2019 Women's D1 Soccer Talk!!!!
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Water's colder at UCSB, and Scripps Institute is actually part of UCSD --
Apologies - that should be Scripps Institution of Oceanography.
And there is another stretch of beach at the end of a private access road down the cliffs (closed to most cars, but usable by cyclists and pedestrians) that is part of the campus, at the southern end of the various beaches collectively known as Black's Beach.
outside!
DA
I have never surfed near UCSB, but is the surf there really better than Black's?
Lots of great spots in SB. I head up every winter for a couple of days. Rincon is one of my favorite breaks ever (though south of UCSB)
Depending on the day, the winds, and the direction of the offshore swell, the UCSD beach sometimes IS Blacks.
outside!
DA
As I have researched the different fitness tests (Beep, ManU, Cooper), it is interesting how much variation particular tests have from school to school. It almost seems as if the results are basically only comparable inside each team. I have found multiple descriptions of the ManU and Beep regarding how far apart the lines are, and DD's school has a set distance for the Cooper (which is basically what the coach considers to be passing).
Top 4 I agree plus I throw WSU in the top 5, after that ASU has no chance IMO, they lost their goalie to Oklahoma and by far their best field player to graduation. The goalies they have now are not good, don't want to be mean but actually terrible and now they have to step up to the PAC 12, that's going to be a big problem. Neither understands the game well enough to communicate to the back line. position themselves properly, and are below average shot stoppers. They also have no one that can put the ball in the back of the net. I don't know how many foreign players they have coming in but i put them at or near the bottom. Oregon is my sleeper, they have a decent class coming in including two 4 stars, but if Oregon and Kat have a bad year she will be on the hot seat.
Hot seat for coaches for Pac 12
Cal
Oregon
Maybe
Washington and ASU if they have really bad years
MakeAPlay
DA
I disagree about ASU. Their two foreign forwards were two of the best freshman in the conference and both play on their countries YNT. Oregon's recruiting class is far below the rest of the conference and after losing 6 starters and two pro players from a bad team they are only going to get worse. Wazzu is middle of the pack at best. They lost their entire defense except one player and you might have noticed that it was their defense that kept them in games last year not their offense.
I have been studying these teams extensively over the last 5 years and ASU and Colorado will be fighting it out for 4th and the other will finish 5th. Everybody else is playing for 6th place. I just hope that what I am seeing near the top is accurate.
Good luck to you and your player.
MakeAPlay
DA
Take any results with a grain of salt. Their are plenty of players that kill it on the beep test but are winded after 15 minutes of actual gameplay. Many different types of sprinting. For a defender what matters is your high intensity sprints. I know that my player and her team get emailed results fro their GPS that shows total distance covered, top speed reached and number of high intensity sprints and she is usually middle of the pack in terms of distance covered but is always at the top when it comes to high intensity sprints and top speed.
Good luck to you and your player.
azsnowrider
SILVER ELITE
Why do you think this? The 2 leading goal scorers were Freshman and the goals leader only played in 14 games. No way is the coach on the hot seat, this is a young team and needs time RA gets this. I'll admit the goalie situation isn't the best, but It will be fine. 11 new incoming Freshman for 2019.
I think they are in trouble defensively do to the situation with the goalies and losing Boyle. I thought Purfield was the engine, workhorse and leader that was everything to that team . I do like the transfer defender from Santa Clara ( hard worker, tough and never gives up) but defensively i still think they will struggle. The 2 freshman I thought were nothing special, no goals against any tougher competition and the recruiting class is not very good. I thought ASU out performed last year and will take a big step back this year. But that is why they play the games, doesn't really matter what we think. I wish them the best, i like the coach and think he has got the right idea about how to play soccer, but he isn't getting the best girls in the state to stay and doesn't seem like he's pulling any top talent from Socal, so i think his team is in for a rough road playing in the PAC 12
MakeAPlay
DA
He is pulling tons of international talent though! I thought that outside of Stanford, UCLA and Hocking for $C Schimmer and Douglas were the best two freshman that I saw in the conference. Both very technical, and yes the team plays the right way. Are they going to beat UCLA and Stanford? Nobody in the conference is going to beat those two, however, they are going to test $C and their rebuilt defense and based upon what I saw the last 4 years, this is the best team they have had since my kid has played them.
FYI, nobody in the conference outside of UCLA and Stanford are going to have good defenses. Only UCLA, $C and Stanford gave up less than 19 goals. Arizona State was actually .500 in conference with a 5-5-1 record and would have been a playoff team had they beaten Arizona.
Good luck to you and your player.
dk_b
GOLD
No hot seat at UW - Gallimore is retiring after this season.
She's a legend and anyone who cares about women's soccer should know how much she has meant to the game - from when she helped start the D1 program at Cal (as an undergraduate) to incredible longevity at UW (one of the longest-tenured women head-coaches in college soccer). I am sure that many on this site are well aware of her story.
She's a legend and anyone who cares about women's soccer should know how much she has meant to the game - from when she helped start the D1 program at Cal (as an undergraduate) to incredible longevity at UW (one of the longest-tenured women head-coaches in college soccer). I am sure that many on this site are well aware of her story.
Legendary. She would keep her job at UW as long as she wanted regardless of her record. She has arguably done more than anyone ever to move women’s soccer forward
Sheriff Joe
DA
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eastbaysoccer
GOLD
wow so there could be some jobs that could be opening up next year:
CAL
Oregon
UW
St. Mary's
I'm guessing those programs will be looking for "winning" coaches from the D1 level and conference Champion winners from D2.
Tracy Hamm - From UC Davis if she can get Davis into the playoffs and do some damage. She's a rising star I have heard ---any job
Tiffany Roberts - Done well at VCU and UCF-----CAL, Oregon or UW. I can see Oregon
Salzmann - from Sonoma State----long track record of success
CAL
Oregon
UW
St. Mary's
I'm guessing those programs will be looking for "winning" coaches from the D1 level and conference Champion winners from D2.
Tracy Hamm - From UC Davis if she can get Davis into the playoffs and do some damage. She's a rising star I have heard ---any job
Tiffany Roberts - Done well at VCU and UCF-----CAL, Oregon or UW. I can see Oregon
Salzmann - from Sonoma State----long track record of success
MakeAPlay
DA
What are you talking about? You aren’t on my blocked list.