2016-17 D1 Women's soccer thread!!!

Glen said:
All tied at 1-1.
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Cal should have won this match handily. They completely dominated Utah in every aspect of the game. Utah was just kicking for their lives out there; no possession, no combos, just kick that damn thing away from Cal players and their own net.

So in classic Cal late season form, they only manage to tie. As I stated many times before, they will not win the Pac 12 title and will repeat their perennial first round exit from the tournament.
 
UW ties it up 2-2 midway through the first half! Nice comeback by UW after going down 2-0 in the first 6 minutes.
 
UCLA pulls it out 3-2 in OT over UW. Stanford takes a 1-0 lead early in the second half over Colorado.
 
KidGretzky25 said:
Fleming is amazing.
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I said it before the only player in the college game comparable to her technically is Sullivan. Forget that she is 5'4.5 yet is a target player on corners, crosses and set pieces. She is so hard to mark 1v1 due to her ability to dribble out of anything and combine with her surrounding players. UCLA goes right up the gut with her and if a team isn't well organized and talented in their spine they are going to get gashed for several goals. Teams whose forwards don't track back get into trouble against them not to mention the coach is committed to possession. They get outshot in almost every game due to their patience and commitment to connecting passes. They are technical at every position and it shows. This might not be their year but the age of the Bruin is coming soon.
 
NoGoal said:
Obviously you haven't been following. 2 of 3 UDub starters have gone down with ACL tears. Another starter is redshirting this year, because she will be playing on the U20 US YNT/WWC. The team graduated their 2 starting centerbacks and starting GK from last year.

It's okay...UDub has a U18 YNT Pool player, 5 ODP Region IV team players and a athletic Slammers forward coming in June. 2018 class has 3 YNT players committed. Future is bright!
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The Huskies are a solid team. They are just weak down the spine. Their incoming class will help a lot as will getting Hedge and Perez back. Their depth hurt them severely last night. They weren't able to respond when the Bruins changed tactics. Their back 6 were exhausted towards the end and into OT and all that they could do was kick the ball upfield and hope that Simon or Keever could do something with it. They are a team that will be back in the thick of things next year.
 
goldentoe said:
True that!! I agree, there's a lot of those scorelines. You might even see a couple of 1-0 Colorado wins in there.

USC is a tough nut to crack this year, so is Cal. UCLA and Stanford on the other hand, have given up 19 goals combined in their 6 conference games each + the UCLA loss to Florida. 4 shutouts in a row is a lot.....just saying.
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One down and 3 to go. Colorado is going to be facing a focused Cal squad on Sunday. i still think that Colorado goes 0-5 or 0-4-1 in it's last 5 games. They will still get in the dance though and might even get a first round home game.
 
MakeAPlay said:
One down and 3 to go. Colorado is going to be facing a focused Cal squad on Sunday. i still think that Colorado goes 0-5 or 0-4-1 in it's last 5 games. They will still get in the dance though and might even get a first round home game.
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So swung and missed on Colorado vs. Stanford. I really thought they would at least score on the Cardinal. Given Cal's performance against Utah, I am going out on a limb once again and predicting they will score against Cal. I hope for Cal's sake, they wake up for this one but I am still not a believer in Cal.
 
SpeedK1llz said:
So swung and missed on Colorado vs. Stanford. I really thought they would at least score on the Cardinal. Given Cal's performance against Utah, I am going out on a limb once again and predicting they will score against Cal. I hope for Cal's sake, they wake up for this one but I am still not a believer in Cal.
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The Buffs don't score a ton of goals in the Pac12. Their offensive burst (3 goals) have come against the Oregon schools. If they score against any of the remaining Cali schools, it will probably come from a header flick forward or header goal by TK.
 
SpeedK1llz said:
So swung and missed on Colorado vs. Stanford. I really thought they would at least score on the Cardinal. Given Cal's performance against Utah, I am going out on a limb once again and predicting they will score against Cal. I hope for Cal's sake, they wake up for this one but I am still not a believer in Cal.
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It's a big difference playing against good competition. Colorado was outplayed by Washington and Washington St. and got lucky to get a result. UDub switched keepers due to the two errors that she made that handed the game to Colorado. Plenty of pro Colorado people honestly think that those were moments of brilliance when the reality is they got super lucky. Cal is going to shred them. Neil is going to ream his team for letting Utah steal a point from them. Colorado is going to be on their back foot all game. Ship, Onumonu and Kim are the best 3 forward combo in college soccer and are going to be motivated.
 
MakeAPlay said:
One down and 3 to go. Colorado is going to be facing a focused Cal squad on Sunday. i still think that Colorado goes 0-5 or 0-4-1 in it's last 5 games. They will still get in the dance though and might even get a first round home game.
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Alright, 1 game into the 4 game set, I still think they'll find the back of the net once, but a win is looking pretty doubtful.
 
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