2017-2018 D1 Women's Soccer Talk!

GoWest said:
For giggles and grins, I looked at P5 undefeated teams through yesterday and listed them "most likely to hold onto undefeated status the longest."

Teams listed on top expected to hold serve the longest with teams on bottom expected to lose their undefeated status first:

UCLA / Florida
Virginia / TX A&M
Penn State
Clemson
Wake Forest
Southern Cal
Rutgers
Nebraska
NC State
Utah
Mississippi State
OK State
Tennessee
Texas
LSU

#thingspeopledowiththeiridletime :)
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Nebraska is a lot better than I thought they would be as is Clemson. Rutgers is looking like an elite 8 team. They are going to give Penn State a run for their money. Virginia is an excellent side. Florida has athletes all over the field and a winning mentality. $C is going to lose one of their next 3 games. Mark my word....
 
Lion Eyes said:
UCLA 3 - 1 UCSB
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The second unit played the entire second half. Fleming played 49 minutes. If you want to judge how serious the coaching staff was about the opponent just watch Fleming and one other person's minutes. That will tell you all that you need to know. Expect them both to play 90 or close to it on Friday.
 
MakeAPlay said:
BYU is still trying to put it together. A wounded tiger is the most dangerous tiger. This is the trap game for the Bruins. I hope that they don't fall into it.
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Completely agree on this one MAP. Also, can't forget the altitude factor. The good news is UCLA has so many weapons they could literally change their entire lineup every 25 minutes.
 
SpeedK1llz said:
Completely agree on this one MAP. Also, can't forget the altitude factor. The good news is UCLA has so many weapons they could literally change their entire lineup every 25 minutes.
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BYU has some burners in the front line and their second set has speed too.
As usual BYU has some hard nosed defenders. It's tough to win on the road & really tough to win at BYU
Having said that, UCLA should win. I'm looking for a great game.
 
SpeedK1llz said:
MAP can answer this question better than I but, based upon what I saw last night, the defensive drop off is noticeable when the starters are out. My guess is they won't get a break at BYU.
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The rest before the game is what's important

We all know shooters can have bad days but a rested defense will never fail you.

I hope those who are cheering for a undefeated run rest the D whenever possible.

Big Ups to your DD she is doing the damn thing on the big stage.
MakeAPlay said:
Que?
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Don't que me lol. It's cool though because you understood what I was getting at. MAP it's all good. Good luck to your players
 
The Driver said:
@MakeAPlay resting forwards isn't a big deal

Can they rest the back line?

Let me know when the 4 only plays 40 something then I will know the depth
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The 4 only played 45 minutes in this one. Resting a knee for a big four game stretch. She will be ready to go 180 this weekend. She is playing at another level right now. Making it look like she is barely trying.
 
The Driver said:
The rest before the game is what's important

We all know shooters can have bad days but a rested defense will never fail you.

I hope those who are cheering for a undefeated run rest the D whenever possible.

Big Ups to your DD she is doing the damn thing on the big stage.

Don't que me lol. It's cool though because you understood what I was getting at. MAP it's all good. Good luck to your players
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Que?
 
SpeedK1llz said:
MAP can answer this question better than I but, based upon what I saw last night, the defensive drop off is noticeable when the starters are out. My guess is they won't get a break at BYU.
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All I know is that at any time they can go back to their starting 4 from last year and lock anyone down. Expect to see that once they get a two goal lead against a good team or a late lead against a great team...
 
SpeedK1llz said:
UCLA moves to #2. No surprise there. My question is how in the heck is Cal still in the top 25 after that loss to USF?
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The TDS bias will account for any serious anomalies. According to TDS the following schools have more top 100 college players than UCLA:

BYU
Long Beach St.
Notre Dame
Texas A&M
Santa Clara
Cal
South Carolina
Colorado
Depaul
Bucknell
Northwestern
West Virginia.

According to them UCLA is Fleming and a bunch of scrubs.....
 
MakeAPlay said:
Nebraska is a lot better than I thought they would be as is Clemson. Rutgers is looking like an elite 8 team. They are going to give Penn State a run for their money. Virginia is an excellent side. Florida has athletes all over the field and a winning mentality. $C is going to lose one of their next 3 games. Mark my word....
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Wake Forrest also looks good. They beat South Carolina, South Carolina's only loss. South Carolina has already beaten UCF - who beat North Carolina. Although it was an exhibition, WF also handled NC State pretty easily.
 
Glen said:
Wake Forrest also looks good. They beat South Carolina, South Carolina's only loss. South Carolina has already beaten UCF - who beat North Carolina. Although it was an exhibition, WF also handled NC State pretty easily.
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I agree with you 100%. I thought that Wake Forest was game! I also loved how Alabama battled. They are a direct team with good athletes and they didn't try to pretend they were something else and it worked!! I love how in the women's college game anything can happen and usually does! With the short 12-13 week regular season a team has to establish it's identity and then run with it! This season has started off fun and will continue to get better.
 
MakeAPlay said:
Nebraska is a lot better than I thought they would be as is Clemson. Rutgers is looking like an elite 8 team. They are going to give Penn State a run for their money. Virginia is an excellent side. Florida has athletes all over the field and a winning mentality. $C is going to lose one of their next 3 games. Mark my word....
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Nebraska beat BYU last season in Provo when BYU had WAY more firepower than they do this season.
 
Did anyone see the Bama / FSU game? Was very surprised at how Alabama started and seemed to control that game. FSU seemed out of sorts and taken aback by the aggressiveness of the Tide.

And no MAP, Bama isn't beating UCLA :)
 
AZsoccerDad said:
Did anyone see the Bama / FSU game? Was very surprised at how Alabama started and seemed to control that game. FSU seemed out of sorts and taken aback by the aggressiveness of the Tide.

And no MAP, Bama isn't beating UCLA :)
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I saw that game. Alabama has a bunch of athletes that play hard. Like I said in my post to @Glen they play unapologetically direct and dare you to stop them. The Alabama coach used to be an assistant at Florida State and clearly knew the vulnerable member of their back line as they went after her mercilessly. If not for their keeper making some timely saves that game could have easily been 2 or 3 nil. Florida State is talented but they haven't quite developed an attacking identity yet. With all of the talk of the Bruins flaws I have yet to see a fully polished product out their yet among any of the top teams.
 
Ricky Fandango said:
Nebraska beat BYU last season in Provo when BYU had WAY more firepower than they do this season.
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I saw Nebraska last year and wasn't that impressed. I saw the Cougars and definitely thought BYU was better then. Nebraska has a big time athletic department and they play in the Big Ten so it isn't a shocker that they can attract talent and coaching.
 
AZsoccerDad said:
Did anyone see the Bama / FSU game? Was very surprised at how Alabama started and seemed to control that game. FSU seemed out of sorts and taken aback by the aggressiveness of the Tide.

And no MAP, Bama isn't beating UCLA :)
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On any given day with the unpredictability of field conditions, anything can happen. They seem to be taking it one day at a time and are just trying to get better every day. It's the Hunger Games on that squad and personally I like it that way. If I was going to bet on anyone it would be on Fleming and her roadies.
 
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