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

offthecrossbar said:
I think you pivoted from your opening post though. Now you're saying give me the best players also as long as the best players play as a team aka know their role vs 2 A+ players with role players and ditch diggers running a YNT of the pitch.

Far cry from comparing Colorado to a UCLA or Stanford team full of Youth National players.
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Sigh. If you can't see the consistency in what I'm saying now to the original post, I can't help you. I made my point and you agree that chemistry and role players are important. You made your point and I agree that talent is important. We can agree to disagree on the relative values. But I agree with Speed. You're boring. I'm boring. This argument is boring. Bring back MAP.
 
Mystery Train said:
Sigh. If you can't see the consistency in what I'm saying now to the original post, I can't help you. I made my point and you agree that chemistry and role players are important. You made your point and I agree that talent is important. We can agree to disagree on the relative values. But I agree with Speed. You're boring. I'm boring. This argument is boring. Bring back MAP.
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Whatever toots your own horn!

I'd rather talk B-ball than girls soccer....I'm going back to the basketball forum.
 
Getting back to soccer, I am looking forward to this weekend's final regular season match ups. Here are my predictions (winners in green):

  • UCLA vs. USC - Given recent play, it would be foolish of anybody to bet against USC at this point. I do think it will be a tight match though.
  • Cal vs. Stanford - I know that I am not a fan of Cal but the total Cal move is to lose to those you should smash and beat those you should lose to so with that logic in mind, I am going with Cal. I've got a funny feeling about this one...
  • Colorado vs. Utah - I'm giving the slight edge to Utah. Utah tied USC and USC smashed Colorado so logic would dictate a Utah win.
  • Pepperdine vs. Pacific - Despite having a decent sushi restaurant (Cocoro), Stockton is the arm pit of California. Pepperdine wins.
  • LMU vs... - Nevermind.
  • BYU vs. Gonzaga - Rest your starters BYU
  • Santa Clara vs. San Francisco - Would love to see SF pull off the upset but they just don't have the firepower this year.
I really don't care about anybody else.
 
SpeedK1llz said:
Getting back to soccer, I am looking forward to this weekend's final regular season match ups. Here are my predictions (winners in green):

  • UCLA vs. USC - Given recent play, it would be foolish of anybody to bet against USC at this point. I do think it will be a tight match though.
  • Cal vs. Stanford - I know that I am not a fan of Cal but the total Cal move is to lose to those you should smash and beat those you should lose to so with that logic in mind, I am going with Cal. I've got a funny feeling about this one...
  • Colorado vs. Utah - I'm giving the slight edge to Utah. Utah tied USC and USC smashed Colorado so logic would dictate a Utah win.
  • Pepperdine vs. Pacific - Despite having a decent sushi restaurant (Cocoro), Stockton is the arm pit of California. Pepperdine wins.
  • LMU vs... - Nevermind.
  • BYU vs. Gonzaga - Rest your starters BYU
  • Santa Clara vs. San Francisco - Would love to see SF pull off the upset but they just don't have the firepower this year.
I really don't care about anybody else.
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USC vs. UCLA is the game of the week.
It will be a battle.
I honestly think USC is the best team, but UCLA has the horsepower to win if they get all eight cylinders firing.
Its a toss up.

I'm becoming a big Utes fan.
I like Utah over Colorado.
 
SpeedK1llz said:
Interesting... How did she know which dude was you?
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I said the same thing.
She asked the bartender.
I didnt even see her come in. All of a sudden, the bottle was on the bar in front of me.
I dont think it was MAP, but I literally didnt have time to ask, as she high tailed it right out the door.
I'll take USC this weekend if anyone wants to take the bet.
 
Bernie Sanders said:
I said the same thing.
She asked the bartender.
I didnt even see her come in. All of a sudden, the bottle was on the bar in front of me.
I dont think it was MAP, but I literally didnt have time to ask, as she high tailed it right out the door.
I'll take USC this weekend if anyone wants to take the bet.
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Even more interesting... but how did she know that you'd be at that bar on that day at that time?
 
Justafan said:
Some thoughts and observations on this years season and women's college soccer in general:

1) USC is the best team in the country by a wide margin. I haven't seen all the teams play, but I've seen enough (Stanford, UCLA, N.C., Penn State, Notre Dame, South Carolina, Cal, Florida).

2) USC has the best offensive attack in the country by a wide margin. They are the only team that actually has a plan of attack in the final third. Not only do they have a plan, they have the patience, IQ, chemistry, and creativity to execute it better than any other team.

3) Not sure if their offensive attack is coaching, player chemistry, individual player IQ, or individual creativity, but if it is coaching, McApine should be the USWNT head coach, or at a minimum, the U-17 USWNT head coach.

4) Anthony, Johnson, and Pruitt are easily the best trio of strikers in the nation on one team. Their ability to play with their backs against the goal gives USC many more offensive options as compared to other teams.

5) USC's midfielder #6 will be a nice replacement after Andrews graduates.

6)It's amazing to me how many teams (including many ranked teams) have absolutely NO plan in the final third. The coaches should be embarrassed that their teams are still playing kickball at this level.

7) UCLA misses Jenkins and will not make it to the quarters without her.

8) South Carolina is a joke at #3. They have a nice striker and that's it. If they ever meet the other USC, I predict a 5-0 win for the Trojans.

9) I saw North Carolina play a couple of times this year (my first time really seeing them, once against USC) and what I observed is that the Anson Dorrance philosophy of soccer is to out-athlete you (subbing in 5 or 6 players at a time as if to say I am just going to exhaust your team with run after run). Am I right? I saw a post on another forum basically confirming my suspicions. I basically saw a kickball team out there. If I am right, why is this guy so celebrated? Just because he figured out how to get results this way before everybody else? Absolute joke!!

10) Why isn't the Pac-12 as dominant, or even more for that matter, as the ACC? CalSouth absolutely dominates at the youth level (YNC's, ODP championships, National team players, etc.) and yet struggles to have more than three teams ranked in the top 25. I don't get that. And that's that Cal-North, Az, Nv, Ut., & Co. have plenty of good players that feed into the Pac-12. Is it bias in the ranking system? I tend to think not so much as the ACC definitely has substantially more national championships than the Pac-12. If you take a look at college softball as a comparison, California (and more specifically Southern CA softball) absolutely dominates the college scene. Even in the years WITHOUT a California team in the college world series (8 final teams), there are more than double the California girls on those 8 teams than any other state. A couple of years ago the final was Oklahoma against Tennessee and there were more girls from California than from either OK or TN in that game. Bottom line, you can't win in softball without California girls.
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The Pac12 has won 2 of the last 5 College Cups or 3 of the last 9. Not bad for the last 9 years, considering UNC practically won all of them prior to that.
 
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