Red and Yellow Cards

Assistant coach Dino Raso received a red card from referee Doug Ferguson during Sunday’s win against Missouri-Kansas City as they argued in front of the Panthers bench. He was ejected from the game but that is not the end of his punishment. According to 2006 NCAA soccer guidelines, Raso will have to sit out the next game as well.

In a game where yellow cards accumulate, two equal a red card. They also carry over during the season. When a player recieives five yellow cards in a season, a one game suspension is issued and served during the next game, postseason games included.

So far this season striker Brad Peters and midfielders David LeBeau and Brad Earl have been issued yellow cards.

Injury Updates

Junior forward Matthew Patterson will miss the remainder of the season after injuring his right knee during practice.

Freshman Chris Pearson was able to remove his protective boot prior to Saturday’s game against Asbury and put in a little bit of work with the team during warm-ups. He sprained his foot two days into training camp and has been sitting out but he should be practicing with the team this week, Pearson said.

Senior Days Continue

This weekend was the home opener for the Panthers and head coach Adam Howarth decided to create a series to honor his seniors. Saturday’s game against Asbury was Paul Jennison day and Mike Comiskey was honored during Sunday’s game.

The next senior to be acknowledged will be defender Phil Clemmer during this Sunday’s game against Loyola-Chicago. David Amdor is the next Panther after Clemmer to be honored.

Sub Madness

Howarth continued to use many subs in the regular season prior to Missouri Valley Conference play. Howarth was able to get everyone who is healthy on the roster in against Asbury.

“In terms of playing, getting people in it was good exercise,” Howarth said.

Howarth used seven subs against UMKC and goalkeeper Mark Hansen played all 90 minutes of the game along with defenders Phil Clemmer, Nick Bonacker, Eddie Barnes and Jeremy Maubach. Captain Mick Galeski also played all 90 minutes at his center-midfield position.

Shot Discrepancy

The Panthers had a total of 43 shots and 13 shots on goal this weekend, but only three found their way into the back of the net. In comparison, Asbury registered only one shot and UMKC managed just 12 with four on goal for a 30 shot advantage for the Panthers.