Creighton-USF by the numbers
Teams already in the College Cup: 2 (UNC, UCLA)
Remaining slots in the College Cup: 2 (UConn v. Charlotte, Creighton v. USF)
Creighton record: 20-2-0
USF record: 13-3-4
Key Players for USF: #14 (Dom Dwyer, F) #32 (Chris Blais, GK)
Goals-per-game rank for Dwyer: 10, who has 16 goals on the season
Goals against average for USF: 0.86
College Cups already played in by USF’s goalkeeper: 1 (with Michigan, last year)
Temperature at gametime: 30
Inches of snow at Morrison Stadium yesterday: 3
Times Creighton has lost at home this season: 0
Goals scored against Creighton at Morrison this season: 2
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All bets are off in this one. To be the best you have to beat the best, and that’s the case today. Creighton takes on an athletic USF team who’ve been in Omaha since the beginning of this week, adjusting to the cold and the notoriously tricky Morrison turf.
Dom Dwyer, the highly touted forward from London, England (The Omaha of Great Britain), will be a challenge for the Jays, but does he have the supporting cast to earn a win? Commentators across the country seem to think not, but this is soccer. Anything can happen.
Chris Blais has made CollegeSoccerNews’ National Team of the Week twice in a row, most recently for last weekend’s win in PKs against #1 New Mexico. The guy will be playing lights-out, but there is only so much a goalkeeper can do. If the Bluejays work for each other and get chances in front of the net, it should be no problem.
I am so excited for this game. Let’s get it done.