2019 Women's D1 Soccer Talk!!!!

Cal is the biggest enigma in the conference coming into this season. They could be a solid 4th place team that competes with the top 3 or they could be a 9th place team with back to back years out of the tournament. That would get the coach fired in my opinion... Sure glad my daughter thought Berkeley was to gritty for her liking because she sure like the Quidditch tournament that was going on when she was on her trip!
 
MakeAPlay said:
Cal is the biggest enigma in the conference coming into this season. They could be a solid 4th place team that competes with the top 3 or they could be a 9th place team with back to back years out of the tournament. That would get the coach fired in my opinion... Sure glad my daughter thought Berkeley was to gritty for her liking because she sure like the Quidditch tournament that was going on when she was on her trip!
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I've yet to see Neil listed at any "showcase" event... it's always Austin. Even Paul and Amanda register to travel/recruit. Am I imagining that?
 
Simisoccerfan said:
This is a bit crazy but my dd Dr just cleared her to return to sport with no restrictions except to wear her acl brace. 5 months 1 week. He did a whole bunch of tests and said her recovery is great and she is ready. Now she is not fully fit yet and obviously the college Drs will need to make their own evaluation which likely could still lead to redshirting.
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That is crazy. My only advice would be, make 100% sure that both legs are of equal strength and flexibility before her return to the pitch. Yes the graft has healed but can the muscles in that leg withstand the pressures it is going to be put under. I definitely would error on the side of caution. Good luck to you and your daughter.
 
The Outlaw said:
I've yet to see Neil listed at any "showcase" event... it's always Austin. Even Paul and Amanda register to travel/recruit. Am I imagining that?
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I cannot speak to him specifically, but one Ivy coach shared that they did not put their names at Showcases, or if they did add their names, they did it after the Showcase started. They wanted players who wanted them, and they wanted to avoid the hundreds of emails from players with a 3.0 GPA who had no chance of getting in to their university. I also know some coaches let their assistants put their names in at the showcases and get the flood of emails. They may have been there, but then they didn't have to deal with all of the emails from players.

Again, no idea if he is attending or not, but I would not assume he is not just because he is not listed. We always sent emails to coaches whether they appeared on the list attending or not for her target schools. And we always included the head coach in any emails about schedules-- even if they had one assistant who did most of the recruiting for them. Good luck!
 
What specifically makes the preseason rankings differ from the 2018 season ending rankings besides recruiting class and graduating class?

MakeAPlay said:
Since the preseason poll is going to be released in the next few days, here is what I think it is going to look like (not necessarily what I think it should be):

1. Florida State
2. Stanford
3. North Carolina
4. UCLA
5. U$C
6. Georgetown
7. Penn State
8. Tennessee
9. Virginia
10. Duke
11. Baylor
12. Texas A&M
13. Santa Clara
14. West Virginia
15. Texas
16. South Carolina
17. Wisconsin
18. Vanderbilt
19. South Florida
20. NC State

I think that it should be slightly different but the top 4 are spot on even if in a different order. Let's see some other takes.
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girlgotgame said:
What specifically makes the preseason rankings differ from the 2018 season ending rankings besides recruiting class and graduating class?
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It is usually pretty close to the season ending rankings which is why I said that it wasn't necessarily how I would rank the teams. It usually sorts itself out after the first 2-3 weeks. sometimes a few teams shift around, however, 99% of the time the defending national champion is ranked #1 regardless of what they return.
 
beachbum said:
That is crazy. My only advice would be, make 100% sure that both legs are of equal strength and flexibility before her return to the pitch. Yes the graft has healed but can the muscles in that leg withstand the pressures it is going to be put under. I definitely would error on the side of caution. Good luck to you and your daughter.
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Thanks for the advice but she is now in the hands of the orthopedic and AT at college. Together with the coach they told me she won’t play in a game until they are sure she is ready. Their facilities blow me away and I trust she is in good hands. She will be doing the fitness test tomorrow so I am interested to see if she comes in last place.
 
SD_Soccer said:
I cannot speak to him specifically, but one Ivy coach shared that they did not put their names at Showcases, or if they did add their names, they did it after the Showcase started. They wanted players who wanted them, and they wanted to avoid the hundreds of emails from players with a 3.0 GPA who had no chance of getting in to their university. I also know some coaches let their assistants put their names in at the showcases and get the flood of emails. They may have been there, but then they didn't have to deal with all of the emails from players.

Again, no idea if he is attending or not, but I would not assume he is not just because he is not listed. We always sent emails to coaches whether they appeared on the list attending or not for her target schools. And we always included the head coach in any emails about schedules-- even if they had one assistant who did most of the recruiting for them. Good luck!
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I get that strategy... but it's interesting I don't see more coaches doing it. Maybe he stands out because his job is a gnat's ass from being vacant but, in my mind, if Stanford, UCLA, USC, Santa Clara, etc can manage to deal with those pesky recruits that pay their bills, so could Neil. Seems to me he could use the P.R.
 
I think that my favorite part of this season's schedule (outside of a mid-September trip to Hawaii for 5 days YAY!) is $C opening up conference play hosting Stanford! My kid gets Cal at home and $C and the Cardinal get to have a slugfest across town! It's on a Saturday and whichever team loses will be chasing the Bruins and the winner the rest of the way! This season is going to be fun.
 
How did Notre Dame become such a shit show? They are a top 20 academic university. One of the storied programs of women's soccer has lost their top player via transfer every year that my kid has been in college. First it was Morgan Andrews, then it was Natalie Jacobs and now Jennifer Westendorf. Westendorf was once the #1 player in my kid's class and by the time they went to college she was still in the top 5. Picking the school first is soooooooooooo important!
 
MakeAPlay said:
How did Notre Dame become such a shit show? They are a top 20 academic university. One of the storied programs of women's soccer has lost their top player via transfer every year that my kid has been in college. First it was Morgan Andrews, then it was Natalie Jacobs and now Jennifer Westendorf. Westendorf was once the #1 player in my kid's class and by the time they went to college she was still in the top 5. Picking the school first is soooooooooooo important!
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Had heard all spring that Westendorf was coming to SC. Then heard she wasn't and wasn't even going to play anymore. Where did she go or what's the news?
 
pulguita said:
Had heard all spring that Westendorf was coming to SC. Then heard she wasn't and wasn't even going to play anymore. Where did she go or what's the news?
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I heard that she applied to the transfer portal and something got screwed up with her coming to $C. I also heard that she is going to have to wait until the season is over to transfer (sort of like Taylor Zeimer had to do last year when she left Virginia and was announced during the early signing period as a transfer for Twxas A&M).

Good luck to you and your player. I hope that she gets better fast!
 
SpeedK1llz said:
We got em right where we want em!
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Why don't you guys surprise that other school in town with a win in the scrimmage. Give them something to think about. I am curious about their depth with their best player and another one of their first 16 from last season missing. Not to mention the two players that got drafted. The first XI will be one of the top 5 in the country but what will their bench look like? I am guessing lots of freshmen will have a chance. I think that they and Florida State are in a similar situation. Great starters not much experienced depth.
 
MakeAPlay said:
Why don't you guys surprise that other school in town with a win in the scrimmage. Give them something to think about. I am curious about their depth with their best player and another one of their first 16 from last season missing. Not to mention the two players that got drafted. The first XI will be one of the top 5 in the country but what will their bench look like? I am guessing lots of freshmen will have a chance. I think that they and Florida State are in a similar situation. Great starters not much experienced depth.
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Scrimmages have "wins" now? A coach who is cleverly using his scrimmage game time to try out new recruits or tactics probably doesn't care about the "win". Several of the scrimmages I watched were conducted as a round robin among three teams, so each got to play 2 games in one day. In a different situation of only one game that day, the teams and referees agreed before the game started that they would play full overtime periods, regardless of the score.
 
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