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(10/24/18 3:14pm)
A lot has happened in the past 24 hours in the IU soccer world. As the Hoosiers are in Columbus preparing to take on the Buckeyes, Indiana became Big Ten champions. Justin Rennicks and Griffin Dorsey also got called into the U20 US National Team. Josh, Eddie and Michael break it down.
(10/23/18 8:06pm)
The U20 United States Men’s National team roster was released Tuesday for the upcoming CONCACAF Championship and it includes IU forwards Justin Rennicks and Griffin Dorsey.
The tournament runs from November 1 through November 21 meaning if the US team were to make a deep run, the Hoosiers could be without these three in the Big Ten Tournament and early rounds of the NCAA Tournament.
Rennicks and Dorsey have been two of IU’s most dynamic players in 2018 combining for nine goals and three assists. Both have been integral parts of IU’s success. Rennicks has appeared in all 15 matches this season while Dorsey has missed just one from when he was called into the U20 roster in early September.
Only four collegiate players were chosen and IU had two of them.
How to fill the void of Dorsey
Dorsey might be the most difficult of the two to replace. There are worthy replacements in the starting XI for the Evergreen, Colorado native, but no one possesses the exact skill set that Dorsey provides for the Hoosiers.
What makes him so good is his ability to run downhill at defenders and make things happen in and around the box. He always has a knack for creating space on the wings and can unlock defenses with his speed.
Looking at the VCU match where he didn’t play, it was a bit of a shift on the wings. Cory Thomas moved to the right wing while Spencer Glass filled in on the left. With Glass starting, it shortens the IU bench, but there is still plenty of quality to replace Dorsey.
How to fill the void of Rennicks
The easy answer for replacing Rennicks will be to slot in AJ Palazzolo at striker. He’s started there in past matches when Rennicks started in the midfield and the Hoosiers didn’t really miss a beat.
What Palazzolo brings that Rennicks lacks is an aerial presence. What the Hoosiers will miss is Rennicks’ foot skills and passes in the box that he has been so good at this year. On multiple occasions, Rennicks has used his skill to evade defenders and get out of tough situations. That will no doubt be missed.
But if Palazzolo needs a break or isn’t producing, I wouldn’t be shocked to see Ian Black come off the bench or Trevor Swartz move higher up the pitch and maybe act as a false nine.
Overall thoughts
There is no doubt that losing these two players will hurt the Hoosiers. They are two of IU’s most important players, but there is still more than enough quality for the Hoosiers to get by. The heart of the midfield and the entire backline is still in place.
IU’s “next man up” mentality will be in full effect in arguably the most important few weeks of the season. The Hoosiers have all but wrapped up the Big Ten regular season title, but still have their eyes set on winning the Big Ten Tournament. There is a chance they also miss the first round or two of the NCAA Tournament.
Yeagley knew this would be a possibility that this would happen and now that it’s here, they will have to get by without the U20 duo.
(10/23/18 7:01pm)
By the time Indiana kicks off Wednesday night in Columbus, Ohio to face the Ohio State Buckeyes, the Big Ten regular season title could be wrapped up.
But that doesn’t discount how important Wednesday’s match is to the Hoosiers. Indiana players have had the Ohio State match circled on the schedule since the day it came out. The reason for that? The chance to face former Indiana assistant coach Brian Maisonneuve.
It’s been a down first season for Maisonneuve in Columbus. The Buckeyes have won just one game and have stumbled 12 times to go along with two draws. Yet, Wednesday’s match should be an interesting one.
Let’s get into what the Buckeyes have to offer and what to look forward to in Columbus.
(10/20/18 1:01am)
It took Indiana 26 shots and 84 minutes, but a win is a win and three points are three points. Trevor Swartz saved the day in the 84th minute and the Hoosiers were victorious at Rutgers.
Rafael Pereira put on an absolute clinic in goal for the Scarlet Knights, but the pressure IU put on Pereira's net made you think the dam was going to break sooner rather than later.
The three points puts IU on the brink of a Big Ten title heading into Wednesday's match at Ohio State.
Without further adieu, the three takeaways from the match.
(10/19/18 1:00pm)
The shoes Jack Maher has had to fill as just a freshman are as important as they are immense.
Before this season, Grant Lillard held down one of the two the starting center back spots in the backline. Lillard was a major contributor and was a big part in IU’s success during his time in Bloomington. But Lillard has since departed to MLS and the Chicago Fire. Therefore, his spot needed a replacement.
There were a few names that were in contention for Lillard’s center back position coming into 2018. Yet, it was one player that stood out above the rest. It was Caseyville, Illinois’ Jack Maher.
His integration into the starting XI has been seamless. Maher has been a welcome addition for IU coach Todd Yeagley and has started all 14 matches as a freshman.
(10/18/18 4:12am)
Another guest joins the podcast this week as Trevor Swartz comes by to chat. We talk everything from mullet to Jeremiah Gutjahr being Tim Tebow to actually talking about this season. Swartz joins Josh, Eddie and Michael.
(10/17/18 4:05am)
Todd Yeagley said at halftime of Tuesday’s 3-0 win over Butler that the Hoosiers played one of their worst halves of the season.
Indiana held a two-goal advantage at halftime, but it wasn’t good enough. At least not for the high expectations of Yeagley. Butler didn’t register a shot on goal in the first 45, yet still controlled a decent amount of possession and had just one less shot than IU at the break.
Butler is a rival and the Hoosiers expected its best shot. But for an Indiana team that has been in the top five all season and is looking to make another College Cup run, good wasn’t good enough.
“I thought the first half we weren’t very sharp,” IU coach Todd Yeagley said. “We got a bit deep, our defensive communication was a bit off. It showed just with Frankie [Moore] out of the game how that domino can happen.”
Throughout large parts of the season, IU has coasted. The Hoosiers have won six games by multiple goals and have showed why they should be ranked as high as they are. But there have also been moments where it just hasn’t been good enough, at least to their standards.
(10/15/18 3:40am)
There are deep roots for Indiana coaches Danny O’Rourke and Todd Yeagley in the city of Columbus, Ohio.
Yeagley played for the Crew for seven years while O’Rourke was born in the city and played for the Crew, winning an MLS Cup there too. Now they both reside in Bloomington. Yeagley is one of the top coaches in college soccer while O’Rourke is a first-year assistant coach. Both are big pieces in leading their alma mater’s soccer program near the top of the college soccer world.
When news broke Friday night with reports of the Crew staying in Columbus before IU’s match against Maryland, it was a chance to reminisce about their roots. Both Yeagley and O’Rourke were very excited by the news.
“I wanted to wear my Crew shirt underneath everything today,” Yeagley said. “I’m so excited to hear the direction...Obviously Danny and I have a lot of history there and with Brian here last, with our history.”
(10/13/18 3:32am)
On this edition of the Quest for Nine Report, the Hoosiers get a late goal from Andrew Gutman to knock off Maryland, 2-1, and keep their perfect Big Ten Record in tact. Hear from Andrew Gutman and coach Todd Yeagley.
(10/12/18 8:21pm)
On the latest edition of The Flagship we have our normal segments of Five-Banner Friday, best thing we saw this week and what we're watching. Per usual, five-banner Friday gets a tad contentious. Join Eddie, Josh and Zain.
(10/11/18 11:38pm)
After a big bounce back road win at Michigan on Sunday, the Hoosiers are back in Bloomington for another conference match, welcoming in the Maryland Terrapins.
Anytime these two storied programs get together, it’s bound to be a fun 90 minutes (and maybe more). However, the last four matchups between the Hoosiers and the Terps have been draws. While this match isn’t between ranked teams as it has been in many past matchups, the intrigue is still there with Sasho Cirovski’s side trying to pull an upset.
It’s been a mixed bag of a season for Maryland as it comes in 4-3-2 and 2-1 in the Big Ten. The Terrapins have not scored in the month of October (two matches), and will face another stiff challenge with Indiana’s backline. Can they break their goalless drought on Friday?
Let’s get into this week’s edition of Tale of the Tape.
(10/11/18 5:40am)
When Amy Berbary accepted the head-coaching job at Indiana in 2013, little did she know that one of her 2014 incoming recruits was an outside back who would later be a prolific goal scorer.
That player was senior forward Mykayla Brown. She’s scored 18 goals in her career and if not for a position change early in her career, it could have been a very different tenure in Bloomington.
When IU was recruiting Brown, it was prior to Berbary being hired. Once she got to IU, she kept up on the recruiting visits. Brown, at that time, was a verbal commit and played outside back. Berbary said liked her athleticism and speed along with her ability to get forward.
Because of those traits, Berbary and her coaching staff helped her with the position change to forward. Brown said she wanted to try something farther up the pitch and Berbary said she saw something in Brown. She knew Brown needed to be closer to the goal. Thus came a move to forward.
“I recruit outside backs that like to get forward,” Berbary said. “But there was something about her that I said ‘I need her closer to the goal’ and she really progressed. She was not the most technical player when she got here, but she did a wonderful job of doing things on her own, continuing to get better.”
(10/10/18 3:49pm)
The Hoosiers are coming off a big win against Michigan, but instead of breaking down that match, we talk with IU assistant coach Danny O'Rourke. He is in his first year as an assistant coach after a successful playing career. We talked about his MLS career, what it's like to be back at IU and more. O'Rourke joins Josh, Eddie and Michael.
(10/04/18 7:18pm)
Bikes were back on the cinder track Tuesday at Bill Armstrong Stadium for the start of the Tuesday night race series in the fall season. Hear the thoughts of Erika Arakawa of Theta and Tom Settle of Sig Ep.
(10/04/18 5:17am)
On this edition of the Quest for Nine Report, the Hoosiers drop a road game to the Kentucky Wildcats, 3-0. Hear from coach Todd Yeagley.
(10/03/18 5:02am)
When Indiana left back Andrew Gutman joined our soccer podcast last February, he explained that his favorite player was Marcelo, Real Madrid’s left back.
When looking at Marcelo, he is a player who, much like Gutman, gets up and down the flanks and joins the attack quite often. It shouldn’t come as a coincidence that this is a very similar philosophy that the Hoosiers like to use. More times than not, either Gutman or right back Rece Buckmaster can be seen aiding an attack from wide positions.
It’s not every day that a team has eight combined goals from its starting full backs. But for Indiana, it’s how they play and they do it with quite a bit of success. It’s even something they look for on the recruiting trail.
“We like to keep our wide guys a little more tucked in to prevent counterattacks and to allow our wide backs to get up the flanks,” IU assistant coach Kevin Robson said. “We actively look for that in recruiting, for our wide backs to join our attack, as we like to be on the front foot… That’s definitely a philosophy and a way we like to recruit with our wide backs and getting them up and down and having them be a big part of our attack.”
When looking at Gutman, he is a player who came up through the Chicago Fire academy as a forward. The reason for him switching to left back was basically because it was a vacant position. He learned that position while sitting out for the better part of a year, and is now one of the best left back’s in the country.
But it’s no coincidence that IU liked that when recruiting him. He currently leads the team with six goals and is a major part of IU’s attack. However, with being a defender, the first task is to obviously be a defender first. The attacking part comes with instincts.
“Any time I can get into the attack I want to do it,” Gutman said.
As for Buckmaster, he has plenty of experience playing the midfield. It felt like at times last season, IU was almost reluctant to play him at right back when they had a healthy Jordan Kleyn because of what he provided in the center of the pitch for the Hoosiers.
(10/02/18 3:13pm)
We've been off the airwaves for a few weeks, so we catch you up on what has been going on in the Indiana soccer world. The Hoosiers have won nine straight matches heading into a big road match at Kentucky. Josh, Eddie and Michael discuss.
(09/30/18 9:21pm)
On this edition of the Quest for Nine Report, the Hoosiers take down the Nittany Lions, 2-0. Hear from Todd Yeagley, Spencer Glass and Austin Panchot.
(09/29/18 4:47am)
As redshirt junior guard Ali Patberg came over to talk with the media Thursday after IU’s first practice, she was in a dancing mood.
“In My Feelings” by Drake was reverberating around Assembly Hall. She was dancing to the music as well. Once her media responsibilities were finished, it was IU coach Teri Moren’s turn to speak with the media. That gave her team some time to get in two lines.
Moren had her back to them, but they were grooving to the music doing the “In My Feelings” challenge. She wasn’t surprised with her team’s fun spirit.
(09/27/18 3:37am)
On this edition of the Quest for Nine Report, the Hoosiers earn a 2-1 win over the Northwestern Wildcats. It may not have been the prettiest game Indiana has played, but it was able to earn all three points. Hear from Justin Rennicks, Todd Yeagley and Griffin Dorsey.