2017-2018 D1 Women's Soccer Talk!

[MakeAPlay]

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Easy big fella, don't start lecturing me, I simply made an observation.
In it's simplest form, yes that's all it was.
Mace & Rodriquez basically ran past the Princeton D when ever they pleased...
Fleming and Sheehan controlled the mid field...you control the mid field you win.
The back line was under pressure at the opening of the second half and had great support from the mid field, other than that....no biggie.
Enjoy the win ...UCLA won in dominating fashion.
Good luck against Duke, gonna be a great match.

How are the Waves doing? Still hanging their hat on a draw against the Bruins? How about that AMAZING Pepperdine defense. As soon as they played a real offense they folded and Virginia's offense wasn't very good.

Stay in your lane. You weren't there and have no idea what is in the pipeline for the Bruins. Keep on speculating chief.

 

[MakeAPlay]

Why the hell would US Soccer hold a U20 camp on the day of the national championship game? It's like they literally want to undermine the organization that is training their player pool. The girls shouldn't be put in that position.

 

[Lion Eyes]

Sheehan? Again you clearly didn't watch closely. No worries everyone has an opinion even if it wrong.

I watched, saw the replays...Thank for allowing me my opinion...

 

[LASTMAN14]

I have not seen Duke or South Carolina play this season. What's the break down on these teams in regards to style or approach?

 

[Ricky Fandango]

How are the Waves doing? Still hanging their hat on a draw against the Bruins? How about that AMAZING Pepperdine defense. As soon as they played a real offense they folded and Virginia's offense wasn't very good.

Stay in your lane. You weren't there and have no idea what is in the pipeline for the Bruins. Keep on speculating chief.

They played a "real offense" at Drake earlier in the season, remember?
Virginia had a great game and beat the Waves. It happens, and we congratulate the team that won.
UCLA is in the final four.
Enjoy it, I know I will.

 

[Lion Eyes]

How are the Waves doing? Still hanging their hat on a draw against the Bruins? How about that AMAZING Pepperdine defense. As soon as they played a real offense they folded and Virginia's offense wasn't very good.

Stay in your lane. You weren't there and have no idea what is in the pipeline for the Bruins. Keep on speculating chief.

Who the hell do you think you are? Stay in my own lane? Speculating?
My daughter graduated from Pepperdine, has her masters & works in Santa Monica and takes care of elite athletes, professional and amateur.
I happen to know families at Pepperdine and UCLA along with members of both coaching staffs.
This isn't about my daughter or your daughter you pompous ass. If you want to know about my daughter I suggest you ask Coach Greene.
I don't give a flying rats ass about the "pipeline", UCLA won because they had superior speed on their attack.
I've been watching women's soccer since the early eighties when my wife was an All American in the sport at San Diego State.
Good luck to UCLA as they travel to Florida....

 

[Ricky Fandango]

Why the hell would US Soccer hold a U20 camp on the day of the national championship game? It's like they literally want to undermine the organization that is training their player pool. The girls shouldn't be put in that position.

Cue the crying baby, playing the tiniest violin.

 

[Ricky Fandango]

I watched, saw the replays...Thank for allowing me my opinion...

UCLA has a ton of midfield and forward talent. They have great talent all over the field, but their greatest strength is in their attack.
So much speed and talent at every position.
Cerda and Mace both have taken leadership positions as upperclassmen, and both have had great years.

 

[surfrider]

@MakeAPlay I was exactly where I told you I would be. You arent very observant. Good luck to the Bruins on their trip. We would like nothing more than to see UCLA and Stanford go at it again. Lots of great friends on both of those teams

 

[soccer661]

Great set up for final 4!!
Hoping our two pac 12 Cali teams are in the final!!! Congrats to all the girls going to Florida-- very exciting!!

 

[GoWest]

Answer me this someone.....

Pac12 'Elite 3' (Southern Cal aside this season) carry the torch again. Congrats! Easy to put $$$ on it as every season it seems to be Stanford, UCLA or Southern Cal making the only legit runs. What's up with the rest of the conference? Mediocre talent? Bad coaching? Mediocrity the gold standard?

Trying to gauge before DD executes the NLI in the next couple of years....since this is 'college recruiting' thread LOL

 

[NoGoal]

Answer me this someone.....

Pac12 'Elite 3' (Southern Cal aside this season) carry the torch again. Congrats! Easy to put $$$ on it as every season it seems to be Stanford, UCLA or Southern Cal making the only legit runs. What's up with the rest of the conference? Mediocre talent? Bad coaching? Mediocrity the gold standard?

Trying to gauge before DD executes the NLI in the next couple of years....since this is 'college recruiting' thread LOL

I will chime in on Udub, poor coaching, tactics and team chemistry. When the game gets tough the coaching staff tells the team to kick it to the flags. This includes verbatim don’t look up just kick it to the corner. It’s the forwards fault if they are not there.

Overly focused on defense and doesn’t let the players be creative. Quote at a practice, “not to knock the creativity, but just play it forward”.

And that is just the tip of the iceberg.

As for Wazzu, AZ and Colorado....direct ugly ball as well. ASU heard the new coach is an ass. Oregon schools will always be the bottom of the conference. Cal seems to underachieve every season and lose in the 1st round of the tourney.

 

[Nutmeg]

Why the hell would US Soccer hold a U20 camp on the day of the national championship game? It's like they literally want to undermine the organization that is training their player pool. The girls shouldn't be put in that position.

I believe that is the point is US Soccer today. Choose us or die.

 

[NoGoal]

I will chime in on Udub, poor coaching, tactics and team chemistry. When the game gets tough the coaching staff tells the team to kick it to the flags. This includes verbatim don’t look up just kick it to the corner. It’s the forwards fault if they are not there.

Overly focused on defense and doesn’t let the players be creative. Quote at a practice, “not to knock the creativity, but just play it forward”.

And that is just the tip of the iceberg.

As for Wazzu, AZ and Colorado....direct ugly ball as well. ASU heard the new coach is an ass. Oregon schools will always be the bottom of the conference. Cal seems to underachieve every season and lose in the 1st round of the tourney.

Like anything else in club soccer.....it also applies to a college soccer program!

 

[MakeAPlay]

Answer me this someone.....

Pac12 'Elite 3' (Southern Cal aside this season) carry the torch again. Congrats! Easy to put $$$ on it as every season it seems to be Stanford, UCLA or Southern Cal making the only legit runs. What's up with the rest of the conference? Mediocre talent? Bad coaching? Mediocrity the gold standard?

Trying to gauge before DD executes the NLI in the next couple of years....since this is 'college recruiting' thread LOL

It's tough to compete with the California schools as they get top talent and most of the coaches know how to put it together. I think that most of the coaches in the conference don't have enough good players to play attractive and effective soccer so they build a team built on defense and direct play. I don't blame them. In order to play the brand of soccer that UCLA plays you have to have technical players at every position. Unless you are Stanford or UCLA that just isn't going to happen.

It sucks but the 4 California schools are top 25 academic institutions and have great climate which is going to attract the elite players needed to win the conference. As Wazzu showed if you have a couple of talented players at key positions you can make it to the sweet sixteen. To make it past there you have to have a special team.

 

[MakeAPlay]

I believe that is the point is US Soccer today. Choose us or die.

It sucks for the girls. Why would you put our top talent in that age group in that position? Between UCLA and Stanford alone you have 9 players in the pool! How could they expect them to come straight from an intense 3 days of soccer and go right into a tournament? Some of these kids have played 2000+ minutes and need a break.

I know that my player is skipping it. She has to get some rest. She has been playing hurt all season.

 

[Nutmeg]

It sucks for the girls. Why would you put our top talent in that age group in that position? Between UCLA and Stanford alone you have 9 players in the pool! How could they expect them to come straight from an intense 3 days of soccer and go right into a tournament? Some of these kids have played 2000+ minutes and need a break.

I know that my player is skipping it. She has to get some rest. She has been playing hurt all season.

Rest is good. College soccer is way too short with too many games played in too small of a window. Add classes, strength coaches, training room, video and travel to it and I’m amazed more injuries don’t alter teams seasons. US Soccer seems to continue to operate in a vacuum from DA to training centers to youth and senior national teams even more now in NWSL. I could maybe understand it if like Syracuse, wake forest , Idaho and Irvine made the final four and none of those players were in the pool. But hopefully at least your coaching staff has the ear of maybe someone in involved.

 

[Fact]

Who the hell do you think you are? Stay in my own lane? Speculating?
My daughter graduated from Pepperdine, has her masters & works in Santa Monica and takes care of elite athletes, professional and amateur.
I happen to know families at Pepperdine and UCLA along with members of both coaching staffs.
This isn't about my daughter or your daughter you pompous ass. If you want to know about my daughter I suggest you ask Coach Greene.
I don't give a flying rats ass about the "pipeline", UCLA won because they had superior speed on their attack.
I've been watching women's soccer since the early eighties when my wife was an All American in the sport at San Diego State.
Good luck to UCLA as they travel to Florida....

My better half must have just missed your better half at State and the great coaches that are now at UDUB.

 

[GoWest]

I will chime in on Udub, poor coaching, tactics and team chemistry. When the game gets tough the coaching staff tells the team to kick it to the flags. This includes verbatim don’t look up just kick it to the corner. It’s the forwards fault if they are not there.

Overly focused on defense and doesn’t let the players be creative. Quote at a practice, “not to knock the creativity, but just play it forward”.

And that is just the tip of the iceberg.

As for Wazzu, AZ and Colorado....direct ugly ball as well. ASU heard the new coach is an ass. Oregon schools will always be the bottom of the conference. Cal seems to underachieve every season and lose in the 1st round of the tourney.

The Griff was great with my DD. Very talkative and welcoming. UDUB has had some solid teams over the years. Seems like they are always "just almost there." Thanks for the honest insider insight.

It's tough to compete with the California schools as they get top talent and most of the coaches know how to put it together. I think that most of the coaches in the conference don't have enough good players to play attractive and effective soccer so they build a team built on defense and direct play. I don't blame them. In order to play the brand of soccer that UCLA plays you have to have technical players at every position. Unless you are Stanford or UCLA that just isn't going to happen.

It sucks but the 4 California schools are top 25 academic institutions and have great climate which is going to attract the elite players needed to win the conference. As Wazzu showed if you have a couple of talented players at key positions you can make it to the sweet sixteen. To make it past there you have to have a special team.

Cromwell seems like a decent person and obviously has done a pretty good job, especially right out of the gate inheriting a pretty focused group of players a few years back. Josh seems to hold 'the keys to the kingdom' and has been a fantastic recruiter.

Appreciate your insight as well.

Hope both of your DD's exceed their dreams on the pitch and in the classroom!

 

[NoGoal]

The Griff was great with my DD. Very talkative and welcoming. UDUB has had some solid teams over the years. Seems like they are always "just almost there." Thanks for the honest insider insight.

All the college coaches recruiting a player they want will be welcoming. It’s a much different story once the student athlete sets foot on campus though. Trust me the current players are on good behavior when the verbally committed take their official visits!

Good luck deciding where your DD verbally commits.