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 Vandal forward and sophomore, Jennifer Hull, is fouled by a player of the Idaho State Bengal soccer team at the Sept. 7 game at Guy Wicks Field. File Photo
The University of Idaho soccer team is now halfway through their season with one win, one tie and eight losses.
Captain and fifth year senior Aimee Goss said the team is working at being positive on the field allowing them to maintain a mental attitude that will lead them to wins.
“When we have a chance on goal, we need to just take it,” Goss said. “We need to make the opposing goalkeepers work.”
The Vandals want to change the eight losses into eight wins as they finish out the second half of the season.
“We have actually been playing very well on the road,” Goss said. “We are just lacking wins, we need to give that little extra bit to win.”
The Vandals’ worst defeat this year was against University of Wyoming where they suffered a 3-0 loss. Mostly, the games have come down to the wire where the Vandals prove themselves to be a second half team — showing their opponents they have talent.
“We have a long way to go,” Idaho coach Pete Showler said. “The next 7 of our 9 games are conference games.”
Showler said playing well and producing wins are team goals because they have not won since the Governor’s Cup held in Moscow the first week of September.
Last week the Vandals traveled to face local rivals Eastern Washington Universtiy and Washington State University.
Showler’s response to the unlucky outcomes of the games this season are all directed toward the need for a continuous cycle of wins.
“Maybe I need to go out and get everyone a rabbit’s foot, a four-leaf clover and some magic dust to put on those goal posts,” Showler said. “Maybe we’ll have to do a special good-luck ritual dance before our games.”
Eight minutes into the match, the Cougars scored their first goal from five yards out after a scramble for the ball during a free kick. The Vandals lost to EWU previously.
“I’ve got to challenge them to be consistent,” Showler said. “No matter what level of team you’re playing against. Consistency is what’s going to win you games.”
The final score resulted in a 2-0 win for the Cougars.
The rival game coming up against the Boise State Broncos, hosted in Moscow, and the players are anxious to compete with the Broncos who are 6-1-3 this fall.
This weekend the Vandals travel to Utah Valley University and Missoula to play University of Montana.
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