2019 Women's D1 Soccer Talk!!!!

MakeAPlay said:
Listen to the replay of any of Long Beach State's game (they have them on demand on the Big West website). You won't be able to listen to more than 10 minutes before you have to put it on mute. I do love his enthusiasm, however, you have to at least do a little research before you step up to the mic.
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That is hard to listen to.
 
MakeAPlay said:
Listen to the replay of any of Long Beach State's game (they have them on demand on the Big West website). You won't be able to listen to more than 10 minutes before you have to put it on mute. I do love his enthusiasm, however, you have to at least do a little research before you step up to the mic.
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I thought everybody was probably exaggerating a bit so i listened. No exaggeration felt like i was horse track
 
I thought he was hilarious. LB looks like a dangerous 1st round match up in the NCAA.

Cal vs. Long Beach in round 1 and Neil loses yet again!
 
Toepoke said:
Does the committee members rotate annually and is there a reason why the coaches are from non-soccer powerhouse schools? I'm actually surprised to see 3 TX coaches on the list.
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Those are great questions. Sort of like is there a reason why our VP went out of his way to stay at his bosses’ golf course halfway across Ireland from his actual official business there?

I have a rule of thumb and it goes like this: If it takes a complicated explanation and it isn’t physics or chemistry then there is probably something shady going on....
 
The committee comes up with the regional and all American lists which explains why so many players on the list would be bench players on the best teams. Most of the all region and all American teams wouldn’t even get to play on my kid’s team! I mean let’s be honest hear. Most of the best players are on a half a dozen teams and that is just the truth. My kid’s team had a player transfer that played like 30 minutes in two years and now she is a starter and 90 minute player on another team in the conference. She even beat out the previous year’s starter. It’s hilarious.
 
MakeAPlay said:
The committee comes up with the regional and all American lists which explains why so many players on the list would be bench players on the best teams. Most of the all region and all American teams wouldn’t even get to play on my kid’s team! I mean let’s be honest hear. Most of the best players are on a half a dozen teams and that is just the truth. My kid’s team had a player transfer that played like 30 minutes in two years and now she is a starter and 90 minute player on another team in the conference. She even beat out the previous year’s starter. It’s hilarious.
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Look at Justin Fields, bench warmer at Georgia, now superstar at Ohio State QB. There's only so many spots on the field . UCLA, Stanford stacked .
 
My thoughts after watching my DD's first 4 games in D1 is women's soccer is a lot like college football. There are only a handful of teams that have a legit shot at winning a national championship due to the collection of elite players on those rosters. The top teams may have 6-8 truly elite players surrounded by a roster of very good players. Other teams may have 1 or 2 elite players if they're lucky but most D1 rosters are comprised of 2-4 really good players surrounded by a roster of above average and average players. Watching my DD's and her former club teammates games, it's obvious how large of a gap there is between the top and the rest. My DD's team has several really good players but roster depth is the difference I have seen when it comes to competing against the top teams.

And MAP I'm still holding my opinion on the undefeated teams at Arizona, ASU, WSU, OSU, Colorado and Cal since they haven't been challenged yet. The opponents they have beat will not help their RPI's. The combined record of their opponents is 10-53-12. Unfortunately I only see a max of 6 teams getting in due to the middle of the pack teams not being helped by their out of conference opponents. I hope I'm wrong...
 
MakeAPlay said:
Did they really just stop the livestream of the Long Beach State vs USD game? Their announcer is the worst that I have ever encountered and he clearly doesn’t know the rules or English for that matter.
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Oh man! Like I said before, I thought (or was hoping) that he was a special “guest” announcer. A one time thing. Guess not! He’s embarrassingly bad.
 
looking forward to UCLA - SCU game tomorrow. I’m thinking something like 4-2 to UCLA. If SCU can’t get results against UCLA or Stanford, I’d assume the only way for them to get to the postseason would be to win the WCC? Can’t imagine Cal or Arizona games will mean much
 
Toepoke said:
My thoughts after watching my DD's first 4 games in D1 is women's soccer is a lot like college football. There are only a handful of teams that have a legit shot at winning a national championship due to the collection of elite players on those rosters. The top teams may have 6-8 truly elite players surrounded by a roster of very good players. Other teams may have 1 or 2 elite players if they're lucky but most D1 rosters are comprised of 2-4 really good players surrounded by a roster of above average and average players. Watching my DD's and her former club teammates games, it's obvious how large of a gap there is between the top and the rest. My DD's team has several really good players but roster depth is the difference I have seen when it comes to competing against the top teams.

And MAP I'm still holding my opinion on the undefeated teams at Arizona, ASU, WSU, OSU, Colorado and Cal since they haven't been challenged yet. The opponents they have beat will not help their RPI's. The combined record of their opponents is 10-53-12. Unfortunately I only see a max of 6 teams getting in due to the middle of the pack teams not being helped by their out of conference opponents. I hope I'm wrong...
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What you first stated is what makes the tournament fun. A few good players on a great day can be giant killers. However, in the end one of the blue bloods with most of the ultra high end talent usually hoists the trophy. I am glad that your player is doing well and I wish her and her team well this season.

Regarding the middle of the conference PAC 12 teams, I am not committed on any one team other than Arizona State but the fact that they all should have undefeated or near undefeated non-conference seasons and each will have at least one marquee win should help. Also look at the fact that although some of the teams are weaker on an absolute scale, relative to their conferences they are mostly teams that will finish at or near the top. That is rewarded by the RPI formula and then all the teams tend to benefit from the overall strength of the conference towards the end of the season. They were very strategic in their scheduling if you ask me. Colorado even opted out of the Colorado Cup so that they could play Texas and Baylor. I believe that they will beat Baylor and that Cal and Arizona will beat Santa Clara. It was shameful that Utah didn't get into the dance with a winning conference record and it had to do with their scheduling and poor results against that schedule.

I don't think that there will be a problem this year. Any team that has a winning record in league should get in. Hell in the ACC they have got this scheduling thing down to a science (although they do benefit from extreme east coast bias). Teams get into the field from the ACC with losing records in conference!

Continued good luck to you and your player this season!
 
MakeAPlay said:
The committee comes up with the regional and all American lists which explains why so many players on the list would be bench players on the best teams. Most of the all region and all American teams wouldn’t even get to play on my kid’s team! I mean let’s be honest hear. Most of the best players are on a half a dozen teams and that is just the truth. My kid’s team had a player transfer that played like 30 minutes in two years and now she is a starter and 90 minute player on another team in the conference. She even beat out the previous year’s starter. It’s hilarious.
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So now you're saying the Bigot wasn't even good enough to be a 3rd Team All-American?
 
MakeAPlay said:
The committee comes up with the regional and all American lists which explains why so many players on the list would be bench players on the best teams. Most of the all region and all American teams wouldn’t even get to play on my kid’s team! I mean let’s be honest hear. Most of the best players are on a half a dozen teams and that is just the truth. My kid’s team had a player transfer that played like 30 minutes in two years and now she is a starter and 90 minute player on another team in the conference. She even beat out the previous year’s starter. It’s hilarious.
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If we are being honest, your kid's team is starting at center back a transfer player from a mid-tier SEC team (7th in 2018) that is likely not on your list of half dozen teams, but who was third team All-American. There are very good players on more teams than we realize (usually surrounded by mediocrity), and most of the kids on the AA list deserve to be there, as do a few dozen other players who do not make it. I really do not see many bench players on the AA lists, just a bias where the ties tend to not go to the PAC12 players.

To date, I have only seen 3-4 teams that appear to have an "elite" level starting XI. Two or Three are in the PAC12, and one is ACC. But I have seen another 3-4 teams with very solid defenses, and those type of teams can produce upsets that make the college cup interesting.

I just realized, I watch way too much women's college soccer.
 
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