2019 Women's D1 Soccer Talk!!!!

Ricky Fandango said:
Pep played toe to toe until they scored.
After that, it was great defense and goal play to hang on.
What a great win for Pepperdine.

Nelson is a flat out baller on defense, and has a great nose for the ball on corners.
Freshman keeper was fantastic as well.
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Both players had the game of their life! I was super freaked when Freshman went down for the count tho!! Scary!!
 
Congrats to Pepperdine!
What a crazy game!!
Your defense and goalkeeper played seriously incredible ....Tim Ward had a plan, the girls stuck with it and it worked... they threw their bodies on the line for this game-- wanted it more.
For Stanford-- lessons learned to take into conference and make some positive changes (sometimes a kick in the pants is a good thing!)
Again-- congrats on a well fought game!
 
soccer661 said:
Congrats to Pepperdine!
What a crazy game!!
Your defense and goalkeeper played seriously incredible ....Tim Ward had a plan, the girls stuck with it and it worked... they threw their bodies on the line for this game-- wanted it more.
For Stanford-- lessons learned to take into conference and make some positive changes (sometimes a kick in the pants is a good thing!)
Again-- congrats on a well fought game!
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Watched the game in person and your description was spot on. Pepperdine put their whole heart and soul into the game and seemed to want it more. Stanford seemed uncharacteristically flat and error-prone. From the get-go they almost seemed burned out, hard to put my finger on it but their faces looked stressed versus confident. Not sure why the Stanford coach didn't try to shake things up by giving a couple of bench players a chance. Put in a player who is hungry for playing time. Look at how the Freshman keeper stepped up for Pepperdine. Instead, he stayed with the same formula and line-up that simply wasn't working. 9 times of of 10 (99 out of a 100) that line-up is fantastic, but when it isn't you need to make changes.
 
Pepperdine amazing incredible win over a stacked stanford team.

I'm afraid it's still not enough and will have to win league. Loss to Cal Poly will haunt them especially after today.
 
Interesting day: Stanford gets beat by Pepperdine, Arizona gets boat raced by Santa Clara, WSU loses to Michigan, Oregon draws with Portland, USC needs overtime with Seattle, amongst other wacky scores... shows the ol’ “You gotta play the game” adage is alive and well and further, that we may be in for one wild ride this year across the soccer landscape.

Very Impressive heart and defensive execution today by Pepperdine.
 
turftoe said:
Interesting day: Stanford gets beat by Pepperdine, Arizona gets boat raced by Santa Clara, WSU loses to Michigan, Oregon draws with Portland, USC needs overtime with Seattle, amongst other wacky scores... shows the ol’ “You gotta play the game” adage is alive and well and further, that we may be in for one wild ride this year across the soccer landscape.

Very Impressive heart and defensive execution today by Pepperdine.
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Bad day for the Pac!
 
Imtired said:
Watched the game in person and your description was spot on. Pepperdine put their whole heart and soul into the game and seemed to want it more. Stanford seemed uncharacteristically flat and error-prone. From the get-go they almost seemed burned out, hard to put my finger on it but their faces looked stressed versus confident. Not sure why the Stanford coach didn't try to shake things up by giving a couple of bench players a chance. Put in a player who is hungry for playing time. Look at how the Freshman keeper stepped up for Pepperdine. Instead, he stayed with the same formula and line-up that simply wasn't working. 9 times of of 10 (99 out of a 100) that line-up is fantastic, but when it isn't you need to make changes.
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Pepperdine players definitely wanted it more. They were throwing their bodies in front of the goal to block shots and how rewarding that they got the W for it.
I thought Stanford bench players were very average and didn’t add much. They did switch to 3 in the back the last 20-25 and pushed more numbers forward so you can’t say they didn’t do anything to change. At one point Stanford player blocked their own shot off of CK that looked like was going in. You know it’s not your day when that happens.
Great win for Pepp!!!
 
Remind me why OT is played in regular season games? Thursday x Sunday 90' games seem plenty long for these women. Give a point for a draw and move on, just like every professional league. There's really no need for the extra time -- just risking injury and the soccer played in those OT periods is usually awful anyway.
 
Wild weekend of upsets, or near upsets, and surprising teams making surges… Or was it? Thinking back to a few years ago to the showcases where there were college scouts all over the place… There were the obvious standout players… the unicorns as they say... But then one could say about the next 30 to 40% were really really good and showed promise… Those players have been scattered across the land and of course, depending on how they continued to develop personally, and the very important element of the team culture they’re in, it seems there may be a bit more parity in NCAA soccer this year than we’ve seen in a while... While a handful of teams have a few Ferraris in the garage, it seems that there are several teams that are doing quite well with the Camaros and Mustangs and whatever else they have (perhaps a little chip on the shoulder attitude as well) and at minimum to this observer, it’s making for an interesting, fun early part of the season.
 
turftoe said:
Wild weekend of upsets, or near upsets, and surprising teams making surges… Or was it? Thinking back to a few years ago to the showcases where there were college scouts all over the place… There were the obvious standout players… the unicorns as they say... But then one could say about the next 30 to 40% were really really good and showed promise… Those players have been scattered across the land and of course, depending on how they continued to develop personally, and the very important element of the team culture they’re in, it seems there may be a bit more parity in NCAA soccer this year than we’ve seen in a while... While a handful of teams have a few Ferraris in the garage, it seems that there are several teams that are doing quite well with the Camaros and Mustangs and whatever else they have (perhaps a little chip on the shoulder attitude as well) and at minimum to this observer, it’s making for an interesting, fun early part of the season.
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No chip on the shoulder at all. Look at some of the teams who historically "stack the deck" with a large number of national team players (Ferraris) and ignore players who have a lot of raw talent but don't necessarily have the resume? Penn State and Stanford are 2 that immediately come to mind, both are having surprising losses despite being stacked with national team players. Now let's look at UNC who have won 22 NCAA championships out of 36. Anson Dorrance gets a mix of Ferraris, Mustangs, and Cameros and the results speak for themselves. If you look at his squad he doesn't sign only national team players. He has a freshman who is a Lacrosse player but he saw her at an ID camp and liked some of the qualities she has. He plans to start her at OB. So maybe those who put too much stock in Ferraris need to look for some Mustangs and Cameros to fill out their squad.
 
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