I only caught the last 40 minutes of the first half of this game, and was very surprised to hear the final score afterwards. I thought IU dominated in most ways throughout the first half and thought they would end up taking over in the second half. I have to second the opinion on UK's goalkeeper. After watching him against ETSU I thought the kid had to be one of the best keeper's in the country. Several fantastic saves that kept UK in that game
Thanks. Enrique Facusse, a Honduran but yet another player tearing it up in college soccer who went to Montverde. That place is the new factory for college ball.
UK will counter through him. He works his butt off, not overly technical, but just finds a ball. Apparently there's been a big mentality change for him from the 2017 season to the 2018 season that has paid off (only 3 goals last year). He did have a solid year in PDL, some confidence there spring-boarded him to a good start to the 2018 fall season.
I agree, but I didn't want to whine too much. The ghost of Chico Grajeda haunts us again. I thought it was a good tackle, too. They got the third because we were pressing offensively, so... However, I still think we put in a very sub-par effort.
I would say so. As was mentioned above, they aren't particularly technical. What they ARE is disciplined, motivated, and very good (i.e., strong and well-conditioned) athletes. And I agree that their keeper is very good (although not tested as much as Muse last game [and Muse came up with some big saves]).
Not very technical but disciplined, motivated and very good athletes. Sounds like a team that's won it 3 years in a row.
Yes, but from my vantage point, UK did not play "not to lose." That other team you referred to often does.
Yes. I thought we played very well. UM is a good side, although they play extremely rough. The announcers were gushing about Gutman all game, while Buckmaster had an extraordinary game. Not only did he shut down UM's major threat, he finished what was truly a team goal - Gutman to Moore to Dorsey to Buckmaster, who got around the right side and slotted a nice shot past the GK to the far post.
Phew! We somehow pulled out the win with 18 seconds left even though we only played with urgency for about 30 minutes. Thank God for Gutman. He simply wants it more than most players. His first goal was headed in at the near post despite the presence of a huge Md center back (cross by Panchot). His second was on a wonderful cross by Buckmaster. We gave up a very nicely taken goal after some very soft play. We continued to play without urgency until about 15 min in the second half, then turned it on. We can get around the corners on most teams and I don't understand why we don't just keep doing it. As soon as we try to move into the middle, we lose the ball. I will say that Rennicks gave the Md back line fits, including getting around on the goal line. Muse had a couple of very nice saves. He looked good back there. In my job I analyze a lot of data and I still don't understand the RPI. We started out as #1 on the RPI yesterday. We beat #20 Md 2-1 at home. Wake started out as #2 and beat #53 BC 2-1 at home. Today we're #2... I know, it's likely got to do w/ dynamic adjustments of SoS, but it still seems weird. BRF
He's the truth. Shinyashiki will likely win the Hermann but if strength of schedule and all-around play is factored in, it should go to Gutman. [QUOTE="BigRedFootie, post: 37183970, member: 27481"In my job I analyze a lot of data and I still don't understand the RPI. We started out as #1 on the RPI yesterday. We beat #20 Md 2-1 at home. Wake started out as #2 and beat #53 BC 2-1 at home. Today we're #2... I know, it's likely got to do w/ dynamic adjustments of SoS, but it still seems weird. /QUOTE]I noticed that. It was indeed weird. That said, other than bragging rights, no difference in being ranked 1-4 in the RPI. Any of them should mean you play all your NCAA Tournament games at home as long as you keep winning. Any word on IU players being unavailable because they're on the U20 team for CONCACAF qualifying next month?
True dat, but I like to know how things work. U20: Ugh! I hadn't thought about that! Well, we're pretty deep, so we might survive.
I show Indiana currently at #1, but maybe that changed with a few results in the books for Sunday. RPI 1 Indiana (.7048) 2 Wake Forest (.7030) You can see it's very close, and each result can flip-flop the standings. Small things like the number of games each team has played and the opponents adding into the SOS can factor into the day-to-day changes. Also know that the equation doesn't add in the opponent's RPI, but the opponent's winning percentage (minus the game(s) played between the two). Although Maryland is much higher ranked than Boston College, BC's winning percentage is actually slightly higher than Md's.
3-0 over butler in the "indiana derby". if they're calling iu/bu this, what is iu/nd? i've always looked at the nd game as the real match up of the best in the state.
That's what Jerry Yeagley called it years ago, before ND was even decent. So, that's what it is! We played second line players except for the soph & frosh starters the first half and did well. The rest of the starters started the second half and played for about 30 minutes. Lots of guys got into the game, which is good for morale and might help the "next man up" strategy if someone gets injured. Goal of the evening was Glass' canon after he got past the defense in the second half. Actually, he mis-trapped the ball coming over the top and the defender overplayed him, leaving him in on the GK. What a shot, upper 90, incredibly hard. I wouldn't want to be anywhere the goal when he hit that. Got a few more games that, on paper, should be similar - Rutgers & OSU. We'll see... BRF
We beat Rutgers, but just. Once again, we dominated for the most part and had a huge margin in shots (26-7) and SOG (10-1). Pereira (GK) was easily Rutger's MOTM, making some big-time saves to keep us off the board. Eventually, though, Gutman broke them down on the wing and put a pass on Swartz' foot for a convincing goal. I liked our urgency, especially in the latter stages of the first half an in the second. Rutgers was constantly under pressure for the last 60 min. Meanwhile, Wisconsin beat UM and Northwestern tied MSU (!). We're 5 points clear of the rest of the pack, but we really need these last two games to maintain our RPI. I would argue that we need these more than winning the B1G tourney (although that would be nice, too!). BRF
There are no bad conference wins, especially conference road wins. Get the goal, get the shutout, get the W and get on the bus! [QUOTE="BigRedFootie, post: 37203685, member: 27481"Meanwhile, Wisconsin beat UM and Northwestern tied MSU (!). We're 5 points clear of the rest of the pack, but we really need these last two games to maintain our RPI. I would argue that we need these more than winning the B1G tourney (although that would be nice, too!). BRF[/QUOTE]Indiana and Wake Forest are so close in the RPI that they are literally ping-ponging back and forth with No. 1 throughout each night where lots of games are played. At one point last night, WF had become No. 1 and then IU was back to 1. Wake just beat No. 3 Virginia in Charlottesville. I imagine that will vault them back up. They finish next week with No. 11 Louisville. Meanwhile, Indiana finishes with No. 185 Ohio State and 28. Michigan State. So if they both win out, I think Wake will slide ahead based on their tougher strength of schedule... and the win over Indiana earlier this year. (Though losing on the road in overtime shouldn't penalize a team too much.) Regardless, as I said earlier, other than pride there's no tangible difference between 1-4. All should keep you at home thru the College Cup, as long as you keep winning.
And here it is: Congratulations to #IUMS standouts Griffin Dorsey and Justin Rennicks for being named to the U.S. U-20 National Team for next month's 2018 Concacaf Championship!
so they're gone 11/1 through 11/21 potentially. that's the whole b1g tournament and the first two rounds of the ncaas... definitely puts a brake on our attack.
Yes, but... Glass can come in on the left and Thomas can play on the right wing. Palazzolo will likely pair with Panchot up top. Gutjahr can also play in the midfield, with Thomas going up top. I remember when Grabavoy and Peterson were called up in 2003. We did okay that year. Still, it'd be nice to have them.