Welcome back to Crimson cast on Galen Claudio.
It is the 9th of May a Sunday, if you're an IU student.
Congratulations. The spring semester is over.
We get ready for summer now, in Earnest as classes will begin
Anew on Tuesday, but there is still a false sport which kind
of technically got turned around in.
To a Spring sport this semester that is in action for Indiana as
Indiana. Men's Soccer is in the quarter
finals of the NCAA tournament because of course, that's what I
you men's soccer. Does they take on the Seton Hall
pirates on Monday, which if you're listening to this podcast
on Monday, that's later today. The Hoosiers with a chance to go
to yet another College cup. And it's been a fascinating
season for this IU team as they've had, you know, a very
Weird year. I was there were supposed to
start in the fall that got postponed everything.
I push together into the spring, they play the Big 10 only
schedule, kind of like what happened with IU football and I
you men soccer did what I even soccer does which is, they won
the Big Ten regular season title, little bit of an asterisk
tonic, I guess as they didn't have to play Penn State or
Michigan, because of covid cancellations.
But they were able to beat those teams in the Big Ten tournament
and They end up with the term and title as well.
So another double for this IU men's soccer team just
continuing that string of excellence in the Big Ten
Conference, and then a tournament run, that's been
fraught with a bit of peril. They struggled in both games, to
some degree, but really seem to find their legs a bit as they
got into the second half of their most recent game against
Marquette. They end up winning that contest
and now they stand at the doorstep of another College cup.
So we've got some special guests, joining us on Crimson
cast to talk about IU men's soccer, And talk about what's
happened this season, talk about what to expect with in these
games, we've got Evan Gerke from the Indiana Daily student, The
Men's Soccer Beat writer, as he will be chatting about the
season as a whole. And also talking about what
we've seen so far in this NCAA tournament.
So following that interview, we also have Jared Kelly joining
us, Jared writer for the Hoosier Network, as well as a writer for
pigs.com. You've probably seen his
coverage of Indiana, Men's Basketball or And a football
there and he'll be chatting with us, not just about the NCAA
tournament for IU but also a really nice story that he wrote
regarding the yeagley clan, Jerry, a Glee and and Todd
yeagley and beignet, Go the whole family and just talking
about the, the dynastic aspects of IU men's soccer, and she's
kind of the differences between the various levels of
generations within the family. So well worth your time to read
that will hear from Jared here in a little bit.
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So we'll go ahead and get to our interviews.
We got Jared and little bit. We've got Evan next and enjoy
this as we talk about IU, men's soccer over the course of this
season. And what they've got coming up,
hopefully, a successful run, coming forward to the college
cup. And our first guest on this
episode of crimson cast, is the beat writer for the Indiana
Daily student covering IU men's soccer this year.
Evan goerke Evan. We haven't had you on the Pod
yet, so it's great to see you. And welcome to the show.
Thank you. It's going to be here.
Yeah. So let's just kind of start at
the beginning of this season. I mean, you know, obviously a
year ago at this time lockdown happens, but I think everybody
thinks we'll be able to play some Outdoor Sports in the fall,
it won't be that. Bad and you know I remember
running into Todd yeagley at a local establishment in August
when they made the ruling that they weren't going to do that
and it was kind of like okay what now and you have pointed
out in a couple of your pieces that this started a very long
strange Saga for IU soccer that led into this kind of impromptu
spring season that they've had. So you know what is what's what
what is it been like for the team and you know what have you
seen out of them so far? As they've tried to play
through. A really weird set of
circumstances. Yeah, it has been super strange.
Obviously, this is the first spring season and the history of
I even soccer. So, you know, going into it.
No, not really no no knew what to expect, they're trying to
kind of make this, a more normal thing.
There's, you know, during The Works to pass it.
So, men's soccer is a full season full year long season
starts in the fall and Xin. Jun ish.
This is kind of a trial run for them but Obviously, they haven't
done that before, so they have to have to adjust to a lot of
different things. The main one being the
difference in. Whether usually you start in
August, you have nice weather and then the college cups and
December January. When it's cold out.
This year is kind of the opposite.
They started in February the first couple games.
Why you were moved indoors, they had to go play in Westfield
because it was just, it was snowy.
The first game was too cold to second game.
Ohio State didn't have the facilities endorse or they had
to come to Indiana. And now is the seasons going on.
It's getting warmer and warmer. Now, they're in North Carolina.
This is the warmest weather. They played in all year and now
they have to adjust to that. Yeah.
It's, it's certainly been very disconcerting and, of course,
having to play just a Big Ten schedule for the entirety of the
regular season that was interesting as well.
And yet, you know, there's kind of the Native quality of this IU
team leads them to another regular season title albeit one.
That's got a bit of an asterisk because of some games that got
canceled and And so forth but then they kind of reproved
themselves in the Big Ten tournament and when that as
well. Yeah I mean how surprised were
you that given all the things that they've dealt with IU was
able to come away with another double?
I'm not super surprised obviously it takes a lot of, you
know, good playing to kind of wind that double.
So there's always a little bit of surprise in there, but if
anyone was going to do, it was going to be Indiana, just
because of the history of this program and they have a good mix
of Ian sin, younger players, obviously.
Now dispenser glass is gone that one hurt but he's still leading
them from the sidelines. They have a chip Palazzolo, Joe
Schmidt. And then a lot of young players,
a lot of sophomores on this team.
I've noticed bezerra Celentano Daniel Muni, Ryan wouldn't bring
who's been a super sub for the team, so there's a really good
mix of that of, you know, we've played for a long time.
And this is, you know, they're the young spry players that have
kind of taken over this team so that gave Good chance or are you
the kind of create this run and they have easier portion of the
schedule, the beginning of the year that we were able to run
through get some confidence build up.
And then once they got to the tournament, everything was
clicking. The Sarah went off in the
tournament. Roman Celentano played just as
well as he always does and the defense with probably, the only
exception being join mayor's red card, wasn't even really a bad
decision was Stellar do the Big Ten tournament and really just
help them kind of do what they always do.
When the title even during the regular season obviously there
was a bit of a stroke they avoided Penn State, who honestly
was probably the second best team in the Big Ten this year.
It was kind of hard to tell going into that last game.
I was I'm not sure how good Penn State actually is because they
have two games canceled, because of some Cava covid positive
tests on their team, which was Michigan, Indiana who I have
that point. I was like oh those are
definitely the best two teams, the Big Ten.
So not seeing Penn State before that was kind of weird but
Beating them in the way. They did.
Kind of prove that even though Penn State is a very good team,
any outstanding, the best in the Big Ten in this year.
You know, what do you think about this?
I you team. I certainly I'm always impressed
with the talent. The Tide yeagley is able to
assemble your after year. I mean, it's just this constant
churn Victor bezerra has, you know, been certainly the
Highlight from a goalscoring perspective and Far Away leads
the team and in goals scored. And, and, you know, is I think
tied for second in assists, He's been such a huge part of the
attack so far this year, you know?
But as you mentioned, it is interesting because they do have
a group of players that seems to mesh very well around him.
And you look at the overall stats for the season, and even
though it's been largely just against Big Ten opponents,
they've outscored opponents, Twenty Eight, two five so far
this year, they've a shot them by a pretty significant margin,
you know, what is it that, You see out of this roster, you know
in terms of what makes them tick like we do, what is the force or
what is the mentality that they're able to bring?
That allows them to be as consistent as they've been over
the course of the year. That's a good question.
I think it kind of starts with how solid the defense has
because there's kind of that trust in the defense that they
are able to build onto and move forward, especially back, when
Spencer glasses are you saw like they were fine sitting back kind
of letting the other teams had a trach, attacked them and then
going on the counter because they knew if they got Spencer,
the Duvall on the sidelines. He can whip it into a
cross-legged scored easily. So it's not a defensive minded,
T necessarily It starts through the defense because of how good
the defense is that they're able to work off of that and it has
kind of changed the last few games against Marquette.
It, they kind of had to be defensive but they were trying
to push. It may be a little too much
sometimes I couldn't get that final pass that I needed.
So then when they were trying to push marketing, obviously got
that counted end up going off of that was kind of the big moment
in the first half at least for most of the game that was You
thought was going to be the big moment.
But when the defense is that good, there were able to kind of
rely on the defense knowing that for the most part, it's going to
be scoreless, maybe at most one goal.
That's all we do, they have, they haven't given up more than
one goal season, so they can use that.
And then when the moments right push forward, and then you've
got Strikers, like, Victor, bezerra, or even, some of the
other guys wouldn't bring her Brenda Leigh, maluku Bali who've
both, you know, scored two goals against Marquette.
Those guys are good finishers but obviously busy.
Is the leader whenever they get on the balls or so credit
scoring. So they don't have to be trying
to get 15 shots on goal every game because all I need is one
or two and you might see one or two goals beginning of the NCAA
tournament. They get the first round by the
st. Francis game was a bit of a
surprise, not just, that it went to Ooty, and then penalty kicks,
but it really looked like st. Francis was a little better
condition like They they they they seem to have a lot more
spark. Level of was less miles on the
legs or something like that. Was that a surprise given that
obviously, st. Francis is probably a couple of
steps down in terms of overall quality.
Well, this is something equally talked about in the postgame
press conference for one they had just won a game.
So he said in the NCAA tournament when you win that
game you have them moment momentum.
They had them that momentum that they can kind of ride into the
game against Indiana and then second of all I you was coming
off of 15-day. Which is way longer than any
other normal NCD n-c-double-a tournament.
Pause usually it's like a week from the Big Ten Tournament to
the NCAA tournament. So there was definitely some
maybe some tiredness that they'll, they weren't fully and
condition. They're also playing in warmer
weather than they had all year. So that was going to take a toll
on them kind of getting used to that.
Just the but same for us is to play really good game.
You can't discredit them. They the Youssef either.
Their Tigers scored the goal near the score probably 230
more. They were really pushing Indiana
and Indiana distant. Have the gas, maybe to finish it
and Regulation. And without Joey May or to that
one did hurt them. Because obviously, that red
card, he was suspended for that game.
And that was probably, one of the reasons they score.
There's a few counter chances that Muni alone.
I don't think I think bright be you play second back.
Who is he's not even a defensive player my trade.
He's just been playing there since since Spencer went out.
If Muni and mayor Our bolt back there, you might not have seen
them scored but there just wasn't enough gas maybe for
regulation. But yeagley said, you know, once
I got to penalty kicks, they had Robin angle.
They didn't, they weren't nervous at all and I was sent on
has had quite a last few weeks. Obviously, you have the shootout
in the Big Ten Tournament, you have that shootout, and then,
you know, essentially an Unstoppable shot that Marquette
put up that first time for the goal.
But then a couple of key saves that.
I think a little got a little it overshadowed in the goals that I
use scored, there was a there was one very late in the game,
which I was convinced was going in and sent us on time.
I was in exactly the right spot. It really seems like a guy
that's managed to pick up and carry on this tradition of just
excellent. Guys between the sticks for I
over the last four or five itinerary actions.
Oh, yeah, he's been fantastic. And he's just a sophomore who's
growing. I got a chance to talk to some
of his former coaches, Neil Thompson, who was his goal Coach
for a long time. David Richardson, who was his
Club coach? They've been working him on him
with him for a long time. He's six foot three.
Now he was not always that big used to be a pretty small guy.
He was five foot four when he was 14.
So he wasn't the kind of person you would have expected to see
him goal at that time. And he kind of took that
personally became one guy who really worked hard the You know,
because he had the he didn't have the height or anything, he
work on the fundamentals, try to become the best goalkeeper, he
could be and that's really translated to his game.
Now he's always on the right position.
He's really quick with his feet which allows him to move back
and forth and he still got room to grow.
He's which is impressive, considering how good he's been,
he can't even get better than this and um, it definitely would
say that like he's been one of the main reasons I use been as
good as they have this year, it's which is him and bezerra
that have been the key. This is n because he's been
saving pretty much everything he's got.
I think eight or nine shutouts on the season.
Now, only once in his twenty seven career starts, has he
allowed more than one goal and that was against Maryland last
year and one of his probably is, for his biggest challenge.
When he comes back in the Big Ten Tournament shuts him down,
and I use able to get past them and he's just improved and said,
so many chose this year's so many impressive.
Saves diving, saves that have really kept gyu won a lot of
games and kept them ahead in a lot of games.
So why you is in the quarterfinals, they're playing
on Monday, which depending on when we release this might be
later today. For those of you that are
listening and they take on Seton Hall and Seton Hall.
The the six seed overall, they're also sixth in the
country and this is a team that's had an interesting season
to say the least that they got started off pretty slow.
They drew with New Jersey Institute of Technology.
They lost it Georgetown. Which That's, I mean, Georgetown
has been in the top ten most of the year, but then they get to
the Big East Championship. That's a Marquette team that I,
you just knocked off. Seton Hall, beat them for to 1,
and then they're able to avenge the earlier loss to Georgetown.
And and yet they, you know, they had to go to penalty kicks
against Virginia Tech. They had to come back twice in
that game. What's your read on the Seton,
Hall team and what sorts of problems, might they posed for
IU? Yeah, they've had a pretty
incredible year that that loss to Georgetown is the only law,
so it's been a while since I've actually lost the game.
Probably some momentum coming off that Virginia Tech win just
because it was really unprofitable.
Been for them. A very exciting game, scored. 11
seconds left in the first half tied at one, Virginia Tech took
another lead scoring. Like the 82nd minute I have had
to made it to penalty kicks, which, at that point in Virginia
Tech was down a man's. I was like, oh, baby the penalty
kicks. It's like IU and against Penn
State. I think they're gonna win this.
It was six all, I'm heavily cakes and then the goal years.
Yeah, the goalie makes a safe waves off.
His teammate to take the penalty kick himself scores, the game
winner, pretty impressive moment and Seton Hall.
Their history isn't great. So seeing what they're doing
this year is really impressive going into the season.
They had 13 consecutive losing Seasons.
They haven't been to the NCAA tournament since 2005.
The last time they made a turn around this, good to the Sweet
16 was in nineteen know sorry Elite eight I guess it would be
here. The the semi her quarterfinals,
whatever was 1988 where they ran into you, who became the
National Championship Champions that year.
So there's a little bit of a guess long-lost rivalry little
bad blood that they, they've been talking about avenging but
they've improved a lot this season and they could definitely
pose a threat to IU their number six in the country.
This is the best team in the end.
It's going to face all season. They've got good players like
CJ, troubling, but seven. Goals defense said in Luke
Adamas. The Team all-big East and then
their goalie and dries. No, to do a deep and save.
The few penalty kicks and regulation last few games, most
of the penalty case against Virginia Tech went in but he's
been definitely proving as the season goes on.
So the main the main thing Indiana has to do in this game
is spread that offense and with with the the offense it's mostly
been bezerra but you can't focus on bezerra because if you do you
get something like the ndaa goal that we saw against Marquette
where they swarm him. He Taps it off to a wide-open
player who can finish as long as Indiana can spread the offense
or defense is going to be fine. So the moat and the more
offensive spread they get if they can get you know services
from outside cross into the box that actually connects to the
player, which they couldn't do against Marquette stuff.
Like, that is really the key to advancing to the next round.
It's going to be interesting. I mean, Seton Hall has had a bit
of a leaky or defense than Indiana over the course of the
season. I think they have a lot of 14
goals to Indiana's five. But as you mentioned, This is a
pretty complete team and they do have that kind of team on a
mission sort of atmosphere around them right now so we'll
have to see what happens. You know, we've seen how you
thrive in these situations in the past.
They've generally done a pretty good job of taking that next
step. Once they get to the
quarterfinals over the course of the last five or six years.
But in this type of a season, it's hard to say, you know what?
Ends up happening and it should be a pretty compelling
quarterfinal definitely. All right, well, Appreciate you
joining us. This is fun.
And hopefully, we'll have you on again when I, you makes it to
the college cup if that indeed happens.
So best of luck with the rest of the summer for you, and I
appreciate you taking the time to join us.
Thanks for having me. And now joining us on the show,
we have Jared Kelly, Jerry, Kelly from Hoosier Network, and
from pigs.com, he's a little bit of everywhere in the eye.
You Sports Universe. You've probably seen his work on
Twitter, Jared, thanks for joining us.
As always, good to talk to you. How are things going?
Things are good. Appreciate you having me on
first of all, first time on the show, longtime listener though.
So yeah, should be good. Good time talk, I meant soccer.
Absolutely, no. It's a really fascinating time
for IU as they sit here on the precipice of another College cup
and a really weird season as we've watched this whole thing
unfold, we were talking about this with Evan Gerke, a little
bit earlier on this podcast. What's been your reflections of
this season and the way that everything is gone down for this
IU team. Yeah, you know, they obviously
the spring season in general has been very odd like most sports
big-time only conference conference early schedule.
And you know, the thinking was coming into this season for IU,
is they lost a lot of pieces? You know, Jack mayor, Aiden
Morris Josh pain. Just a lot of pieces.
And then, you know, we were really, really sure what we're
going to get this year. And you lo and behold, Victor,
bezerra big ten, offensive player of the year, get Roman
soliton. Oh, big-time goalkeeper of the
year. And you know, I you only lost
one game this year and it was to Northwestern which was a shock
that that would came out of nowhere.
Yeah. It was like the first time in
like over a decade or something. But yeah, I mean the the pieces
are kind of all lined up and they find themselves in a lead
and now, so they kind of control their Destiny.
This point I want to Talk a little bit about about where
they're going to be going in the tournament and what they're
facing in this quarterfinal game.
But before we get to that, I wanted to talk about this piece
that you just released a couple of days ago.
Really good profile on on the yeagley men, you know, from from
Jerry down through Todd and then been, if you haven't read that
yet, folks, I would highly recommend doing.
So I've been around. I you soccer long enough when I
read it I was like. Well yeah, of course, that's
exactly. What I would have expected but I
think for a lot of people, you know, the egg Lee's are a name.
There are people that are interesting but it's, you know,
until you've worked with them and I've had the pleasure of
working with Todd quite a bit. It's you never really know what
you're dealing with from afar. So what was that process?
Like I guess for you reporting, that story seem like you got a
lot of really great, great access enabled, it being able to
talk with all of them. So how was putting that piece
together for you? Yeah.
Well, this story is kind of a, almost a year in the making.
I'd set up these interviews last summer during during quarantine,
when nothing was really going on.
I was I'll try to fish for a story, and I always knew I
wanted to do something on the église because just, you know,
just just their name alone. But I wanted to find, you know,
something different than just the story of, you know, them,
because everyone knows a national championships, the Big
Ten championships, all these things.
So I want, but I wanted to dig deeper and I kind of got this
idea that, you know, no, you don't hear much from Jerry
anymore, at least post coaching, and I was going to kind of
attack from that angle and then I got this idea that, you know,
it did this coaching kind of tree that that they're building
with with Ben now playing and also Grant who's a freshman
there, I wanted to kind of see, is this something that's going
to last long and in kind of endure for, you know, decades
upon decades and then, you know, the more you get to kind of
talking to them Todd is so laid-back, and he's so much
different than a lot of coaches will talk to and that way,
because he's always so present in the moment.
So, you know, when I was talking to him, it kind of the kind of
light bulb went off and I was like, you know, this is a story,
you know, this isn't a story just about a really good
program, really good family. It's a story about three
generations, who may be all have different ideas of what they
want. Kind of going.
Forward or the president. Yeah.
And I think Ike signs through really well in the piece.
As it's, you know, the if you've watched like worth the wait, for
those of you who pay attention to men's soccer, if you haven't
seen that, I would highly recommend it.
It's a great look at the early days of the men's soccer program
and just the whole process of getting the thing going, which,
you know, we tend to look at things sometimes.
Like we look at IU basketball which seems like it's been there
forever, you know, it's been there since the 1890s
essentially. Men's soccer took a long time to
get off the ground and then once it got off the ground it took a
long time to get to the point where it is in the constellation
of US men's soccer programs but once it got there is essentially
as never left. You know and with Todd it's
interesting because you know I I know from my own time in
covering the team. You're right like there's just a
there's this almost reserved nature this really is not laid
back because it can be a very Tense guy in his own way but
he's very soft-spoken when he when he talks.
And I think it's really fascinating, kind of capturing
that and contrasting it with Jerry who's a bit more
boisterous, a bit more direct. And then, you know, you pass
that on to the third generation and it's like, well, okay, that
might go in a different direction entirely and it's hard
to say at this point. And certainly, I think if you go
back to when, you know, when Todd was 19, 20 21 years old,
maybe You're seeing the same thing then and it takes a while
for things to mature. So I just as someone who's
followed this program for a long time, it was really cool to kind
of. See the Nuance that existed in
the various stories and how they kind of overlap with one
another. Yeah, I appreciate that.
And the thing about like you said thing about Jerry, you
know, like I said, he's very boisterous and, you know, he
makes no bones about it. That, you know, he's I mean he's
always trying to do things that keep them around but I remember
Two years ago, kind of you'll see if you read the piece, one
of the scenes is him sitting in the Press Box.
And I remember two years ago, I was sitting there literally
right next to him, you know, he was there.
I look down, I look back over and he's gone didn't seem rest
of the rest of the match, that's kind of just one of those little
things that, you know, with a family like this, that you might
not notice it, you know, just the amount of pressure and
anxiety. There is whether they like, to
show it or not. I mean, it's definitely a real
thing. Yeah, it's it's going to be
interesting as you said long-term.
I mean, I think Todd's got the job for a while here if you
wants it, you know. So I'll be, I'll be interested
to see if this ends up being a multi generational thing, even
beyond what it already is. But but really good work with
that piece. And I hope everybody goes and
checks that out at the Hoosier Network as it's it's a some
really good insights into things.
So, so let's talk a little bit more about this current
situation with the team. They struggle a bit coming out
of the gates. Against st.
Francis and a lot of that appear to be just kind of getting their
legs under them Marquette. Also kind of seem to have I you
on their back heel a bit throughout the course of at
least the first half but that second half it really seemed
like someone something awoke in this IU team and you know
despite the fact that Victor pizarra had an off game, he was
getting blanketed defensively you know.
Really was really hard to get him the ball.
I you found a way to score two goals.
To hold off Marquette at the end.
We do you think this how you team has turned a corner?
Now going into this quarter final?
Yeah, I think I think one thing we kind of saw, well, it was a
theme for this team for a lot of the season.
Was that their first tabs were always a bit sluggish or at
least maybe a little. It took him a little while, you
know, to get their feet under them.
So, I wasn't too much surprised by that more than I was that,
you know, especially in the same frame, the st.
Francis Brooklyn game. Just the fact that they couldn't
see. I'm to figure out a way to kind
of I guess get I mean game plan around them just because they
were doing so many different things that I you hadn't seen
especially in Big Ten play. And it definitely worked for
Saint, Francis Brooklyn. And then at Marquette game.
Like you said, I think it was just a matter of them, kind of,
I think, you know, I'd halftime because Todd yeagley said this
in the in the press conference, AJ Palazzolo obviously senior
You kind of rallied the troops. And I think it was it was one of
those moments where it's like our where the, where the, where
the third overall, seed in the tournament, we're better than
this. I think it was, it was one of
those moments where it was kind of a, you know, we got to put
our foot down because, you know, obviously, what we saw is safe
or as Brooklyn, game was not their best output and same same
with the first half of the Marquette game.
Yeah, it's it's tough because obviously this how you team is
very talented, but it's also a really weird season, you know,
on a variety of different levels and trying, Figure out, you
know, not just how good you are, but how good your opponent is
and what really to expect on a night in Night Out basis,
especially when you've just played a Big Ten Conference
schedule and you know you know that measuring stick but you
bring in teams from the Big East it, you know, you end up being
exposed to things that you weren't before and it's to some
degree. As I was mentioning to have an
earlier. It's what makes this Seton Hall
game, interesting? Because, you know, I you did
struggle with Marquette. They ended up winning.
Game this same Seton Hall team beat that Marquette team for one
in the Big East tournament and has got some pretty big scalps.
So far over the course of their, you know, their season, they
beat Georgetown. Obviously, they've managed to do
some pretty exciting things. How do you rate them compared to
this IU team from a talent perspective?
And where do you think they might pose the biggest threat
for IU? Yeah, they're really heavy on
International Players, which is interesting because I kind of
had that pipeline going, and it's similar to what we saw to
with st. Francis Brooklyn, you know, just
a lot of their talent, you wouldn't, I guess you wouldn't
really find, unless you have kind of fish them, out of those
pipelines overseas, but but one of the things about well, like
you said, Seton Hall, they they'd beaten Marquette before
they're just so, you know, the just so sound like I'm back and
watched their match against Virginia Tech, which was crazy.
They want in penalty kicks 726, their goalkeeper.
Actually finished it off for them, the game-winning goal.
But yeah, with seeing all it just they don't do a whole lot
of things that can be capitalized on, right?
They don't, they don't make mistakes that you'd find.
Maybe in an earlier, round matchup in the tournament.
I think those kind of things where I, you really, we saw in
the market in the market match, right?
They had Chances and especially the first half, but they
couldn't take advantage of with a Seton Hall team.
They're going to get very few and, you know, they got to find
a way to find the back of the net, when they are given those
opportunities. Obviously, you know, sometimes
in these sorts of circumstances, you'll get situations where
nobody finds the back of the net, we saw this in the quarter
final few years ago, in Indiana was hosting Michigan State and
that went to PK's and I you had the better goalkeeper that night
and ended up coming away with the victory.
Three. They have a similar kind of
player in Roman Celentano. Who's already won to shoot outs
for them and made a crucial shave at the end of that
Marquette game to keep it from going into overtime.
You know, this is kind of a silly question, but I'll ask it
anyway, like, how important is having a guy like Celentano
between the pipes for? I, you going into a game like
this. I mean, Todd Diego said it best,
you know, there's two things that every championship team
needs, it's, you know, a proven goal scorer.
They have then Victor bezerra but more importantly, it's a
goalkeeper who can who's just tough and whose courageous and
not, you know, not afraid to battle for those, you know,
balls in the air and and they have that in Celentano and, you
know, just looking at his demeanor when especially in
those PKS because I don't think he's lost a PK at in his, in his
career in that at IU, which is Just crazy in with him, he's
just always so poised. And there's this one moment in
the Marquette match of the very end.
There was like six yellow cards on IU and it was just super
Scrappy but there was one moment where silence how kind of snatch
the ball out of midair and you just kind of stared down on the
the Marquette player and it is that kind of I guess attitude
that is I think really allowed him to take that next step and
like I said, he's So confident in that and you know, that's
that's pretty rare. And then, you know, Todd Lata,
Diego, even compared him to guys like trading Muse, just in the
way he goes about his business. It's really something special to
watch. Yeah, I mean, it's, it's really
been something to watch and it just it kind of feels like
Groundhog Day in a good way. When you follow this, I use
soccer team for a long enough, it's amazing.
You know, they'll lose professional caliber players MLS
players and they'll replace them with younger versions of those
players who are just slightly different, but end up, The same
sorts of results. Prediction for the game.
What do you see happening in this one?
Well say it stopped, because with that Marquette game, I
thought it was definitely gonna go a little bit different than
it did. You know, could I had to kind of
rally itself here if I had to guess?
I think I think this one looks like it's got over time written
all over it at least. I mean if I had to take a guess
I think You might be able to find a Golden Goal somewhere in
there, so, it's tough. And this is, this is absolutely
dice roll territory and I think you can make an argument, this
is probably the toughest matchup that exist for any team in a
quarterfinal for either team. I mean, like Indiana essentially
right up there. It almost one seed caliber or
top Seed Cow, but they are obviously kind of one of the top
four seeds but Seton Hall also legitimately One of the top
eight teams in the country and with some of the teams that
we've seen get knocked out of this tournament already Clemson
getting knocked out and Stanford getting knocked out.
Yeah, there's this might be the toughest overall matchup when
you take the overall quality of two teams put together.
So should be interesting to see. I'm really fascinated to see
what happens. We'll see what happens here on
Monday as Indiana takes on, Seton Hall, Jared, thanks for
joining us and we'll hopefully catch up with you again.
If I you does indeed make it to the college cup.
Of course. Thanks Abigail.
Mm. Yeah.
All right. Thanks to Reed Kelly for joining
us here from the Hoosier Network and pigs.com and thanks again
earlier on to Evan Gerke for joining us from the Indiana.
Daily student, will see what happens with this game as
Indiana as a big task in front of it.
I don't want to minimize what they are going to face against
Seton Hall. But, you know, as, as Evan
mentioned earlier on, this is really Seton Hall's first time
at this stage and Indiana has been here before.
So there is some institutional memory as far as what needs to
happen and How these sorts of games go and that mental Edge,
can sometimes be the difference between Victory and defeat?
So the Hoosiers taking on Seton, Hall 5, p.m. on Monday, be sure
to tune in. You can go to his ncaa.com I
think you can also just follow along with IU men's.
Soccer on Twitter, they'll probably have the link for the
video, so check it out and we'll try to continue our coverage as
long as I, you is in the tournament.
If they do, make it past the quarterfinals, the college cup
semi-final the first game for Indiana.
It'd be on Friday, May 14 and that'll actually be on ESPNU.
And then the college cup is Monday, the 17th of May, that
would also be on ESPNU. So we'll keep our fingers
crossed that the Hoosiers can get to yet another College cup
and we will probably chat with both of the gentlemen that we
had on earlier today. Maybe some other people as well
as we move forward. If Indiana indeed advances for
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