Soccer Recaps: Purdue & Indiana

Your Oregon Ducks were in action a couple times this weekend as they embarked on a two-game Midwest road trip.

The Ducks opened the trip on Thursday at Purdue, who controlled the match from the jump. The Boilermakers struck early and never relinquished momentum, keeping the Ducks offense pinned back and limiting quality chances throughout the night. Oregon kept things close for most of the match, with the score remain 1-0 for the majority of the match, before surrendering a pair of goals at the end of the match, resulting in a 3–0 loss.

Sunday’s match in Bloomington, against Indiana was a far different story. After trailing 1–0 at halftime, the Ducks erupted for three goals in a nine-minute span (Lauren Kenney 55’, Jade Holley 60’, and Cailin Bloom 64’) to seize a 3–1 lead.

But Indiana refused to go away quietly. The Hoosiers clawed back with goals in the 69th and 84th minutes, denying Oregon from grabbing their first conference win of the season.

The road trip obviously didn’t go how the Ducks wanted it to go, but on the bright side, the offense finally started to show some signs of life against Indiana. Hopefully that’s a sign of good things to come for the rest of the season.

The Ducks next match is Friday, October 3rd, against USC.