2019 Women's D1 Soccer Talk!!!!

UOP said:
I’m a big fan of private schools, except the cost. Coaches from what I hear don’t discourage kids from choosing majors in STEM while playing soccer.
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At any school it is a matter of time management and trade-offs. Based on my kids experiences, athletes with a STEM major will likely need to take a pretty tough schedule during your non-season semesters. You might find yourself taking a summer class to get some pre-requisites or core major classes completed. Likely you will not have time to be an active participant in greek life. And travel/semesters abroad are already problematic for athletes, the STEM requirements make it even more so. One coach at a top-ranked private university said it best when it comes to priorities for a D1 (non-Ivy) athletes -- sometimes soccer needs to come first, sometimes academics must come first, and successful student athletes can manage that without either suffering. MAP's daughter seems to have pulled it off well.
 
Kicker4Life said:
Is Oregon that far behind? What’s the situation there?
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Last year to me seemed like their best shot. They had some decent talent (they have 2 pro players from team). They lost 6 starters though and they didn't have a stellar recruiting class. That typically equals a bad season and they were exactly a .500 team 9-9-1 and 3-8 in conference. They didn't have much room to maneuver and unfortunately it is going to mean a big step backwards, in my opinion.
 
I think Cal and ASU will be most improved in the Pac-12 wins wise. Neil scheduled a modest non conference schedule this year.

UCLA/ Stanford at the top. Pickem

Oregon/Oregon state and Arizona at the bottom with everyone else in between.

My sleeper is ASU.
 
sniper said:
Why is everyone picking Arizona to drop? Did they lose key players?
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Compare their roster from last year, how they performed, the fact that they lose 6 starters and their low rated recruiting class. It's unfortunately the price of playing in a good conference. My kid's team had their worst season in history the year before her recruiting class arrived on campus because their 2011 recruiting class had graduated and took 8 starters with them! It happens in tough conferences to everyone except North Carolina apparently.
 
espola said:
They essentially got kicked out of D3 for being too big years ago, and have had passably-good teams at the D2 level for a while. It took a couple of tries for the students to vote to approve a fee increase to support a D1 program. They have a great location to use as a recruiting tool (nicest beach in the UC system, for example), but the hard part for athletic success there might be that the typical UCSD student doesn't care much about athletics.
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Not true. UCSB is actually on the beach instead of close to the beach like UCSD. Surf is better too. I also think the UCSD campus is cool but it is way spreadout with no real college town feel.
 
MakeAPlay said:
Compare their roster from last year, how they performed, the fact that they lose 6 starters and their low rated recruiting class. It's unfortunately the price of playing in a good conference. My kid's team had their worst season in history the year before her recruiting class arrived on campus because their 2011 recruiting class had graduated and took 8 starters with them! It happens in tough conferences to everyone except North Carolina apparently.
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Thank you for the insight. I agree, very tough conference to compete in. Good luck to your daughter in her final year.
 
gkrent said:
They went to the NCAA D2 tournament last year and either win or got close. One of my players HS teammates is on the team. They will be decent but not a contender, especially if they land in the Big West.
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Agree they won’t contend in the Big West right away, but I believe they will be the best team in San Diego.
 
Simisoccerfan said:
Not true. UCSB is actually on the beach instead of close to the beach like UCSD. Surf is better too. I also think the UCSD campus is cool but it is way spreadout with no real college town feel.
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Water's colder at UCSB, and Scripps Institute is actually part of UCSD --

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espola said:
Apologies - that should be Scripps Institution of Oceanography.
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And there is another stretch of beach at the end of a private access road down the cliffs (closed to most cars, but usable by cyclists and pedestrians) that is part of the campus, at the southern end of the various beaches collectively known as Black's Beach.
 
Simisoccerfan said:
Not true. UCSB is actually on the beach instead of close to the beach like UCSD. Surf is better too. I also think the UCSD campus is cool but it is way spreadout with no real college town feel.
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I have never surfed near UCSB, but is the surf there really better than Black's?
 
Practice beep test on Wednesday for a particular SoCal team. Good luck to everyone on their last week of Summer. Most teams start practice next Tuesday I would imagine. I know that next Monday is media day.
 
MakeAPlay said:
Practice beep test on Wednesday for a particular SoCal team. Good luck to everyone on their last week of Summer. Most teams start practice next Tuesday I would imagine. I know that next Monday is media day.
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As I have researched the different fitness tests (Beep, ManU, Cooper), it is interesting how much variation particular tests have from school to school. It almost seems as if the results are basically only comparable inside each team. I have found multiple descriptions of the ManU and Beep regarding how far apart the lines are, and DD's school has a set distance for the Cooper (which is basically what the coach considers to be passing).
 
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