Women's Soccer
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All 3 goals in the final 16 minutes of the half. All 3 a little fluky but it just goes to show that good things happen when you get the ball into the box.
BTW, one self-proclaimed women’s soccer guru picked Pitt to bear tOSU, then upset Arkansas and ND before losing to FSU in the Quarters.
BTW, one self-proclaimed women’s soccer guru picked Pitt to bear tOSU, then upset Arkansas and ND before losing to FSU in the Quarters.
That was fun to watch! Great game by the girls. Go get Arkansas!
When and where is the Arkansas game?
The higher seed scoring margin and record is embarrassing. I dont understand it really. Women's soccer is so deep so this deserves some analysis. Are rosters too big? Do most girls take that P5 offer without any real shot to get playing time and NOT transfer down? Are female student-athletes.less likely to transfer? I dont know but the nature of the sport should produce upsets or at least close games. This shouldn't be women's college basketball
So there are 31 of the 32 first round games complete. There is one game tomorrow at noon to complete the round. The higher seeded teams are 29-2 so far. Oddly enough, both of the lower seeded teams to win are in the same half of the same regional, so theoretically if they both win their next game they play in the sweet 16. In the other three regionals the teams seeded 1-8 have all won (with the exception of the game that hasn't been played yet).
So far the higher seeds have outscored the lower seeds 76-8.
So far the higher seeds have outscored the lower seeds 76-8.
It is an interesting question. After watching low and mid major soccer a lot over the past 10 years, I can tell you that I’ve always been shocked at how bad it is.
Does anyone know if the next round will be televised anywhere? Haven’t seen anything announced yet but would like to watch if possible. Thanks.
Do you think that’ll be ESPN+ or ACCN Extra? If it’s the latter, I believe you need a cable subscription and we no longer have that… hoping it’s just regular ESPN+.
According to the app, it is espn+ at 7:30 on Friday.
The entire tournament up to the College Cup will be on ESPN+
Deborah's goal was beautiful!
Thanks for posting. What a game for Mertz. Involved in almost every goal.
So I looked ahead to see who might be a next round opponent for Pitt. Yeah I’m getting ahead of myself but I’m feeling a run.
We would get the Memphis/ND winner. I looked at the Memphis roster because I seem to remember a WPIAL player transferring there or committing there. I forget who it was but it seemed like a reach for me at the time, so maybe it was as a walk-on. In any event it appears she was recruited over and not on the roster. But here is the make-up of their roster:
11 Canada
3 Japan
2 Germany
11 American
That’s nuts to me.
We would get the Memphis/ND winner. I looked at the Memphis roster because I seem to remember a WPIAL player transferring there or committing there. I forget who it was but it seemed like a reach for me at the time, so maybe it was as a walk-on. In any event it appears she was recruited over and not on the roster. But here is the make-up of their roster:
11 Canada
3 Japan
2 Germany
11 American
That’s nuts to me.
This is probably a question for FK but I was looking at the Pitt roster and we have 2 Plum freshmen who played at Pittsburgh Hotspurs, who I dont believe is GA or ECNL. Can you go D1 if you dont play in those leagues?
Well that’s the problem that Beadling faced for years. They were always denied entry into the ECNL even though they were by far the best club in western pa. So they played in USYS and the players were all undervalued compared to ECNL players even though the Beadling teams were just as good. Then just a few years ago, Beadling and Century were admitted into the newly formed GA and recruiting picked up. As an example, Yaple didn’t play Beadling GA because the GA kicked in after she graduated. Coffields age group might have been USYS too. But Randy could identify local talent regardless of the league. Mertz was not GA at Century, which is why she went to Dayton.
I assume Hotspurs is still USYS.
Pretty good games so far. Penn State gets by Saint Louis 4-3 in OT. Equally as crazy as the Pitt/Arkansas game.
Clemson goes through on PKs over UGA and UNC wins.
ACC still has a shot at 4 in the Elite 8. The Big Ten has 2 slots already filled with PSU and Nebraska.
Clemson goes through on PKs over UGA and UNC wins.
ACC still has a shot at 4 in the Elite 8. The Big Ten has 2 slots already filled with PSU and Nebraska.
So far the ACC is 12-1 in the tournament, pending the Pitt result. And yeah, I am assuming that Florida State is going to close out the last 15 minutes of the game they are winning 5-0.
Florida State was up two goals in the first ten minutes against Texas and cruised from there, 5-0.
So unfortunately we can't even really hope that their game is a little off, because it would seem they are hitting on all cylinders right now.
Well we are due! Haven’t beat them in how many chances?
I thought we controlled most of the first half. But, they jumped on 3 mistakes we made and had one really good shot and two which weren’t close.
I expected more from Coffield on that free kick. She has to get it on frame. And Schupansky had a good chance in the box but shot it right at the GK.
I wonder how much the rain is affecting play. A few crosses that didn't connect; would they have connected on a dry field? You probably have to factor in the field and play the ball farther from goal than you otherwise would.
I expected more from Coffield on that free kick. She has to get it on frame. And Schupansky had a good chance in the box but shot it right at the GK.
I wonder how much the rain is affecting play. A few crosses that didn't connect; would they have connected on a dry field? You probably have to factor in the field and play the ball farther from goal than you otherwise would.
