ILLINOIS GIRLS SOCCER

[S1 Sport USA]

Scores from tonight's Regional in O'Fallon...

Collinsville 1, Belleville West 0

O'Fallon 4, Belleville East 0

Congrats to the ladies from O'Fallon and especially their goalie on a fantastic game and effort this evening. The Panthers definitely played better tonight and deserved to win but the score could have been much closer if not for some awesome saves by their goalkeeper. May have been the best game I have ever seen her play and I have watched a lot of them. She has to be one of the best GK's in the entire STL area.

To many friends on both teams to take sides in Friday's match, so good luck to all and may the best team win and go on to State to represent the SWC well.

[Huskies]

I'm not surprised O'Fallon beat East last night but 4-0? I guess the O'Fallon coach had a good game plan and marked out their top forward. That's what happens sometimes when you rely too much on one player to score and she doesn't. I guess the East coach didn't have a back up plan. The Collinsville and O'Fallon game should be a good one.

[S1 Sport USA]

FYI Huskies...

O'Fallon did nothing more than any other team that East faced this year. Yes, they were man marking my younger daughter the entire game but she still found a way to get behind their defense and had at least 4-5 very good opportunities to score. Unfortunately for her the keeper for O'Fallon (who we know quite well) played extremely well, did her job and made big saves when she needed to preserve the shut out for O'Fallon.

As I said before, O'Fallon played well and played better soccer than East, but the number of shots and scoring opportunities were pretty even. The difference came down to the goal keepers last night. Their first three goals came on breakaways and our keeper was unable stop them and theirs made save after save. She won the game for them.

[minime]

FYI Huskies...

O'Fallon did nothing more than any other team that East faced this year. Yes, they were man marking my younger daughter the entire game but she still found a way to get behind their defense and had at least 4-5 very good opportunities to score. Unfortunately for her the keeper for O'Fallon (who we know quite well) played extremely well, did her job and made big saves when she needed to preserve the shut out for O'Fallon.

As I said before, O'Fallon played well and played better soccer than East, but the number of shots and scoring opportunities were pretty even. The difference came down to the goal keepers last night. Their first three goals came on breakaways and our keeper was unable stop them and theirs made save after save. She won the game for them.

I guess the girls that scored the four goals had nothing to do with the win It was a bow out plain and simple. Great players find a way to beat great goalies also Give the the O'Fallon team credit not just the goalie. I can say that even if O'Fallon goalie did not play last night they still would have won. Maybe not 4-0 but they still out played East and would have won.

[minime]

FYI Huskies...

O'Fallon did nothing more than any other team that East faced this year. Yes, they were man marking my younger daughter the entire game but she still found a way to get behind their defense and had at least 4-5 very good opportunities to score. Unfortunately for her the keeper for O'Fallon (who we know quite well) played extremely well, did her job and made big saves when she needed to preserve the shut out for O'Fallon.

As I said before, O'Fallon played well and played better soccer than East, but the number of shots and scoring opportunities were pretty even. The difference came down to the goal keepers last night. Their first three goals came on breakaways and our keeper was unable stop them and theirs made save after save. She won the game for them.

I guess the girls that scored the four goals had nothing to do with the win It was a bow out plain and simple. Great players find a way to beat great goalies also Give the the O'Fallon team credit not just the goalie. I can say that even if O'Fallon goalie did not play last night they still would have won. Maybe not 4-0 but they still out played East and would have won.

blow out not bow

[Huskies]

O'Fallon scored on 3 break-aways last night? It sounds like the East defenders didn't help their goalie out too much then. I said all along that this was the best team that East has had in a long time but not even close to a top 5 team. (where they were ranked after beating Granite and St. Joe's) They still had a good season though.

[S1 Sport USA]

The Panthers definitely played better tonight and deserved to win

O'Fallon played well and played better soccer than East

Give the the O'Fallon team credit not just the goalie.

Uhh... I'm confused, didn't I already do this???

minime... If I offended you somehow, by complimenting the O'Fallon Panthers on a well earned victory last night I am truly sorry. Please allow me to try again...

Last night the O'Fallon Panthers won 4-0 over Belleville East. For the record, I never once said it was a close game. What I said, was that the score could have been much closer if not for some great saves by the OTHS goalie, which I still believe to be quite true. In my opinion she was the player of the game! The two young ladies that scored the first 3 goals for O'Fallon did a great job of getting in behind our defenders, holding them off and putting their shots on frame, past the East keeper and inside the far post. It would have taken 3 great saves by our keeper to deny those goals. I am sure that she tried her best but she was unable to stop those shots last night. On the 4th goal, OTHS did a nice job of executing on a restart and East was unable to clear the ball from the box. The ball eventually landed at the feet of one of the forwards for O'Fallon and she turned and tucked it past the keeper. Oh yeah, and defensively one of your field players made a great headball save right on the goal line mid way through the 2nd half after we finally got a ball past your keeper. Is that better?

Incidentally, I never said that either of my daughters were or were not great players and I certainly don't go around taking credit for their accomplishments. I just enjoy watching them play and I believe that their results speak for themselves.

Good luck to all those still playing this season!

[minime]

FYI Huskies...

O'Fallon did nothing more than any other team that East faced this year. Yes, they were man marking my younger daughter the entire game but she still found a way to get behind their defense and had at least 4-5 very good opportunities to score. Unfortunately for her the keeper for O'Fallon (who we know quite well) played extremely well, did her job and made big saves when she needed to preserve the shut out for O'Fallon.

As I said before, O'Fallon played well and played better soccer than East, but the number of shots and scoring opportunities were pretty even. The difference came down to the goal keepers last night. Their first three goals came on breakaways and our keeper was unable stop them and theirs made save after save. She won the game for them.

[Huskies]

Triad beat Cahokia tonight 20-0. Villa should be proud for allowing his team to run up the score like that. Why not let your bench players play and not let them score more than 10 goals? Also, IHSA should put in a 10 goal mercy rule so this doesn't happen again.

[bradyt15]

I was told that Triad pulled there starters at 6-0 and they even cut down the time in the first and second halves. Cahokia is terrible. They shouldn't even have soccer. I saw them earlier this year against a team not nearly as good as Triad and they still got dominated. Maybe Villa should have rested his starters the whole game.

[Huskies]

You still don't have to let your team score 20 goals. I agree Cahokia should not have a soccer program and probably the only reason they have it is because Title IX. They have to forfeit most of their games during the year because they don't have enough players to field a team.

It still looks bad that Villa let the girls score 20 goals today. He could have put all kinds of restrictions on the players to keep the score down. I wonder how many girls scored 5 or more goals each to pad their stats.

[Joga Bonita]

Nobody was trying to pad stats and title IX has nothing to do with it. Cahokia did not forfeit any games that I know of. They were really bad when I saw them but the girls had a great attitude. They knew they were bad but still, the effort was there.
Please do not think negatively about Villa or Triad. I know the score looks bad but really...what are they supposed to do? Not shoot? Not put a ball in an open goal? I guess they were supposed to play keep away. That's really fun for both teams. The bench was in early...give them a break.

[KNVB]

Start the "bench" could have been an option?
Pull the "starters" after 1-0 could have been another option?
Not bagging on Villa; just offering suggestions.

[Huskies]

It looks bad for any coach to score 20 goals in a game...especially against a team like Cahokia. Villa could have put all kinds of restrictions on the girls so they would have had a difficult time to score. I don't see any other reason Cahokia would have a soccer program unless it has something to do with Title IX and having an equal number of girls and boys sports.

Look at Cahokia's schedule and you will see a bunch of games that were scheduled but not played this year and I'm sure it was because they didn't have enough players the same as previous years. I wonder if the AD at Triad is okay with that kind of score because it sure looks bad for the school and soccer program.

[shoot (12)]

O'Fallon scored on 3 break-aways last night? It sounds like the East defenders didn't help their goalie out too much then. I said all along that this was the best team that East has had in a long time but not even close to a top 5 team. (where they were ranked after beating Granite and St. Joe's) They still had a good season though.

3 break-aways that didnt happen earlier in the year while ranked 5...East was not the same team after a injury to a player that fit a plan that obviously worked....

A Very good team at the time ranked 5 turned to good team with plenty of time to rebound but it never happend for them....Ofallon/Collin will be a very good game to watch looking forward to seeing it...

[oldschoolsoccer]

It looks bad for any coach to score 20 goals in a game...especially against a team like Cahokia. Villa could have put all kinds of restrictions on the girls so they would have had a difficult time to score. I don't see any other reason Cahokia would have a soccer program unless it has something to do with Title IX and having an equal number of girls and boys sports.

Look at Cahokia's schedule and you will see a bunch of games that were scheduled but not played this year and I'm sure it was because they didn't have enough players the same as previous years. I wonder if the AD at Triad is okay with that kind of score because it sure looks bad for the school and soccer program.

Playing keep away is certainly more fitting than a 20-0 score. I seen coach's tell their players they couldnt score unless it was shot from 30 yards or a header. I've seen Villa in action. Likes to complain when things don't go his way. He would be livid if a team scored 20 on him.

[Huskies]

I agree with oldsoccerschool. I can't believe it was posted in the paper, too. The only good thing is no player scored more than 3 goals each.

[oldschoolsoccer]

I agree with oldsoccerschool. I can't believe it was posted in the paper, too. The only good thing is no player scored more than 3 goals each.

When I seen the score come across the top of the page last night I was sure the page must have been on the baseball score page. But when I went to switch it to the soccer page, and noticed it actually was on the soccer page, I didn't say to myself, wow what a game. I said to myself, PATHETIC! Not to the players, but 100% towards the coach for allowing it to happen.

[Huskies]

One of the Triad parents told me that Villa switched the forwards to defenders and defenders to forwards in the second half. At that point it was 13-0 already. Did he really think that was enough to keep the score down? I guess the only way to avoid scores like that is to have a 10 goal mercy rule.

[Joga Bonita]

Everybody seems to be ripping on Triad as if this is the first time a team has won a game by a large amount of goals. I suggest that you all search the Class A Regional scores on IHSA website. I will save you the trouble....It is littered with blow-out games of 13, 15, 18, 20 to nothing scores.

This is what happens when the playoff structure allows every team in. We end up with defending State Champions playing teams that haven't won a game all season. It is as big a mismatch as there could be.

I have been at the end of Villa's wrath several times so I am not one of his biggest fans. However, I am not dumping on him or his players for the outcome of this game.