2006 SOM vs. Detroit -- Notes & Quotes
9/27/2006 12:00:00 AM | Men's Soccer
N O T E S
Michigan three-game unbeaten streak (1-0-2) is its second of the season. The Wolverines are 4-1-2 in their last seven games.
Today's scoreless tie is the first 0-0 draw in the series with Detroit. The Wolverines are 2-0-2 all-time against the Titans.
Sophomore/freshman Patrick Sperry earned his second career shutout. The shutout is U-M's third of the season.
The 0-0 tie is Michigan's first scoreless stalemate of the season.
This is the second time in program history the Wolverines have played back-to-back double-overtime draws. The first time was Oct. 31 and Nov. 3 of 2004 against Penn State and Oakland.
Michigan has not given up a shot on goal to Detroit in the last two meetings.
Senior Michael O'Reilly made his 45th career start tonight.
Q U O T E S
Michigan Head Coach Steve Burns
On the team's performance ... "It's not a lack of effort. I think in this game, more than anything, here we are upper Midwest, the weather is starting to turn, and the field is getting muddy. And that's the game we had to play, and we didn't. You can look at their jerseys; it's too many guys with white jerseys on without muddy jerseys. It was just that kind of doing the effort to be extraordinary tonight, and we didn't have it."
On the team's defense ... "Defensively we looked real strong, Chase Tennant came in and gave us some good minutes on the left side, especially with his distribution, I thought. Defensively things were strong, Detroit came here to get a tie, and it's difficult to play against a team that packs things in and looks to play off the counterattack. We got in behind them quite a bit, but obviously, no conversions."
On how the team responds to a 0-0 tie ... "I think that this is the kind of disappointment that either wakes a team up or puts them in a major funk. I think there is a lot of a good character on this team, and they'll rebound as we get ready for a very difficult game going off to UCSB, facing a No. 15 or 20 ranked UCSB team, depending on what poll. They're going to do whatever it takes for a win, and it's going to be a very difficult game."
