2018 D1 Women's Soccer Talk!!

I did poorly on my Sunday calls (pink are correct)

Friday
Cal St. Fullerton vs. BYU
California vs. Utah Valley
California Baptist vs. Loyola (Md.) (notable because this is first year in D1 for Cal Baptist)
#Drake vs. San Francisco
Florida vs. Washington
#Georgetown vs. Georgia
Kansas vs. Pepperdine
Monmouth vs. NJIT
Oregon vs. Stony Brook
Oregon St. vs. Clemson
Penn St. vs. West Virginia
Pittsburgh vs. Ohio
Portland vs. Northern Ariz.
Rice vs. Texas
Rutgers vs. Delaware
#Sacramento St. vs. UC Santa Barbara
San Diego St. vs. New Mexico State
San Jose St. vs. Santa Clara
TCU vs. Alabama
Texas Tech vs. New Mexico
UC Davis vs. Stanford
UC Riverside vs. St. Mary's (Cal.)
UCLA vs. Long Beach St.
Virginia vs. Colgate
Virginia Tech vs. San Diego
Washington St. vs. Seattle

Sunday

Cal St. Fullerton vs. St. Mary's (Cal.)
Cal St. Northridge vs. Northern Ariz.
Colorado vs. Colorado State
Duke vs. Illinois
#Georgia vs. San Diego
James Madison vs. Maryland
Kansas vs. South Dakota St.
Long Beach St. vs. SMU
Michigan vs. Western Michigan
NJIT vs. Long Island
Oregon vs. Clemson
Oregon St. vs. Stony Brook
Penn St. vs. Duquesne
South Carolina vs. College of Charleston
Tennessee vs. George Mason
#Texas A&M vs. Loyola Marymount
Texas Tech vs. Pepperdine
Virginia vs. Cincinnati
Virginia Tech vs. Georgetown
#Wake Forest vs. Northwestern
Washington St. vs. Grand Canyon
Weber St. vs. Utah
#West Virginia vs. Arkansas
 
gkrent said:
I did poorly on my Sunday calls (pink are correct)

Friday
Cal St. Fullerton vs. BYU
California vs. Utah Valley
California Baptist vs. Loyola (Md.) (notable because this is first year in D1 for Cal Baptist)
#Drake vs. San Francisco
Florida vs. Washington
#Georgetown vs. Georgia
Kansas vs. Pepperdine
Monmouth vs. NJIT
Oregon vs. Stony Brook
Oregon St. vs. Clemson
Penn St. vs. West Virginia
Pittsburgh vs. Ohio
Portland vs. Northern Ariz.
Rice vs. Texas
Rutgers vs. Delaware
#Sacramento St. vs. UC Santa Barbara
San Diego St. vs. New Mexico State
San Jose St. vs. Santa Clara
TCU vs. Alabama
Texas Tech vs. New Mexico
UC Davis vs. Stanford
UC Riverside vs. St. Mary's (Cal.)
UCLA vs. Long Beach St.
Virginia vs. Colgate
Virginia Tech vs. San Diego
Washington St. vs. Seattle

Sunday

Cal St. Fullerton vs. St. Mary's (Cal.)
Cal St. Northridge vs. Northern Ariz.
Colorado vs. Colorado State
Duke vs. Illinois
#Georgia vs. San Diego
James Madison vs. Maryland
Kansas vs. South Dakota St.
Long Beach St. vs. SMU
Michigan vs. Western Michigan
NJIT vs. Long Island
Oregon vs. Clemson
Oregon St. vs. Stony Brook
Penn St. vs. Duquesne
South Carolina vs. College of Charleston
Tennessee vs. George Mason
#Texas A&M vs. Loyola Marymount
Texas Tech vs. Pepperdine
Virginia vs. Cincinnati
Virginia Tech vs. Georgetown
#Wake Forest vs. Northwestern
Washington St. vs. Grand Canyon
Weber St. vs. Utah
#West Virginia vs. Arkansas
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In your defense, I don't think many people would have predicted some of those upsets.
 
Swoosh said:
UCLA had the ball, but Long Beach had the two one v ones in the game. UCLA keeper had to come up BIG to keep her team from losing. Will be interesting to see how other teams play UCLA moving forward. I've only seen Long Beach play possession style, so I was surprised to see them change tactics.
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Funny because I remember you saying the same thing last season and yet there they were in the National championship game. They will be back. Can you say the same?
 
gkrent said:
I missed the first 5 minutes of the game due to issues with the feed. I heard it was a counter.

The rest of game left me feeling I like Harbo in the middle with settles but I think #6 could breath some life into the 10.

I admit I’m panicking and I’ll see if I can get an appointment with a psychiatrist for a prescription of some kind if anti anxiety pill.

Speed, Ricky, lion, I’ll be the parent that looks dazed and confused next weekend.
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Don’t stress. It’s a long season. Pepperdine will be fine.
 
gkrent said:
I missed the first 5 minutes of the game due to issues with the feed. I heard it was a counter.

The rest of game left me feeling I like Harbo in the middle with settles but I think #6 could breath some life into the 10.

I admit I’m panicking and I’ll see if I can get an appointment with a psychiatrist for a prescription of some kind if anti anxiety pill.

Speed, Ricky, lion, I’ll be the parent that looks dazed and confused next weekend.
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No need to hit the panic button just yet GK. Your DD is playing great and made several awesome saves! We are definitely seeing the value of Visalli in the middle last year. Hard to replace that intensity, defense and playmaking...
 
Don't want to read too much into a game vs UC Davis, but Stanford was missing Macario, was without the 4 players who just played in the U20 World Cup, and lost starting forward Madison Haley to an apparent groin injury during the game...and still won 5-0. Their defenders had more goals (2) than their GK had saves (1). This team is DEEP.
 
SocalPapa said:
Don't want to read too much into a game vs UC Davis, but Stanford was missing Macario, was without the 4 players who just played in the U20 World Cup, and lost starting forward Madison Haley to an apparent groin injury during the game...and still won 5-0. Their defenders had more goals (2) than their GK had saves (1). This team is DEEP.
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What’s up with Macario?
 
beachbum said:
Cal outclassed tonight. Is Cal that bad or Santa Clara that good?
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I was really surprised by Cal's play. They weren't first to any balls and were getting torched on the flanks over and over. They looked slow and unskilled. Agreed Santa Clara looked great. Would the addition of Kim and Nild make up the 4 goal difference? Not sure when the defense couldn't hang... nor could the midfield.
 
Dubs said:
I was really surprised by Cal's play. They weren't first to any balls and were getting torched on the flanks over and over. They looked slow and unskilled. Agreed Santa Clara looked great. Would the addition of Kim and Nild make up the 4 goal difference? Not sure when the defense couldn't hang... nor could the midfield.
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Agreed. And to add, how in the heck do you allow 1 goal by header, let alone 4??? Cal defenders just stood there and watched the ball get sent into the box as Santa Clara players just walked in, untouched, unadulterated and perfectly placed their head on each ball. No physicality whatsoever; not a jump to contest the header, a bump of a Santa Clara player, a post up or blocking move to prevent the Santa Clara player from getting a clean look at the ball. Lame.
 
SpeedK1llz said:
Agreed. And to add, how in the heck do you allow 1 goal by header, let alone 4??? Cal defenders just stood there and watched the ball get sent into the box as Santa Clara players just walked in, untouched, unadulterated and perfectly placed their head on each ball. No physicality whatsoever; not a jump to contest the header, a bump of a Santa Clara player, a post up or blocking move to prevent the Santa Clara player from getting a clean look at the ball. Lame.
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Totally. Each goal was scored in the exact same way. No pressure on the player serving the ball and nobody marking far post.... 4 times! That's a head scratcher. They clearly weren't ready to play and got boat raced. Then they proceeded to collect yellow cards like they were being dealt a poker hand. I honestly thought they had more quality, more ahleticsm and speed (which Kim and Nild would provide if they played). However, if they play like this in the PAC 12, it will be a long losing season.
 
Really wondering where Abi Kim was. She played their first game and showed well. Didn’t see an injury. That was a head scratcher. The defense and goalkeeping left a lot to be desired
 
surfrider said:
What’s up with Macario?
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Nothing's been mentioned publicly. But my understanding is there were 8 players out with injury or illness for the Davis game. So I'm hopeful it was only a minor/temporary health issue. Too bad Ratcliff got away without discussing Macario's situation at all. No way a Heisman Trophy candidate could miss a season opener without some discussion of it.
 
SocalPapa said:
Nothing's been mentioned publicly. But my understanding is there were 8 players out with injury or illness for the Davis game. So I'm hopeful it was only a minor/temporary health issue. Too bad Ratcliff got away without discussing Macario's situation at all. No way a Heisman Trophy candidate could miss a season opener without some discussion of it.
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She plays for Stanford’s Football team now? She would be the first female Heisman candidate. Bryce Love is going to get more carries IMHO though and might split the west coast vote.
 
SocalPapa said:
Nothing's been mentioned publicly. But my understanding is there were 8 players out with injury or illness for the Davis game. So I'm hopeful it was only a minor/temporary health issue. Too bad Ratcliff got away without discussing Macario's situation at all. No way a Heisman Trophy candidate could miss a season opener without some discussion of it.
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Jeez...what are they doing in training that 8 players miss the opener. I can see a rolled ankle or two but this wreaks of UNC a few years back with multiple ACLs in training
 
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