2018 D1 Women's Soccer Talk!!

Believe it or not I think $C is an Elite 8 team. Still third best in the conference but with a good draw they could have the privilege of losing to Stanford or UCLA for the second time of the season in the College Cup.

And I HATE to admit it. I hope I’m wrong and they lose to a kickball team in the second round.
 
MakeAPlay said:
She was an All-American. She definitely takes after her mother and learned her mental toughness and restraint from her step mom. I’m just her biggest fan and a check book.
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I hear you, I have 2 older boys and they didn't even come close to the cost of 0ne little teenage womanchild.
 
Sheriff Joe said:
I hear you, I have 2 older boys and they didn't even come close to the cost of 0ne little teenage womanchild.
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My son is about the same cost but it is spent on golf, robotics and programming classes. I figure that he can take up football in high school and get a full ride. I’m just focusing on protecting and nurturing his brain for the time being.
 
Stanford’s only weakness is at keeper and if they play the SoCal freshman that won’t be a weakness. UCLA has one weakness but by midseason they will be fine. And their spine is the best in soccer and Fleming is by far the best player and will without a doubt win the MAC Herman.
 
MakeAPlay said:
My son is about the same cost but it is spent on golf, robotics and programming classes. I figure that he can take up football in high school and get a full ride. I’m just focusing on protecting and nurturing his brain for the time being.
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Did/do you have any concussion issues?
 
MakeAPlay said:
Stanford’s only weakness is at keeper and if they play the SoCal freshman that won’t be a weakness. UCLA has one weakness but by midseason they will be fine. And their spine is the best in soccer and Fleming is by far the best player and will without a doubt win the MAC Herman.
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With family and friends now at Stanford, I'm sort of a homer.....but there's a lot of Pent up energy in Westwood. And with the last several crops of talent, I'm feelin this is your guys year.

I've got UCLA in the final.

Bottles??
 
MakeAPlay said:
Stanford’s only weakness is at keeper and if they play the SoCal freshman that won’t be a weakness. UCLA has one weakness but by midseason they will be fine. And their spine is the best in soccer and Fleming is by far the best player and will without a doubt win the MAC Herman.
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Weakness on UCLA? Please. Of the field players, my guess would be holding mid. But that's a stretch.
 
MakeAPlay said:
Thank you for the kind words. She is a good kid. She is planning on having a special season this year. Believe it or not she was not pleased with last season and she is now healthy for the first time in over a year. The girls believe and are going to take it one game at a time.
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Good luck this year. I hope everyone's kids stay healthy. I have a feeling NoGoal's girl will have a breakout year for the Anteaters. UCI is going to be pretty darn good.
 
MakeAPlay said:
Believe it or not I think $C is an Elite 8 team. Still third best in the conference but with a good draw they could have the privilege of losing to Stanford or UCLA for the second time of the season in the College Cup.

And I HATE to admit it. I hope I’m wrong and they lose to a kickball team in the second round.
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Agreed. SC has plenty of horses in the barn to challenge and beat anyone. Also agree UCLA will be ridiculous and so fun to watch - tough break losing the speedy freshman defender to an ACL tho, but they're already rock solid in the back. I do wonder if we see a new face in the upper tier this year -- Washington State has some ballers, some major speed up top and experience in the back. Will Oregon, with some solid recruiting, finally crack through and surprise one of the big dogs? Should be an exciting season.
 
Looking forward to this season. Don’t go awarding Mac too early. I personally think the front runner is out of Palo Alto Should be a great season with multiple pac12 teams in play but I’m thinking a particular team out of NC might be ready to take their turn
 
surfrider said:
Looking forward to this season. Don’t go awarding Mac too early. I personally think the front runner is out of Palo Alto Should be a great season with multiple pac12 teams in play but I’m thinking a particular team out of NC might be ready to take their turn
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Nope.
 
surfrider said:
Looking forward to this season. Don’t go awarding Mac too early. I personally think the front runner is out of Palo Alto Should be a great season with multiple pac12 teams in play but I’m thinking a particular team out of NC might be ready to take their turn
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You are underestimating Sullivan and Carusa’s impact. Dibiasi and Xiao will show how ridiculously talented they are now that those two are gone. Just check out the official stats from both times they played. Take away the two extremely generous assists in the title game (neither were assists and the NCAA already took away the “3rd” assist) and look at the stat line. An amazing player but they won because of how awesome their team was and those two missing players were key.
 
turftoe said:
Agreed. SC has plenty of horses in the barn to challenge and beat anyone. Also agree UCLA will be ridiculous and so fun to watch - tough break losing the speedy freshman defender to an ACL tho, but they're already rock solid in the back. I do wonder if we see a new face in the upper tier this year -- Washington State has some ballers, some major speed up top and experience in the back. Will Oregon, with some solid recruiting, finally crack through and surprise one of the big dogs? Should be an exciting season.
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I think Wazzu is always dangerous. I am curious to see if Arizona can duplicate last season’s success. I honestly think that Colorado might finish in 4th when the dust settles. They are going to have a deep team and they host two of the three contenders. The real problem for them could be the last 5 games of the season as they will face a grueling 3 weeks traveling to the Bay Area schools and then hosting the LA schools followed by Utah who will be just as hungry for a win after going through the same gauntlet of teams. I like Oregon and think that they will be improved but it’s really hard to overcome the significant recruiting advantages that the California schools have in women’s soccer. The good news is the conference got 7 teams in the tournament last year and I think that with any level of balance in the middle 6 teams will see a bunch of .500 or better conference records which could balloon that number to 9 teams.

This is going to be another fun season. The PAC 12 conference will further assert itself as the top league in the country. 3 of the last 5 and 4 of the last 7 national championships including 2 straight. I’m betting it’s about to become 3 straight. 8 days until the girls officially report although all but the U20 girls are there already. Injuries always suck and she is an extremely talented player with a bright future ahead of her. It helps to have a deep team. This season is going to be a challenge but I like their chances. Good luck to you and your player.
 
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