2016-1017 GIRLS HIGH SCHOOL SOCCER THREAD

pulguita said:
You didn't answer the question and yes as a matter of fact they will be playing possession. And just for clarification as to one of the 5 characteristics of a possession team - if you can't break a team down in the final third with combination play and some tiki taka you are NOT a possession team. In fact you are a poser. Painting the field for the first and second third of the field and then passing it to a forward that goes 1v1 to goal is NOT possession. Please notice a difference between putting a ball in behind the defender and going to goal 1v1 with keeper vs putting a ball forward where your forward has to beat 1 or 2 defenders 1v1 before going to goal. In my book and the crew I hang with that is not possession. So now tell me who of your several teams play possession?
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Hey I like your candor. We will see if USC plays possession fairly quickly. Just off the top of my head, Stanford, Virginia, UCLA and Florida State are all college teams that play nice possession soccer.
 
Kicker4Life said:
Just post the picture of SC holding the trophy....like I always tell my DD. The best way to silence the haters is to win the game!

Hell, 90% of the critics on this forum have never even played the game and couldn't coach a possession drill if they tried.
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http://www.usctrojans.com/sports/w-soccer/stats/2016-2017/final.html#GAME.BOX



Well some have played the game and some know what they saw. So are you saying that holding up a championship trophy makes it all better? I can think of 16 of them that earned it and the rest just road their coattails. Yes USC did win the national title which is the goal. Let's see what they do this year.
 
pulguita said:
Ah espola you have to know the history of the discussion. Everyone gave me shit cause USC won a National Championship and they didn't and then had to justify that it was a crappy win cause we didn't do it playing possession. Or that their particular daughter's team beat SC but yet again didn't win a Natty.
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USC won the national championship which justifies everything. I can't wait to hear the excuses and justifications when it doesn't work this year. Last year they had a losing record to in state teams. What is your justification for that? Honestly they were a PK shootout away from going home and were it not for some snowy weather (and a team intentionally not clearing the snow and ice off the turf field) you wouldn't even have a leg to stand on.
 
Legendary FC said:
USC won the national championship which justifies everything. I can't wait to hear the excuses and justifications when it doesn't work this year. Last year they had a losing record to in state teams. What is your justification for that? Honestly they were a PK shootout away from going home and were it not for some snowy weather (and a team intentionally not clearing the snow and ice off the turf field) you wouldn't even have a leg to stand on.
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Lot of ifs there. Every champ has some good luck on there side.
 
Sheriff Joe said:
Lot of ifs there. Every champ has some good luck on there side.
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Was it "luck" that Jordan's bulls dominated in the 90's?...how bout Kobe's/lakers of the late 90's/00's?....was it "luck" that Brady's patriots have 5 rings?....is it "luck" that Kelley Slater has won 11 world championships?

Luck is being prepared and having the skill to capture luck when luck presents itself.
 
Not sure who, but someone has one of those inspirational posters hanging in their office . . .

I won the lotto last week. Everyone kept telling me it was luck. Now I'm going to tell everyone that it was really skill and preparation. Since I can afford it, maybe I'll get one of those posters and hang it on my wall.
 
NoGoalItAll said:
Not sure who, but someone has one of those inspirational posters hanging in their office . . .

I won the lotto last week. Everyone kept telling me it was luck. Now I'm going to tell everyone that it was really skill and preparation. Since I can afford it, maybe I'll get one of those posters and hang it on my wall.
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Lol....GoGettumCharger....This buds for you.

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Zerodenero said:
Was it "luck" that Jordan's bulls dominated in the 90's?...how bout Kobe's/lakers of the late 90's/00's?....was it "luck" that Brady's patriots have 5 rings?....is it "luck" that Kelley Slater has won 11 world championships?

Luck is being prepared and having the skill to capture luck when luck presents itself.
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You do understand the concept of "some"? Brady had a bunch of luck in the last Superbowl, would you agree?
 
Legendary FC said:
USC won the national championship which justifies everything. I can't wait to hear the excuses and justifications when it doesn't work this year. Last year they had a losing record to in state teams. What is your justification for that? Honestly they were a PK shootout away from going home and were it not for some snowy weather (and a team intentionally not clearing the snow and ice off the turf field) you wouldn't even have a leg to stand on.
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So if they repeat, they play possession, but if not, they dont? Very clever. Look, people may have different definitions of "possession," "kickball," or "direct," but if you're implying that USC played kickball as in "kick & hope," as someone else here has described it, then you are wrong.

Did SC play tiki taka? No. Was it the most sophisticated or aesthetically pleasing? Maybe not, but to call it kick & hope is dishonest. SC played a lot of possession through their mids (countless ground hugging passes through the seems from freeman to mills/Andrews, and trust me if Freeman wanted to, she could kick it to the moon. Countless times Prisock would dribble up the back line, fake off the forward, and get the ball to the mids or forwards).

They also played a lot of possession through their forwards. Pruitt, Johnson, and Anthony could all play with their backs to the goal and a lot of balls went through them (see game winner against Georgetown).

What you saw against West Virginia was a very good and VERY athletic team and yes, SC had trouble playing the type of game they had played all year. Shoot, even Barcelona has had trouble all season long with high pressure. Yes, SC had to clear plenty of balls to relieve pressure (in fact Prisock cleared/booted some balls when she was not under much pressure, something she hadn't done all year, but I think the opponent had something to do about that). Even the second goal SC scored started with a clear from Andrews at the 18, which Pruitt chased down, and had the skill and composure to give Johnson a nice ball to handle and score from.

What distinguished SC more than anything is that they had 3 very capable forwards who knew how to put the ball in the net. Nobody in the country had anything close to that trio. Thats why some of us on this board were so high on SC from the get go. I've watched a lot of college soccer and there are a lot of so called top teams that would not have put that second goal in the net. Pruitt's physical ability to win the ball, composure and skill to place a very good pass (under the circumstances) to Johnson, and Johnson's composure to put the ball in the net, could not have been accomplished by any other team in the nation.
 
Justafan said:
So if they repeat, they play possession, but if not, they dont? Very clever. Look, people may have different definitions of "possession," "kickball," or "direct," but if you're implying that USC played kickball as in "kick & hope," as someone else here has described it, then you are wrong.

Did SC play tiki taka? No. Was it the most sophisticated or aesthetically pleasing? Maybe not, but to call it kick & hope is dishonest. SC played a lot of possession through their mids (countless ground hugging passes through the seems from freeman to mills/Andrews, and trust me if Freeman wanted to, she could kick it to the moon. Countless times Prisock would dribble up the back line, fake off the forward, and get the ball to the mids or forwards).

They also played a lot of possession through their forwards. Pruitt, Johnson, and Anthony could all play with their backs to the goal and a lot of balls went through them (see game winner against Georgetown).

What you saw against West Virginia was a very good and VERY athletic team and yes, SC had trouble playing the type of game they had played all year. Shoot, even Barcelona has had trouble all season long with high pressure. Yes, SC had to clear plenty of balls to relieve pressure (in fact Prisock cleared/booted some balls when she was not under much pressure, something she hadn't done all year, but I think the opponent had something to do about that). Even the second goal SC scored started with a clear from Andrews at the 18, which Pruitt chased down, and had the skill and composure to give Johnson a nice ball to handle and score from.

What distinguished SC more than anything is that they had 3 very capable forwards who knew how to put the ball in the net. Nobody in the country had anything close to that trio. Thats why some of us on this board were so high on SC from the get go. I've watched a lot of college soccer and there are a lot of so called top teams that would not have put that second goal in the net. Pruitt's physical ability to win the ball, composure and skill to place a very good pass (under the circumstances) to Johnson, and Johnson's composure to put the ball in the net, could not have been accomplished by any other team in the nation.
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I watched almost every game that the Trojans played and I would love to see video of them playing the ball on the ground against a decent team. The truth is it isn't out there. I give them all the credit in the world for winning. Calling them a possession team or a team that plays possession is disingenuous at best and straight up false if you ask me. We will get clarity on all of it in 5 months.

If their forwards were so good why did the team have a losing record against California schools? They can't even boss their own neighborhood. That reminds me of the kid that was a tough guy at his private school but is a nobody when he comes home to his hood.

Please watch this game and enlighten me as to when they played more than kick and hope and thug ball.

 
pulguita said:
Yeah and Washington plays such a beautiful possession game. Please, all you jokers list 5 characteristics of a possession oriented team?
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Did I ever post UDub plays possession? Nope! They are a defensive counter attacking team. At least I am not in denial of their style of play. #haha
 
Legendary FC said:
This is what possession looks like. The Thorns do a good job of it for the most part. Other than Franch who holds the ball too long and basically lost the game. The U23's play pretty direct.
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I agree about US Soccer style of play. Basically, high pressure direct soccer.
 
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