2018 D1 Women's Soccer Talk!!

Dubs said:
Was there any report on the injuries? Davidson's looked really bad. Xiao, it was hard to tell, but she let out a yelp when she went down. Hope for the best for them. Injuries suck ass.
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There wasn’t a report because as you might know top programs are notoriously tight lipped about injuries. My player’s knee getting scoped was never reported. I hope that they both recover fully.
 
Thursday Predictions: Winners in RED


Air Force vs. Houston
Baylor vs. Butler
Cal St. Northridge vs. Texas Tech
Colorado vs. Utah Valley
Colorado State vs. Gonzaga
Grand Canyon vs. Portland St.
Indiana vs. Michigan
Loyola Marymount vs. UCLA
Nevada vs. Hawaii
Purdue vs. Michigan St.
Seattle vs. Idaho
Stanford vs. Cal Poly
Syracuse vs. Kent St.
Utah vs. Oklahoma
West Virginia vs. Boston U.
Santa Clara vs. TCU
 
Fridays Games: Winners in RED

Arizona vs. Cal St. Fullerton
Cal St. Bakerhsfield vs. St. Mary's (Cal.)
California vs. UC Davis
Chicago State vs. Western Illinois
Clemson vs. Miami (FL)
Creighton vs. Oklahoma St.
Florida St. vs. North Carolina
Fresno St. vs. UC Irvine
Kansas vs. St. Louis
Kansas State vs. Missouri St.
Maryland vs. Iowa
Minnesota vs. Illinois
New Mexico vs. New Mexico State
Northern Ariz. vs. Arizona St.
Penn St. vs. Ohio St.
Portland vs. Oregon
Rutgers vs. Nebraska
San Diego St. vs. Pepperdine
Southern California vs. Long Beach St.
Southern Utah vs. Wyoming
Texas vs. Texas Rio Grande Valley
UC Riverside vs. San Jose St.
UMKC vs. Iowa St.
Utah St. vs. Eastern Wash.
Washington St. vs. Montana
Weber St. vs. UC Santa Barbara
Wisconsin vs. Northwestern
 
LASTMAN14 said:
I’m interested in the LMU vs UCLA game. LMU is local and I know their coach. But doubt they can keep up with UCLA’s talent.
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LMU best UCLA in the spring. UCLA had 13 field players and were missing most of their starters but it was 1-0.

I hope that UCLA wins. Anything can happen in college Soccer.
 
LASTMAN14 said:
I’m interested in the LMU vs UCLA game. LMU is local and I know their coach. But doubt they can keep up with UCLA’s talent.
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LMU always puts a quality team on the field. I’m not saying they’ll beat UCLA but don’t be surprised if it’s a one goal game or even a tie.
 
MakeAPlay said:
Fridays Games: Winners in RED

Arizona vs. Cal St. Fullerton
Cal St. Bakerhsfield vs. St. Mary's (Cal.)
California vs. UC Davis
Chicago State vs. Western Illinois
Clemson vs. Miami (FL)
Creighton vs. Oklahoma St.
Florida St. vs. North Carolina
Fresno St. vs. UC Irvine
Kansas vs. St. Louis
Kansas State vs. Missouri St.
Maryland vs. Iowa
Minnesota vs. Illinois
New Mexico vs. New Mexico State
Northern Ariz. vs. Arizona St.
Penn St. vs. Ohio St.
Portland vs. Oregon
Rutgers vs. Nebraska
San Diego St. vs. Pepperdine
Southern California vs. Long Beach St.
Southern Utah vs. Wyoming
Texas vs. Texas Rio Grande Valley
UC Riverside vs. San Jose St.
UMKC vs. Iowa St.
Utah St. vs. Eastern Wash.
Washington St. vs. Montana
Weber St. vs. UC Santa Barbara
Wisconsin vs. Northwestern
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USC vs. Long Beach state is the game to watch!
 
SpeedK1llz said:
LMU always puts a quality team on the field. I’m not saying they’ll beat UCLA but don’t be surprised if it’s a one goal game or even a tie.
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Definitely possible. Especially with their roster heavy with So Cal players. But with this earlier UCLA loss and in a game that matters in regards to rankings and maybe some local bragging rights. I can see as Swoosh pointing out a fleury of goals.
 
MakeAPlay said:
It will be interesting to see how seriously $C takes them. I am hoping that they treat them like USD. Long Beach is a good team.
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Last official meeting in 2016 went to Long Beach State, I'd say it's serious. Plus it's senior day, earliest senior day of my recent memory.
 
Swoosh said:
Last official meeting in 2016 went to Long Beach State, I'd say it's serious. Plus it's senior day, earliest senior day of my recent memory.
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Weird to have senior day this early. UCLA will have an early senior day too but that is because the last 3 games are on the road.
 
MakeAPlay said:
Davidson and Xiao. Two of their best players.
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I agree with this assessment, but neither has played much this season (Davidson due to USWNT commitments and Xiao due to some other mysterious injury) so I think we will weather this storm:
  • Macario is still making an insane impact despite whatever her nagging injury is,
  • Madison Haley is back (and making an impact),
  • Sophia Smith looks like the real deal, and
  • Jaye Boissier, the NCAA championship hero (or villain depending on your perspective) is back.
It's amazing Stanford is 6-0 at this point given their tough schedule and how many players have had to miss games so far. Though I'd really hate to be missing Davidson come NCAA tournament time. And, for her sake, I hope this injury doesn't keep Davidson from playing with the USWNT in World Cup qualifying next month.
 
SocalPapa said:
I agree with this assessment, but neither has played much this season (Davidson due to USWNT commitments and Xiao due to some other mysterious injury) so I think we will weather this storm:
  • Macario is still making an insane impact despite whatever her nagging injury is,
  • Madison Haley is back (and making an impact),
  • Sophia Smith looks like the real deal, and
  • Jaye Boissier, the NCAA championship hero (or villain depending on your perspective) is back.
It's amazing Stanford is 6-0 at this point given their tough schedule and how many players have had to miss games so far. Though I'd really hate to be missing Davidson come NCAA tournament time. And, for her sake, I hope this injury doesn't keep Davidson from playing with the USWNT in World Cup qualifying next month.
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Its really not that amazing if you think about it.
There are two teams on the west coast that dont drop off one bit when a starter goes down.
The players on the bench are just as good.
Literally, its a zero sum gain.
I watched Sanchez play the role of the Canadian, and it was different, but just as good.
 
LASTMAN14 said:
Definitely possible. Especially with their roster heavy with So Cal players. But with this earlier UCLA loss and in a game that matters in regards to rankings and maybe some local bragging rights. I can see as Swoosh pointing out a fleury of goals.
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It will be a good game regardless of the score. I hope to see a motivated and aggressive team ready to make a statement. I think that this is their first step towards a big run. They learned some things and made some adjustments and know that they only have a few games where they get to have their first choice lineup until the second half of October.

I think that this group will be hitting on all cylinders come the stretch run in league.
 
SocalPapa said:
I agree with this assessment, but neither has played much this season (Davidson due to USWNT commitments and Xiao due to some other mysterious injury) so I think we will weather this storm:
  • Macario is still making an insane impact despite whatever her nagging injury is,
  • Madison Haley is back (and making an impact),
  • Sophia Smith looks like the real deal, and
  • Jaye Boissier, the NCAA championship hero (or villain depending on your perspective) is back.
It's amazing Stanford is 6-0 at this point given their tough schedule and how many players have had to miss games so far. Though I'd really hate to be missing Davidson come NCAA tournament time. And, for her sake, I hope this injury doesn't keep Davidson from playing with the USWNT in World Cup qualifying next month.
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I’m going to have to agree with @Ricky Fandango on this one sort of. Stanford got the top recruiting class 3 out of the last 4 years. They play everyone they can get in early in the season to build depth and rest players. When they play the LA schools they stick to their best 16. It doesn’t hurt when players 12-16 are U20 National team players and everyone of the 28 players on the roster is a YNT player! They have talented players that were top 40 in their recruiting classes on their bench that won’t see one minute of PT! The injuries have actually allowed lots more players to play than would ordinarily have.

On a team full of unicorns only the alarcorns may stand out, however, it’s still a team of unicorns...
 
Ricky Fandango said:
Its really not that amazing if you think about it.
There are two teams on the west coast that dont drop off one bit when a starter goes down.
The players on the bench are just as good.
Literally, its a zero sum gain.
I watched Sanchez play the role of the Canadian, and it was different, but just as good.
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Sort of. Nobody can match Stanford’s depth. In order to beat them you have to have skill everywhere, lots of heart, and make them an outside shooting team.

Pretty tall order if you asked me.
 
MakeAPlay said:
It will be a good game regardless of the score. I hope to see a motivated and aggressive team ready to make a statement. I think that this is their first step towards a big run. They learned some things and made some adjustments and know that they only have a few games where they get to have their first choice lineup until the second half of October.

I think that this group will be hitting on all cylinders come the stretch run in league.
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LMU is 2-5. Pepp is 2-5. Florida is 2-5...who would have thought! A blowout win is in store here. Players in and out is a challenge. I do feel like they can make a run but there are some challenges in Westwood this season. Rooting for the PAC though.
 
Swoosh said:
LMU is 2-5. Pepp is 2-5. Florida is 2-5...who would have thought! A blowout win is in store here. Players in and out is a challenge. I do feel like they can make a run but there are some challenges in Westwood this season. Rooting for the PAC though.
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Every team gives UCLA their best game due to the 4 letters on the jersey. They will make a run you can count on it and come September 27th the country will be shocked. The only challenge in Westwood is not overlooking everyone other than Stanford, Cal and the Evil Empire.

With Fleming and Mace this team doesn’t lose and next year after Stanford’s 2015 class graduates UCLA only will lose only 2 starters and their replacements are killing it for the U17 YNT right now.

Please keep that record pristine for November 2nd. I saw that commercial that $C is running on the PAC 12 network advertising the game and Keidane saying LA is their town is all that the ladies needed to hear/see.
 
Simulated RPI 9/10 (from cpthomas's website)

Team ARPI ARPI Rank
Stanford 0.7135 1
UCLA 0.6959 2
Princeton 0.6949 3
SouthCarolinaU 0.6914 4
FloridaState 0.6911 5
Auburn 0.6811 6
TexasA&M 0.6754 7
VirginiaU 0.6750 8
NorthCarolinaU 0.6734 9
WestVirginiaU 0.6730 10
SouthernCalifornia 0.6717 11
Rutgers 0.6702 12
Georgetown 0.6695 13
Duke 0.6667 14
TexasU 0.6611 15
SantaClara 0.6552 16
KansasU 0.6408 17
PennState 0.6407 18
FloridaU 0.6369 19
SouthFlorida 0.6364 20
ArkansasU 0.6354 21
NCState 0.6336 22
NotreDame 0.6336 23
StJosephs 0.6336 24
LongBeachState 0.6322 25
ArizonaU 0.6285 26
TCU 0.6211 27
FloridaGulfCoast 0.6184 28
UCF 0.6177 29
NorthwesternU 0.6144 30
MississippiState 0.6141 31
Hofstra 0.6132 32
Cincinnati 0.6115 33
Pepperdine 0.6077 34
CaliforniaU 0.6077 35
WashingtonState 0.6074 36
OhioState 0.6072 37
MurrayState 0.6060 38
BostonCollege 0.6050 39
TexasTech 0.6027 40
BYU 0.5989 41
Clemson 0.5988 42
Monmouth 0.5961 43
MississippiU 0.5955 44
Butler 0.5939 45
MinnesotaU 0.5934 46
OklahomaState 0.5931 47
Marquette 0.5923 48
TennesseeU 0.5916 49
 
MakeAPlay said:
Every team gives UCLA their best game due to the 4 letters on the jersey. They will make a run you can count on it and come September 27th the country will be shocked. The only challenge in Westwood is not overlooking everyone other than Stanford, Cal and the Evil Empire.

With Fleming and Mace this team doesn’t lose and next year after Stanford’s 2015 class graduates UCLA only will lose only 2 starters and their replacements are killing it for the U17 YNT right now.

Please keep that record pristine for November 2nd. I saw that commercial that $C is running on the PAC 12 network advertising the game and Keidane saying LA is their town is all that the ladies needed to hear/see.
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What’s happening on the 27th?
 
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