2017-2018 D1 Women's Soccer Talk!

Ricky Fandango said:
Agree 100%.
Pepperdine played the US National team, guest starring the best Canadian full national player to a 1-1 draw.
They bunkered in some in the first half, but after UCLA got one in, they played right with em, evened it up, never quit, and had a legitimate shot to win the game.
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To me the difference in the result was the goalkeeping. The Pepperdine goalie made at least 3 really big saves, and several other good ones. Ucla goalie had one shot the whole game, and it went through her legs.
 
gefelchnik said:
To me the difference in the result was the goalkeeping. The Pepperdine goalie made at least 3 really big saves, and several other good ones. Ucla goalie had one shot the whole game, and it went through her legs.
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You're right. Pep had some very good chances, but they were either just wide, just high, or off the crossbar.
I'll take BP over the Australian national team goalie every time.

UCLA was firing shots everywhere, and BP was like the the Iron Curtain, except American, and for protecting the forces of good.
 
Ricky Fandango said:
You're right. Pep had some very good chances, but they were either just wide, just high, or off the crossbar.
I'll take BP over the Australian national team goalie every time.

UCLA was firing shots everywhere, and BP was like the the Iron Curtain, except American, and for protecting the forces of good.
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As good and deep as ucla is, I wonder if they can keep scoring enough to overcome this. Usually in the tournament as the games are tight the answer is no.
 
Lots of squawking here but not a whole bunch of substance. The goal that was called off was a huge referee blunder among many (RF you know that no call on the handball at the top of the box was BS). There was about 25 minutes of good game and the rest was one sided. Pepperdine's coach had a good strategy and the keeper had the game of a lifetime.

If Pepperdine wants to hang their hat on this and if their fans and supporters really thought that was a good game then their team might not be a tournament team. I even heard several of them say what a great first half they played with zero shots on goal. I had to crack up. I really would like to thank them as they are going to force the coach to shorten the bench.

Congrats on the victory?
 
gefelchnik said:
As good and deep as ucla is, I wonder if they can keep scoring enough to overcome this. Usually in the tournament as the games are tight the answer is no.
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You realize that every contender except them has a loss right? The coach wasn't even mad at the team. You will see a shorter bench in crunch time going forward.
 
MakeAPlay said:
Lots of squawking here but not a whole bunch of substance. The goal that was called off was a huge referee blunder among many (RF you know that no call on the handball at the top of the box was BS). There was about 25 minutes of good game and the rest was one sided. Pepperdine's coach had a good strategy and the keeper had the game of a lifetime.

If Pepperdine wants to hang their hat on this and if their fans and supporters really thought that was a good game then their team might not be a tournament team. I even heard several of them say what a great first half they played with zero shots on goal. I had to crack up. I really would like to thank them as they are going to force the coach to shorten the bench.

Congrats on the victory?
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The offsides call on the goal was such a horrible call, but one that I see linespeople miss all the time. I don't know why.
 
Ricky Fandango said:
Agree 100%.
Pepperdine played the US National team, guest starring the best Canadian full national player to a 1-1 draw.
They bunkered in some in the first half, but after UCLA got one in, they played right with em, evened it up, never quit, and had a legitimate shot to win the game.
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I agree as I said to Speed in OT when they had their only really legitimate scoring chance that they could have won it there. You are also a realist (sort of) and UCLA had so many chances to put it away it was crazy.
 
MakeAPlay said:
You realize that every contender except them has a loss right? The coach wasn't even mad at the team. You will see a shorter bench in crunch time going forward.
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You have the best team. And I know they ran a deeper bench than they would if they had to win.

My comment was simply can you make it all the way through the tournament without a keeper playing at the same level.
 
gefelchnik said:
You have the best team. And I know they ran a deeper bench than they would if they had to win.

My comment was simply can you make it all the way through the tournament without a keeper playing at the same level.
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I am not disagreeing with you in fact I agree 100%. They weren't happy about the result or how they played. My player had her worst game of the season and was admittedly off. They should have won but played poorly enough to where they could have lost.

I'm not that concerned. They created a ton of chances and the coach and team know what is at stake.
 
gefelchnik said:
The offsides call on the goal was such a horrible call, but one that I see linespeople miss all the time. I don't know why.
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I agree. I wasn't going to mention it but there seems to be a particular slant to what happened that simply is not 100% accurate. Pepperdine got the result they were going for. I just wish they hadn't subbed Fleming out with a one goal lead.
 
MakeAPlay said:
I really would like to thank them as they are going to force the coach to shorten the bench.
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That's exactly why they didn't win this game. Cromwell had a pre- determined substitution pattern. Looks like she's trying to keep everyone happy. It's not a problem when you have a comfortable lead, but when the game is tight (at least on the scoreboard), you better keep your A team on the field until you get that comfortable lead. She can't be pulling that at the tournament. The substitutions killed the momentum/rhythm.

Fleming, Sanchez, and Villacorta should be on the field at the same time as much as possible. The touch on their passes is exceptional.
 
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