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3 from STL and 2 from SLU

Becher and Klein both on for City to finish up. Would someone please just punch Taylor Twellman in the mouth.

I’m with you on the shots on goal as a gauge for scoring chances. I just used it because it was used on the post I was responding to. I’ve said it numerous times, I go by what I’d call a dangerous or quality scoring chance. There can be a cross that’s misses a head by 6 inches and it’s not a shot or a shot that lobs into the keep from 30 yards and it’s a shot on goal. Or a shot 8 feet over from 20 yards. Emily has been off this year. On one of her long runs down the middle she pushed her dribble too far out front allowing the keeper to challenge her and rush her shot. We need her to find her mojo and finish like she’s proven she’s capable of. She consistently creates dangerous chances, many times on her own, she just needs the last piece I believe she’ll come around. She’s just too good not to

Neither of the 2 I spoke about last night were the result of the passer. Both had her alone on goal, she just jumped the gun. It’s a hard thing to time it just perfectly. A little early, you’re offsides, a little late the pass doesn’t work.

And she also has 49 shots. There is absolutely no question her finishing has been off this year. She’s no doubt one of the best forwards in college soccer but she needs to be on target and finish better.

Emily needs to time her runs better and stay on sides

I’m just now watching this game but I definitely don’t feel like it was a chaos in the box type play it was a cross from Miller who made a nice 1v1 play to turn the corner and make the cross. Kim brought it down in front of the keeper who arrived just late and then finished. Not a play from Miller or Kim you typically see from Freshman just a few games in

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I felt Abonnel could have and should have handled the cross he punched out. Just a dangerous place to punch a low ball. Too crowded and too much of a chance to be deflected which is exactly what happened. I’ve said for awhile SLU makes poor decisions on when to turn and play forward, when to play it long and direct or clear, and when to drop it back and re start. Watching the game I can point to more than a dozen times where we just boot the ball to no man’s land just to defend again or where we play direct to no one and give up possession. All times where we had time and space to settle and make a better decision. Plenty of times like you said where we have space and/or numbers to play forward and we lay it all the way back to restart. Better decisions need to be made on when to just be patient and retain possession, play it back to restart, or to play a 1 or 2 line direct ball forward.

I think what you meant to say is the player went down in the box to draw the foul. I think I could have stayed up balancing on 1 leg with both arms tied behind my back. The foul on Seth vs the keeper was a terrible call Seth jumps moving just slightly parallel to the goal. The keeper jumps 3 feet forward into Seth. 100% contact created by Keeper. keeper drops ball, Seth buries the rebound. Called back for foul. Both of those calls are lazy and poor officiating

The lack of intensity from players trying to earn more time is ridiculous. The drop off from Jedi and Dest to anyone else is huge. If we don’t find better central defenders by the WC we are in trouble. Nothing against Tim Ream but if he’s our best at this stage in his career. Ouch

Didn’t Matt McKeon have a few call ups?

When was the last time we had 2 Billikens on the same roster? I’m thinking possibly Brad Davis and Brian McBride. Seems like they may have overlapped at least a couple of years

3-0 Bills 8+ min into 2bd half Gaebe attacking the middle lays it off down the right wing for Larson who crosses it back to Gaebe who volleys it in from about 3 yards out at the near post Kind of a typical Billiken goal if there is such a thing

SLU has given Mo St a couple of nice opportunities but they haven’t made anything of them.