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

Sheriff Joe said:
At least the Pepperdine people are cool and don't talk shit and think they know everything like MAP. I don't think she has been around here, sounding off for a week, kind of nice.
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She'll be back. And when she is, I fully expect her to launch an endless barrage of SCUDS on a few people...
 
SpeedK1llz said:
What a weekend of west coast D1 soccer! NOBODY would have ever guessed that UCLA would go 0-2 against Colorado & Utah and that USC would tie Utah. Nice bounce back win for USC against Colorado.

Heck, even Woeful St. Mary's beat Saannn D AH GO. Bummed about Pepp but LMU has been better than their record this year. Thank you Cal for proving me right once again against Arizona. IMHO, they do not deserve to go to the tourney with all the eggs they've laid this year.

Too bad the upcoming USC vs. UCLA game will have nothing but pride on the line. Would have loved to see a title bout. Despite Stanford taking the Pac-12, USC is clear favorite to win it all.
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Sorry to burst your bubble, but CAL's RPI will get a tourney invite and Stanford still has to beat CAL to clinch the Pac12 title.
 
offthecrossbar said:
Sorry to burst your bubble, but CAL's RPI will get a tourney invite and Stanford still has to beat CAL to clinch the Pac12 title.
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Hilarious! Have you seen Cal play the last 5 years? This season, they are totally locked in for their annual first round exit. I know they'll make the tourney, I was merely providing my personal opinion. Bubble still in tact...
 
SpeedK1llz said:
Hilarious! Have you seen Cal play the last 5 years? This season, they are totally locked in for their annual first round exit. I know they'll make the tourney, I was merely providing my personal opinion. Bubble still in tact...
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I don't follow Cal, but they are an elite academic institution.
 
SpeedK1llz said:
What a weekend of west coast D1 soccer! NOBODY would have ever guessed that UCLA would go 0-2 against Colorado & Utah and that USC would tie Utah. Nice bounce back win for USC against Colorado.

Heck, even Woeful St. Mary's beat Saannn D AH GO. Bummed about Pepp but LMU has been better than their record this year. Thank you Cal for proving me right once again against Arizona. IMHO, they do not deserve to go to the tourney with all the eggs they've laid this year.

Too bad the upcoming USC vs. UCLA game will have nothing but pride on the line. Would have loved to see a title bout. Despite Stanford taking the Pac-12, USC is clear favorite to win it all.
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I remember watching the BYU at Utah game early in the year, and thinking, "damn!, Utah is really good!"
I figured they would make a dent in the Pac 12 this year.
 
Bernie Sanders said:
I remember watching the BYU at Utah game early in the year, and thinking, "damn!, Utah is really good!"
I figured they would make a dent in the Pac 12 this year.
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So Colorado surely has secured an NCAA tourney bid with their wins over Cal and UCLA. What about Utah? Do they make it in as well? I'd love to see them make it. I think they've got major upset potential in the first round.
 
SpeedK1llz said:
So Colorado surely has secured an NCAA tourney bid with their wins over Cal and UCLA. What about Utah? Do they make it in as well? I'd love to see them make it. I think they've got major upset potential in the first round.
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Utah will be in. Hopefully the Pac 12 gets 6 in. In my opinion the top 6 all deserve to go. Huge drop off after #6 in the Pac 12.
 
SpeedK1llz said:
Too bad the upcoming USC vs. UCLA game will have nothing but pride on the line. Would have loved to see a title bout. Despite Stanford taking the Pac-12, USC is clear favorite to win it all.
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While I'm not in the know, a Bruin loss to their cross town rivals can't be good for Cromwell......especially considering the plethora (platoons) of Talent she has at her command.
 
Bernie Sanders said:
The world ( and a soccer team) needs ditch diggers too.
The right mix of talent and team chemistry
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Not to distract from all the smack talk, but this is a really great point. Can't believe how many times you see this play out at all levels of sport. All-star teams sent to international competitions, NBA & MLB teams made up of high-priced free agent stars, Division 1 rosters stocked with National Team level talent...even down to youth club teams pieced together by recruiting all the local hot-shots from other teams: so many times, despite an obvious talent advantage, they will get run off the pitch/field/court by a well coached, motivated team composed of role-players, complimentary pieces, built around a few A+ talent leaders who all know their jobs and commit to being on the same page day in and day out. This is why team sport outcomes are so much harder to predict. You don't win championships with resumes.
 
Zerodenero said:
While I'm not in the know, a Bruin loss to their cross town rivals can't be good for Cromwell......especially considering the plethora (platoons) of Talent she has at her command.
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She gets a free pass with Pugh and Sanchez coming in next year, no matter what happens this year.
 
Mystery Train said:
Not to distract from all the smack talk, but this is a really great point. Can't believe how many times you see this play out at all levels of sport. All-star teams sent to international competitions, NBA & MLB teams made up of high-priced free agent stars, Division 1 rosters stocked with National Team level talent...even down to youth club teams pieced together by recruiting all the local hot-shots from other teams: so many times, despite an obvious talent advantage, they will get run off the pitch/field/court by a well coached, motivated team composed of role-players, complimentary pieces, built around a few A+ talent leaders who all know their jobs and commit to being on the same page day in and day out. This is why team sport outcomes are so much harder to predict. You don't win championships with resumes.
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Please explain then why it's been a decade since the last mid-major conference school has won a Womens NCAA D1 Soccer Championship.
 
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