2006 Iowa College Soccer thread

Luther men lost 4-0 to Wartburg yesterday. Now 2-6 overall.

Norse women won 3-2 in OT. They're now 4-1-3.

 

St. Ambrose is in Davenport. Catholic and are an NAIA school. St. Ambrose and Loras are rivals. Don't know anything about their soccer program.

 

I watched the final 20 minutes of Cental-Macalester and the two overtime periods on Mac's webcast. What a great viewing option that is! Even the announcers were good. They actually gave an objective description of play. They weren't typical homer announcers. Kudos to Mac for that.

They shot and corner kick statistics favored Mac but Central's frosh Petkavich clanked one off the post near the end of regulation time. A tie result on the road in Minnesota isn't all that bad for the Dutch. They'll be on the road in the Land of Lakes at least once more this year. Maybe they'll get on a roll and build from this one.

 

Sat: 9/30 Wartburg 8 Coe 0, Loras 4 Luther 1, Central 3 Dubuque 0.

Central score first goal in 18 seconds! Wonder if that's a record for quickest Central goal?

 

On a side note, Luther football LOST to Dubuque...WTF.

 

Hey, their American football team is quite good!

 

Go Spartans, Go!!! Every decade or so you need to let UD win one

 

loras knocks off coe in football, WOW.
back to the real futbol, central looks to be limping a little. i predict a 2 team race between my beloved DuHawks and Wartburg. Look for both teams to make the NCAA's again, pending they face each other in the conference tourney final.
The fall of Luther is amazing, shows how much some "real" recruiting pays off. Sign of a program going in a downward spiral in Iowa, you lose to CLARKE.

 

disappointing loss yesterday for the duhawks dropping the game against wartburg 3-0. business as usual with the other games from yesterday. and by the way luther lost to simpson i believe they are now 2-10 just in front of coe who is winless at 0-11-1--OUCH! does anyone know if coe still plays on their football field?

 

Did I predict a Cental win over Loras? Maybe not here but I did expect the home team to hold court. Central's depth may be their achilles heel. Their lineup had to make an adjustment and could not.

 

Whew...it was cold in Decorah yesterday! Saw a brief sunny evening sunset and a blinding snow storm at the same time during the first half of Central vs Luther. Odd weather. Conditions were rough on the players. Windy first half favored Luther but Central struck first going into the wind around 18 minutes. Wind died down a little in second half (as it usually does after sunset) but it was still windy. Luther pressed the issue better going into the wind also but could not convert. Late corner kick conversion gave Central a 2-0 win. Central's front line was restored after a main scorer sat out the Loras game for disciplinary reasons.
Who will finish the season in top 6 in conference. I'm expecting Wartburg, Loras and Central. Probably BVU, Simpson and who?

 

Dubuque Spartans...Baybee!!!

 

DBQ's current record is what? and who do they finish against?

 

If you follow DBQ at all you have to have a little faith and a whole lotta humor. They did recently beat a ranked UW-Platteville and had a player make athelete of the week in soccer...or was that the women's side of things??? I can't remember and don't want to look it up.

Anyway, it probably won't be DBQ but I can always be hopefull.

 

Good result against UWP. I'll raise a stein for DBQ's success!

 

I can verify that yes, they do. I love their practice field. I often work on my shooting over there.

BTW, Coe wants to buy up a block near the campus and put a little soccer-specific stadium there (among other things). They are running into some heat with a couple NIMBY's though.

On another note, the Mount Mercy and Jefferson High School soccer programs partnership has really been turning Lower Kingston Stadium into a nice soccer venue. First, they added a press box, then new goals, and now bleachers. I don't think it is any coincidence that each program has been achieving recent success.