2020 Women's D1 Soccer Talk!!!! EXTENDED TO SPRING '21!!!!

dk_b said:
As of now, USC’s schedule is NOT showing the Pepp game among the ones that will be televised/streamed. Hopefully that will change (since spectators will be restricted, I’m hoping the PAC-12 schools use the technology to stream all the games, even if just with a single or double camera and no commentators)
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I think no commentators would usually be an improvement.
 
outside! said:
I think no commentators would usually be an improvement.
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I remember watching a UW game a few seasons ago (live-streamed, I think, so a local UW-supported feed through the Network) and they had two young women broadcasters - one had been part of the program a year or a few years prior. And they were delightful. Enthusiastic w/o being cloying, not shy about offering critiques of the Huskies but providing insightful commentary. They added to my enjoyment of the broadcast (not usually the case).
 
So are these games really going to go on? We have scrimmages with Cal Baptist, Santa Clara and SAC state.
 
UOP said:
No fans So the streams better be good
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If they have a livestream, the camera person will probably be some freshman from some other sports team with almost no camera experience. They will zoom in too much and often times the ball will be out of the frame. The commentators will miss announcing a large percentage of the visiting team's substitutions and will mispronounce or misidentify a good number of the others.
 
outside! said:
If they have a livestream, the camera person will probably be some freshman from some other sports team with almost no camera experience. They will zoom in too much and often times the ball will be out of the frame. The commentators will miss announcing a large percentage of the visiting team's substitutions and will mispronounce or misidentify a good number of the others.
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At least there won’t be any negative soccer parents in the stands complaining about the most asinine things even before they happen.
 
No much room for error this year. Coaches will have a short hook as only 9-10 games, each meaning a whole lot. We could see some upsets with few scrimmages to be played.

WCC and PAC 12 will be a dog fight.
Some of the sacrificial lambs of the past could upset with a shortened season.
 
eastbaysoccer said:
No much room for error this year. Coaches will have a short hook as only 9-10 games, each meaning a whole lot. We could see some upsets with few scrimmages to be played.

WCC and PAC 12 will be a dog fight.
Some of the sacrificial lambs of the past could upset with a shortened season.
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UCLA vs Stanford will be a good watch. With Macario leaving will UCLA have a better chance of winning this match up?
 
For the WCC:
The same suspects as favorites

look for UOP and Loyola to surprise this year.

Look for USF and SMC to have a down year with significant transfers and heavy graduating losses.

prediction.

1) BYU/Pepperdine/Santa Clara
2) Portland/ Gonzaga
3) UOP/San Diego/Loyola
4) USF/SMC
 
eastbaysoccer said:
No much room for error this year. Coaches will have a short hook as only 9-10 games, each meaning a whole lot. We could see some upsets with few scrimmages to be played.

WCC and PAC 12 will be a dog fight.
Some of the sacrificial lambs of the past could upset with a shortened season.
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48 teams in the NCAA means some deserving teams won't make it. In the Pac, most (all?) teams are scheduled to play 14 to 16 games. Not a lot of chance for teams to load up on non-conference wins (esp b/c 1 to 3 non-conference games are being played against conference opponents).
 
I'm curious about how CA teams will fare considering most of them have not been able to (presumably) practice together until last couple weeks.
 
eastbaysoccer said:
UCLA will win the pac 12

Stanford will be 2 or 3.
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Stanford loses a generational player in Macario who will be on the USWNT soon. They also lose Smith, who was pretty good offensively.
There's no one on the current roster that can duplicate what Macario did. Stanford doesn't have that one player that can bail them out if the team is not at its peak. It will be an adjustment losing a player on that caliber. So for that sole reason I don not see them repeating as champs.
 
outside! said:
If they have a livestream, the camera person will probably be some freshman from some other sports team with almost no camera experience. They will zoom in too much and often times the ball will be out of the frame. The commentators will miss announcing a large percentage of the visiting team's substitutions and will mispronounce or misidentify a good number of the others.
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Titans playing this year Outside?
 
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