Hoosiers Host #5 Stanford on Fireworks Night on BTN Sunday / scoreless draw

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BLOOMINGTON, Ind. – The Indiana University men's soccer team will host the No. 5-ranked Stanford Cardinal in the final match of the adidas/IU Credit Union Classic on Fireworks Night at Jerry Yeagley Field at Bill Armstrong Stadium on Sunday.

Kickoff on Sunday night is scheduled for 7:30 p.m. ET, with the match being televised nationally on the Big Ten Network. Live stats can be found at IUHoosiers.com. On Sunday, it will be Fireworks Night for the fans, while Thunder Styx will also be handed out to the first 1,000 fans.

adidas/IU Credit Union Classic Schedule
Friday, September 2
No. 4 Notre Dame 2, No. 5 Stanford 1 (2OT) - FINAL
No. 5 Indiana 2, No. 22 California 1 - FINAL

Sunday, September 4
No. 4. Notre Dame vs. No. 22 California – 12:30 p.m. ET
No. 5 Indiana vs. No. 5 Stanford – 7:30 p.m. ET

SETTING THE SCENE
• The No. 5-ranked Indiana Hoosiers used a pair of second half goals to beat No. 22-ranked California on Friday night in the adidas/IU Credit Union Classic.
• Trevor Swartz and Rashad Hyacenth scored their first goals of the season in the victory for the Hoosiers.
• The 3-0-0 start to the season for the Hoosiers is the team's first since 2012 when the program won its eighth NCAA Championship. IU is looking for its first 4-0-0 start since 2004.
• The Hoosiers enter the 2016 season coming off another terrific season in 2015, reaching the NCAA Tournament for a record 29-straight season and 40th overall in program history.
• IU earned a national seed for the 11th time in the last 13 years, beating UConn before falling to No. 1 Wake Forest in the NCAA Tournament quarterfinals.

NEWS AND NOTES
• MF Tanner Thompson was named Top Drawer Soccer's National Player of the Week, the Big Ten Offensive Player of the Week and to College Soccer News' Team of the Week on Aug. 30.
• Senior MF Tanner Thompson and junior D Grant Lillard were two of 30 players named to the MAC Hermann Trophy Watch List in July. Indiana is one of just four schools in the nation to have two players on the prestigious list, joining UCLA, Seattle and Boston University. Thompson and Lillard are two of three Big Ten players on the list, along with Rutgers' Jason Wright.
• Tanner Thompson and Grant Lillard were both unanimous preseason All-America selections, as both were honored by College Soccer News and Top Drawer Soccer.
• Grant Lillard was also named the top defender in the nation in a preseason poll conducted by Top Drawer soccer of the nation's head coaches.
• The Hoosiers return nine starters from last year's team that made the Sweet Sixteen, including All-America honoree Tanner Thompson and All-Big Ten award winners Grant Lillard, Andrew Gutman and Francesco Moore.
• After qualifying for the NCAA Tournament last year, the Hoosiers extended their streak to 29-straight appearances in the NCAA Tournament.

SCOUTING THE CARDINAL
• The No. 5-ranked Stanford Cardinal enter Sunday's match with the Hoosiers still looking for their first win of the season after a heart-breaking loss to No. 4 Notre Dame on Friday, losing in double overtime.
• In the national polls, Stanford is ranked No. 5 in the College Soccer News poll, No. 10 in the Soccer America poll, No. 13 in the Top Drawer Soccer rankings and No. 15 in the NSCAA poll.
• Last season, the Cardinal won the program's first NCAA Championship, beating Clemson, 4-0.
• Stanford returns six starters from last year's 18-2-3 NCAA title team, including Top Drawer Soccer Preseason Best XI First-Team honoree Tomas Hilliard-Arce.
• Hilliard-Arce, along with Corey Baird and Andrew Epstein were tabbed Preseason All Pac-12 by the league's coaches.

SERIES HISTORY
• In the overall history between Indiana and Stanford, the Hoosiers hold a 4-1-2 record in the series dating back to the 1982 season.
• The two teams haven't played each other since the 2000 season, when the Cardinal defeated the Hoosiers, 1-0.
• IU and Stanford have only played each other once in Bloomington, with the teams playing to a 2-2 draw on Sept. 6, 1991.

THOMPSON EARNS NATIONAL, BIG TEN HONORS
• After scoring two game-winning goals and recording an assist in wins over New Mexico and UC Irvine, Tanner Thompsonearned national and Big Ten honors on Aug. 30.
•Thompson was named Top Drawer Soccer's National Player of the Week, the Big Ten Offensive Player of the Week and to the College Soccer News Team of the Week.

THOMPSON NETS LATE PENALTY TO BEAT LOBOS
• With just 30 seconds left in regulation, Tanner Thompson converted a penalty kick to give the Hoosiers a 1-0 win over New Mexico on Aug. 26.
• The penalty was called after a UNM defender lifted his arms to defend a chip shot from Grant Lillard.

HOOSIERS RISE IN THE NATIONAL POLLS
• In the National Soccer Coaches of America Association (NSCAA) National Poll, the Hoosiers jumped 10 spots with their wins over New Mexico and UC Irvine to No. 5 in the nation.
• Indiana is also ranked No. 5 in the country in the Top Drawer Soccer poll.
• IU checks in at No. 10 in the College Soccer News poll and No. 11 in the Soccer America rankings.

Live stats and game notes within:
http://iuhoosiers.com/news/2016/9/3...-5-stanford-on-fireworks-night-on-sunday.aspx

Go Hoosiers!

 

[zeke4ahs]

Why is Indiana playing with only 10 men?

 

[GetFreshCrew]

Why is Indiana playing with only 10 men?

Two questionable yellows on Lillard... Total BS. IU has played catch up ever since!

 

[Army88]

I started watching late. Any replay on the questionable calls.
Despite playing with 10, IU gave stout defense.

 

[Stefan]

Score?

 

[zeke4ahs]

What happened to the Stanford guy that hit our player in the family jewels?

 

[snowling]

SU and IU play to a scoreless draw.
Replay of the SU/IU match is on BTN at 3am EDT, Monday morning.
Second yellow was a better call on Lillard than the first one (IMO); he was impeding the player with the ball on a drive and had made no play on the ball.

Go Hoosiers!

 

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Game updates: IU soccer vs. Stanford
by Jeremy Price

FINAL
Indiana posts an admirable result with a draw after being down a man for the final 67 minutes of the match. Stanford held 6-5 edge in shots, 7-5 edge in corner kicks. Goalkeeper Colin Webb man of the match with four saves. HOOSIERS 0, CARDINAL 0

END OF REGULATION
We’re headed to sudden death overtime with each time collecting four shot attempts, all four on goal for Stanford, just two on target for Indiana. Hoosiers trying to salvage a result a man down. HOOSIERS 0, CARDINAL 0

SECOND HALF
19:00: As you might expect, Stanford with more of the ball having a man advantage, but senior goalkeeper Colin Webb has risen to the occasion with four saves now for Indiana. Hoosiers have had a couple long-range shot attempts, but nothing dangerous, while Stanford has picked up one more yellow card to this point. HOOSIERS 0, CARDINAL 0

HALFTIME
For a scoreless game with just three total shot attempts, this has been a captivating first 40 minutes. However, things are looking a lot more grim for Indiana after Grant Lillard earned a second yellow card with just over two minutes left in the half, meaning he was sent off with a red card and will not only miss the rest of tonight’s game, but the Big Ten opener against Maryland on Friday. Colin Webb made two saves on both Stanford shots, Indiana had just one shot that was not on goal. Hoosiers will have their hands full trying to get a result down a man in the second half, but Stanford has two players with a yellow card and could easily find themselves back even the way this game is going. Here’s one play where Stanford got away with no card. HOOSIERS 0, CARDINAL 0

FIRST HALF
22:00: Shot attempts and scoring chances in general have been at a premium thus far, in what has been a physical, aggressive battle with Stanford not yielding the kind of space to Indiana that Cal did on Friday night. However, the only booking has been a yellow card on IU’s Grant Lillard. Cardinal have consistently fouled IU in the midfield defensively, while offensively Stanford has pretty much skipped the midfield with long balls from the back trying to jumpstart the offense. HOOSIERS 0, CARDINAL 0

PREGAME
No. 5 Indiana hosts defending national champion and No. 15 Stanford tonight at Armstrong Stadium to cap off the IU Classic. The Hoosiers are a perfect 3-0 for the first time since 2012 and looking for a 4-0 start for the first time since 2004. Notre Dame has the inside track to the Classic title after a 5-0 drubbing of Cal earlier Sunday, meaning the Hoosiers need five goals to tie and six to win the crown. But that’s really not important for Indiana, which wants to keep the strong start going and will see the schedule only get more difficult with Maryland coming to town for the Big Ten opener this Friday. Scoring updates to come here and more on Twitter.

http://www.hoosiersportsreport.com/2016/09/game-updates-iu-soccer-vs-stanford/
Go Hoosiers!

 

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Indiana Plays No. 5 Stanford to Scoreless Draw

BLOOMINGTON, Ind. – The Indiana University men's soccer team played the No. 5-ranked Stanford Cardinal to a 0-0 draw on Sunday night in front of 4,081 fans at Jerry Yeagley Field at Bill Armstrong Stadium in the adidas/IU Credit Union Classic.

Playing with 10 men for over half the match, the No. 5-ranked Hoosiers open the season 3-0-1 for the third time since the 2011 season with the hard-fought draw. The 2015 NCAA Champion Cardinal move to 0-1-3 on the year.

Hoosier GK Colin Webb made four saves in posting his second shutout of the season. Webb's 22 career shutouts rank him 10th all-time in Indiana history. Offensively, MF Trevor Swartz led IU with two shots on goal. D Andrew Gutman had two shots, while F Rashad Hyacenth had one.

In a game marked with physicality, the Hoosiers and Cardinal combined for six yellow cards and one red card. The red was issued to Indiana's D Grant Lillard in the 43rd minute. The two squads also combined for 21 fouls, with the Cardinal getting called for 17 to the Hoosiers' four.

"I'm pleased to come away against a really good side, playing down a man, says a lot about our team to stay disciplined and still limit their chances," IU head coach Todd Yeagley said. "Not a fun game to be down a man and have to defend as deep as we did but we were able to adjust. We feel we can be effective playing in different ways and I think tonight was one more example of that."

After losing Lillard, the Hoosier defense was stout, limiting the Cardinal to just four shots. Indiana tied with Stanford with four shots apiece in the final 67:18 of the match.

The No. 5 Hoosiers will be back on the pitch on Friday, Sept. 9 when the team hosts Big Ten rival and No. 2-ranked Maryland. Kickoff on Friday is scheduled for 7:30 p.m. ET at Jerry Yeagley Field at Bill Armstrong Stadium. The match will be broadcast live on the Big Ten Network.

For all the latest on Indiana University men's soccer, be sure to follow the team at @IUMensSoccer on Twitter, Facebook,Instagram and Snapchat.

adidas/IU Credit Union Classic All-Tournament Team
Jon Gallagher – Notre Dame (Offensive MVP)
Chris Hubbard – Notre Dame (Defensive MVP)
Brandon Aubrey – Notre Dame
Thomas Ueland – Notre Dame
Tanner Thompson – Indiana
Trevor Swartz – Indiana
Rashad Hyacenth - Indiana
Drew Skundrich – Stanford
Brian Nana-Sinkim - Stanford
Nick Lima – California
Trevor Haberkorn – California

http://iuhoosiers.com/news/2016/9/4/mens-soccer-indiana-plays-no-5-stanford-to-scoreless-draw.aspx

Go Hoosiers!

 

[mazz]

What happened to the Stanford guy that hit our player in the family jewels?

Nothing. That's what caused things to escalate. Pretty solid result for IU considering they had to play a man down for the majority of the game. Tons of "good" fouls that really disrupted play.

 

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Lillard issued red card, suspended for next match
by Zain Pyarali

Eighteen fouls were called against Stanford Sunday night compared to just five against the Hoosiers. However, IU was hurt the most when it came down to disciplinary action.

Junior defender Grant Lillard was issued a yellow card in the 17th minute of the game. Two minutes before halftime, arguably the top defender in college soccer faced his second yellow of the match resulting in a red card and Lillard being disqualified from the game.

IU was down to 10 men with 45 minutes remaining in a scoreless game.

“It’s unsaid with our team that when something like that happens it almost picks up the team,” senior defender Derek Creviston said. “We know we had to do that much more work and I think that it kind of helped us get through that 70 minutes without him.”

The Hoosiers were resilient on the pitch in their time without the MAC Hermann watch list player. They not only had to play the next 45 minutes with a man down, but also an extra 20 minutes in overtime and were able to walk away with a 0-0 draw.

The match was very physical from the start, with Stanford recording 10 team fouls in the first half while IU had just two, the cards from Lillard. IU Coach Todd Yeagley was unpleased in the way that the defending national champions played and apologized to the fans postgame for not seeing a soccer game that had potential to be a great one.

“I thought our team stayed very discipline in a game that could have potentially been out of hand and didn’t retaliate on some things that were done off the ball,” Yeagley said. “To play 70 minutes a man down is difficult especially for us where we want to have the ball, typically not the ones that are defending it.”

One of those off the ball plays that Yeagley’s team didn’t react to came after the whistle was blown. Senior defender Billy McConnell took a shot below the belt from a Stanford player that sent him to the turf and resulted in no repercussion. The Cardinal were awarded four yellow cards in the match after earning a red card in each of the prior two matches.

The physicality on the pitch Sunday night was something that could be expected in a Big Ten match, as the Hoosiers face off against No. 7 Maryland next Friday in the conference opener.

Unfortunately for IU, they will be without Lillard as his red card against Stanford automatically rules him out for the next match.

The 6-foot-4 height of Lillard is four inches taller than any other IU defender, causing a major loss for the Hoosiers on plays that need to be made in the air. He has started in every game of his IU career and has already contributed with a goal in the first four games of the year.

“Grant is a big loss because of what he brings and certainly is an aerial presence,” Yeagley said. “We didn’t have a red card I don’t think in the last two years, so it says a lot about our discipline in our team. We can play tough, but we know where to stay in bounds.”

http://www.idsnews.com/article/2016/09/lillards-red-card-creates-game-changer-vs-stanford

Go Hoosiers!

 

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IU finishes weekend with two positive results
by Josh Eastern

Physicality would be the appropriate word to sum up the final match of the adidas/IU Credit Union Classic.

Was it senior defender Derek Creviston’s chipped tooth? Was it the 23 combined fouls? Was it the amount of challenges that went uncalled? Well, it was a mix of all of that and more.

The No. 15 Stanford Cardinal have yet to win a game in 2016 as the defending national champions, and that continued Sunday at Bill Armstrong Stadium as the No. 5 Indiana Hoosiers battled through nearly 70 minutes a man down to settle for a 0-0 draw.

“We’ve had games where it was a battle and tonight was definitely a battle,” IU senior midfielder Tanner Thompson said. “We fought through and got the result, so it’s a positive takeaway.”

That’s right, the Hoosiers had to play one of the most physical matches you will see all season, with 10 men. IU senior defender Grant Lillard was first cautioned by the referee with a yellow card in the 17th minute and then was sent off in the 43rd minute following a second yellow.

IU Coach Todd Yeagley was visibly upset on the sideline with some of the other happenings in the game, but said losing Lillard was big.

“Grant is a big loss,” Yeagley said. “The message was just stay focused and disciplined because it’s easy to get forward and lose sight that we’re playing a man down. We had to pick and choose when to go forward, and I would have loved to see it a few more times, but it wasn’t to be.”

Stanford had the chances in this match for most of the night and put the IU defense in some iffy situations. Yeagley had his work cut out for him at halftime following going a man down and Creviston was a big part of that being a central defender.

“It wasn’t the soccer we wanted to play, but you’re going to get games like that,” Creviston said with a chipped front tooth. “We were just proud we battled through and got a result.”

Multiple times throughout the night senior goalkeeper Colin Webb had to come up with big saves to keep the Hoosiers alive. IU had a few chances here and there, but the Cardinal, in the second half, mostly dominated the possession being a man up.

The match ended with some staggering stats as the Cardinal out-shot the Hoosiers just 6-5, but committed 18 fouls to the Hoosiers five. At the end of the first half, IU had committed just two fouls to Stanford’s 10, but those two fouls were Lillard’s yellow cards and that got IU Coach Todd Yeagley perturbed during the halftime interview.

"We're trying to play soccer today, but I don't know if Stanford wanted to come play,” Yeagley said on the Big Ten Network broadcast at halftime.

The Hoosiers finished the adidas/IU Credit Union Classic 1-0-1 as they had to come up with a resilient 2-1 win Friday night against Cal before Sunday’s draw against Stanford and Yeagley likes where the team stands after the weekend.

“The four games that we opened up with – to still have three wins and a draw says a lot about where we are,” Yeagley said. “We’re still building and getting better. I do feel our team will look different in two, three weeks or a month, as we get better. We’re not close to the finished product, yet a lot of things I saw this weekend was positive.”

Indiana feels good about where they stand heading into the Big Ten slate, but now will welcome in No. 7 Maryland on Friday. They will be without their big defender in Lillard, but Creviston said they have a good mindset going in.

“I think we have a good mindset right now,” Creviston said. “We’re just going to take what we can from this game and learn from it and we have a big Friday and I think we’ll be ready.”

http://www.idsnews.com/article/2016/09/physcial-play-was-heavy-vs-west-coast-teams

Go Hoosiers!

 

[GeddyHoosier]

That was quite a slugfest with Stanford. Fortunate to come out with a tie being down a man for so long. I hate to see any team just pack it in and go for the draw, but that was really our only way to not lose. Good weekend overall.