2017-2018 D1 Women's Soccer Talk!

The Driver said:
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No problem. You should check out the Long Beach stream for the UCLA game. You can access it from the LB State schedule. It links you to the Big West website. If you haven't seen it and you can stand the blather from the commentators it is worth a look. You tell me what you think about the two West Coast powers.
 
Weekend picks (winners in RED)


Thursday

Alabama vs. South Fla.
Boston U. vs. Northeastern
Cal St. Northridge vs. Houston
Delaware vs. Georgetown
Hawaii vs. Pacific
Illinois vs. Washington
Indiana vs. Louisville
Long Beach St. vs. Northwestern
Louisiana Tech vs. Mississippi St.
New Mexico State vs. New Mexico
North Carolina St. vs. Coastal Carolina
Northern Colo. vs. Colorado State
Oral Roberts vs. Kansas State
Samford vs. Florida St.
Tennessee vs. East Tenn. St.
UCLA vs. Santa Clara
Utah vs. Utah St.
Wake Forest vs. South Carolina
West Virginia vs. Virginia
Wisconsin vs. Creighton


Friday

Arizona vs. UC Irvine
Arkansas vs. Penn St.
BYU vs. Cal St. Fullerton
Boston College vs. Vanderbilt
Central Ark. vs. Missouri St.
Clemson vs. Auburn
Colorado vs. TCU
Connecticut vs. Yale
Denver vs. UC Riverside
Duke vs. Bucknell
Florida vs. Stanford
Gardner-Webb vs. Maryland
Gonzaga vs. SMU
Idaho vs. Boise St.
Iowa vs. Iowa St.
Miami (Ohio) vs. Miami (FL)
Montana vs. Air Force
Morehead St. vs. Bowling Green
Nebraska vs. South Dakota
Northern Ariz. vs. Grand Canyon
Notre Dame vs. Minnesota
Oklahoma vs. Oklahoma St.
Ole Miss vs. Michigan
Oregon St. vs. Missouri
Pepperdine vs. Texas Tech
Rice vs. Baylor
San Diego St. vs. Arizona St.
San Francisco vs. California
San Jose St. vs. Eastern Wash.
Texas vs. UALR
Tulsa vs. Kansas
UC Davis vs. Portland
UCF vs. North Carolina
UNLV vs. Utah Valley
UTEP vs. Cal St. Bakersfield
Virginia Tech vs. College of Charleston
Washington St. vs. St. Mary's (Cal.)
Wyoming vs. Southern Utah


Saturday

Ohio St. vs. Buffalo
Sacramento St. vs. Fresno St.
Seattle vs. Pacific
Texas A&M vs. Oregon


Sunday

Alabama vs. Florida St.

Arkansas vs. Abilene Christian
Auburn vs. North Dakota
Boston College vs. Colgate
Butler vs. Bowling Green
Cal St. Northridge vs. Utah Valley
Cincinnati vs. Miami (FL)
Colorado vs. UC Riverside
Denver vs. Albany (NY)
Eastern Wash. vs. Air Force
Florida vs. Syracuse
Furman vs. Maryland
Georgetown vs. Loyola (Md.)
Grand Canyon vs. Weber St.
Idaho vs. St. Mary's (Cal.)
Idaho St. vs. Boise St.
Iowa vs. Notre Dame
Kentucky vs. Wyoming
Louisville vs. Marquette
Loyola Marymount vs. Northwestern
Maine vs. Northeastern
Massachusetts vs. Vanderbilt
Michigan vs. Toledo
Mississippi St. vs. Central Ark.
Montana vs. San Jose St.
Nebraska vs. Missouri
North Texas vs. Texas
Oklahoma vs. Tulsa
Old Dominion vs. Duke
Oregon St. vs. Kansas
Portland St. vs. Gonzaga
Rice vs. Houston
Rutgers vs. Connecticut
San Diego vs. Texas Tech
San Diego St. vs. Long Beach St.
San Francisco vs. Cal Poly
Santa Clara vs. Washington St.
South Carolina vs. High Point
#South Fla. vs. North Carolina
UC Davis vs. California
UCLA vs. UC Santa Barbara
UNC Greensboro vs. Clemson
UNLV vs. Southern Utah
UTEP vs. New Mexico
Utah vs. North Dakota St.
Utah St. vs. Cal St. Fullerton
Virginia vs. Liberty
Virginia Tech vs. Georgia
Washington vs. SMU
West Virginia vs. Duquesne
Yale vs. Delaware St.

Monday

Hawaii vs. Seattle
UC Irvine vs. Portland
 
Justafan said:
Those balls never get through an 8 year old softball/baseball player! Take an infielders stance, hands low, and simple slide step or shuffle step to the left. This is a very easy ground ball in baseball or softball. You'll never see a baseball player dive for a ball so close. How many times have we seen a GK dive for a close ball and have the ball bounce off the GK's feet or stomach to create a 2nd chance. The trainer who started this trend (dive for everything), never played other sports. It is so ingrained in the training that you see GK's diving when the ball is clearly 20 feet wide left or right. Just gotta laugh at that.
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My daughter played baseball and softball before even kicking a soccer ball. Lots of grounders, lots of shuffle step. Then basketball and shuffle to stay in front of the player she is guarding. Now it is only soccer and being a goal keeper.

Timing your dive is an art and requires lots of experience. First my daughter was diving too late and the ball would get past before the dive. Then it was diving too soon and having some balls go past her outstretched hand(happened this past weekend). Now it is shuffle dive, shuffle dive. She will get it eventually.

Watching college soccer for the first time this year, all position players except goal keepers look amazing. It seems many of the keepers are picked because they can goal kick really far. I know a game is a small sample size, especially for a keeper, so I'll have to keep watching.
 
socalkdg said:
My daughter played baseball and softball before even kicking a soccer ball. Lots of grounders, lots of shuffle step. Then basketball and shuffle to stay in front of the player she is guarding. Now it is only soccer and being a goal keeper.

Timing your dive is an art and requires lots of experience. First my daughter was diving too late and the ball would get past before the dive. Then it was diving too soon and having some balls go past her outstretched hand(happened this past weekend). Now it is shuffle dive, shuffle dive. She will get it eventually.

Watching college soccer for the first time this year, all position players except goal keepers look amazing. It seems many of the keepers are picked because they can goal kick really far. I know a game is a small sample size, especially for a keeper, so I'll have to keep watching.
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There are some amazing athletic keepers out there and most played another sport like softball/volleyball/basketball which clearly helped with some aspect of their game. Crosstraining sports at a young age has all kind of benefits. I wonder with all of the specialization at an early age will we ever see another Bo Jackson or Deion Sanders or on the girls side a Natalie Williams.
 
MakeAPlay said:
There are some amazing athletic keepers out there and most played another sport like softball/volleyball/basketball which clearly helped with some aspect of their game. Crosstraining sports at a young age has all kind of benefits. I wonder with all of the specialization at an early age will we ever see another Bo Jackson or Deion Sanders or on the girls side a Natalie Williams.
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Bo Jackson was a class act and a beast among beasts.
Bo Jackson - YouTube
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MakeAPlay said:
There are some amazing athletic keepers out there and most played another sport like softball/volleyball/basketball which clearly helped with some aspect of their game. Crosstraining sports at a young age has all kind of benefits. I wonder with all of the specialization at an early age will we ever see another Bo Jackson or Deion Sanders or on the girls side a Natalie Williams.
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Not exactly the same as Bo and Deion, but I saw this today about Sydeny Leroux. Very impressive. She is obviously a killer athlete. http://www.littleleague.org/media/l...into-the-Little-League-Hall-of-Excellence.htm
 
MakeAPlay said:
There are some amazing athletic keepers out there and most played another sport like softball/volleyball/basketball which clearly helped with some aspect of their game. Crosstraining sports at a young age has all kind of benefits. I wonder with all of the specialization at an early age will we ever see another Bo Jackson or Deion Sanders or on the girls side a Natalie Williams.
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Nope. One Bo. Not even Dieon.
 
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