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2018 D1 Women's Soccer Talk!!
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I was really surprised by Cal's play. They weren't first to any balls and were getting torched on the flanks over and over. They looked slow and unskilled. Agreed Santa Clara looked great. Would the addition of Kim and Nild make up the 4 goal difference? Not sure when the defense couldn't hang... nor could the midfield.
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I am confused. Cal's website shows a win against Santa Clare 2-1 on Sunday, 8/20.
https://calbears.com/schedule.aspx?schedule=532
That was last year
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Agreed. And to add, how in the heck do you allow 1 goal by header, let alone 4??? Cal defenders just stood there and watched the ball get sent into the box as Santa Clara players just walked in, untouched, unadulterated and perfectly placed their head on each ball. No physicality whatsoever; not a jump to contest the header, a bump of a Santa Clara player, a post up or blocking move to prevent the Santa Clara player from getting a clean look at the ball. Lame.
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Well, if you don't like the result, just use last years. Top Drawer Soccer probably won't notice and then Cal will get ranked in the top 25.
Totally. Each goal was scored in the exact same way. No pressure on the player serving the ball and nobody marking far post.... 4 times! That's a head scratcher. They clearly weren't ready to play and got boat raced. Then they proceeded to collect yellow cards like they were being dealt a poker hand. I honestly thought they had more quality, more ahleticsm and speed (which Kim and Nild would provide if they played). However, if they play like this in the PAC 12, it will be a long losing season.
Nothing's been mentioned publicly. But my understanding is there were 8 players out with injury or illness for the Davis game. So I'm hopeful it was only a minor/temporary health issue. Too bad Ratcliff got away without discussing Macario's situation at all. No way a Heisman Trophy candidate could miss a season opener without some discussion of it.
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She plays for Stanford’s Football team now? She would be the first female Heisman candidate. Bryce Love is going to get more carries IMHO though and might split the west coast vote.
Jeez...what are they doing in training that 8 players miss the opener. I can see a rolled ankle or two but this wreaks of UNC a few years back with multiple ACLs in training
I got a good dose of w college soccer this weekend! So fun. For those of you with kids playing: congrats and good luck. No matter the level college sports are awesome.
Won’t be able to watch as much as i did this weekend but here are the ramblings of a know-nothing fan who likes teams that play soccer.
Santa Clara looked LEGIT. I am not a JS fan at all but credit to that team. They looked in great form. Sanchez is a stud. Cal will prob be fine. They have a great roster (like always) and will have good games and then flame out in NCAA’s first or second round(like always). They have never won a second round game. Even with Alex Morgan. In rivalry games tho weird things happen. But scu was ready to play.
Oregon-Clemson was awful awful soccer. And worse announcing. Pac-12 announcing just terrible. Clemson was somehow dominant and yet somehow lost. I hope both teams had off days and will improve but that was painful.
Pepp surprising. Only saw a few minutes but looked disjointed. I’m sure they will be fine. Lots of talent and know one of frosh. She’s better than she played so expecting good things from waves.
Lbsu UCLA fun game. UCLA missing some pieces and surprising to give up two breakaways but we all know how good they will be. No worries they are just class. Fleming is other worldly. Lbsu has players will be fine.
SDSU is young but has some young talent. May take some time but will be good. (And have a fam friend committed there and she’s a stud so that’s fun). Only saw a bit but they played hard and move the ball around. But young. Announcer said no senior starters and only 4 juniors start.
Flipping thru my apps: saw Usd a little. Uber Fast up top but direct and not appealing soccer to me.
Duke is not #3 team in country. Pre season ranking dumb and didn’t do them any favors.
Couldnt get a feel for CU-CSU I’m short time i watched. Rivalry games tho= Weird.
Overall so impressed with level of skill for so many players. The level of soccer just keeps improving. Technically and game savvy so fun to see. Again congrats to everyone parenting a kid in college soccer. So fun.
Won’t be able to watch as much as i did this weekend but here are the ramblings of a know-nothing fan who likes teams that play soccer.
Santa Clara looked LEGIT. I am not a JS fan at all but credit to that team. They looked in great form. Sanchez is a stud. Cal will prob be fine. They have a great roster (like always) and will have good games and then flame out in NCAA’s first or second round(like always). They have never won a second round game. Even with Alex Morgan. In rivalry games tho weird things happen. But scu was ready to play.
Oregon-Clemson was awful awful soccer. And worse announcing. Pac-12 announcing just terrible. Clemson was somehow dominant and yet somehow lost. I hope both teams had off days and will improve but that was painful.
Pepp surprising. Only saw a few minutes but looked disjointed. I’m sure they will be fine. Lots of talent and know one of frosh. She’s better than she played so expecting good things from waves.
Lbsu UCLA fun game. UCLA missing some pieces and surprising to give up two breakaways but we all know how good they will be. No worries they are just class. Fleming is other worldly. Lbsu has players will be fine.
SDSU is young but has some young talent. May take some time but will be good. (And have a fam friend committed there and she’s a stud so that’s fun). Only saw a bit but they played hard and move the ball around. But young. Announcer said no senior starters and only 4 juniors start.
Flipping thru my apps: saw Usd a little. Uber Fast up top but direct and not appealing soccer to me.
Duke is not #3 team in country. Pre season ranking dumb and didn’t do them any favors.
Couldnt get a feel for CU-CSU I’m short time i watched. Rivalry games tho= Weird.
Overall so impressed with level of skill for so many players. The level of soccer just keeps improving. Technically and game savvy so fun to see. Again congrats to everyone parenting a kid in college soccer. So fun.
AT@T owns Direct Tv.....AT@T is a major sponsor of Pac12. They still can’t get it done. Morons
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And get some decent announcers and referees!!
You are asking way too much there.
This wasn't a typo. I was commenting on the difference between how Mac Hermann candidates are treated vs Heisman candidates. A coach of a Heisman candidate would never get away with failing to address the player's absence, while the coach of our Mac Hermann candidate just did.
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Unfortunately I agree with you. That’s a first.
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Bryce Love still has a better chance. I hope that the Raiders draft him. He is special.
Don’t even get me started on not being able to watch a football game that’s an hour away. Instead I am relegated to watch some crappy big 10 game. But in the Soccer realm, they have to be losing money and exposure by not televising pac 12 games soccer to at least half the SoCal population. The schools are doing themselves a disservice.
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Disclaimer, I have DirectTV and have been fairly happy with it. Having said that, the management at DirectTV have been hard to work with since before the satellites even launched.