Louisiana Soccer 2018

[leeman]

4-1 win by Auburn. We played great defense for the most part. Auburn had some amazing goals.

[CajunRebel]

4-1 win by Auburn. We played great defense for the most part. Auburn had some amazing goals.

If you play a 5-4-1 you’d better look good on defense.

[CajunEXPRESS]

Auburn was far more athletic, longer, faster. Hell, at first I thought those were boys playing, then I saw some pony tails. Maybe we need to check for Y chromosomes. 🤔🤔🤔

[jllanclos]

Will we ever not suck at soccer? We just kind of throwing in the towel on that to build football? When's the last time we advanced past the first round of the Sun Belt tournament?

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The Louisiana soccer team will put its unbeaten home record on the line this Friday when the Ragin' Cajuns host Southeastern Louisiana in a 6:30 p.m. match at the Ragin' Cajuns Soccer/Track Facility.

Admission to the contest is free, and fans coming to the match are asked to park in the Cajun Field gravel lots adjacent to the tailgating areas near the Ragin' Cajuns Soccer/Track Facility. Anyone parked in the tailgating lots will be towed at the owner's expense.

The first 50 fans in attendance will receive a free reversible scarf to show their support of the Louisiana soccer program. Live stats and video for the contest are available on RaginCajuns.com.

The Ragin' Cajuns (1-2-1) are coming off of a 4-1 defeat at Auburn despite holding a 1-0 lead just before halftime. Louisiana is 1-0-1 at home this season including a 1-0 victory over Northwestern State in the last match played at the Ragin' Cajuns Soccer/Track Facility.

The Series

Louisiana is 4-7-2 all-time against Southeastern Louisiana after winning the last two meetings between the two sides. The Ragin' Cajuns claimed a 1-0 shutout of the Lions a year ago in Hammond, La. The Cajuns hold a 2-3-1 record all-time at home against Southeastern Louisiana.

Scouting Southeastern Louisiana

Southeastern Louisiana (2-1-0) picked up a 3-0 win over Southern earlier this week. The Lions lone defeat of the season came on the road last weekend dropping a 4-0 decision at North Texas.

Christina Cutura leads the team with three goals on the season, while Megan Gordon is second with a pair of goals. Southeastern La. has notched two shutouts in three matches this year with Bailey Scott and Nadine Maher splitting time in goal.

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The Louisiana Ragin' Cajuns soccer team notched a 1-1 double-overtime draw against Southeastern Louisiana on Friday night at the Ragin' Cajuns Soccer/Track Facility to remain unbeaten at home this season.

Louisiana (1-2-2) outshot the Lions (2-1-1) 22-20 in the match putting 14 shots on frame. Both teams tallied six corners on the night. Savanna Young led the Ragin' Cajuns with game-high eight shots in the contest, while Kacie Pou had three shots all on goal.

Junior keeper Mackenzie Lee registered four saves in the match, while Southeastern Louisiana's Nadine Maher had 12.

HOW IT HAPPENED
The game would remain scoreless at the half despite the Ragin' Cajuns forcing the Lions into five saves in the first half.

Southeastern Louisiana grabbed a 1-0 edge in the 67th minute as Christina Cutura broke away from the Cajuns defense on a throw from Sage Sammeli and beat the keeper to the near post with her fourth goal of the season.

Louisiana pulled even in the 79th minute when a cross from Kaylie Powell caromed off of a Lady Lions defender into the goal to knot the game at 1-all.

Both sides posted six shots apiece in the two overtime periods as the game ended in a draw.

UP NEXT
Louisiana heads west on I-10 to face in-state foe McNeese on Sunday at 1 p.m. at Cowgirl Field. Live stats and video are available on RaginCajuns.com.

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[RaginScotsman]

Haven't seen a thread about Soccer in a while, so I thought I'd revisit this one. Our game against G. Southern was canceled yesterday and it may have been for the best. Louisiana is 1-6-2 on the year and have been outscored 5-22. The 1 win and 2 ties came against Southland teams.

If that record doesn't improve, is this finally the season that we see a long overdue head coaching change?

[MetryCajun]

Haven't seen a thread about Soccer in a while, so I thought I'd revisit this one. Our game against G. Southern was canceled yesterday and it may have been for the best. Louisiana is 1-6-2 on the year and have been outscored 5-22. The 1 win and 2 ties came against Southland teams.

If that record doesn't improve, is this finally the season that we see a long overdue head coaching change?

I have heard he is as good as gone. It will be interesting to see what kind of coach Maggard is looking for. Right now we are loaded with European and California players which has not seemed to work out.

[Cajun90]

I have heard he is as good as gone. It will be interesting to see what kind of coach Maggard is looking for. Right now we are loaded with European and California players which has not seemed to work out.

Interestingly enough he has seemed (in my opinion) to look more closely at Louisiana players this past year than what I have seen in the past. That doesn't necessarily mean anything since our talent pool is rather shallow. With that said there have definitely been some decent caliber players here that didn't even get a whiff from UL.

No matter how you cut it he hasn't cut it. There are also people in the Lafayette area that have extremely good connections all the way up to the U.S. National team. No reason why we shouldn't be able to get help identifying very talented up and coming coaching candidates.

[SMD7636]

It’s long overdue for a coaching change if you look at his entire record at UL and this year especially.

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The Louisiana Ragin' Cajuns soccer team is set to open a three-game homestand starting this Friday at 7 p.m. against Texas State at the Ragin' Cajuns Soccer/Track Facility. Following the match with the Bobcats, Louisiana is scheduled to host ULM on Sunday at 1 p.m.

Admission is free to all Ragin' Cajuns soccer matches. Fans coming to the match on Friday are asked to park in the Cajun Field gravel lots adjacent to the tailgating areas near the Ragin' Cajuns Soccer/Track Facility. Anyone parked in the tailgating lots will be towed at the owner's expense.

Where to Watch/Follow

Fans can watch both matches live on the Ragin' Cajuns Digital Network on RaginCajuns.com. Live stats are also available on RaginCajuns.com.

The Series

Louisiana is 1-5 all-time against Texas State coming off of a 3-0 defeat in San Marcos a year ago. The Ragin' Cajuns came up short 2-1 in overtime in the last contest played in Lafayette in 2016. The Cajuns own a 10-4-2 edge over ULM including a 7-0-1 record at home.

Scouting Texas State

Texas State (3-5-0, 1-0-0 SBC) is in a five-way tie for first place in the Sun Belt Conference with three points after defeating ULM 4-0. The Bobcats have won just two of their last six contests.

Junior Kaylee Davis ranks second in the conference with five goals on the season including two game-winning goals. Junior Jordan Kondikoff is tied for fourth in the league with six points including two goals and two assists.

Scouting ULM

ULM (0-8-0, 0-1-0 SBC) is winless on the season in eight games allowing an average of four goals per match. The Warhawks dropped a 4-0 decision to Texas State in their only conference action this season.

Freshman Mackenzie Bell leads the squad with two goals on the year, while freshman Cassidy Wiest is second on the team in points with three.

Up Next

The Ragin' Cajuns continue their three-game homestand against Arkansas State on Friday, Sept. 28 with a 7 p.m. match. Louisiana then heads on the road for a pair of matches at Coastal Carolina on Oct. 5 and at Appalachian State on Oct. 7.

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Despite looking the better side for much of the match, the Louisiana Ragin' Cajuns soccer team suffered a 2-1 double overtime loss to Texas State on Friday night at the Ragin' Cajuns Soccer/Track Facility.

Both the Ragin' Cajuns (1-7-2, 0-2-0 SBC) and Bobcats (4-5-0, 2-0-0 SBC) tallied 13 shots in the contest including six on frame. Sophomore goalkeeper Victoria Ryan had four saves in the match, while freshman Kacie Pou had a career-high five shots and an assist.

HOW IT HAPPENED

The Ragin' Cajuns held their opponent scoreless in the first half for the sixth time this season as the game remained knotted at 0-0 at the half.

Louisiana grabbed a 1-0 advantage in the 69th minute when Madysin Girouard lifted a shot over the head of the Texas State keeper for her first goal of the season.

The lead would be erased in the 79th minute on a header goal by Kaylee Davis off of a shot that hit the crossbar by Genesis Turman to make the score 1-all.

In the second overtime period, Ally Kewish collected a pass from Kelly Barbalias and beat a defender before slotting the ball into the bottom corner of the net for the game-winner for Texas State.

UP NEXT

Louisiana continues its three-game homestand on Sunday at 1 p.m. as the squad hosts ULM at the Ragin' Cajuns Soccer/Track Facility. Admission to the contest is free and live stats and video are available on RaginCajuns.com.

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