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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.

He’s a former coach I think but he just states the obvious like it’s brilliant. Please quit calling Emily an All-Conference GK. She’s an All-American GK

2-0 SLU on a goal by Julia Simon. A turnover by the bears bounced to Julia about 8-10 yards out who then chipped a bouncing ball over the head of the keeper. Maybe 18-20 min in

Women go up 1-0 on a Pk about 8 min in. These announcers are confused by the call but the replay clearly shows the keeper wrapping her arms around Hope Kim like linebacker pulling a running back down from behind

Thanks for the info. Definitely appreciated

Nice write up. Thanks. It seems you thought the inequality of the officiating was even worse than I did. I assumed Katie H said something to the official. My take was the game was too fast for him. He was frequently too far behind the play. I’ve been especially impressed with Elise Le of the freshman. I hope she can develop into threat in the box off set pieces. You can really notice 3 games in how much less dangerous we are. Elise has been all over the place. She’s done a great job winning the ball back. Her distribution hasn’t been great but it’s 3 games into her freshman campaign I still have the same complaint with the women. We want to play direct, attack, and run at people, Larson, Sawyer, and especially Garbe are so good in space running onto the ball but there are times when they could and should settle and exercise a bit of patience. Too many times we play the ball forward quickly to absolutely no one. Started this a couple of days ago. Finishing after the Mizzou game. 2-0 result. Going on the road to a big rival and coming back with a 2-0 win. Can’t complain

City gives up a goal within a few minutes of scoring more than any team I’ve ever followed.

Becher draws a penalty in the box. Clear foul. Lowen with the PK 2-0 city on the road @ Portland

Becher scores again for City. 1st City MLS goal off a header near post about 6-7 yards out at the 10 min mark.

I paused exactly as the ball left the foot of the passer. The near side defender easily keeps him on side.

I’m behind still 7 min to half. That Anderson give and go was not off. Not even a hand. The defender on the near side had him on by half a yard. Not even that close.

Yes. Same official.

No doubt, but that could be said on every dangerous chance and is irrelevant to what the keep should have done. I’m certainly not saying it was a bad play by Emily just that she hesitated and imo it cost her. On the other hand without her it could have been 3 or 4 to 1. The 2nd half shot where the BYU player cut to the middle and took a point blank shot from 10 yards out. Purcelli dives to her left and holds onto the ball. Any rebound and it’s rapped in for a goal as there is a BYU player right there. Super quick reaction and great hands.

Probably a good result for SLU with the way the 2nd half went. BYU clearly had the better of play and created more dangerous chances. The official certainly had a lot of respect for BYU, but I don’t think he changed the outcome.

I thought Emily made the right play coming out of her box, but she hesitated for just a second. No way to know for sure but without the hesitation I think she gets there 1st. In her defense she was caught kind of in between waiting and closing She has made a couple of elite level saves this half though Sonething I mentioned last year, I appreciate the Bills direct attack quickly style. However, I think there are many times where they make poor decisions and just play long to no one. Sometimes you have to recognize when it’s better to hold it for a minute

I don’t worry much about shots and to some extent even shots on goal as the quality of a sit is so varied. I like to track dangerous chances created. And in that aspect I’d say they were probably even

1-0 at the half. BYU has had more possession and more play in SLU’s defensive third but dangerous chances created are about equal. Both keepers had to make 1 really good save. SLU’s style hasn’t changed, Defend, create turnovers and attack. They look for the ball Emily can run onto and love to take defenders on 1v1.

Weak yellow on Hannah Sawyer. Player cut in front of her and stopped. Impossible to avoid that contact. Then she gets taken down from behind no card. BYU seeming to get the #4 ranking calls

Gaebe created the turnover taking the ball from a CB about 25 yards out. Drove into the box, fought through some contact that she could have went down on and put the ball in the net from about 10 yards out. Attn MLS, South and Latin American players, this is what happens when you attempt to make a play rather than draw a foul.

The OP clearly has an agenda

Called the game with 18 min left. Not a good start for the women 0-0

They’ve taken about 75 corners. They really seem to be missing Abbie Miller on the corners. Last year they had dual aerial threats with Miller and Heckel. They’ve only even gotten a head on about 2-3 Sibbing had a couple of nice saves. 1 spectacular one pushing the ball over the top on a shot by Gaebe

I am as excited for this season as I’ve ever been for any season of any sport at SLU.