SLU Women's Soccer Thread

[courtside]

59 minutes ago, brianstl said:

You created a burner account for that crap?  Sad.

Repeating lies over and over again doesn’t make them true.

Brian, you have worked in the SLU Athletic Department for 25 years. You have had one promotion, 13 years ago. Same school. Same job. Perhaps your time would be more productive, and better spent elsewhere. 

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SLU 4-4-1

Saint Joseph’s 3-5-2

Same lineup and same formation for SLU for the 5th straight game. 

SLU doesn’t see many 3-5-2’s in conference, so that was a nice change of pace. It’s a frequent formation with football four programs. 

Larson, Smith, Broesder Gary, stopd out for SLU. And a good start with Simon’s goal. 

When they give you the space, you take the space. One of the discussions is about taking the space and holding the ball a little longer if that’s the play. Simon took the space in the middle of the field. No one marked her so she took it near the top of the 18 and she ripped it low far post. 1-0. 

Larson did some heavy lifting as she did at VCU. Strong runs from Smith and Broesder. Chier xould have had a another goal or two and a few back post plays. She had another second to settle a couple of half volleys. She did find the rebound on a nice move and servixxe from Boresder. 2-0 

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More SLU pressure early 2nd half. Broesder missed a bouncy turf tap in back post on a nice play from Simon (strong hold play), and Kim wide service. 

SLU drew a corner and another header from Hockett. She is SLU’s best set piece serial target and she now has 2 of those goals in back to back games. Luebbert near post service. 3-0.

More Kim pressure earns a corner. Great service and header from Broesder bangs off of the bar to Larson who heads it into the goal for 4-0. 

SLU entered the game 6th in the country in corner kicks per game. They moved into 4th with their effort Sunday. And lately SLU is finishing more and more of their chances. 

Another set piece goal as Stanciak pounced on a loose ball corner. Addison is a true power forward who will score in a wide variety of ways. First of many. 5-0

Additional good work from Fox, Leonard. Sarnowski.

SLU now has 12 different goal scorers, and 9 different players with assists. 

[courtside]

On 9/29/2025 at 8:20 AM, courtside said:

SLU’s current RPI today is 46. New week. New opportunities.

SLU’s current RPI after Sunday’s games is 47.

[RollBills82]

So much for style points. 

[cgeldmacher]

My sources say that SLU made a very competitive financial package offer to DiMaria, and that North Carolina made a better offer.  She chose North Carolina.  I won't share the exact numbers I heard.  I don't think there is any complaint to be made about what SLU offered.

Beyond that, I hope the choice was made simply because of the reputation of the North Carolina program and the better pay.  I hope her decision wasn't based upon the style of play that Shields coaches.

[billikenfan05]

On 10/4/2025 at 2:00 PM, courtside said:

No. I am not on social media. But I do live rent free in your head. And I really shouldn’t be living rent free in your head. 

Repeating the same lies over and over again doesn’t make them true. 

Weird, they in to all the same things you’re into. You guys should be friends..

[courtside]

5 minutes ago, billikenfan05 said:

Weird, they in to all the same things you’re into. You guys should be friends..

It wouldn’t be the first time. You’d know that. 

[OkieBilliken]

6 hours ago, courtside said:

SLU’s current RPI after Sunday’s games is 47.

Would you happen to know Dayton's RPI?   They are also 5-0 and haven't conceded a goal  in conference.  They have played a  non-conference schedule on par with ours.   Not looking past Duquesne at all but that game vs Dayton will likely decide the conference winner.   I'm glad its at Hermann but that one is massive.   

[willie]

1 hour ago, cgeldmacher said:

My sources say that SLU made a very competitive financial package offer to DiMaria, and that North Carolina made a better offer.  She chose North Carolina.  I won't share the exact numbers I heard.  I don't think there is any complaint to be made about what SLU offered.

Beyond that, I hope the choice was made simply because of the reputation of the North Carolina program and the better pay.  I hope her decision wasn't based upon the style of play that Shields coaches.

I am curious about your last sentence. It would appear to me that Shields plays an open and attractive style. Are u suggesting otherwise? 

[Speyburn]

10 minutes ago, OkieBilliken said:

Would you happen to know Dayton's RPI?   They are also 5-0 and haven't conceded a goal  in conference.  They have played a  non-conference schedule on par with ours.   Not looking past Duquesne at all but that game vs Dayton will likely decide the conference winner.   I'm glad its at Hermann but that one is massive.   

40

[courtside]

1 hour ago, OkieBilliken said:

Would you happen to know Dayton's RPI?   They are also 5-0 and haven't conceded a goal  in conference.  They have played a  non-conference schedule on par with ours.   Not looking past Duquesne at all but that game vs Dayton will likely decide the conference winner.   I'm glad its at Hermann but that one is massive.   

As mentioned, it is 40 right now for Dayton. All of SLU’s remaining opponents are capable of drawing SLU or defeating SLU in a one off game.  Duquesne is next. 

I have access to every team’s RPI at the end of game night each day. At the latest it would be early the next morning. Most movement days are Wed-Sun. 

[courtside]

1 hour ago, willie said:

I am curious about your last sentence. It would appear to me that Shields plays an open and attractive style. Are u suggesting otherwise? 

Always consider the source of information. She didn’t turn down SLU because of money. She didn’t turn down SLU because of Katie Shields. That’s actually the opposite. She was interested in SLU largely because of Katie Shields. They are close. 

SLU did make her an offer larger than they have made other players. They did their best from a financial standpoint and a recruiting standpoint. Recruiting is ALWAYS win some, lose some. 

It’s difficult for some people to accept that sometimes players want things SLU doesn’t offer, and others places do offer. People can be objective about that or not.

I can elaborate if you wish. 

[cgeldmacher]

1 hour ago, willie said:

I am curious about your last sentence. It would appear to me that Shields plays an open and attractive style. Are u suggesting otherwise? 

I don't think so, and I have had others tell me, independently, the same thing.  Shields style is to use our team's typically superior skill level and athleticism to constantly play the ball over the top.  As soon as we get possession, we try to drive the ball downfield to forwards who are very good at accepting the ball and starting a breakout style attack.  North Carolina plays a possession style that is much more similar to the way our Women's National team plays.  The problem with Shields' style of play is that it dominates lesser opponents, but, in my opinion, is not the best system against an opponent whose team has equal skills.  This is why we mop up in most A-10 games, but struggle against other ranked opponents and in the NCAA tournament.  Also, it gives teams like North Carolina and Notre Dame and argument against us in recruiting top players.

[courtside]

4 minutes ago, cgeldmacher said:

I don't think so, and I have had others tell me, independently, the same thing.  Shields style is to use our team's typically superior skill level and athleticism to constantly play the ball over the top.  As soon as we get possession, we try to drive the ball downfield to forwards who are very good at accepting the ball and starting a breakout style attack.  North Carolina plays a possession style that is much more similar to the way our Women's National team plays.  The problem with Shields' style of play is that it dominates lesser opponents, but, in my opinion, is not the best system against an opponent whose team has equal skills.  This is why we mop up in most A-10 games, but struggle against other ranked opponents and in the NCAA tournament.  Also, it gives teams like North Carolina and Notre Dame and argument against us in recruiting top players.

Not sure how to say this but you have no idea what you are talking about in these posts. 

[TheA_Bomb]

10 minutes ago, cgeldmacher said:

I don't think so, and I have had others tell me, independently, the same thing.  Shields style is to use our team's typically superior skill level and athleticism to constantly play the ball over the top.  As soon as we get possession, we try to drive the ball downfield to forwards who are very good at accepting the ball and starting a breakout style attack.  North Carolina plays a possession style that is much more similar to the way our Women's National team plays.  The problem with Shields' style of play is that it dominates lesser opponents, but, in my opinion, is not the best system against an opponent whose team has equal skills.  This is why we mop up in most A-10 games, but struggle against other ranked opponents and in the NCAA tournament.  Also, it gives teams like North Carolina and Notre Dame and argument against us in recruiting top players.

What you're saying is that Shields plays a direct approach and UNC plays an indirect (or possession based) approach.  You see a lot of direct approach in a team that will sit back and play counter attacking soccer.  Usually you do that if you are over matched. Because that's normally their best bet if you're over matched it's tougher to methodically work the ball up the pitch and you just might be luckier on a quick counter attack dropping the ball deep.

I'm not familiar with the styles of ND or UNC but if it is in line with the USWNT then that may give them an advantage vs a team that doesn't play that style. 

Makes sense why someone might choose one school over another. Like how a 3 point specialist might not want to go to a basketball team that focuses on working most shots in the post.

[FromDaEastSide]

On 10/3/2025 at 6:54 PM, courtside said:

Last year SLU recruited 2 local United States Youth National Team players, Izzy Dalke (SLSG) and Gracie Milam. (lLou Fusz) They are both top 10 to top 25 national level players. One is an outside back and one is a center back. Both liked SLU and both strongly considered SLU, especially Milam. Both picked elsewhere. (Clemson and Florida) Neither played high school soccer. But Dalke did play golf at Althoff High School.  

Check your sources, Izzy did play her junior year (Spring 25) at Althoff besides when she was called up to USYNT. 

[courtside]

1 hour ago, FromDaEastSide said:

Check your sources, Izzy did play her junior year (Spring 25) at Althoff besides when she was called up to USYNT. 

I don’t need to check my sources. I am the source. 

Izzy committed to Clemson in September of 2024 of her Junior year. She did not play high school soccer until after she committed to Clemson, not before. I will explain why below. 

For those who don’t know this example, it is Izzy Dalke. Izzy is a top 10 national player in the class of 2026. She plays outside back at the USYNT level for multiple years. SLU recruited her hard. She strongly considered SLU for a while, before eventually committing to Clemson. Colleen Corbin was her lead recruiter but she was a full staff target including Katie Shields. Izzy is from STL and she attends Althoff High School. Izzy also plays golf. 

Izzy has played a variety of positions at the club level. On the national level her bread is buttered at outside back. That is her college future and potential professional future.

Izzy did not play high school soccer before committing to Clemson. Some players never play high school. Some will play only after their commitment. Not before. And some will play high school soccer each year. 

The reason to not play high school soccer before committing is because players can and do get more national exposure playing on a Super Cup all star team. The level of competition is also higher. 

What is a Super Cup team? In addition to Izzy’s age group club team at Scott Gallagher, Izzy played on a Spring high school aged all star team instead of high school soccer. It is also a Scott Gallagher team. anyone Freshman through Senior, and a rare 8th grader once (Pfeiffer) that didn’t play high school soccer. 

Izzy played on two different age group club teams at Scott Gallagher. She was “promoted” to the SLSG 06 team that won their 2nd straight ECNL National Title at U17. They also won it prior to that at U16. SLU’s (Ava Rademeyer, Blakely Hockett, and Audrey Smith played on the team) More recently, Izzy has played on the 08 SLSG team with Billiken commits Roz Doherty, Keira Bartholet, and Lucy Marsh. They had a big win this past weekend at Michigan Hawks to remain undefeated so far in league play this season 

I am happy to go through the list of which players played high school and which didn’t before committing. I can do it for Billiken commits, targets. locals, regional, national players etc…Some players will play high school after committing. Some will stay with Super Cup. I previously mentioned the example where Lily Freer played her Freshman season at Alton only to spend time with her Senior year sister. She then switched to Super Cup. Lily is one of the two Freshman starters at Stanford. Caroline Birkel didn’t play high school soccer. Gracie Milam another 2026 USYNT local played for Lou Fusz version of Super Cup. 

Prior to Super Cup, and in addition to it, some players who didn’t play high school, worked out with boys teams or other outlets. Some local players pre-date Super Cup. Maci Teater (Holt) who committed to North Carolina didn't play high school soccer. She transferred to Vandy her last 2 seasons. She actually played with a Danish professional team as an amateur before college. It was SLU alum Maddie Pokorny’s team at the time. 

[billikenfan05]

1 minute ago, courtside said:

I don’t need to check my sources. I am the source. 

Izzy committed to Clemson in September of 2024 of her Junior year. She did not play high school soccer until after she committed to Clemson, not before. I will explain why below. 

For those who don’t know this example, it is Izzy Dalke. Izzy is a top 10 national player in the class of 2026. She plays outside back at the USYNT level for multiple years. SLU recruited her hard. She strongly considered SLU for a while, before eventually committing to Clemson. Colleen Corbin was her lead recruiter but she was a full staff target including Katie Shields. Izzy is from STL and she attends Althoff High School. iszy also plays golf. 

Izzy has played a variety of positions at the club level. On the national level her bread is buttered at outside back. That is her college future and potential professional future.

Izzy did not play high school soccer before committing to Clemson. Some players never play high school. Some will play only after their commitment. Not before. And some will play high school soccer each year. 

The reason to not play high school soccer before committing is because players can and do get more national exposure playing on a Super Cup all star team. The level of competition is also higher. 

What is a Super Cup team? In addition to Izzy’s age group club team at Scott Gallagher, Izzy played on a Spring high school aged all star team instead of high school soccer. It is also a Scott Gallagher team. anyone Freshman through Senior, and a rare 8th grader once (Pfeiffer) that didn’t play high school soccer. 

Izzy played on two different age group club teams at Scott Gallagher. She was “promoted” to the SLSG 06 team that won their 2nd straight ECNL National Title at U17. They also won it prior to that at U16. SLU’s (Ava Rademeyer, Blakely Hockett, and Audrey Smith played on the team) More recently, Izzy has played on the 08 SLSG team with Billiken commits Roz Doherty, Keira Bartholet, and Lucy Marsh. They had a big win this past weekend at Michigan Hawks to remain undefeated so far in league play this season 

I am happy to go through the list of which players played high school and which didn’t before committing. I can do it for Billiken commits, targets. locals, regional, national players etc…Some players will play high school after committing. Some will stay with Super Cup. I previously mentioned the example where Lily Freer played her Freshman season at Alton only to spend time with her Senior year sister. She then switched to Super Cup. Lily is one of the two Freshman starters at Stanford. Caroline Birkel didn’t play high school soccer. Gracie Milam another 2026 USYNT local played for Lou Fusz version of Super Cup. 

Prior to Super Cup, and in addition to it, some players who didn’t play high school, worked out with boys teams or other outlets. Some local players pre-date Super Cup. Maci Teater (Holt) who committed to North Carolina didn't play high school soccer. She transferred to Vandy her last 2 seasons. She actually played with a Danish professional team as an amateur before college. It was SLU alum Maddie Pokorny’s team at the time. 

Izzy Luebbert should get a restraining order.

[courtside]

2 minutes ago, billikenfan05 said:

Izzy Luebbert should get a restraining order.

This is what insecure trolls do when facts and information are not on their side.

Repeating lies over and over again doesn’t make them true.

And, the example mentioned was Izzy Dalke, not Izzy Luebbert. Try to keep up. 

[FromDaEastSide]

@courtside Your original post said she did not play high school soccer which is factually incorrect. While she did not play till after she committed, she did play high school soccer. I was commenting on the original post that said she only played golf.

[courtside]

8 minutes ago, FromDaEastSide said:

@courtside Your original post said she did not play high school soccer which is factually incorrect. While she did not play till after she committed, she did play high school soccer. I was commenting on the original post. 

Happy to help you with the information. You’re welcome. 

[thetorch]

16 minutes ago, FromDaEastSide said:

@courtside Your original post said she did not play high school soccer which is factually incorrect. While she did not play till after she committed, she did play high school soccer. I was commenting on the original post. 

There can be no refuting THE SOURCE!!!!

This guy can get updated soccer RPIs every night (just like anyone else who is capable of doing an online search).  No one else can be trusted.

How dare we lie and say he has multiple burner accounts on this forum and other social media platforms.  Not true.  They all just happen to write in the same sentence structure and use the same uncommon words.

Brian Kunderman is a total hack and spends his whole work day here posting as brianstl.  

Consider THE SOURCE!!!!

[Midtown Madness]

Brian Kunderman is not brianstl.

[thetorch]

8 minutes ago, Midtown Madness said:

Brian Kunderman: "I am not brianstl"

 

 

Consider the source!!! He's had the same stable occupation for many years. Obviously a loser.

 

[courtside]

On August 15th in the SLU Men’s Soccer thread, @cgeldmacher posted the following:

“I'm not saying you are wrong, because maybe you have better information than me, but I don't know that what you are saying is true.  To say that this they "still don't have the financial support needed to get over the hump" does not sound right.  What other team in the nation recently had state of the art soccer only buildings built for their men's and women's teams just off of the field.  I am also pretty sure we are one of the few D1 teams paying NIL money to our players.  We always have top 10 attendance.  What exactly is the support you think they should be getting that they are not getting?”

It was followed up a few posts later with a small sample of the way too many to count list of schools’ facilities. 

It is 100% incorrect and  not in the stratosphere of being correct that SLU correct to think SLU is one of a a “few” schools  paying soccer players. 
……………….

These are just two examples that are factually incorrect and made up out of thin air. 

Oh by the way since we are here these are UNC’s soccer facilities. The 7 minute mark shows one of their 3 attached buildings to their stadium. That one is the indoor practice facility. I point, because St. Louisan Jim Koman made the lead $15 million gift for the building.

UNC also has a newer South End Soccer building, as well as the McCaskill Center on the North End. Not shown is the Loudermilk Center. 

The video is 8 minutes in length: