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10 minutes ago, SLUBALLS said:
On top of that, it rained in a torrential fashion at Stanford making the field a mess. Stanford scored after our goalie (John Politis (sp)) slipped on a goal kick, hitting the ball just outside the 18, and their top forward buried it. I think Davis hit the crossbar in that game too. I am stretching on remembering this but I think that is right. It was a damn good team that year.
I had forgotten about the rain and had never heard about the goalie slipping. I listened to that game on the radio.
Hard to imagine back in 2001 and 2003 that the fans would eventually turn on Dan Donigan and that he would eventually depart for Rutgers and the safety and security of a five-year contract. Not sure the status of his current contract, but he is 4-12-1 so...
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15 hours ago, Gremio14 said:
5) Brad Davis team was good, but IMHO the Vedad team was better. The best team in modern Bills history, that’s easy, the McBride, Sorber, Kuntz teams of the early 90’s. They were really skilled, should have won the whole thing, but UVA got in the way.
The Vedad may have been better, but the Dipsy Selowane, Brad Davis, Jack Jewsbury led team also had a shot a national title, but the got tripped up in the quarterfinals. I thought they were the more recent team which was my point.
Incidentally, Vedad is the more notable of the two but Dipsy scored more goals and more points. He scored in every game that season except for the 0-1 loss to Stanford. Dipsy was a few years older, I believe.
Those were good times for sure.
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6 hours ago, Gremio14 said:
I’m still miffed they eliminated the last SLU team that actually had a shot at the overall...Vedad, DiRaimondo, Grazier, etc...
I was about ready to remind you of the team that featured Dipsy Selowane and Brad Davis, but then I remembered that that happened a few years earlier.
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Thanks Kwyjibo.
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I think the Bills are tied for eighth with St. Bona if they win. The top eight teams play in the A10 tourney.
I'll stand corrected if I am wrong...
The Bonnies held on to beat VCU tonight, so the Billikens have to win tonight.
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Billikens score.
If both Saint Louis and St. Bona win, I believe they go to a tiebreaker scenario to determine who plays in A10. Correct me if I am wrong...
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St. Bona is leading VCU 2-1 while the Billikens are tied with SJU.
Not looking good...
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7 hours ago, Slu let the dogs out? said:
It may be rare but it is still possible.
The basketball world long ago settled on a lexicon that allows everyone to discuss the game without confusion.
It would not make sense to anyone to describe that game as anything other than at three possession game.
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4 hours ago, TFord and TRavs said:
Wisconsin is supposed to be down and mizzou is suppossedly top 25.
The porters shooting % is atrocious
A three possession loss is never a route.
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17 hours ago, TFord and TRavs said:
Wisconsin beats Missouri in a closed scrimmage.
Wisconsin is predicted a mid tier B10 team this year and routed a predicted top 25 Missouri.
8 point win in a meaningless scrimmage = route. Weird.
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The team probably deserved a new thread.
I was following along on the live stats so I am not sure what happened, but GK Ben Yeager subbed in midway through the game. McGinty went deep in to the roster again, so that may be the reason. Hopefully not an injury.
Tulsa (4-8-1) and SLU are both way down this season, but they have something else in common: both are the only teams to beat No. 6 Stanford. Both won 2-0 actually.
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SLU is 4-8-1 after the OT loss last night to Davidson.
SLU is in a three way tie for 8th in the league standings with the Top 8 going on the A-10 tourney and league leading Fordham on the schedule. The Billikens end the season with a 3-8-4 St. Joseph's.
How did we get here (rhetorical question)?
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5 hours ago, Billy Ken said:
That definitely shows class and heart for sure. Right thing to do. However, one good deed doesn't excuse or make up for short comings of this program. We are talking about two different things here.
I was just relaying a cool story in a season in which the cool stories may begin and end with Stanford.
This was not directly related to you or your posts.
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Last week, an individual took the time to go to the SLU Men's Soccer Facebook page to thank the team for spontaneously joining in on the applause for a flight of veterans while waiting at the airport. This while traveling to play George Washington.
I thought that was cool.
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On 10/10/2017 at 4:07 PM, Old guy said:
I think it is very good for everyone involved in this mess that the media has paid it so little attention so far. The chances are it will not grow to a big story (at least I hope so) which will help protect the players in the long run.
It will remain a story, though it will only become a big story if it goes to court.
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On 10/10/2017 at 3:00 PM, RUBillsFan said:
(which is why IMO SLU has done a good job keeping this close to the vest).
The federal regulations that govern student privacy are so restrictive that they have likely released everything they are allowed to release.
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Billikens lose 4-0 to VCU.
The season may as well be over.
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1 hour ago, brianstl said:
More kids in the US start playing soccer year round at a younger age today than they did in the late seventies, eighties or early nineties. Yet, somehow those years produced better national teams and more accomplished players in Europe than what we have done since. That is the time period that produced Dempsey, Donovan, Ramos, McBride, Pope, Friedel, Reyna, Beasley, Keller, Wynalda, Cherundolo, Harkes, etc..
An interesting point about the players of yore and one that I would have to think about.
My point was not about the number of US players in organized leagues, but the frequency in which players are exposed to the game throughout their formative years. I would say especially the informal game as played on the streets of Barcelona, Buenos Aires, Brasilia and so on.
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54 minutes ago, brianstl said:
That is a cop out. With the exception of Brazil, the US population is at least 4 times larger than all recent World Cup winners. In the case of Spain and Argentina the population is almost 8 times larger. We don't need the majority of elite athletes to choose soccer. Athleticism is important in soccer, but having the right skill sets might be more important. Messi is under 5'8' and doesn't have elite athlete speed.
The problem is not that our prospective players are quitting too soon.
The problem is that not enough of our prospective elite players are not starting early enough.
Messi would probably not be a world class player if he was born and raised in suburban St. Louis.
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2 hours ago, billikenfan05 said:
Looking at that stadium makes me and should make every slu soccer fan furious with the SLU Athletic Department.
Furious indeed!
How many other Men's Soccer programs could build a non-conference schedule as SLU does season after season? 25-50? The program absolutely could be great again with the right coach and the right stadium.
I do not expect every elite player in the St. Louis area to seriously consider playing for SLU, but there was a time in which the stadium may have been a key consideration. I doubt that is the case anymore.
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16 hours ago, Spoon-Balls said:
What about a guy like Jason Mims up at University of Nebraska Omaha? A Billiken soccer alum who's built up a top 25 program pretty much from nothing.
I like this way of thinking.
Coach Mims did start with a regional university that just moved to Division II and had (almost) no soccer tradition whatsoever, but Omaha is a nice soccer city and the university decided to invest heavily in the program to take advantage of that. Key to the effort was the renovation of Caniglia Field: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Al_F._Caniglia_Field
Hermann could look like that...
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13 hours ago, Clock_Tower said:
Do we have a local St Louis guy who would want to be SLUs coach and be good at it?
You open up the job and hire the best person who will take it. Don't limit yourself to proven head coaches. Don't worry about where they are from. Don't hire Mike Sorber unless you want to hire him in advancement to fund raise for a new stadium.
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One great thing about Salt and Smoke: they use the No Wait app.
I love the brisket, but not the pulled chicken.
My favorite way to go though is the bbq salad at Sugarfire. A nice but simple salad with brisket and Turkey on top.
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I am sure someone else will offer further comment, but until someone does...
The youth movement continues as a redshirt freshman (Jones) and a sophomore (Novaes) scored.
Stanford recorded more shots (16-9), but SLU had a 6-1 advantage on shots on goal. SLU recorded just one save in the shutout.
I did follow along with the Stanford Twitter feed and they had a way of making it sound like the Cardinal had dangerous shot after dangerous shot. None of that matters.
Attendance was a mere 3,326 on homecoming, though it was hot and not the usual evening game with fireworks.
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