2017-2018 D1 Women's Soccer Talk!

I think Driver has spent the day trying to climb up on the top 10 member list, with all the incoherent posts.
 
I'm more concerned about the Carolyn Bryant Donham types

Who call on the angry black man when she thinks someone whistles at her
 
MakeAPlay said:
I think that a sleeping beast may have been woken up on Friday. Playing toe to toe with the best with a chance to steal it at the end might have them believing. I will be rooting for them the rest of the way.
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You need to because Bakersfield and Weber State won't help
 
MakeAPlay said:
Really? So the Pepperdine keeper has the game of a lifetime and UCLA puts 50% of their shots on frame and they need to hit a higher percentage? I like and respect you but this is a pretty confusing post. I assume that you were at the game or at least watched it. If you can tell me, with a straight face that the game wasn't one sided for all but 20-25 minutes then I won't mention it again. Pepperdine scored in the 10 minutes Fleming wasn't on the field. I'm not talking about a one off substitution that doesn't affect the flow of the game. I am talking about multiple subs. No worries the coaching staff is excellent at making adjustments. Trust me when I say adjustments will be made.

I have to ask do you think Pepperdine played an excellent soccer game?
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You are confusing my commentary in that post with a statement regarding the Pepp vs UCLA match. I was arguing your statement that that match would cause Josh and Amanda to shorten the bench.

You have to at least agree a little that while we all agree Pepp had a lot of heart and Preece made a couple of BIG SAVES, many of her saves were routine (meaning, the ball came right to her) and many nearly open goals were missed. Pepp got very lucky, realized this, and it, as you say, woke the sleeping lion.

We can both agree that the number of missed shots is not acceptable from the caliber of players UCLA has on both the 1st and 2nd string. Thus, Cromwell will continue to maintain the bench she has to keep everyone on their toes.

The score should have been at least 4-1 if these girls were playing with real composure, even with Pepps spirit, luck and character.

This is why I said what I said. Really.
 
Further, if UCLA wants the title, which is in their grasp, they must take nothing for granted and know that there are many intangibles that can't be analyzed on paper that could create a problem for them; such as unknown opposing talent, unknown politics with lineups on opposing teams, attitude, distractions and complacency. This is what will separate the champs from the rest.
 
Zerodenero said:
Mijo- Recently, ya haven't been the pompom waiving, anti-ecnl, fake soccer news, anti-whatever team/league/college that your dd is not playing in the we've all known you for.

So if you don't know by now, then you never will. Do us all a favor, get back on track and start posting more often....and Make this forum great again;)
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Although my pom poms can't compare to Mappie's (remember, their 2nd 11 would still be a top 5 team in the nation), the RPI poll that just came out was very favorable for the ACC. 7 teams in the top 21...that is quite an achievement.

(And I love how you try to frame me as anti-this and anti-that! I guess if I was pro-life, you'd portray me as anti anti-abortion?)

Also, I've never been against the ECNL. In the past I have maintained that it wasn't the only way to a great scholarship at a great university in a P5 conference. My mediocre (according to some in this forum) player is proof of that. ECNL continues to be an option for some players, although it's relevance has diminished even more with the introduction of the DA.
 
CaliKlines said:
Although my pom poms can't compare to Mappie's (remember, their 2nd 11 would still be a top 5 team in the nation), the RPI poll that just came out was very favorable for the ACC. 7 teams in the top 21...that is quite an achievement.

(And I love how you try to frame me as anti-this and anti-that! I guess if I was pro-life, you'd portray me as anti anti-abortion?)

Also, I've never been against the ECNL. In the past I have maintained that it wasn't the only way to a great scholarship at a great university in a P5 conference. My mediocre (according to some in this forum) player is proof of that. ECNL continues to be an option for some players, although it's relevance has diminished even more with the introduction of the DA.
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Dumb dumb, I know you read bigsoccer. So, you should have a general idea what the RPI is based on. In case you didn't know, besides wins and loses, it accounts for average school RPI ranking for the last 5-6 yrs. On top of that the ACC only plays 9 conference games out of what 14 schools, meaning they can schedule ACC teams as non-conference games to boost theur RPI. Also if a coach knows how to work the RPI like UDub does. They scheduled NO exhibition games, instead have 20 actual games to boost their RPI ranking. The team did this, because they had a poor season last year.

As for ECNL, that was the only positive you EVER posted about ECNL. You posted, ECNL having a closed leaguedoesn't crown a true national champion like USYS does. Ironic, because DA is also a closed league.
 
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NoGoal said:
Dumb dumb, I know you read bigsoccer. So, you should have a general idea what the RPI is based on. In case you didn't know, besides wins and loses, it accounts for average school RPI ranking for the last 5-6 yrs.
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RPI is a straight formula, nothing to do with past seasons.

25% win loss record
50% opponent win loss record
25% opponent's opponents win loss record
 
gkrent said:
Further, if UCLA wants the title, which is in their grasp, they must take nothing for granted and know that there are many intangibles that can't be analyzed on paper that could create a problem for them; such as unknown opposing talent, unknown politics with lineups on opposing teams, attitude, distractions and complacency. This is what will separate the champs from the rest.
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I agree 100%. My player and I have had a few conversations about that recently. She remembers when the CalSouth ODP team would get everyone's best shot and they had to learn to withstand that initial flurry and settle into their game. Taking nobody for granted is a tough ask. They know what is at stake going forward.
 
MakeAPlay said:
You are barking up the right tree but your specifics are wrong. 50% W/L record. 50% the other two elements.

https://sites.google.com/site/rpifordivisioniwomenssoccer/rpi-formula
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If you would care to read your own link carefully, you would understand that I'm right and you're wrong.

Calculation of RPI.

Once the NCAA has calculated each of these Elements, it combines them to determine the variously called "basic" or "normal" or "original" or "unadjusted" RPI. I call it the Unadjusted RPI or URPI. The formula for determining the Unadjusted RPI is:

(Element 1 + (2 x Element 2) + Element 3)/4

At first glance, this looks like the RPI formula gives Team A's strength of schedule (Elements 2 and 3) three times the impact on the RPI that Team A's winning record (Element 1) has, since Element 1 counts for 25% of the formula weight, Element 2 counts for 50%,and Element 3 counts for 25%. In effect, however, this is not true. The following table shows why:
 
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