I’m old enough to remember when Marquette men’s soccer had the shape of a team with a shot at the NCAA tournament.
That was back on September 25th, when the NCAA debuted their RPI calculations for the season and the Golden Eagles were at #26 in the country. Factor in a lot of big time matches down the road in Big East play, and it seemed like things were going in a very positive direction for Marquette.
They’ve lost three straight matches since.
- Couldn’t score against a St. John’s team that was shorthanded for the entire second half and down to just nine men for more than 20 minutes
- Gave up a 70th minute 1-0 winner to a Northern Illinois team they outshot 16-5
- Made a horrid “play it out of the back” exchange in the 90th minute to throw a 1-1 draw against Xavier directly in the trash after equalizing in the 85th minute
And here we are now.