2019 Women's D1 Soccer Talk!!!!

gkrent said:
I'm stuck watching online today. Luckily I have a triple monitors in my office so I can "work" while watching the match. Hopefully they get a new cameraman this season.
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As someone who has been shooting video of games for a long time, I often yell "Zoom Out!" and "Pull your head out of the camera and point the camera at the ball!" when watching online games. Seriously though, I think all of these schools employ random freshman to run the cameras.
 
SpeedK1llz said:
1) New cameraman
2) New announcer
3) New stream-cast equipment
4) New internet service provider

The BU needs to step up it's broadcast game.
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Pretty certain the women's soccer team is not a priority. The deserve to be, but they still have a porta-pottie (just one!) for a bathroom at that beautiful field.
 
Justafan said:
Cali, looking forward to watching N.C. State v SC on the SEC network today at 4. I make it a habit to point out all the SoCal players to my dd’s. Good luck.
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So am I...3 kids from CA and yet 4 kids from Europe! #19 won't be on the pitch today....nursing a muscular tear.
 
outside! said:
As someone who has been shooting video of games for a long time, I often yell "Zoom Out!" and "Pull your head out of the camera and point the camera at the ball!" when watching online games. Seriously though, I think all of these schools employ random freshman to run the cameras.
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If they would just follow the ball, that would be good enough for me.
 
gkrent said:
I'm stuck watching online today. Luckily I have a triple monitors in my office so I can "work" while watching the match. Hopefully they get a new cameraman this season.
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I'll be watching today too. I already miss the game day hype.
Have the day off.
Have one daughter with a pulled quad and the graduate is coaching today.

Our family bleeds orange.

Roll Waves!
 
outside! said:
ASU 4 vs. CSUF 1
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I told you that I thought that Arizona State was going to make a leap forward this year. They are going to surprise a bunch of teams this year. They will be a tournament team and will play into the second round at least a potentially beyond.
 
My only other comment for the week is that Santa Clara is talented, however, their defense is pretty bad. They completely dominated Texas A&M (who was shockingly bad) yet kept giving them opportunities to hang in the game by not finishing and playing a high line with a less than talented defense. Between them, BYU and the little bit of the first half of the Pepperdine game that I caught, I would say they are the best team in the WCC but not by a whole bunch. It's early though so I will comment again after I see Pepperdine and Santa Clara up close.

Good luck to everyone who has kid's playing today and this weekend!
 
I watched the Texas Gonzaga game last night. Why is Texas always so hyped? Beyond Hintzen and the Canadian Midfielder, I'm not sure there's that much quality. Their D is not good at all. I was actually impressed with Gonzaga. They played tough despite the loss and could've easily won or drew with Texas.
 
MakeAPlay said:
My only other comment for the week is that Santa Clara is talented, however, their defense is pretty bad. They completely dominated Texas A&M (who was shockingly bad) yet kept giving them opportunities to hang in the game by not finishing and playing a high line with a less than talented defense. Between them, BYU and the little bit of the first half of the Pepperdine game that I caught, I would say they are the best team in the WCC but not by a whole bunch. It's early though so I will comment again after I see Pepperdine and Santa Clara up close.

Good luck to everyone who has kid's playing today and this weekend!
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Santa Clara outshot A&M 2:1 but very few on frame and I totally agree about their defense.
 
gkrent said:
Santa Clara outshot A&M 2:1 but very few on frame and I totally agree about their defense.
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Your girls won't have a problem putting them into the net against them. They have some ability going forward however that you have to be prepared for. They are better offensively than last year but worse defensively. They remind me of their 2017 team.
 
MakeAPlay said:
My only other comment for the week is that Santa Clara is talented, however, their defense is pretty bad. They completely dominated Texas A&M (who was shockingly bad) yet kept giving them opportunities to hang in the game by not finishing and playing a high line with a less than talented defense. Between them, BYU and the little bit of the first half of the Pepperdine game that I caught, I would say they are the best team in the WCC but not by a whole bunch. It's early though so I will comment again after I see Pepperdine and Santa Clara up close.

Good luck to everyone who has kid's playing today and this weekend!
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I thought SC's defense was pretty solid. Most defenders would lose a foot race and have challenges with Ally Watt. She created the space for opportunities that were converted. Santa Clara didn't get the outcome, but I think they were by far the better team (possession, finesse, skill, soccer IQ). Texas struggled with passing to their own team. It was fun match to watch!
 
Zen said:
I thought SC's defense was pretty solid. Most defenders would lose a foot race and have challenges with Ally Watt. She created the space for opportunities that were converted. Santa Clara didn't get the outcome, but I think they were by far the better team (possession, finesse, skill, soccer IQ). Texas struggled with passing to their own team. It was fun match to watch!
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They were the far better attacking team but their defense was atrocious and is going to get punished by the better teams on their schedule. Ally Watt has no technique and just speed and Santa Clara kept giving them chances which even a team as weak and lacking in creativity as Texas A&M made them pay for it.

Santa Clara is like a boxer that is a brawler but has no ability to avoid getting punched. That works against the weak teams that they play. Against the better sides (which they fill their non-conference schedule with) they aren't going to be able to win in a slugfest. Texas A&M proved that. The good news is that Smith is a good tactician and may be able to fix it. Loara might have to go back to playing centerback for them like last year.
 
MakeAPlay said:
They were the far better attacking team but their defense was atrocious and is going to get punished by the better teams on their schedule. Ally Watt has no technique and just speed and Santa Clara kept giving them chances which even a team as weak and lacking in creativity as Texas A&M made them pay for it.

Santa Clara is like a boxer that is a brawler but has no ability to avoid getting punched. That works against the weak teams that they play. Against the better sides (which they fill their non-conference schedule with) they aren't going to be able to win in a slugfest. Texas A&M proved that. The good news is that Smith is a good tactician and may be able to fix it. Loara might have to go back to playing centerback for them like last year.
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"Santa Clara is like a boxer that is a brawler but has no ability to avoid getting punched." Gotta say I like this comment in general with no one in mind. It made me laugh. Going to bag that one in my quiver. Maybe I can use it some day.
 
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