Missouri soccer dropped its third game of the 2026 season on Sunday, falling 1-0 to the Creighton Bluejays on the road in Omaha. The Tigers got shut out for the fourth time this season despite holding a significant shot advantage over Creighton.
Senior defender Mia Yang turned the ball over near midfield, and the Bluejays’ attack broke in behind to finish the ensuing one-on-one chance — the only goal Missouri would concede or need to overcome in a match it controlled statistically from start to finish.
The Tigers were held scoreless through a first half in which their best look came in the 30th minute, when a shot from junior midfielder Landis Canada was cleared off the goal line. Creighton’s breakthrough came just a few minutes later, and Missouri spent the rest of the match searching for an equalizer it never found.
The shot count told a lopsided story: Missouri finished with 21 total shots to Creighton’s 7, and held an 11-6 edge in corner kicks. But only 7 of those shots tested the keeper, and Creighton’s tandem of Kailey Hall (4 saves in the first half) and Morgan Paley (3 saves in the second) combined to keep a clean sheet. Hall’s best stop came late, denying Audrey Gilbert’s low shot to the bottom right corner in the 89th minute — Missouri’s last real chance to salvage a point.
Landis Canada led all players with 5 shots, though only one forced a save. Yang played all 90 minutes at the back despite the costly turnover, and Morgan Meador logged 80 minutes in defense. Missouri rotated through several forwards — Emily Derucki, Lana Adams, Brianna Buels and Gilbert all saw time up top — but couldn’t turn territory into goals.
Riley Wilkerson started and finished in goal for Missouri, making 4 saves on 5 shots faced. Creighton was whistled for 15 fouls to Missouri’s 8 and picked up 4 yellow cards to the Tigers’ 3, but the discipline gap never became a scoreboard problem for the Bluejays, who made their lone real opportunity count.
For Missouri, the takeaway is efficiency — out-shooting an opponent 21-7 and still leaving Omaha empty-handed points to a night where quality in the final third was the difference, even as the underlying numbers favored the Tigers throughout.
The Tigers now move below .500 once again, dropping to 2-3-1 on the season. Mizzou will look to get back into winning ways when they return to Walton Stadium to take on Southeast Missouri on Friday, Sept. 4th.
