception might be the top team in the MVC. Wonder how we would do if in that League?
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Post by shorthaircut on Aug 15, 2023 13:28:15 GMT -6
Murray State…..which USI beat Sunday 2-0…….is picked to finish 5th in the MVC. Ironically, we are picked to finish 7th in the OVC. Not much difference in the two leagues in women’s soccer. The exception might be the top team in the MVC. Wonder how we would do if in that League? I see these leagues as being almost identical, actually I would give the OVC a higher ranking top to bottom. I don’t hold much stock in exhibition game, but Lindenwood beat SIUC last year and UTM beat them this year. I would say we would be around the same as far as competitiveness. The girls aren’t that far off. In a couple of years we will be where we need to be.
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Post by eagle87 on Aug 17, 2023 7:22:00 GMT -6
Real season starts today. USI on the road in Indianapolis.
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Post by shorthaircut on Aug 17, 2023 8:01:51 GMT -6
Real season starts today. USI on the road in Indianapolis. Looking forward to watching tonight. IUPUI was picked 6th in their conference and had a solid record of 9-4-6 last year, so obviously a very tough test. They whipped up on Eastern Illinois in their first exhibition match.
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Post by eagle87 on Aug 17, 2023 11:42:02 GMT -6
New start time for anyone watching tonight.
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Post by shorthaircut on Aug 17, 2023 16:55:08 GMT -6
We look a step slow compared to IUPUI…..
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Post by eagle87 on Aug 17, 2023 17:00:47 GMT -6
We look a step slow compared to IUPUI….. Not good, but as you mentioned earlier, they smoked EIU. iUPUI is rated 210 by Massey, we are 318. Probably explains why they look faster.
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Post by shorthaircut on Aug 17, 2023 17:30:49 GMT -6
We look a step slow compared to IUPUI….. Not good, but as you mentioned earlier, they smoked EIU. iUPUI is rated 210 by Massey, we are 318. Probably explains why they look faster. Don’t seem to have much offensive punch. Down 2-0 and that should do it.
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Post by eagle87 on Aug 17, 2023 19:22:09 GMT -6
We had some good chances in the second half but couldn’t put it in the net. The rain made the second half pretty interesting.
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Post by shorthaircut on Aug 17, 2023 19:39:42 GMT -6
We had some good chances in the second half but couldn’t put it in the net. The rain made the second half pretty interesting. Good news is most of the OVC teams got destroyed tonight. So can’t take too much from this loss, as the OVC doesn’t appear to have any really strong teams.
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Post by EagleScreamin on Aug 18, 2023 7:35:55 GMT -6
I have not really studied our roster but the announcer said that USI has 24 Freshmen/Sophomores. That is a very young roster and appears to have been built for the future when USI is NCAA Tournament eligible. Can't argue with that plan.
Their goal is still to win the OVC.
IUPUI's second goal was legit...player received the ball with her back toward the goal...spun around our player and then shot into the upper right corner from an angle. That doesn't happen often.
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Post by shorthaircut on Aug 18, 2023 7:45:40 GMT -6
I have not really studied our roster but the announcer said that USI has 24 Freshmen/Sophomores. That is a very young roster and appears to have been built for the future when USI is NCAA Tournament eligible. Can't argue with that plan. Their goal is still to win the OVC. IUPUI's second goal was legit...player received the ball with her back toward the goal...spun around our player and then shot into the upper right corner from an angle. That doesn't happen often. Yes, you can tell this roster was constructed to win later rather than earlier, which makes sense given the transition period and the size of the roster.
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Post by shorthaircut on Aug 20, 2023 12:15:21 GMT -6
Wide open net missed early….hope that doesn’t come back and bite us.
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