Bearcat

This has been my idea for a while, keep reducing the number, eliminate subs and let the conditioning take over.

We went and watched the first half of the game today. My daughter had to go to soccer practice at 1:30 since they won high school playoff game last night so we missed the fireworks of scoring live but we came home and watched the 2nd half. Great day for SLU. Absolutely they were the better team on the field today. Totally agree on Kelly, she was fantastic, felt like she totally dominated the game when the ball was around her. Impressed with so many girls, but Halverson really stood out to us as well. Her 2nd half run through the midfield and subsequent pass that led to the Gaebe goal was phenomenal. Congrats to the Coaches and team.

Courtside, Thank you again for all the information. As the parent of a very interested and invested youth soccer player the insight into the program is honestly unequaled. Neither she or I can thank you enough. I know most of you on the site are die hard SLU fans (i'm a recent convert from all things UC thanks to my daughter's interest) and the disappointment when your school/team takes a loss is real. But you really do have something special with this Women's team. From the players to the coaching staff it's different and most certainly not common. My kids been around a lot of programs and coaches and she felt the genuineness of it immediately. Literally she talks about it almost daily. Great teams lose games, great teams miss chances, and great teams make mistakes. It's a fantastic team of ladies and a well coached group crippled with key injuries. My daughters club team had a similar run in the middle of the club season, a nearly undefeatable team for years ravaged by a rash of injury and some mental breakdowns lost more games in 2 months than they had lost in 3 years. Lets face it, doesn't matter if they are 15-16 year old's or 20-21 years old's they are still young end evolving physically and mentally. But they fought out of it and found their success , and the SLU women will too. The program will get stronger. You all have some fantastic talent incoming (we've played against a number of them and you are lucky to have them) so the future is bright and these injuries will pass and all will be right. So many brilliant plays that have just escaped success this season. Thanks again Courtside! (by the way the long posts are just fine with us because you give so much info that for non locals that can only watch on TV it paints a much clearer picture for recruits. Probably helps the local ones as well.)

Courtside, Thank you for the continued fantastic coverage and insight. For a while now my daughter has been obsessed with the Billikens, and dragged me into it with her. Honestly in my limited soccer knowledge as former mid level club coach, referee for club NAIA and High School, and parent with 3 kids playing, I believe they were in the top 10 of teams we watched play this spring across all conferences. I have to believe they will get back on track. Fantastic coaches with high ethics and a team that is as cohesive as they seem from the outside says as much. Looking forward to seeing them put it back together. Thank you for the time you take to share your knowledge here. I just registered but she has been reading me posts from the site all year. Very much appreciate you, never thought I’d become an SLU fan, but here I am.