Men's Soccer - SMU vs. Tulsa

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SMU has a critical game at Tulsa Wednesday night with a 7pm start. SMU is currently 5-4-0 (0-1-0 C-USA) and really needs to get all three points in order to get back on track for a chance to win the conference.

Tulsa is 4-5-0 (0-1-0 C-USA).

Both teams had a disappointing start to their conference season, with SMU losing at home 4-2 to UCF and Tulsa falling 2-1 at South Carolina.

The Tulsa matches are always interesting since the teams see each other multiple times before they actually play since SMU participates in Tulsa's tournament and Tulsa participates in SMU's tournament.

The SMU preview:

http://smumustangs.cstv.com/sports/m-soccer/spec-rel/100311aad.html

The Tulsa preview:

http://www.tulsahurricane.com/sports/m-soccer/spec-rel/100411aaa.html

Note the Tulsa preview says there will be video available for this game (through All-Access), along with the usual GameTracker.

BTW - it looks like there is a C-USA All-Access package with a monthly charge of $14.95 - if it really works it might not be a bad investment to follow the remainder of both of SMU's soccer teams...

Go Ponies!

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Underway in Tulsa. Tulsa in all white. SMU in all blue.

Ibarra; Simmons, de Almeida, Kalis, Kumeh; Engel, Nelson, Ivo, Barnes; Castillo, Rosales

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Ponies need to wake up. 6:03 in and we already have been flagged for offside three times!

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Crap. 1-0 Tulsa at 6:42. Nice run down the left side and their player sends a nice hard low shot right on the far post.

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7:42 and Tulsa is up 5-0 in shots and SMU is "up" 4-0 in offside calls.

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SMU just had a great chance from a free kick just outside the corner of the 18 - but to no avail.

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Tulsa has had two fantastic chances in the past 4-5 minutes but thankfully the SMU back four has been able to break them up.

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Kalis picks up a deserved yellow after a hard foul at 24:58.

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Ivo on a nice run and he is fouled - resulting in a yellow against Tulsa and a free kick from just outside the 18.

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GOAL SMU!!!!!!

Ivo's free kick off the post and de Almeida buries the rebound!

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GOAL SMU!!!!!

Juan Castillo on the volley from around 7 yards out after a great pass from Ivo.

2-1 SMU with 15:10 left in the first half.

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Engel sends a golden chance just wide to the left...

5 minutes left in the first half.

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2-1 SMU HT.

The Mustangs had a nice little flurry right at the end but couldn't put the ball in the net.

SMU got off to a bad start, but settled into the match around 10 minutes and definitely looked like the better team for the remainder of the first half.

First half stats:

Shots: SMU 7, Tulsa 7
Shots on goal: SMU 4, Tulsa 3
Corners: SMU 1, Tulsa 1
Offsides: SMU 7, Tulsa 2 (!!!!!!!)
Fouls: SMU 5, Tulsa 4
Yellow Cards: SMU 1, Tulsa 1

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Second half underway.

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Tulsa picks up another yellow at 51:35.