2017-2018 D1 Women's Soccer Talk!

MakeAPlay said:
1. Penn State (unranked)
2. UCLA (9)
3. Florida State (15)
4. Stanford (2)
5. North Carolina (6)
6. Duke (12)
7. Notre Dame (18)
8. West Virginia (1)
9. Santa Clara (25)
10. Utah (20)

The good news is that they got most of the teams of any significance other than Penn St.
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Preseason rankings, no matter who does them are pretty much worthless imho.
 
MakeAPlay said:
They play Oklahoma in Norman and Penn St. in college park before they play the Bruins. They will have at least one loss by then and will likely be ranked 15-20 when the Bruins come to Provo.
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It's tough to win in Provo.
BYU owns it there.

A good result is a tie, and a road win there is very rare.
Doesn't matter who the road team is.
 
MakeAPlay said:
Yes. They have the second highest home attendance next to Texas A&M.
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I'm not surprised about TAMU they are in the sticks and nothing else to do on Thursday/Friday nights except, root for their local womens soccer and HS football teams. On Saturday their college football team.
 
NoGoal said:
I'm not surprised about TAMU they are in the sticks and nothing else to do on Thursday/Friday nights except, root for their local womens soccer and HS football teams. On Saturday their college football team.
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I heard that they pack in over 6k for their home games against good teams. I also heard that the stands are basically a couple of fee back from the field. It is an incredible environment to play in. It was my players first out of state road trip and was intense.
 
BYU at home is tough because of altitude and refs. I've never seen so many mystery calls to give a team a win. I was chatting with one WCC coach before BYU was added and he was excited to add a team of their caliber to the conference. I warned him that he wouldn't feel that way after playing them. Sure enough saw him later and he was like, laughing, you're right. Dirty team, dirty refs, tons of budget...not an equal playing field. For sure tons of talent, but it's a whole different world in Provo. But i do agree, defense is not as strong and lost a lot from last year. They are basically a more talented Arizona team: direct all day long but with great speed and they are relentless and have enough talent to be effective. Where arizona is just direct smashball and a travesty to the game. BYU will forever be good, but might not be as elite as last few years. But they will win games.
 
full90 said:
BYU at home is tough because of altitude and refs. I've never seen so many mystery calls to give a team a win. I was chatting with one WCC coach before BYU was added and he was excited to add a team of their caliber to the conference. I warned him that he wouldn't feel that way after playing them. Sure enough saw him later and he was like, laughing, you're right. Dirty team, dirty refs, tons of budget...not an equal playing field. For sure tons of talent, but it's a whole different world in Provo. But i do agree, defense is not as strong and lost a lot from last year. They are basically a more talented Arizona team: direct all day long but with great speed and they are relentless and have enough talent to be effective. Where arizona is just direct smashball and a travesty to the game. BYU will forever be good, but might not be as elite as last few years. But they will win games.
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I agree it will be a nice challenge for anyone that goes there. I got to see them play this spring and I feel pretty good about how the teams match up. Thanks for the insight. I remember the long grass in Provo...
 
@CaliKlines you are such a punk hater. Just because your kid couldn't sniff my kid's school you don't need to be a little MITCH. The end is near. Make sure you are prepared to move her back across country you punk MITCH. Don't be mad because your kid played like $hit and it is all on video.
 
MakeAPlay said:
@CaliKlines you are such a punk hater. Just because your kid couldn't sniff my kid's school you don't need to be a little MITCH. The end is near. Make sure you are prepared to move her back across country you punk MITCH. Don't be mad because your kid played like $hit and it is all on video.
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Don't tell me......this has to do with something about using his real name as an alias.
 
MakeAPlay said:
@CaliKlines you are such a punk hater. Just because your kid couldn't sniff my kid's school you don't need to be a little MITCH. The end is near. Make sure you are prepared to move her back across country you punk MITCH. Don't be mad because your kid played like $hit and it is all on video.
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Grow up, asshole.
 
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