Cardinals Defeat Lindsey Wilson 3-0 in Spring Play
April 06, 2019 | Men's Soccer
Early goal propels the Cardinals to a 3-0 win
The University of Louisville men's soccer team defeated Lindsey Wilson 3-0 in spring play on Friday night. The Cardinals scored early and didn't look back in their lone away spring match.
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Senior Cody Cochran scored his first goal of the spring in the 2nd minute of play to give the Cardinals an early 1-0 lead over the Blue Raiders. Izaiah Jennings and Kino Ryosuke worked a short corner, finding Cameron Wheeler, who whipped in a ball into the near side of the box. The Blue Raiders were unable to clear the ball and Jennings collected the second ball and squared the ball across the box. Cochran, unmarked on the back post, calmly placed the ball into the bottom right corner of the goal for a 1-0 lead. Â Â
The Cards settled into the match and found long spells of possession as the first half played on. Junior goalkeeper Will Meyer was not called on often as he posted the Cards' first shutout of the spring season, but showed great anticipation quickly coming off his line in the 24th minute to break up Lindsey Wilson's attempt at the long ball.
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Louisville again controlled play through long spells of possession and eventually found Cherif Dieye wide in a one vs. one situation. Dieye beat his man on the dribble and found Haji Abdikadir on the top of the 18-yard box, who controlled the pass and took a shot on goal that was whistled dead because of a Blue Raider handball. Abdikadir didn't waste his second opportunity as he beautifully placed a direct free kick in the 32nd minute into the left side of the goal to increase the score line to 2-0. It was Abdikadir's second goal in as many games.
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Coach Hayden challenged his team at half time to continue their strong play. The challenge was accepted as the Cards scored just one minute in to the second half. Freshman Jack Fasteen controlled the ball on left wing and passed centrally to Wheeler. Wheeler calmly turned his defender and connected with Liam Bennett. Bennett bounced the ball to Dieye who beat his defender and hit a screamer into the right side of the goal to bring the score to 3-0.
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The Cardinals maintained possession and wore down a tough Lindsey Wilson team to improve their spring record to 3-1. Louisville has outscored collegiate opponents 12-2 so far this spring and have one spring match remaining.
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The Cardinals welcome Indiana, a 2018 Final Four team, to Lynn Stadium on Friday, April 19th at 7:30pm. Admission to the match is free.
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Senior Cody Cochran scored his first goal of the spring in the 2nd minute of play to give the Cardinals an early 1-0 lead over the Blue Raiders. Izaiah Jennings and Kino Ryosuke worked a short corner, finding Cameron Wheeler, who whipped in a ball into the near side of the box. The Blue Raiders were unable to clear the ball and Jennings collected the second ball and squared the ball across the box. Cochran, unmarked on the back post, calmly placed the ball into the bottom right corner of the goal for a 1-0 lead. Â Â
The Cards settled into the match and found long spells of possession as the first half played on. Junior goalkeeper Will Meyer was not called on often as he posted the Cards' first shutout of the spring season, but showed great anticipation quickly coming off his line in the 24th minute to break up Lindsey Wilson's attempt at the long ball.
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Louisville again controlled play through long spells of possession and eventually found Cherif Dieye wide in a one vs. one situation. Dieye beat his man on the dribble and found Haji Abdikadir on the top of the 18-yard box, who controlled the pass and took a shot on goal that was whistled dead because of a Blue Raider handball. Abdikadir didn't waste his second opportunity as he beautifully placed a direct free kick in the 32nd minute into the left side of the goal to increase the score line to 2-0. It was Abdikadir's second goal in as many games.
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Coach Hayden challenged his team at half time to continue their strong play. The challenge was accepted as the Cards scored just one minute in to the second half. Freshman Jack Fasteen controlled the ball on left wing and passed centrally to Wheeler. Wheeler calmly turned his defender and connected with Liam Bennett. Bennett bounced the ball to Dieye who beat his defender and hit a screamer into the right side of the goal to bring the score to 3-0.
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The Cardinals maintained possession and wore down a tough Lindsey Wilson team to improve their spring record to 3-1. Louisville has outscored collegiate opponents 12-2 so far this spring and have one spring match remaining.
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The Cardinals welcome Indiana, a 2018 Final Four team, to Lynn Stadium on Friday, April 19th at 7:30pm. Admission to the match is free.
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