2018 D1 Women's Soccer Talk!!

In my opinion, the closer they get to the FIFA laws of the game, the better.
 
piggy said:
Has anyone heard or know of any players that walk on to a team but end up earning a scholarship? How hard is this to achieve for a young athlete?
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Annie Alvarado (UCLA) if I'm not mistaken. It's as hard and requires just as much if not more commitment and work than one who commits
 
surfrider said:
Just read an article saying the NCAA is recommending time of play be kept on the field by officials next season. Thoughts? It’s in line with FIFA but the officiating is so poor already. Do we want to give them the power to impact the game that much more? On the flip side it will reduce the opportunities for players to kick a ball out of the stadium with 30 seconds left
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All the NCAA games I have seen have ballboys/girls working the sidelines so no matter how far a ball is kicked off the field there is a replacement waiting near at hand.

On another point - NCAA referees already have the power to set the clock to anything they want.
 
outside! said:
In my opinion, the closer they get to the FIFA laws of the game, the better.
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I might agree if they extended or split the season. As long as they try to schedule 20+ games in a period of 11-12 weeks (many on artificial turf), substitution rules need to reflect that workload. Ask MAP -- UCLA women played 21 regular season games and exhibitions in 11 weeks, and twice during the first two months of the season played 4 games over 9 or 11 days.
 
Dos Equis said:
I might agree if they extended or split the season. As long as they try to schedule 20+ games in a period of 11-12 weeks (many on artificial turf), substitution rules need to reflect that workload. Ask MAP -- UCLA women played 21 regular season games and exhibitions in 11 weeks, and twice during the first two months of the season played 4 games over 9 or 11 days.
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Dos we all know this country is not that serious about being a real soccer nation. The CF that is youth girls soccer, the boys side, the MLS playing in the wrong part of the year, the closed market of the MLS, the NWSL, the NCAA , - the list goes on and on. There was a movement to have college soccer go year round - fall and spring. How much more common sense does it take? You play once a week and train 5. You travel Friday night you are home Sunday night. Everyone plays and you can play FIFA rules and just modify to 6 sub international friendly rule - no re entry. You play a double header. The first game is for record the second training. Now you can carry 28 - 30 and its no big deal. Everyone gets a bunch of play time, the staff now has a definitive recovery and training schedule for the WHOLE team every week. You can now adopt a true periodization schedule for your players that is a 12 month cycle. No more bulk up fitness in the spring - players start to become real soccer players. Teams start to develop a style of play that does not have to deal with hockey shifts. Everything is a plus. But we are not serious so it probably will never happen.
 
Dos Equis said:
I might agree if they extended or split the season. As long as they try to schedule 20+ games in a period of 11-12 weeks (many on artificial turf), substitution rules need to reflect that workload. Ask MAP -- UCLA women played 21 regular season games and exhibitions in 11 weeks, and twice during the first two months of the season played 4 games over 9 or 11 days.
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It would be murder on a roster to play FIFA rules in a compressed season. My player played 2200 minutes in 25 games over 3 2/3 months. That is hard on a body. Without a split season it just wouldn't be very feasible.
 
The CONCACAAF championship being scheduled from October 4-17 is going to have an effect on the early part of the league season for several teams.
 
UCLA, Stanford, Santa Clara, Tennessee, Florida and Florida State all have players that will be participating in the CONCACAAF championships. Games from September 27th thru October 19th will be affected.
 
Early PAC 12 and ACC predictions:

1. Florida State
2. North Carolina
3. Virginia
4. North Carolina State
5. Duke
6. Notre Dame
7. Boston College
8. Clemson
9. Wake Forest
10. Syracuse
11. Miami
12. Virginia Tech
13. Louisville
14. Pitt

PAC 12

1. Stanford
2. UCLA
3. U$C
4. Colorado
5. Arizona
6. Cal
7. Washington State
8. Washington
9. Utah
10. Oregon
11. Oregon State
12. Arizona State

I think that this could be the year that the PAC 12 takes over as the dominant league in the country. Both have more than one team that are serious College Cup contenders. This year could see the PAC 12 get 9 teams into the tournament with the league being stronger this year IMHO.
 
MakeAPlay said:
UCLA, Stanford, Santa Clara, Tennessee, Florida and Florida State all have players that will be participating in the CONCACAAF championships. Games from September 27th thru October 19th will be affected.
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.....and I noted that you listed the teams and conferences worst to best..... :)
 
MakeAPlay said:
Early PAC 12 and ACC predictions:

1. Florida State
2. North Carolina
3. Virginia
4. North Carolina State
5. Duke
6. Notre Dame
7. Boston College
8. Clemson
9. Wake Forest
10. Syracuse
11. Miami
12. Virginia Tech
13. Louisville
14. Pitt

PAC 12

1. Stanford
2. UCLA
3. U$C
4. Colorado
5. Arizona
6. Cal
7. Washington State
8. Washington
9. Utah
10. Oregon
11. Oregon State
12. Arizona State

I think that this could be the year that the PAC 12 takes over as the dominant league in the country. Both have more than one team that are serious College Cup contenders. This year could see the PAC 12 get 9 teams into the tournament with the league being stronger this year IMHO.
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I think in the ACC you are spot on. The PAC12, I see the Cougars and Wildcats switched. As far as depth, I still don't see the PAC12 as a "deep women's soccer conference." As far as "the best teams in all of women's college soccer today".... UCLA and Stanford are arguably the cream of the crop but in the PAC12 after 1 and 2 it gets skittish IMO. I still think the ACC is the deepest conference talent wise and the SEC has arrived as well.
 
GoWest said:
I think in the ACC you are spot on. The PAC12, I see the Cougars and Wildcats switched. As far as depth, I still don't see the PAC12 as a "deep women's soccer conference." As far as "the best teams in all of women's college soccer today".... UCLA and Stanford are arguably the cream of the crop but in the PAC12 after 1 and 2 it gets skittish IMO. I still think the ACC is the deepest conference talent wise and the SEC has arrived as well.
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So here is my thinking after watching a ton of PAC 12, ACC and SEC teams last season (I love the WatchESPN app!). The SEC on a national level has 2 contenders in Florida and Texas A&M and to a lesser extent South Carolina (the are gonna struggle without McCaskill). Their next tier of teams are Tennessee and Arkansas which are both athletic teams that don't fare well against the top 20 teams. The rest of the SEC is pretty average to bad.

The ACC has more depth than the SEC but this year they are extremely top heavy. This season there are only two contenders in the ACC and they are the usual suspects North Carolina and Florida State. Virginia is also a top 10 team but once you get past those 3 the conference gets significantly weaker than in past years. Duke lost 5 or 6 starters so don't expect them to make much noise until possibly late in the year. North Carolina State should have their best season ever with 8 or 9 starters off a solid team coming back. Notre Dame had their best player transfer and they have a new coach. The rest of the conference is essentially in rebuilding mode.

The PAC 12 is top to bottom the deepest league this season. There are 3 legitimate national championship contenders in Stanford, UCLA and U$C (each having won a title in the last 5 years). The next tier of teams Colorado, Arizona, Cal and Wazzu all advanced past the first round of the tournament last year except Cal. Wazzu even beat Tennessee in the tournament and made it to the sweet 16 (one of 4 PAC 12 teams to make the round of 16. Washington and Utah are the 8th and 9th best team in the conference last year and Washington beat Florida and Utah was leading Duke until the last 15 minutes of the game when they scored 2 goals to win at home. Seriously Utah was the 9th place team.

Mark my words. The PAC 12 will get 8 or 9 teams in the field and a PAC 12 team will win the next two national championships without a doubt.

Good luck to you and your player.
 
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