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I watched the ucla vs LB State stream game. UCLA's overall team speed is on another level. Their entire squad works hard chasing and closing down space. LB State got to within 1-2, but they're not as deep giving up 3 consecutive goals to lose 1-5.
 
NoGoal said:
I watched the ucla vs LB State stream game. UCLA's overall team speed is on another level. Their entire squad works hard chasing and closing down space. LB State got to within 1-2, but they're not as deep giving up 3 consecutive goals to lose 1-5.
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They need to learn to not let up once they are up 2-0.
 
MakeAPlay said:
I was talking about her last season. When my player says someone is FAST it means they are a rocket. She says that she is the fastest player in college soccer.
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No joke, #17 in gold is an athlete. She's the type of player that you know can ball just by her posture & walk. Sprinkle in a little bit of dazzle in front of the box to create space....dish out...run back for the thru pass. An athlete + field IQ = Dangerous.
 
gkrent said:
The ones in purple I got right...although I still don't know the results of UCR and Idaho.

#Cal Poly vs. SIU Edwardsville
Cal St. Northridge vs. Pacific
California vs. (23) Santa Clara
Colorado vs. Colorado Col.
(12) Duke vs. Xavier
Fresno St. vs. Cal St. Fullerton
Long Beach St. vs. (8) UCLA
Michigan vs. Idaho St.
Michigan St. vs. Washington
North Texas vs. (17) Arkansas
Oregon vs. Kansas State
Penn St. vs. Hofstra
#Pepperdine vs. Virginia Tech (made no call on this one)
Portland vs. North Carolina St.
San Diego vs. Texas A&M
San Diego St. vs. UC Davis
#San Francisco vs. Texas Tech
San Jose St. vs. UC Santa Barbara
Seattle vs. Oregon St. (still playing as of this post)
St. Mary's (Cal.) vs. Fordham
UC Riverside vs. Idaho
(19) Utah vs. South Dakota St.
#Wisconsin vs. (2) Stanford

OK, so it was an easy day of picks, but That's enough calls to start a bookkeeping operation, right? ;):D
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You would have won a few bucks on a parlay card in Vegas.
 
Ricky Fandango said:
Shoulda gave me the three points.
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I thought that it would be closer. It's tough to hang with the Bruins for 90 minutes. They just have too many weapons and too much depth. I'm glad that all of the pundits think that they are too young. They started 5 freshman and 3 sophomores. But they are young killers.
 
MakeAPlay said:
I thought that it would be closer. It's tough to hang with the Bruins for 90 minutes. They just have too many weapons and too much depth. I'm glad that all of the pundits think that they are too young. They started 5 freshman and 3 sophomores. But they are young killers.
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I caught some of the game tonight via LB's live stream. UCLA is the real deal. major firepower and lockdown defense. Barring injury, I don't know who can stop them.
 
Had the pleasure of watching the Stanford game yesterday. Stanford completely dominated a solid Wisconsin team. They are stacked at every position! IMO Wisconsin has only one game changer . . . their center mid . . . but Stanford has a bunch of them. Final score was 5-0, but it should have been 8-0.
 
Halfskenator said:
Had the pleasure of watching the Stanford game yesterday. Stanford completely dominated a solid Wisconsin team. They are stacked at every position! IMO Wisconsin has only one game changer . . . their center mid . . . but Stanford has a bunch of them. Final score was 5-0, but it should have been 8-0.
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Stanford is one of the few teams who can match up position by position with UCLA.
 
gkrent said:
The ones in purple I got right...although I still don't know the results of UCR and Idaho.

#Cal Poly vs. SIU Edwardsville
Cal St. Northridge vs. Pacific
California vs. (23) Santa Clara
Colorado vs. Colorado Col.
(12) Duke vs. Xavier
Fresno St. vs. Cal St. Fullerton
Long Beach St. vs. (8) UCLA
Michigan vs. Idaho St.
Michigan St. vs. Washington
North Texas vs. (17) Arkansas
Oregon vs. Kansas State
Penn St. vs. Hofstra
#Pepperdine vs. Virginia Tech (made no call on this one)
Portland vs. North Carolina St.
San Diego vs. Texas A&M
San Diego St. vs. UC Davis
#San Francisco vs. Texas Tech
San Jose St. vs. UC Santa Barbara
Seattle vs. Oregon St. (still playing as of this post)
St. Mary's (Cal.) vs. Fordham
UC Riverside vs. Idaho
(19) Utah vs. South Dakota St.
#Wisconsin vs. (2) Stanford

OK, so it was an easy day of picks, but That's enough calls to start a bookkeeping operation, right? ;):D
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I went 16-5 on my picks. I think after next weekend patterns will start to emerge.
 
NoGoal said:
Stanford is one of the few teams who can match up position by position with UCLA.
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I seem to remember the new centerback for Stanford (a starter on the U20 WNT) got beat 1v1 twice by a certain UCLA forward when they scrimmaged. I mean I heard that might have happened. I think when the two teams play it will be worth the price of admissions and at the very least worth the time to watch on TV.
 
I think that North Carolina is the best team right now. If I were to rank the teams based off a very limited sample size of 2 games plus exhibitions I would go.

1. North Carolina
2. Stanford
3. Penn State
4. UCLA
5. Duke
6. Florida State
7. West Virginia
8. Virginia
9. Florida
10. Cal
11. Utah
12. Santa Clara
13. Texas A&M
14. Rutgers
15. Georgetown
16. $C
17. NC State
18. South Carolina
19. Michigan
20. Northwestern
21. Colorado
22. Ohio State.
23. Arizona
24. Notre Dame
25. BYU
 
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