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

Bernie Sanders said:
Santa Clara ties BYU in Provo 0-0 in the first West Coast match of the year.
Santa Clara played a beautiful game, and really frustrated the high octane BYU offense.
Shout out to NK for saving a goal, and I hope she's ok after that head bonk.
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Definite props to Santa Clara. BYU outshot them 13 - 2 so offensively, they've still got some work to do. I haven't seen SC play a ton but I was surprised how many time their forwards beat the BYU defender on the outside and rather than send in a clean cross, they pulled it back and played the 3 player possession game just outside the 18. Nobody on SC made any runs into the box when this happened. Is this the way they play? Also surprised by BYUs inability to adjust to the offside trap. I surely though there would be an adjustment at the half. Regardless, SC has to be thrilled with the outcome.
 
gkrent said:
Usf gets pounded by usd!
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USD is a contender this year. They've beat some teams that in years past they would not have. Doesn't help that USF has literally fallen off a cliff from last year. I know a few players on USF and they are legit goal scorers. Didn't see them get the ball very often last night.
 
KidGretzky25 said:
Get the M8 box. Includes all the Pac 12 channels
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Cox cable gives you the sports upgrade package for $8 a month and it includes PAC 12, Big Ten, SEC Network, NFL, MLB and NBA games. Plus you can live stream everything on your computer. ACC games are through ESPN 3 mostly. Definitely worth it. I was watching 3 games at once yesterday!
 
MakeAPlay said:
Okay here is the next salvo. Congratulations on the win! We will see how the season turns out. Regarding recruiting it was not a shot at your kid but you said it not me. Regarding recruiting and UCLA there really is no need for me to compare recruits, results, academics, campus life anything because quite honestly there is a big difference between the two (chess vs checkers) so let's continue. I checked them out and they aren't very good. I can only imagine that they got extremely lucky against UNC and Wake Forest sucks so wins against crap teams don't impress me at all.

NC State is a bottom feeder in the top conference in the country. We will see if they are even the top conference by the time your little Mia gets there. Then we will see how much she plays and how soon she decides to "Pack" it up and transfer back home. Legends isn't known for producing a bunch of next level impact players. Outside of the African American holding mid and the African American forward on your daughter's team I don't see a whole lot of impact talent on that team. Honestly you are in for a big surprise in 2018. I wish I could be there to see the look on your face once you get that September phone call..

Whatcha got for me now Cali?
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I love Sundays.
 
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Big week of games for Pepperdine. San Diego on Thursday and then BYU on Saturday. Nice to see the offense light up on Sunday vs. Gonzaga.

Thursday's matchup vs. San Diego is a must win if Pepp has any shot at a WCC title. San Diego is playing very well. Hopefully home field will give Pepp a slight advantage. I think Pepp will win 1-0 but wouldn't be surprised at a 0-0 or 1-1 draw.

On Saturday, Pepperdine's only chance is to employ the offside trap like Santa Clara did. It really knocked BYU off their game and for whatever reason, they never adjusted. Getting a goal off BYU is going to be a tall order. I thought Santa Clara had some chances to increase shots on goal but didn't take them. They also had a couple break away opportunities on the counter attack but weren't able to get off a quality shot. A tie against BYU would be a huge win for Pepp.

BYU vs. Loyola could be the match that decides the WCC title...
 
SpeedK1llz said:
Big week of games for Pepperdine. San Diego on Thursday and then BYU on Saturday. Nice to see the offense light up on Sunday vs. Gonzaga.

Thursday's matchup vs. San Diego is a must win if Pepp has any shot at a WCC title. San Diego is playing very well. Hopefully home field will give Pepp a slight advantage. I think Pepp will win 1-0 but wouldn't be surprised at a 0-0 or 1-1 draw.

On Saturday, Pepperdine's only chance is to employ the offside trap like Santa Clara did. It really knocked BYU off their game and for whatever reason, they never adjusted. Getting a goal off BYU is going to be a tall order. I thought Santa Clara had some chances to increase shots on goal but didn't take them. They also had a couple break away opportunities on the counter attack but weren't able to get off a quality shot. A tie against BYU would be a huge win for Pepp.

BYU vs. Loyola could be the match that decides the WCC title...
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BYU's defense is nothing special. What makes them special is how unselfish and efficient their offense is.
 
Several big games this week:

Thursday

USC vs. Stanford
UCLA vs. Cal
BYU vs. LMU
Notre Dame vs. Clemson
Peperdine vs. USD
CSUF vs. UC Davis
Nebraska vs. Wisconsin
NC State vs. Louisville


Saturday

BYU vs. Pepperdine
LMU vs. USD

Sunday

UCLA vs. Stanford
USC vs Cal
NC State vs Duke
Virginia vs. Notre Dame
Arkansas vs. South Carolina
Clemson vs. Louisville
Michigan vs. Northwestern
Minnesota vs. Nebraska
 
SpeedK1llz said:
Big week of games for Pepperdine. San Diego on Thursday and then BYU on Saturday. Nice to see the offense light up on Sunday vs. Gonzaga.

Thursday's matchup vs. San Diego is a must win if Pepp has any shot at a WCC title. San Diego is playing very well. Hopefully home field will give Pepp a slight advantage. I think Pepp will win 1-0 but wouldn't be surprised at a 0-0 or 1-1 draw.
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One game at a time.
USD is up first. If my memory is correct, USD has won the last two against Pepperdine. Both matches the Waves could have won.
 
gkrent said:
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SpeedK1llz said:
On Saturday, Pepperdine's only chance is to employ the offside trap like Santa Clara did. It really knocked BYU off their game and for whatever reason, they never adjusted. Getting a goal off BYU is going to be a tall order. I thought Santa Clara had some chances to increase shots on goal but didn't take them. They also had a couple break away opportunities on the counter attack but weren't able to get off a quality shot. A tie against BYU would be a huge win for Pepp.

BYU vs. Loyola could be the match that decides the WCC title...
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I think what Santa Clara did was control possession, and dictate tempo. The offside trap against a team with with as much speed as BYU has, is Russian Roulette imho.
Santa Clara played it about as well as they could defensively.
BYU got frustrated because their tempo was discombobulated from chasing the ball around the field, imho.
If you let BYU fly up and down the field all day, they will take apart anyone.
Vasconselos (sp?), Hatch and Gomes are about as good a scoring trio as you will find anywhere.
 
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