Creighton Soccer

[MadMartin8]

CU beats Akron 5-4 on penalty kicks. UConn is next.

That's HUGE. Awesome job Jays!

[Coyote]

Bluejays win shootout, eliminate top-ranked Akron

[nebugeater]

Nice job by the Local good guys.

[Coyote]

CU scores at 88:30 to beat UConn 1-0 to go to the College Cup to face Indiana. Georgetown will play Maryland in the other Semis.

[Linkin5]

This is huge, I can't wait to watch.

[Brad]

Back to back!  Hope they can pull it off this year!  It would be great to see CU get their first ever national championship in any sport!

[Coyote]

Jose Gomez is named a finalist for the Hermann Trophy .

[almighty_tuna]

CU falls to Indiana 0-1 and ends their season tying, i believe, the record for most College Cup appearances w/o a title. Nonetheless, it has been a great year and next year looks to be an even better season.  Bolowich is great to have.

[Coyote]

Congrats to Indiana who wins its 8th National Championship.

[Coyote]

College Soccer News Preseason Poll

2. Georgetown
6. Creighton
8. Marquette
21. St. John's
22. Xavier

[Coyote]

Exhibition: #6 CU 1 - #7 ND 0.

[Coyote]

College Soccer News Poll

1 Creighton        2-0-0    4
2 North Carolina 1-0-0    5
3 UCLA              1-0-1    7
4 Indiana           1-1-0    1
5 California        2-0-0    NR
6 Georgetown    1-1-0    2
7 Connecticut    1-0-0    6
8 Maryland        0-1-1    3
9 Akron             2-0-0    9
10 Notre Dame   1-0-1    11

[guitarguy]

Gonna have to get down to watch some Creighton games now that I'm back.. I attended at least 5 games the year when they barely lost the National Championship game and had an absolute blast..

[MadMartin8]

I was there last night, it was a total blast and I love the stadium. So glad my father ended up winning season tickets.

[guitarguy]

I'm absolutely certain the facilities are nicer than when Creighton played at Tranquility Park too haha.. how many people show up to Creighton games now?

[Coyote]

8.18  CU 1   ND 0 (#7)    3,212
8.23  CU 1  UNO 1           3,133
8.30  CU 2   TU  0 (#14)  3,204
9.01  CU 3  Poly 0           2,653

[guitarguy]

Thats pretty impressive that so many people come out now.. There couldn't have been more than 500 people at the Tranquility Park games a few years back..

[MadMartin8]

Creighton wins 3 to 1 over Columbia.

5,000+ Attendance. It was a blast.

[Coyote]

Pitter, Bluejays beat Columbia

Timo Pitter's third goal of the season in the 77th minute broke a 1-1 tie, and the No. 2 Bluejays went on to a 3-1 win in front of a Morrison Stadium crowd of 5,102 — sixth-most in school history.

[Coyote]

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[guitarguy]

Those are some seriously impressive highlights.. Looks like Creighton has a pretty legitimate chance of a national title this year!

[MadMartin8]

Those are some seriously impressive highlights.. Looks like Creighton has a pretty legitimate chance of a national title this year!

They've got a long ways to go yet. There was a period from just after our first goal (early on in the first half) to our second goal (some ways into the second half) where they looked absolutely atrocious. When this team is on, they're VERY VERY good...but they need to be more consistent.

[guitarguy]

Like many College Sports you don't get the highest quality of play vs actual pro sports but I'll be honest and say that these highlights.. which apparently are a good example of when they're kicking A$$ look to pass the smell test of Creighton being a very good soccer team.. which does have a very long way to go but looks the part of a Championship team..

[MadMartin8]

Like many College Sports you don't get the highest quality of play vs actual pro sports but I'll be honest and say that these highlights.. which apparently are a good example of when they're kicking A$$ look to pass the smell test of Creighton being a very good soccer team.. which does have a very long way to go but looks the part of a Championship team..

The highlights are good yes, but from being at the game...they took a deep snooze for a large chunk of time that, if they do it against a good team, will come back to bite them easily. They did it a bit during Cal Poly, but not to this extent. Hope it isn't a trend forming.

We'll see how the season progresses, it's early. With Coach Elmar anything is possible I suppose.

[guitarguy]

When is the next home game against a solid team? I'll have to try and make it out to a game soon..

[Coyote]

Wasn't this Columbia's first game of the season (read fresh legs) and Creighton's third in (how many) days (read tired legs)... so they may have looked a little worn?

[MadMartin8]

Wasn't this Columbia's first game of the season (read fresh legs) and Creighton's third in (how many) days (read tired legs)... so they may have looked a little worn?

I suppose? But If they're having problems with games 5-6 days apart, then it's going to be a long September for them, especially at the end of the month...and again in Mid October when they play 3 games over the course of like 7 days.




And GuitarGuy: The game with St. John's on September 21st could be a good matchup. Unfortunately a lot of their great games seem to be on the road this year (like Georgetown) .

[guitarguy]

GuitarGuy: The game with St. John's on September 21st could be a good matchup. Unfortunately a lot of their great games seem to be on the road this year (like Georgetown) .

Thanks a lot I haven't followed College Soccer lately but always supported Creighton before I moved to NYC and plan to start again

[Coyote]

Men’s Soccer Ranked No. 1 for the First Time in 14 Years

The Creighton men's soccer team is the top squad in the nation according to the latest National Soccer Coaches Association of America (NSCAA) poll released Tuesday afternoon, following a 3-1 victory over Columbia last weekend.

It marks the Jays’ first time back in the top spot since September 1999. Creighton has ranked as high as No. 2 in each of the past three seasons, including last week’s poll position.

1   Creighton       (11)         3-0-0    2  
2   North Carolina (9)          2-0-1    1  
3   Connecticut     (1)          2-0-0    3  
4   Notre Dame    (1)          1-0-2    4  
5   California                      3-0-0   10  
6   Saint Louis                    3-0-0   14  
7   Akron                            3-1-0    5  
8   UAB                              3-0-0   18  
9   New Mexico                   2-0-1    9  
10  Washington                  3-0-0   19  
11  Cal State Northridge      4-0-0   25  
12  St. John's                     3-1-0   23  
13  Tulsa                           3-1-0   22  
14  UCLA                           1-1-1    6  
15  Wake Forest                 2-1-0   21  
16  Louisville                      2-1-0    7  
17  Georgetown                  2-2-0   11  
18  Maryland                      1-2-1   13  
19  Virginia Commonwealth  1-1-1  NR  
20  Clemson                        4-0-0  NR  
21  Charlotte                       2-1-0  15  
22  Fairleigh Dickinson         3-0-0  NR  
23  UMBC                           4-0-0  NR  
24  Northwestern                2-1-0  NR  
25  Brown                          1-0-1  20

Others receiving votes: Indiana 67, SIU-Edwardsville 51, George Mason 47, UC Santa Barbara 46, North Carolina-Wilmington 40, Elon 40, Syracuse 27, Coastal Carolina 19, Marquette 19, Stanford 13, Pennsylvania 12, Gonzaga 11, Michigan 10, Butler 10, South Florida 9, Bradley 8, Boston College 7, Providence 7, North Carolina-Greensboro 5, Virginia 4, Cal Poly 1, Old Dominion 1.

[Coyote]

1   North Carolina   (10)          3-0-3   1
2   California          (10)          5-0-1   4
3   Creighton                        5-1      5  
4   Notre Dame        (3)          3-0-3   2
5   Washington                       5-0-2   6
6   Cal State Northridge           7-1      3
7   Northwestern                     6-1    16
8   Maryland                           2-2-2  17
9   St. John's                        5-2       7
10 Akron                                5-2     15
11 Maryland-Baltimore County 7-0     21
12 Georgetown                     6-2     19
13 UCLA                                4-2-1   11
14 UAB                                  4-1-1  20
15 Tulsa                                5-1-1  18
16 Clemson                           6-1     13
17 Virginia Commonwealth     3-2-1    8
18 Louisville                          4-2      22
19 Dayton                             7-0     NR
20 Coastal Carolina                5-2     NR
21 Saint Louis                       4-2     10
22 Connecticut                      3-2-1  12
23 Butler                            5-1-1  NR
24 Wake Forest                     4-2       9
25 New Mexico                      3-2-1  14

Others Receiving Votes: Elon, UC-Irvine, William & Mary, St. Francis (PA), Providence, UC-Santa Barbara, Furman, Wisconsin, Loyola (MD), Evansville, Memphis, Fairleigh Dickinson, Gonzaga, Cal Poly, George Mason, Charlotte, Milwaukee, UC Riverside, Boston College, Michigan State, Bradley

[MadMartin8]

Creighton ties Michigan state 2-2 after of course 2OT. Creighton looked tired as can be expected, and the refs were paid off by Jim Delaney.

[almighty_tuna]

Creighton ties Michigan state 2-2 after of course 2OT. Creighton looked tired as can be expected, and the refs were paid off by Jim Delaney.

At the game last night it seemed the student section wasn't near as brutal as usual. The heckling of the Michigan State goalie was definitely not up to par. And the refs were definitely letting them scrap it out in the field. Though, this little encounter in the second half did garner a yellow card for M. State.

[Coyote]

1 California (21)         567   6-0-1     2
2 Notre Dame (2)       542   4-0-3     4
3 Washington             511   6-0-2     5
4 Creighton                506   5-1-2     3
5 Northwestern          461    7-1-0     7
6 CSU Northridge       439    8-1-0     6
7 UMBC                     387    9-0-0   11
8 Maryland                356    3-2-3     8
9 Akron                     354    7-2-0   10
10 UCLA                    336    5-2-1   13
11 Georgetown          331    6-2-1   12
12 North Carolina       324   3-1-4     1
13 Clemson                289   7-1-1   16
14 St. John's              275   5-2-1     9
15 UAB                      253   6-1-1   14
16 Butler                    232  7-1-1   23
17 Louisville               187  6-2-0   18
18 Dayton                 184   8-0-0   19
19 Coastal Carolina    160   6-2-0   20
20 Wake Forest          128  5-2-1   24
21 Elon                      121  7-1-1  RV
22 Saint Louis             99   5-2-0   21
23 Tulsa                     91   5-2-1   15
24 Connecticut            79   3-2-2   22
25 UC Irvine               48   5-1-2   RV

Also receiving votes: Michigan State 45, Virginia Commonwealth 44, Furman 40, William & Mary 35, Wisconsin-Milwaukee 16, Virginia 15, Boston College 12, Providence 8, Saint Francis (Pa.) 6, Stanford 6, Evansville 4, Penn State 3, Gonzaga 1, Old Dominion 1

[Coyote]

Big East RPI

1     Creighton        5-1-2
13   Butler             7-1-1  
16   St. John's       5-2-1
17   Georgetown    6-2-1  
30   Marquette       5-2-1  
56   DePaul            3-4-2  
70   Providence      6-1-2  
104  Xavier           3-4-2  
121  Villanova       3-4-1
127  Seton Hall     2-4-2  

Missouri Valley RPI

52   Drake                    3-3-2  
61   Central Arkansas    4-5-0
77   Bradley                  4-3-1
120  Evansville              5-2-1  
142  SIU-Edwardsville    4-5-0
158  Loyola Chicago       3-4-0
164  Missouri State        4-3-1

[MadMartin8]

Creighton beats Xavier 2 to 0.


It was a chilly night at the game.

[Coyote]

Creighton beats Xavier 2 to 0.


It was a chilly night at the game.

Ooops. Missed this one due to Football and Volleyball. Nice win.
Thanks for posting that.

[MadMartin8]

Creighton beats Xavier 2 to 0.


It was a chilly night at the game.

Ooops. Missed this one due to Football and Volleyball. Nice win.
Thanks for posting that.

Not a problem. I go to all the games, so I figured I'll just go ahead and post.


They looked really, really good tonight. Even with the odd wind and the chilly conditions. I was happy to see a bounce back after the funk they've been in.

[Coyote]

After that tough loss at SLU an easy win (I hope it was easy) is good for the kids.

[Coyote]

1  California (18 )           569    7-0-2    1
2  Notre Dame (5)          556    6-0-3    2
3  Washington                528    7-0-3    3
4  Cal State Northridge    446  10-1-0    6
5  Maryland                    443    5-2-3    8
6  UCLA                          441    6-2-1 10
7  Creighton                   437    6-2-2    4
8  UMBC                        400   10-1-0    7
9  Georgetown               371     8-2-1  11
10 UAB                          343    8-1-1  15
11 Louisville                   249    7-2-1  17
12 North Carolina           245    3-1-5  12
13 Coastal Carolina         234    7-2-0  19
14 Northwestern             233    7-3-0   5
15 Wake Forest              227    6-2-2  20
16 Elon                          224    9-1-1  21
17 Clemson                    223    7-2-1  13
18 Michigan State           222    7-1-2  NR
19 Dayton                      211  10-0-0  18
20 Akron                        206    7-3-0   9
21 Butler                       189    8-2-1  16
22 St. John's (N.Y.)        101    5-4-1  14
23 Virginia                       76    6-3-1  NR
24 Wisconsin-Milwaukee    75    9-0-1  NR
25 Providence                   61   7-1-2  NR

Others receiving votes: Saint Louis 50, Tulsa, 39, Virginia Commonwealth 18, William & Mary 17, Furman 10, Saint Francis (Pa.) 10, Delaware 10, Syracuse 8, Connecticut 7, Gonzaga 4, Memphis 3.

[MadMartin8]

Creighton blows so many scoring chances... and then has Coach Son Goalie punts one when he should have just controlled it which lands right to Nova and Creighton loses with 30 seconds left in 1st OT.


Very very poor year for the Jays. Hopefully it's just the youth.