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LOS ANGELES -- The greatest season in Auburn soccer history came to a close in a 1-0 defeat to USC on Friday afternoon.The Tigers (17-7-0) held a 12-11 advantage in shots in the 90-minute affair and were paced by Casie Ramsier who had five.Sarah Le Beau went the distance between the posts and touted a tournament-best six saves.Congratulations to USC, said head coach Karen Hoppa. Theyre a great team and Keidane [McAlpine] is one of my best friends, so Im happy for him and they played a great game. Like most sports, soccer is a game of inches and they caught one break early. I felt it was a great soccer game. There were chances both ways, it was wide open and both teams played their game.Im really proud of my team. They laid it all on the line and played their hearts out.The Trojans (17-4-2) got on the board just four minutes into play when a cross was sent into the box and was finished at the near post.Auburn responded right away by lacing four shots and earning a corner across the next 25 minutes, including a free kick by Courtney Schell, but were unable to find the back of the net.Just before the intermission, Le Beau kept things where they stood when she made a diving save in a 1-on-1 situation. USC led 1-0 at the half.Coming out of the break, the defense continued to fend off the USC front line.Kiana Clarke, Karli Gutsche, Samantha Solaru and Taylor Troutman all thwarted dangerous chances by the Trojans in the opening 20 minutes of the second half.The Tigers had their best chance for an equalizer in the 73rd minute when an advanced Clarke played a ball into the box that Kristen Dodson latched on to and fired a header that was saved off the line.USC held on in the final moments and took the result, 1-0.The careers of Haley Gerken, Brooke Ramsier, Casie Ramsier, Alyse Scott, Clarke and Solaru all came to an end after the final whistle blew, but not without raising the bar for the future of the program.Our senior class, what an unbelievable career, stated Hoppa. Not just this year, obviously, but the four years theyve had here. They came in a time when we were rebuilding and every year weve gotten better. 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Discarded North Melbourne veteran Drew Petrie joined West Coast at Mondays AFL rookie draft, but Sydney forward Xavier Richards is out of a job.After playing in their losing grand final side, the 23-year-old Petrie turned down a two-year deal to stay with the Swans to seek an opportunity in his home state of Victoria.But he went through the trade period and both drafts without attracting a suitor to see his AFL career stall on 12 games.Eagles defender Mitch Brown also turned down a contract in the hope of moving back to Victoria but the 94-game veterans career appears over after he went undrafted.With 316 games under his belt, 34-year-old Petrie shapes as a short-term fix for the Eagles with star ruckman Nic Naitanui out for the season with a knee injury and Scott Lycett set for an interrupted preseason.The rookie draft provided some surprise lifelines with delisted Fremantle midfielder Tendai Mzungu joining teammate Matt de Boer, who was selected at Fridays national draft, at Greater Western Sydney.Carlton selected ex-Docker Alex Silvagni and after being delisted by Essendonn Shaun Edwards - who started his career at GWS - was picked up by Sydney.ddddddddddddFormer Western Bulldogs ruckman Will Minson had been linked with a move to Collingwood but was reported to have announced his retirement shortly before the rookie draft got underway.A host of players were re-drafted by the clubs that cut them just a few weeks ago, including Shaun McKernan (Essendon), Jack Fitzpatrick (Hawthorn), Josh Prudden (Western Bulldogs) and Fraser McInnes (West Coast).Adelaides Sam Shaw and the Giants Joel Patfull were also re-drafted by their respective clubs but the retired pair still wont play next year, with the move purely administrative for salary cap purposes.After missing out on selection at the national draft, Ben Jarman, the son of Crows and Hawthorn great Darren, and Sam, the son of 114-game Cat Sean, joined Adelaide and Geelong respectively.The Bombers used the first pick of the rookie draft on South Adelaide ruckman Sam Draper. 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