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Buckeyes with a shot at #1, having clinched the double. Does IU get a seed and at least 1 home game?
 
As a player alum ... getting in is all we need to make a run. Being a higher seed can have a small advantage but not enough to tip the scales. Any given day! We bring coaching and confidence can't teach either of those. I will say have the first round bye does help more than the seed
 
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hoosiers94 said:
As a player alum ... getting in is all we need to make a run. Being a higher seed can have a small advantage but not enough to tip the scales. Any given day! We bring coaching and confidence can't teach either of those. I will say have the first round bye does help more than the seed
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Hopefully, Michigan was the "bad game" and the guys are refocused now and eager to get back on the pitch after a 2 week break. IU historically plays some of their best soccer in Nov/Dec.
 
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While we wait for Sunday, I'm excited for the Evansville Aces first tournament appearance since 1996. They play at UMass Thursday. If you're too young to remember, UE was a powerhouse in the late 80s/early 90s and a fierce rivalry with IU. Glad they are back after a quarter century of ineptitude.
 
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While we wait for Sunday, I'm excited for the Evansville Aces first tournament appearance since 1996. They play at UMass Thursday. If you're too young to remember, UE was a powerhouse in the late 80s/early 90s and a fierce rivalry with IU. Glad they are back after a quarter century of ineptitude.
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Yes they were formidable back then. We scrimmaged against them a couple of times .. off the record so to speak. Always gave us a run.
 
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Yes they were formidable back then. We scrimmaged against them a couple of times .. off the record so to speak. Always gave us a run.
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They had pipelines to England and St. Louis back in those days, but the program went south as both those dried up. They've now got a new pipeline to Spain, which seems to have gotten them back on the map. I'm glad and will be rooting for them.
 
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They had pipelines to England and St. Louis back in those days, but the program went south as both those dried up. They've now got a new pipeline to Spain, which seems to have gotten them back on the map. I'm glad and will be rooting for them.
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Yes. Lot of St Louis back in the day at a lot places. Always ran into talent from St Louis
 
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Most casual soccer fans would never guess they are the only program with more stars (10) than IU (8). Of course, those all came decades ago. Last one in 1973.
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No one other than casual fans know that. We never played them but ran into them across the soccer world. They liked to remind us of that. Of course when I played we didn't have 8 yet. I am a year older than Todd
 
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No one other than casual fans know that. We never played them but ran into them across the soccer world. They liked to remind us of that. Of course when I played we didn't have 8 yet. I am a year older than Todd
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Did you play in that game at Evansville in '90 during the NCAA round of 8? The Aces won 1-0 to advance to the Final Four (later the College Cup). I'll never forgot the atmosphere at that game-incredible. I started at IU in '93.
 
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Did you play in that game at Evansville in '90 during the NCAA round of 8? The Aces won 1-0 to advance to the Final Four (later the College Cup). I'll never forgot the atmosphere at that game-incredible. I started at IU in '93.
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I didn't nor the St. Louis game in prior round. I was a walk on and a freshman so come tournament time ... Chad Deering had a phenomenal tourney that year. He was the best player I ever played with...,
UCLA and cobi jones I think won it that year I recall
 
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I didn't nor the St. Louis game in prior round. I was a walk on and a freshman so come tournament time ... Chad Deering had a phenomenal tourney that year. He was the best player I ever played with...,
UCLA and cobi jones I think won it that year I recall
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Evansville lost to Alexi Lalas and Rutgers in the semis 1-0. It was a tough loss as the goal was "against the run of the play." Rutgers then did lose to UCLA in the finals.

Deering was a great one no doubt. So you played with 3 World Cup guys in your career? Deering, Sommer, and Maissonueve?
 
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