Correction appended: This headline (Blue let down after tying Tigers) should have said that the Michigan men's soccer team tied the Titans, not Tigers.

After last night's double-overtime game ended, the members of the Michigan men's soccer team walked slowly toward their bench at the U-M Soccer Field with their heads down, feet shuffling and chattering mouths quiet.

It was a classic post-game scene of defeat.

But in fact, the Wolverines didn't lose. Michigan tied Detroit, 0-0.

But for Michigan coach Steve Burns and the rest of the roster, the game might as well have been a loss.

A usually optimistic Burns only had two words about the Michigan mood after the double-overtime draw: "major disappointment."

From the outset, Michigan (0-1-1 Big Ten, 5-4-2 overall) spent most of its time in Detroit's (1-1-0 Horizon League, 5-3-1) territory.

With just over seven minutes remaining in the first half, the Wolverines earned a corner kick. In the scrum, one of the Michigan players got a head on it and the ball hit the back of the Titans' net. Just as the Wolverines and their fans began to celebrate, the referee blew his whistle to call Michigan offsides and disallow the goal.

The called-back point quieted the Michigan attack for the rest of the half.

"We wasted 45 minutes in the first half thinking that we were a special team and thinking that the block 'M' on our chests was going to do it for us," Burns said. "We didn't put in the effort. We didn't have the focus. We started putting it together in the second half and overtime."

Michigan picked up the effort in the second period, taking 18 shots - more than double its count from the first. Several Wolverine players had glorious chances to score, but the back of the net remained elusive.

One such player was freshman Mauro Fuzetti. Just before the end of regulation, the forward got behind a Detroit defender with the ball, forcing the Titans' goalkeeper to come out of the goal and challenge the play. Fuzetti had a great look, but his shot was deflected out of bounds.

The Michigan offense was like a broken record last night, creating chances, getting great looks at the net, but failing to convert.

"It's tough when you outwork (the other team), outplay them and get the chances, but they just don't go in," Fuzetti said. "I guess it's a little bit unlucky, but we still need to finish those (chances)."

After two overtime periods, the Wolverines had nine shots on goal to the Titans' zero and 11 corner kicks to Detroit's nil. But the only stat that mattered for Michigan was the big goose egg for goals scored.

Michigan's leading scorer, freshman Peri Marosevic, was named Big Ten Co-Offensive Player of the Week on Monday. But he couldn't perform his magic last night. Sophomore Michael Holody's usually sure foot from 25 yards out didn't have its regular eyes. The Michigan attack that scored five goals in the previous two games just never took flight.

"The next side of it is that soccer is the ultimate team game, where it is very difficult to score goals and everyone's got to be playing at or above their potential for that to happen for our team," Burns said. "We aren't good enough to think that just one or two guys are going to win games for us all the time. There were too many individuals on the field tonight and not (a team)."

Defensively, the Wolverines can look to completely shutting down the Titans' offense for some consolation. But Burns believes that Detroit got what it came for - a tie. As Michigan's second consecutive draw, last night's outcome left a much more bitter taste than the Wolverines' 2-2 tie on the road against powerhouse Indiana last Sunday.

"This is the kind of disappointment that either wakes a team up or puts them into a major funk," Burns said. "I think there is a lot of good character on this team, and I think they will rebound from this as we get ready for a very difficult game against (University of California-Santa Barbara on Sunday)."