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It was ugly, but mostly it was hot. by BabaGhanouj
By hot I mean 120° on the pitch, according to some heat index the announcers brought up. Basically, the match made one rethink ND's traditional strategy of playing up-tempo, offensive oriented soccer. Butler is well-known for playing defensive soccer. The weather was too much to overcome with an up tempo, offensive game.
One could see the value of a defensively minded team with a very good forward in Paige Monaghan. Even on a cooler day ND needs to make multiple perfect passes in the offensive third. Butler needed just one off-target pass and they had a break with Paige. The heat along with Butler's style was too much.
We also had a penalty kick denied which would have tied the game 1-1.