2019 Women's D1 Soccer Talk!!!!

NC State 1 - Duke 1. State thoroughly outplayed Duke starting at the end of the 1st half and the entire 2nd half. Duke equalized at 87’30”. Entertaining match to watch. OT starting now!
 
Wcc predictions as of today

1) BYU
2) Pepperdine
3) Portland
3) Santa Clara
3) Gonzaga

6)USF
7) San Diego

8) SMC
8) Pacific
8) Loyola

I think the #3 teams have done enough in non conference to deserve a berth. It will be a battle for the last spot. Watch out for upsets with 3) vs. 8) teams. Portland and Gonzaga travel to pacific and SMC late for very meaningful games and they will be tough.

6) and 7) decent but not good enough. I don’t expect them to challenge for the 3) spot

8) teams will battle not to be in the cellar. Loyola has been disappointing. pacific looks better but not good enough yet. SMC could be dangerous as coach more then willing to sit his team back for ties.

Unfortunately the big three play early in the wcc. #1 seed could be determined by next two weeks
 
gkrent said:
Don’t sleep on Portland!! Cal
Ends perfect streak!
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Tale of two halves. Cal dominated first half and didn't finish chances. Gave Portland confidence and they capitalized on two defensive errors for their goals. Cal had many chances to stay unbeaten. However, I agree. Folks should not sleep on Portand. They played tough and smart.
 
eastbaysoccer said:
Wcc predictions as of today

1) BYU
2) Pepperdine
3) Portland
3) Santa Clara
3) Gonzaga

6)USF
7) San Diego

8) SMC
8) Pacific
8) Loyola

I think the #3 teams have done enough in non conference to deserve a berth. It will be a battle for the last spot. Watch out for upsets with 3) vs. 8) teams. Portland and Gonzaga travel to pacific and SMC late for very meaningful games and they will be tough.

6) and 7) decent but not good enough. I don’t expect them to challenge for the 3) spot

8) teams will battle not to be in the cellar. Loyola has been disappointing. pacific looks better but not good enough yet. SMC could be dangerous as coach more then willing to sit his team back for ties.

Unfortunately the big three play early in the wcc. #1 seed could be determined by next two weeks
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Once again you are displaying your ignorance of this conference. To put Santa Clara, who put up more goals against Stanford than anyone else, in the same boat as Portland and Gonzaga is laughable. Also, obviously you are not watching anything and just talking out of your ass because USF is rivaling their 2015 run this year.
 
I thought that there were some solid performances from WCC teams but outside of BYU they have all been inconsistent and it will likely be a two bid conference. The weakness of the conference outside of the top 3 teams is going to drag down the RPI of all the top 3. BYU will get in no matter what but Pepperdine and Santa Clara need to win out of in order to assure themselves of a bid on selection Monday. They have both shown themselves capable of surprising the contenders. I am curious as to whom will win the automatic bid. My money is on BYU. Not because I think that they are going to win out but because they will not lose to the non contenders. Santa Clara and Pepperdine only get up for the big boys and that is going to cost them. BYU has the look of a Sweet 16 team and perhaps more with a favorable draw.
 
MakeAPlay said:
I thought that there were some solid performances from WCC teams but outside of BYU they have all been inconsistent and it will likely be a two bid conference. The weakness of the conference outside of the top 3 teams is going to drag down the RPI of all the top 3. BYU will get in no matter what but Pepperdine and Santa Clara need to win out of in order to assure themselves of a bid on selection Monday. They have both shown themselves capable of surprising the contenders. I am curious as to whom will win the automatic bid. My money is on BYU. Not because I think that they are going to win out but because they will not lose to the non contenders. Santa Clara and Pepperdine only get up for the big boys and that is going to cost them. BYU has the look of a Sweet 16 team and perhaps more with a favorable draw.
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I have seen BYU play 4 matches now against tough comp. They have excellent balance on their team and play very attractive/effective attacking football. I would not be surprised if they make a deep run in the tourney.
 
Dubs said:
I have seen BYU play 4 matches now against tough comp. They have excellent balance on their team and play very attractive/effective attacking football. I would not be surprised if they make a deep run in the tourney.
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They have a lot going for them. Their issues are going to be against the real contenders. They aren’t going to be very comfortable not having the ball. Pepperdine and Santa Clara are comfortable without the ball. It is going to be very difficult to win the possession battle against the top 6 teams. BYU hasn’t played a real contender. The other two teams have. BYU was my pick to win it in the preseason and they are exactly what I thought they would be. Their problem is going to be that they are going to be on the road for the Sweet 16 and it is a tough ask to beat one of the top 6 teams on the road.
 
eastbaysoccer said:
Wcc predictions as of today

1) BYU
2) Pepperdine
3) Portland
3) Santa Clara
3) Gonzaga

6)USF
7) San Diego

8) SMC
8) Pacific
8) Loyola

I think the #3 teams have done enough in non conference to deserve a berth. It will be a battle for the last spot. Watch out for upsets with 3) vs. 8) teams. Portland and Gonzaga travel to pacific and SMC late for very meaningful games and they will be tough.

6) and 7) decent but not good enough. I don’t expect them to challenge for the 3) spot

8) teams will battle not to be in the cellar. Loyola has been disappointing. pacific looks better but not good enough yet. SMC could be dangerous as coach more then willing to sit his team back for ties.

Unfortunately the big three play early in the wcc. #1 seed could be determined by next two weeks
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BYU and Santa Clara are clear above everybody else. BYU perhaps better balanced team as SCU can’t stop leaking goals.
Pepperdine is not bad, but they are not good either. You can’t rely on getting manhandled and get a result every time you play against top teams.
Portland, Gonzaga and USF are right in the mix with Pepp and should finish somewhere in between 3-6.

Above teams better not lose to the rest of the conference because they will absolutely kill your RPI. I think Loyola will make many teams unhappy as they will beat teams in the top 6
 
gkrent said:
Once again you are displaying your ignorance of this conference. To put Santa Clara, who put up more goals against Stanford than anyone else, in the same boat as Portland and Gonzaga is laughable. Also, obviously you are not watching anything and just talking out of your ass because USF is rivaling their 2015 run this year.
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USF got killed 9-0 by Stanford and won some games vs. soft teams. Not close to the 2015 team. I think results vs. CSUF and UC Davis will tell more.
 
sirfootyalot said:
BYU and Santa Clara are clear above everybody else. BYU perhaps better balanced team as SCU can’t stop leaking goals.
Pepperdine is not bad, but they are not good either. You can’t rely on getting manhandled and get a result every time you play against top teams.
Portland, Gonzaga and USF are right in the mix with Pepp and should finish somewhere in between 3-6.

Above teams better not lose to the rest of the conference because they will absolutely kill your RPI. I think Loyola will make many teams unhappy as they will beat teams in the top 6
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Agree. I'm calling it now, SMC, Pacific or Loyola is going to upset one of the big three and it's gonna knock them out of NCAA consideration. Last year it was Pepperdine @ SMC.
 
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