Fall 2009 League Schedule

I'll admit, I lied. I said the next post would be a player spotlight but that is still in the works. I promise Curt gave me some great responses so look for it soon.

For the Fall 2009 Kansas-Missouri Soccer League (KMSL) season, eight teams have been divided into Eastern and Western divisions:

Eastern: Truman, Mizzou, Saint Louis University, Washington University (St. Louis)

Western: Kansas, K-State, Wichita State, Washburn

The format includes playing home-and-away matches against each divisional opponent with two additional matches against teams from the other division. The season concludes, for invited teams, with the Region IV North Tournament at Kansas State. FC Truman has been invited to the Region IV North Tournament in each of its two years of competition.  The winner of the regional tournament gains an automatic bid to the NIRSA National Tournament in Phoenix, AZ.

FC Truman's schedule (all games scheduled for 1 pm unless noted):

Sun 9/13 @ KU

Sat 9/19 vs. Wichita State

Sun 9/20 vs. Wash U

Fri 9/25 @ Mizzou, 7 pm

Sun 9/27 @ SLU

Sat 10/3 @ Wash U

Sun 10/4 vs. Mizzou

Sat 10/10 vs. SLU

10/30 - 11/1 Region IV North Tournament (Manhattan, KS)

11/19 - 11/21 NIRSA National Tournament (Phoenix, AZ)

Truman falls to Mizzou 2-0

On Sunday, Truman lost to Mizzou 2-0 in their second home game of the year. After going ahead on an early penalty kick, Mizzou added a late second half goal to finish the scoring. With the loss, Truman went to 2-1 on the season. Truman plays at home this weekend against SLU on Saturday at 3 and against Wash U on Sunday at 1.

Fall 2007 Results

2007-2008 marked our first full year as a competitive club. We joined the Mid-America Collegiate Soccer League, which was composed of:

Kansas
Kansas St
Mizzou
SLU
Southeast MO St.
Southwest Baptist
St. Charles CC
Truman
Washington Univ. (St. Louis)
Wichita St

League play featured 8 games, 2 each against the other 4 members of our division: SLU, SEMO, St. Charles CC and Wash U. Truman went undefeated and untied against their division rivals and finished our first league season at 8-0. We finished the season ranked 4th in the region (of teams from Missouri, Kansas, Arkansas, Oklahoma and Texas) and were invited to the Region IV Tournament in Columbia, MO.

After a forfeit victory over Oklahoma St. and a victory over Central Oklahoma, Truman lost its first game of the season, falling 3-0 to eventual regional champs Kansas State. Having finished 2nd in pool play, however, Truman qualified for the semifinals against perennial power Mizzou. After giving up an early goal, Truman equalized, and then appeared to take a 2-1 lead. The goal was called back, however, and Mizzou weathered the Truman storm. Mizzou added 2 goals after half time to win the semi-final game 3-1.

Truman finished the Fall 2007 season with a 10-2 record, giving us a 13-3 record since our inception.

RESULTS
MACSL League Play (8-0-0)

9/9 at Wash U (WIN 6-3)
9/15 vs SLU (WIN 3-1)
9/23 at St. Charles Community College (WIN 2-1)
9/29 at SLU (WIN 2-1)
9/30 at SEMO (WIN 5-1)
10/7 vs Wash U (WIN 1-0, forfeit)
10/14 vs St. Charles CC (WIN 4-2)
10/20 vs. SEMO (WIN 1-0, forfeit)

Regional Tournament @ Mizzou (2-2-0)

Pool play
10/26 v. Oklahoma State (WIN, forfeit)
10/27 v. Central Oklahoma (WIN, 1-0)
10/27 v. Kansas State (LOSS, 0-3)
Semifinals
10/28 v. Mizzou (LOSS, 1-3)

FINAL RECORD: 10-2-0

Spring 2007 Results

Spring 2007, our first semester as a team, was very successful for us. We held tryouts in March and played in the Washington University tournament in April. With only a few weeks to prepare for the tournament, there were some concerns that the team would have trouble adjusting to games. That was not the case, however, as we went 3-0 in pool play to make it to the finals against the University of Missouri. After two halves of scoreless play, the game went into overtime. Mizzou converted a penalty in overtime to win 1-0. We finished our first semester of competition with a 3-1 record and a 10-1 goal differential.

RESULTS

Wash U W 2-0
Murray St (KY) W 4-0
SE Missouri St W 4-0
Mizzou L 0-1 (OT)

FINAL RECORD: 3-1-0