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

Sheriff Joe said:
You mean the all knowing, all seeing seahag was wrong again? Maybe she will hide for a week like when uck la loses.
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You talk a big game for someone who's kid would be lucky to play at the level that MAP's kid plays at. You're like the armchair quarterback that never made it off the JV squad. You need to pick a better target for your angst because you are swinging out of your weight class.
 
pulguita said:
Since the goal of possession is to ultimately win thru a tactic of keeping the ball and creating chances a team that gets out shot and out chanced is a poser as a possession team. If you can't break teams down in the final third and create chances you are not a possession team. You are just painting the back third and maybe venturing into the middle third. So what? Anyone can do that. As Pep and Xavi have said many a time, possession for possession sake is worthless. Possession with a purpose is the goal.
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What would you call it if you created opportunities but couldn't connect the final pass in the box? What if a teams coach has a philosophy of always making the extra pass? Is this team all of a sudden a direct team? The term possession is thrown around a lot but it is apparent the teams that actually play and score through possession.

Total shots is an overrated stat. I have seen plenty of teams take multiple shots from Siberia without ever truly being much of a threat. What matters is shots on goal.
 
Legendary FC said:
What would you call it if you created opportunities but couldn't connect the final pass in the box? What if a teams coach has a philosophy of always making the extra pass? Is this team all of a sudden a direct team? The term possession is thrown around a lot but it is apparent the teams that actually play and score through possession.

Total shots is an overrated stat. I have seen plenty of teams take multiple shots from Siberia without ever truly being much of a threat. What matters is shots on goal.
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Sorry should have worded differently, out shot and out shot on goal. Don't understand what you mean create opportunities but can't connect final pass. If you needed an additional final pass that wasn't an opportunity. I don't think I threw the word possession around loosely. I think I tied it down pretty tight. Non specific and non purposeful possession is worthless. 2012 Euro finals, Spain scores a goal on 20 plus passes and then scored on a 3 pass sequence. Both were full possession movements. All passes in the first sequence had 90% success possibilities as did the 3 pass sequence. What could be more specific?
 
Legendary FC said:
What would you call it if you created opportunities but couldn't connect the final pass in the box? What if a teams coach has a philosophy of always making the extra pass? Is this team all of a sudden a direct team? The term possession is thrown around a lot but it is apparent the teams that actually play and score through possession.

Total shots is an overrated stat. I have seen plenty of teams take multiple shots from Siberia without ever truly being much of a threat. What matters is shots on goal.
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The so-called "time of possession" stat is overrated. It doesn't even account for the time when the ball is effectively in neither team's possession. There is also no meaningful defensive stat (other than height and playing time, maybe). SD CIF used to count a thing called "clears", which I suppose is the number of times a defender kicked the ball long down the field.
 
Legendary FC said:
You talk a big game for someone who's kid would be lucky to play at the level that MAP's kid plays at. You're like the armchair quarterback that never made it off the JV squad. You need to pick a better target for your angst because you are swinging out of your weight class.
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So you are one of her bitches?
You know me? You don't know shit. I am not talking about her kid, I am talking about the big mouth sore losing whore who thinks she can bully anyone she wants to. So you can GFYSELF.
Thank you for your thoughts, Bitch.
 
MakeAPlay said:
When they had the ball they tried to connect passes on the ground. They had several decent stretches of possession and they have some nicely skilled players.

Getting outshot means nothing if the shots aren't on goal. 14 of the were on goal but Lowder was game.
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Every team will possess at some point in a 90 minute game, but since overall they hardly had the ball and were thoroughly out-possessed, even by admission of their coach and by how he approached the game, are you saying their style is to have a goalkeeper that's "game"? 14 shots on goal is an enormous amount in our game. If the game was played 10 times I wouldn't expect the same result.
 
Legendary FC said:
What would you call it if you created opportunities but couldn't connect the final pass in the box? What if a teams coach has a philosophy of always making the extra pass? Is this team all of a sudden a direct team? The term possession is thrown around a lot but it is apparent the teams that actually play and score through possession.

Total shots is an overrated stat. I have seen plenty of teams take multiple shots from Siberia without ever truly being much of a threat. What matters is shots on goal.
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Certainly that team would classify as a possession team that maybe needs to find better players for the final third.
 
pulguita said:
Since the goal of possession is to ultimately win thru a tactic of keeping the ball and creating chances a team that gets out shot and out chanced is a poser as a possession team. If you can't break teams down in the final third and create chances you are not a possession team. You are just painting the back third and maybe venturing into the middle third. So what? Anyone can do that. As Pep and Xavi have said many a time, possession for possession sake is worthless. Possession with a purpose is the goal.
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I don't think Santa Clara is a poser of a possession team (assuming that's who may be referring to). He has flat out said he knew he would be without the possession and thus outshot.
 
Dang..... Lot of anger there deputy D. Don't let online personas trigger roid rage/cop inferiority complex (never good for public safety)

Perhaps ya need to take a few days off. A little road trip to the neighborly green friendly states and & chillax.✌

Hankuna Matata.:cool:
 
Zerodenero said:
Dang..... Lot of anger there deputy D. Don't let online personas trigger roid rage/cop inferiority complex (never good for public safety)

Perhaps ya need to take a few days off. A little road trip to the neighborly green friendly states and & chillax.✌

Hankuna Matata.:cool:
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Maybe your right, I am a little uptight after losing my election. Why would someone attack me so early in the morning about an issue between me and the seahag? None of Cals business. I did not start this. I was planning on a road tip up north to watch Cal in the tourney but they didn't make it out of the first round, maybe that is why Cal is in a foul mood.
Map and Cal, losers, misery loves company.
 
Legendary FC said:
You talk a big game for someone who's kid would be lucky to play at the level that MAP's kid plays at. You're like the armchair quarterback that never made it off the JV squad. You need to pick a better target for your angst because you are swinging out of your weight class.
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Thanks but I don't need any defending. The ignore feature is awesome.
 
Swoosh said:
Every team will possess at some point in a 90 minute game, but since overall they hardly had the ball and were thoroughly out-possessed, even by admission of their coach and by how he approached the game, are you saying their style is to have a goalkeeper that's "game"? 14 shots on goal is an enormous amount in our game. If the game was played 10 times I wouldn't expect the same result.
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What I am saying is they look to possess the ball. Not many teams are going to outpossess Stanford based upon the players that they have. When Santa Clara had the ball they weren't simply booting it forward. Of course Stanford would when the majority of the time if the game were replayed. It was an upset. You can't have it both ways Swoosh. Talk shit because it was an upset and then argue that Stanford was the better team. Duh of course they were. The only other team to get the better of them was super physical and played pretty direct.
 
Swoosh said:
Certainly that team would classify as a possession team that maybe needs to find better players for the final third.
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You are kidding yourself right? Sometimes teams bunker and it is hard to connect the final pass. You act like that is friggin news to you. Don't worry about Santa Clara they have some horses coming and I expect them to be a top 15 team for the next few years.
 
MakeAPlay said:
What I am saying is they look to possess the ball. Not many teams are going to outpossess Stanford based upon the players that they have. When Santa Clara had the ball they weren't simply booting it forward. Of course Stanford would when the majority of the time if the game were replayed. It was an upset. You can't have it both ways Swoosh. Talk shit because it was an upset and then argue that Stanford was the better team. Duh of course they were. The only other team to get the better of them was super physical and played pretty direct.
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Informative response.
 
Swoosh said:
I don't think Santa Clara is a poser of a possession team (assuming that's who may be referring to). He has flat out said he knew he would be without the possession and thus outshot.
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Getting outpossessed doesn't mean that you are not a possession team. There are only a handful of teams that can line up and go toe to toe with Stanford purely based upon talent. That is where tactics and good coaching come in. Who else could I be referring to?
 
KidGretzky25 said:
She's doing a really good job with the team. Their style of play is one of the best in the country. Karina coming in early and Pugh and Sanchez on the way will make for a very good 2017.
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Pugh, Sanchez, Canales, Athens, Faulknor and others will be fine additions. Gonna be tough for anybody looking for significant minutes with 9 starters returning and another 4 that played significant minutes. There are only going to be 18 players in the spring so the big class will help with depth. It's going to be tough to break into the top 18 but I could see them playing 20 this season with the fact that there are going to be quite a few blowouts. Cromwell is an excellent tactician and manager of personalities so they will be fine.
 
MakeAPlay said:
What I am saying is they look to possess the ball. Not many teams are going to outpossess Stanford based upon the players that they have. When Santa Clara had the ball they weren't simply booting it forward. Of course Stanford would when the majority of the time if the game were replayed. It was an upset. You can't have it both ways Swoosh. Talk shit because it was an upset and then argue that Stanford was the better team. Duh of course they were. The only other team to get the better of them was super physical and played pretty direct.
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You are funny with your kickball and pretty direct digs. You need to rewatch the game. We almost exclusively play out the back and thru the midfield. We do play more than I care with the 30 yard entry ball to a post up forward and play back then typically out wide. That will change next year. But the roofer that Andrews scored was hardly direct. The second goal was fortunate with the keeper way off her line and the lob over. The third goal was a 4 pass sequence that originated when my kid stole the ball and we had a walk in goal. Further, we out shot, out shot on goal and obviously scored 3 goals. Possession was probably 50 -50 but maybe when I am bored over the holidays I will put the machine on it. I will grant you that UCLA did out possess us handily at Stub Hub and kudos to a good game but you were still outshot 20 - 11 and SOG was 7 -2.
 
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