2019 Women's D1 Soccer Talk!!!!

outside! said:
CSUF 2 CSULB 1. Titans came from behind to win 2-1 with a stunning equalizing free kick goal from Atlanta Primus and mid-field steal by Maddie Bennet resulting in a 1 v 1 with the gk for the winning goal. It was cool that Long Beach had their band there to support the game, but they should warm up and tune their instruments before playing the National Anthem.
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Let's go Titans. BTW Outside, sorry for hopping this thread asking questions on another topic. I see my mistake and I will PM folks now. I'm a big CSUF fan too :)
 
upload_2019-10-11_21-13-25.png Pac12 Sunday

12:00 Arizona at Washington
12:00 Stanford at Oregon
1:00 Arizona State at Washington State
1:00 Cal at Oregon State
1:00 Colorado at USC
1:00 Utah at UCLA

On the surface seems like an early conference play day, however the 2 games in Socal are huge tests for the visitors after both coming up short on Thursday in their first Socal tilts. The AZ v Washington game looms large as well. Teams can either create some separation in the standings or create further logjams. Oregon and Stanford also interesting as OU can crack it from deep catching backlines and GKs not ready.
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outside! said:
CSUF 2 CSULB 1. Titans came from behind to win 2-1 with a stunning equalizing free kick goal from Atlanta Primus and mid-field steal by Maddie Bennet resulting in a 1 v 1 with the gk for the winning goal. It was cool that Long Beach had their band there to support the game, but they should warm up and tune their instruments before playing the National Anthem.
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If they accompany their out of tune band with lead vocals by their TV announcers, that could produce an anthem to rival all others.
 
It will be interesting how much BYU's rpi drops tonight after beating Pacific. BYU at 12 and Pacific at 310. Also a can't lose this one tomorrow for Pepp.
 
UC Riverside 0 CSUF 1
CSUF dominated the game, but UCR gk is good and lucky.
Riverside field lighting is very odd. They have three light arrays at each end of the field, with the middle light pole being directly behind the goals. I would think for high balls, the goal keepers would be blinded by the lights at the other end of the field. It looks like the did update the turf, but it is still turf. One of the parents asked the announcer is they were streaming the game. The announcer said they do not stream soccer games.
 
outside! said:
UC Riverside 0 CSUF 1
CSUF dominated the game, but UCR gk is good and lucky.
Riverside field lighting is very odd. They have three light arrays at each end of the field, with the middle light pole being directly behind the goals. I would think for high balls, the goal keepers would be blinded by the lights at the other end of the field. It looks like the did update the turf, but it is still turf. One of the parents asked the announcer is they were streaming the game. The announcer said they do not stream soccer games.
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Fullerton's senior attack is formidable, and to think they finished dead last in the Big West in 2018. Atlanta Primus is a special talent, I'm a big fan of her game. It looks like the league will be between them and UCSB. Keep it going Outside!
 
I’d always root for he little guy to win. I will be rooting for all conference champs outside of the power 5.

I’ll root for CAL vs. any power 5 conference team.

As it stands right now cal, Colorado, Oregon state and Utah are battling for the last two spots for the pac-12.
 
eastbaysoccer said:
I’d always root for he little guy to win. I will be rooting for all conference champs outside of the power 5.

I’ll root for CAL vs. any power 5 conference team.

As it stands right now cal, Colorado, Oregon state and Utah are battling for the last two spots for the pac-12.
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Oregon has to go .500 over their last 6 games, they are still winless in the Pac, so they're probably done.

Utah has to do the same but have a bit more favorable schedule with some home games in altitude but I would not bet on them.

I think Colorado is in.

Cal has is a long shot to make it. They have yet to win in October.
 
Swoosh said:
Fullerton's senior attack is formidable, and to think they finished dead last in the Big West in 2018. Atlanta Primus is a special talent, I'm a big fan of her game. It looks like the league will be between them and UCSB. Keep it going Outside!
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Agree 100% on Ms. Primus, special indeed. UCSB was a formidable team when I watched them last year.
 
In 2018 five pac-12 teams made the tournament.
This year the pac-12 is really good but I don’t see more than 6 getting in if we believe in East coast bias.

In:
Stanford
USC
UCLA
WSU
Washington

Sixth spot: Arizona, Cal, OSU, Utah, colorad0
The team that has the best record against teams battling for this spot likely gets in.

The case for a 2nd WCC team comes down to whether a team like Pepperdine, Gonzaga or Santa Clara is better then the pac-12 teams discussed.

If BYU comes in second, 2 teams go to the tournament and maybe the sixth pac-12 spot is lost.
 
eastbaysoccer said:
In 2018 five pac-12 teams made the tournament.
This year the pac-12 is really good but I don’t see more than 6 getting in if we believe in East coast bias.

In:
Stanford
USC
UCLA
WSU
Washington

Sixth spot: Arizona, Cal, OSU, Utah, colorad0
The team that has the best record against teams battling for this spot likely gets in.

The case for a 2nd WCC team comes down to whether a team like Pepperdine, Gonzaga or Santa Clara is better then the pac-12 teams discussed.

If BYU comes in second, 2 teams go to the tournament and maybe the sixth pac-12 spot is lost.
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Last year Pac only had 5 because of bad RPI by bottom teams. At the moment, everyone still have good chance of getting in except for ASU. It doesn’t matter how you finish in your conference as long as you have healthy RPI/good results vs Top 60 RPI teams. If Oregon stays over .500, they will get in because it would mean they will have 3 wins over quality opponents. Now do I see them going 3-3 in the next 6 games? That I’m not sure.
Pac-12 should have 8 teams in at least.
 
sirfootyalot said:
Last year Pac only had 5 because of bad RPI by bottom teams. At the moment, everyone still have good chance of getting in except for ASU. It doesn’t matter how you finish in your conference as long as you have healthy RPI/good results vs Top 60 RPI teams. If Oregon stays over .500, they will get in because it would mean they will have 3 wins over quality opponents. Now do I see them going 3-3 in the next 6 games? That I’m not sure.
Pac-12 should have 8 teams in at least.
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East coast bias will effectively guarantee that Pac-12 doesn’t get 8 teams in and WCC will be lucky to get 2 in.
 
BYU is in.

Pepperdine runs the table they should be in. That run would include two big wins vs. Santa Clara and Gonzaga.

Santa Clara runs the table, it’s not as impressive as Pepperdine’s but should be in and will, because they are Santa Clara.

Gonzaga runs the table they should be in but doesn’t have a history so I think they could be left out like USF was several years ago.
 
Pac-12

FRIDAY
USC at Cal
Arizona at Utah
Washington at Oregon State

SATURDAY
Arizona State at Colorado
UCLA at Stanford
7:00*
Washington State at Oregon
 
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