2018 D1 Women's Soccer Talk!!

Kicknit22 said:
Or SDSU and USD.
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The sad thing about this, being a SD Homer myself, is that these are great institutions. Very desirable accross the country, as well as for hundreds of local talent every year. Yet, both absolutely suck at recruiting. Lieberman needs a couple years to right the ever sinking ship that Greenwood left listing in the bay. But Friesen??? If he’s as good a coach as I’ve been told, or read, he needs to step in and handle it. The peeps he’s relying on now, haven’t a clue. JMO
 
Kicknit22 said:
The sad thing about this, being a SD Homer myself, is that these are great institutions. Very desirable accross the country, as well as for hundreds of local talent every year. Yet, both absolutely suck at recruiting. Lieberman needs a couple years to right the ever sinking ship that Greenwood left listing in the bay. But Friesen??? If he’s as good a coach as I’ve been told, or read, he needs to step in and handle it. The peeps he’s relying on now, haven’t a clue. JMO
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Hmm I don’t know about that. We were regular attendees a few seasons ago and they rolled folks. They had studs. They had Pruitt who left for usc and another kid in national pool who also left. For most midmajors losing key kids like that takes a toll and leaves holes. But their talent was on par with anyone back when I was a regular. I went last week and they are young but talented. And they put the ball down and play which is fun for me as a fan but i get that’s a preference thing. Great school for sure. So hard to get in to now! I remember when it was everyone’s safety school and now all I hear is “I can’t get in!” Lol.
 
MakeAPlay said:
Tough game for Pepperdine.
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I’ve begun drinking to kill the pain so I apologize for not making sense. I’ve summarized the blessings (as I recounted to Ricky today):

It wasn’t hot
No one was significantly hurt
It’s still early
My kid played some and didn’t get scored on (the last 20 minutes)
I saw a lot of high potential pieces to puzzle today...just need to put them together now

This hurt RPI bad and we should focus on winning the conference at this point (credit for this thought goes to Ricky)
 
gkrent said:
I’ve begun drinking to kill the pain so I apologize for not making sense. I’ve summarized the blessings (as I recounted to Ricky today):

It wasn’t hot
No one was significantly hurt
It’s still early
My kid played some and didn’t get scored on (the last 20 minutes)
I saw a lot of high potential pieces to puzzle today...just need to put them together now

This hurt RPI bad and we should focus on winning the conference at this point (credit for this thought goes to Ricky)
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A loss to a top 5 team won’t hurt it will actually do the opposite. Now you know what you need to work on. Plenty of season left to play. Your ladies just need to take it one game at a time.
 
gkrent said:
I’ve begun drinking to kill the pain so I apologize for not making sense. I’ve summarized the blessings (as I recounted to Ricky today):

It wasn’t hot
No one was significantly hurt
It’s still early
My kid played some and didn’t get scored on (the last 20 minutes)
I saw a lot of high potential pieces to puzzle today...just need to put them together now

This hurt RPI bad and we should focus on winning the conference at this point (credit for this thought goes to Ricky)
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GK, your girl is doing fine but I get it. I don’t envy any parent who’s kid is a keeper. Unjustifiably, too much light on keepers. Agree there are some glimmers of hope. Saw some flashes of brilliance from some players today. Was impressed with the true freshman on the back line in the first half. Good composure on a ball near goal. It will come together. Gotta win in the middle and keep putting combos together up top.
 
SpeedK1llz said:
GK, your girl is doing fine but I get it. I don’t envy any parent who’s kid is a keeper. Unjustifiably, too much light on keepers. Agree there are some glimmers of hope. Saw some flashes of brilliance from some players today. Was impressed with the true freshman on the back line in the first half. Good composure on a ball near goal. It will come together. Gotta win in the middle and keep putting combos together up top.
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I imagine your kid being a keeper is like having your kid be a pitcher, my son was a pitcher, you live and die on every pitch.
Lot of pressure on the parents.
 
gkrent said:
I’ve begun drinking to kill the pain so I apologize for not making sense. I’ve summarized the blessings (as I recounted to Ricky today):

It wasn’t hot
No one was significantly hurt
It’s still early
My kid played some and didn’t get scored on (the last 20 minutes)
I saw a lot of high potential pieces to puzzle today...just need to put them together now

This hurt RPI bad and we should focus on winning the conference at this point (credit for this thought goes to Ricky)
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Hey, at least they aren't peaking too early.
 
SpeedK1llz said:
GK, your girl is doing fine but I get it. I don’t envy any parent who’s kid is a keeper. Unjustifiably, too much light on keepers. Agree there are some glimmers of hope. Saw some flashes of brilliance from some players today. Was impressed with the true freshman on the back line in the first half. Good composure on a ball near goal. It will come together. Gotta win in the middle and keep putting combos together up top.
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It wasnt as close as the score might lead you to think.
 
Swoosh said:
What a joke these highlights are near the bottom. They only show the own goal and the PK. Even the Ruins showed the 1v1s against
lbsu. I was hoping to relive 5 of the 11 trojan goals this weekend....................

https://pepperdinewaves.com/news/2018/8/26/womens-soccer-home-streak-ends.aspx
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I’d be worried about this weekend. One win against a decent but struggling team replacing 5 staters doesn’t get the Trojans into the conversation with the contenders quite yet. Are you forgetting the 1-0 win over Irvine? Let’s see how they do against a tournament team.
 
gkrent said:
I’ve begun drinking to kill the pain so I apologize for not making sense. I’ve summarized the blessings (as I recounted to Ricky today):

It wasn’t hot
No one was significantly hurt
It’s still early
My kid played some and didn’t get scored on (the last 20 minutes)
I saw a lot of high potential pieces to puzzle today...just need to put them together now
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Without digin' & prodin the college games this weekend....I wanna talk about Love.

Love??

I love how when I ever I looked at games this weekend, the highlights....the box and individual stats...1 thing stands out. From true freshmen to seniors, our SoCal players have a MASSIVE impact on soccer in America.

I love how my player, who's precisely 2,484mi away, has her 1st game, 1st start, 1st assignment to man up against guess who??....a Natty winning, graduate transfer from non-other than .....SoCal.

Cali Love baby - Cali love ❤️
 
IMHO they schedule tough so when they have to replace a bunch of players it takes time. They will be fine come League season.
 
Zerodenero said:
Without digin' & prodin the college games this weekend....I wanna talk about Love.

Love??

I love how when I ever I looked at games this weekend, the highlights....the box and individual stats...1 thing stands out. From true freshmen to seniors, our SoCal players have a MASSIVE impact on soccer in America.

I love how my player, who's precisely 2,484mi away, has her 1st game, 1st start, 1st assignment to man up against guess who??....a Natty winning, graduate transfer from non-other than .....SoCal.

Cali Love baby - Cali love ❤️
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A HUGE CONGRATULATIONS to little ZD for getting the start in her first college game against a top 25 opponent! That is BIGTIME bro!!

Great work pops!!
 
SpeedK1llz said:
Interesting... please tell us more.
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MakeAPlay said:
Please elaborate.
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I don't mean it in a negative sense as far as players or coaches but more so consistently attracting elite / super good talent with the likes of UCLA and U$C 'just down the pike.' Then having an expectation that they will be able to compete consistently with top P5 programs (and the occasional Kansas, etc ) is a challenge IMHO. Plus not having the recruitment engine that the P5 schools have works against them. Don't get me wrong, I personally really like the Waves and have been to a few games there. Awesome view and one heck of a built in cardio workout exploring the campus!
 
GoWest said:
I don't mean it in a negative sense as far as players or coaches but more so consistently attracting elite / super good talent with the likes of UCLA and U$C 'just down the pike.' Then having an expectation that they will be able to compete consistently with top P5 programs (and the occasional Kansas, etc ) is a challenge IMHO. Plus not having the recruitment engine that the P5 schools have works against them. Don't get me wrong, I personally really like the Waves and have been to a few games there. Awesome view and one heck of a built in cardio workout exploring the campus!
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Nobody believes they have the ability to recruit with UCLA or UCLA, or even USC.
They attract a certain type of student athlete. They dont play in the Pac-12 and they dont have the bright lights and bells and whistles.
This is a small, Christian based school that gets top professors with classes that average 20 to thirty kids in many classes.
There are great benefits for young women lucky enough to go to Pepperdine.
As far as soccer goes, the program has the small school benefits on a beautiful campus, with the opportunity to play the best teams in the country, year in and year out.
They do well with the players who do fit the mold.
Instead of having National team players from top to bottom like Stanford and UCLA, they get a few of those, mixed with other talent passed over by the Big Dogs. (who understand and fit with what Pepperdine offers)

Overall the program is on the rise.
It has won back to back league championships for the first time in program history, and will continue to be a force in the WCC from now on.
Tough start this season?, yeah.
 
Beautiful day out in Malibu. The waves ran a lot of freshmen yesterday and they willl be fine. Karma coulda played a little into it when the whole Pepp team bailed on the post anthem pregame handshake and left the Trojans standing at midfield wondering what to do. Is that a tradition?
 
Glovestinks said:
Beautiful day out in Malibu. The waves ran a lot of freshmen yesterday and they willl be fine. Karma coulda played a little into it when the whole Pepp team bailed on the post anthem pregame handshake and left the Trojans standing at midfield wondering what to do. Is that a tradition?
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Pepperdine home games don't have a pre-game handshake, they have this little routine where they run over and join the rest of the team screaming something (maybe something like "Waves" after "home of the brave") right at the last bar of the National Anthem. I didn't even know there was supposed to be a pre-game handshake LOL And I have never noticed the opposing team being confused by this routine either. Shows you how out to lunch I am.
 
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