Loyola put one in the win column Thursday evening with a strong second half against Senn. Dylan Remick fed Aleks Urosevic twice for scores as the offense came alive for the first time this season. The defense recorded its first shutout of the young season. Loyola's final GBS tourney match will be against Leyden @ 11:00 am Saturday.
Stevenson squeaked by the Ramblers 1-0 this afternoon in the GBS Invitational. For the most part, Stevenson's high powered offense was thwarted by a strong and physical Loyola D, but the Ramblers again had problems with a sputtering offense. Strong performances were turned in by both McCoy and Sullivan in the nets.
Tournament host GBS took advantage of horrible playing conditions to beat the Ramblers 4-2. A steady rain left the field a mess and we were never able to execute properly. Goals by Cushwa and Belton. Sullivan and McCoy split the duties in goal. Stevenson, our Wednesday (4 pm) opponent, beat Senn 6-0. We face Senn on Thursday at 5:30.
New IHSA Rule: Yellow cards received during regular season or tournament competition must be counted. Once a player has accumulated five yellow cards, he is suspended for the next game. Once the player accumulates three additional yellow cards, he is suspended for the next two games, three more, he is suspended three games, etc. These are minimum penalties. All yellow cards must be reported by the official to the IHSA and the member School as currently practiced with all ejection reports. At the start of the IHSA tournament series, a player will start with a clean slate if he has accumulated fewer than five yellow cards during the regular season. During the tournament series, once a player accumulates three yellow cards, he is suspended for the next game; three more yellows, suspended for two games, etc. If a player enters the tournament series having accumulated five or more yellow cards during the season, his yellow card count continues. Once he reaches eight total cards (regular season and IHSA tournament series) he is suspended for two games, eleven yellows - suspended for three games, etc. Rationale: The committee reviewed area state associations practice of recording yellow cards throughout the season and state series. This is an effort to clean up the behavioral issues in the game of soccer.