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2017-2018 D1 Women's Soccer Talk!
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UCLA has a ton of midfield and forward talent. They have great talent all over the field, but their greatest strength is in their attack.
So much speed and talent at every position.
Cerda and Mace both have taken leadership positions as upperclassmen, and both have had great years.
@MakeAPlay I was exactly where I told you I would be. You arent very observant. Good luck to the Bruins on their trip. We would like nothing more than to see UCLA and Stanford go at it again. Lots of great friends on both of those teams
GoWest
GOLD
Answer me this someone.....
Pac12 'Elite 3' (Southern Cal aside this season) carry the torch again. Congrats! Easy to put $$$ on it as every season it seems to be Stanford, UCLA or Southern Cal making the only legit runs. What's up with the rest of the conference? Mediocre talent? Bad coaching? Mediocrity the gold standard?
Trying to gauge before DD executes the NLI in the next couple of years....since this is 'college recruiting' thread LOL
Pac12 'Elite 3' (Southern Cal aside this season) carry the torch again. Congrats! Easy to put $$$ on it as every season it seems to be Stanford, UCLA or Southern Cal making the only legit runs. What's up with the rest of the conference? Mediocre talent? Bad coaching? Mediocrity the gold standard?
Trying to gauge before DD executes the NLI in the next couple of years....since this is 'college recruiting' thread LOL
NoGoal
DA
I will chime in on Udub, poor coaching, tactics and team chemistry. When the game gets tough the coaching staff tells the team to kick it to the flags. This includes verbatim don’t look up just kick it to the corner. It’s the forwards fault if they are not there.
Overly focused on defense and doesn’t let the players be creative. Quote at a practice, “not to knock the creativity, but just play it forward”.
And that is just the tip of the iceberg.
As for Wazzu, AZ and Colorado....direct ugly ball as well. ASU heard the new coach is an ass. Oregon schools will always be the bottom of the conference. Cal seems to underachieve every season and lose in the 1st round of the tourney.
I believe that is the point is US Soccer today. Choose us or die.
NoGoal
DA
Like anything else in club soccer.....it also applies to a college soccer program!
MakeAPlay
DA
It's tough to compete with the California schools as they get top talent and most of the coaches know how to put it together. I think that most of the coaches in the conference don't have enough good players to play attractive and effective soccer so they build a team built on defense and direct play. I don't blame them. In order to play the brand of soccer that UCLA plays you have to have technical players at every position. Unless you are Stanford or UCLA that just isn't going to happen.
It sucks but the 4 California schools are top 25 academic institutions and have great climate which is going to attract the elite players needed to win the conference. As Wazzu showed if you have a couple of talented players at key positions you can make it to the sweet sixteen. To make it past there you have to have a special team.
MakeAPlay
DA
It sucks for the girls. Why would you put our top talent in that age group in that position? Between UCLA and Stanford alone you have 9 players in the pool! How could they expect them to come straight from an intense 3 days of soccer and go right into a tournament? Some of these kids have played 2000+ minutes and need a break.
I know that my player is skipping it. She has to get some rest. She has been playing hurt all season.
Rest is good. College soccer is way too short with too many games played in too small of a window. Add classes, strength coaches, training room, video and travel to it and I’m amazed more injuries don’t alter teams seasons. US Soccer seems to continue to operate in a vacuum from DA to training centers to youth and senior national teams even more now in NWSL. I could maybe understand it if like Syracuse, wake forest , Idaho and Irvine made the final four and none of those players were in the pool. But hopefully at least your coaching staff has the ear of maybe someone in involved.
My better half must have just missed your better half at State and the great coaches that are now at UDUB.
GoWest
GOLD
The Griff was great with my DD. Very talkative and welcoming. UDUB has had some solid teams over the years. Seems like they are always "just almost there." Thanks for the honest insider insight.
Cromwell seems like a decent person and obviously has done a pretty good job, especially right out of the gate inheriting a pretty focused group of players a few years back. Josh seems to hold 'the keys to the kingdom' and has been a fantastic recruiter.
Appreciate your insight as well.
Hope both of your DD's exceed their dreams on the pitch and in the classroom!
NoGoal
DA
All the college coaches recruiting a player they want will be welcoming. It’s a much different story once the student athlete sets foot on campus though. Trust me the current players are on good behavior when the verbally committed take their official visits!
Good luck deciding where your DD verbally commits.
9 minutes playing time in a season=sour grapes
A terrific lady, she was at Silverlakes on Friday.
NoGoal
DA
You have no idea, you’re a poster looking from the outside in.
My DD was one of the few players who put her head down, worked hard and “never complained about play time”. Why should she? She has a 50% athletic scholarship at UDub. She also received good player evaluations from the coaching staff.
GoWest asked why the other Pac12 schools are not as successful as USC, UCLA and Stanford and I’m keeping it real by providing information about the program. Now if your DD is fortunate enough to recieve an offer to play for the program. Then have her verbally commit and have at it, lmao!
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NoGoal
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Terrific lady because she was recruiting at Silverlakes? I didn’t know ulittle parents are allowed to break bread with college coaches. Oh that’s right, if you hand out your DD’s player brochure. You think you know the college coaches on a personal level. Hahaha!
Play time has to be earned and the only thing I’m sour grapes about is when I shoot in the high 80’s. BTW, played the Los Serranos South course last Friday from the Blue Tees (7200 yards) and shot a 79 with a triple bogey on the last hole.
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I said she was at Silverlakes on Friday. I never said I saw her there. I wanted to know where college coaches were going to spend their time this weekend now that there is girls DA and the only DAs that were playing were at Silverlakes not Surf. The question was answered on Thursday at families' house in Redondo.
I may be a newbie compared to you but I am not as stupid as you to criticize my dd's coach on a public forum. You are just lucky the ladies are good people and won't hold the loser comments of a pathetic parent against one of their players.
NoGoal
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LMAO, you have no clue. You need to stick to worrying about which showcase the college coaches are going to recruit from. Stay in your lane which is the GDA thread!
Dos Equis
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The demonstrations of vicarious narcissism in this thread are very entertaining.
Given UCLA's current roster and the recruiting classes they have lined up through 2020, it would be an underachievment for them to not win 3 college cups in the next 4-5 years. Their biggest challenge may be retaining the requisite humility and respect for the game, and their opponents, that they may not have learned from their parents.
Given UCLA's current roster and the recruiting classes they have lined up through 2020, it would be an underachievment for them to not win 3 college cups in the next 4-5 years. Their biggest challenge may be retaining the requisite humility and respect for the game, and their opponents, that they may not have learned from their parents.
Sounds a hell of a lot like you are bitter cuz the best CB in the country didn’t get a call. This camp will set the roster for the u 20 World Cup and no DD. Trajedy