The defeat on senior winger Brody Kraussel’s face said it all. He was hunched over in agony as a Brown Line El train was roaring out of the Fullerton Station on DePaul’s campus in Chicago. The train left the station with the men’s soccer team’s hopes and dreams, with the team on the brink of a remarkable feat.
One point. That’s how painfully close the men’s soccer team came to making the BIG EAST Tournament for the first time since 2014. Instead, the Golden Eagles’ season ended in devastation after a 3-1 loss to the Blue Demons.
That game will stay with head coach Louis Bennett and his staff for a long time, as it should.