UIC 0 DePaul 0

[UICJohn]

UIC and DePaul played to a tie at the first ever night game at Flames Field.

UIC has now gone two games without allowing a goal, and with the OT, a total of 200 minutes.

Coach Trask seemed disappointed about the result, and that's a good sign. Our coaches expect to win, and that goes onto the fans and players, and that creates a good program.

What's most impressive (but also can be kind of disappoing) is that UIC outshot DePaul 15-0. That many scoring attempts is good to see, however, need to be finished. However, a great great GREAT showing by the defense not allowing a shot in a total of 110 minutes.

And an attendance of 834 is great to see!

[FuryJP]

I was VERY happy with the student turnout. I don't know the exact number yet, but it was more than I have every seen at a Soccer event. Hell, probably more than a basketball game last year. I would have liked ALL the students to sit in the student section behind the goal, but just as at the Pavilion...there are better places to sit if you just wanna watch the game.

[Big D]

I believe the last 3 matches against Depaul have gone to double overtime. It's unfortunate we couldn't pull this one out given the situation. I think Trask knows that winnign this game would've been good for future fan support. Now will they come out again? Do they want to see another scoreless performance? One thing's for sure...the defense looks dominant. Maybe the Chicago Fire volunteer coaching is paying off ;D

I'm shocked at the 834 attendance. If you would've told me beforehand that over 500 was going to happen, I would've thought you were nuts....but it happened.

Hopefully, the Fury can continue to build support and better yet, maintain that support. Maybe an improvement in attendance at basketball games will follow.

[soccer fan]

The result WAS disappointing. A tie at home against an inferior opponent is a moral defeat.

And frustrating. DePaul was outplayed in every possible way. But still, you have to get the ball in the net, and that is something this Flames team seems to have a lot of trouble with. They are so good on defense, so good in the midfield, so good setting up the attack, but just fall apart when they get near the goal.

It was really painful to watch DePaul play - they are that bad. Those guys look like they are headed to the cellar of the Big East.

UIC, on the other hand looks much improved, except near the goal. It is still very early, but they have already surpassed last year's mid-season form. And they will only get sharper as the season progresses.

The crowd was great. The Fury did an oustanding job of making their presence known and (unlike some games I've been to) there was no question who the home team was. The attendance of 834 is significantly bigger than last year's home opener attendance of 525, so things are headed in the right direction. Keep in mind that there was virtually NO De Paul contingent (unlike last year's opener, that had a lot of EIU parents and fans). Had there been one, we could have easily passed 1000. I don't expect a repeat of those numbers on Friday or Sunday, but the important thing is that things are generally headed in the right direction, and it should be apparent to everyone that UIC IS capable of supporting a top 20 soccer program.

[UICJohn]

Great to hear that there was good support all around, from the regular fans and students. And UIC Soccer has a Student Section now! How about that!

And yeah, DePaul is young and just not that good right now, and the numbers show we dominated and we should have won. A tie is a disappointing finish.

Trying to take some good out of it, DePaul defeated Loyola. Granted, Loyola is not great, but they're supposed to be decent this season.

[soccer fanY93S73]

The last thing I have to say about last night's game....

To Coach Trask or whoever got the team to come out and acknowledge the crowd at the end of the game:

I sure appreciated that and I'm sure everyone else did, too. Thanks.