2016 Pac12 Thread

UDub is without Sr Amanda Perez who tore her ACL and is redshirting this season. I believe she plays on the Mexico Womens National Team.

 

I think they're missing Amanda Perez, too. She shows on the roster, but I think she's red-shirting.

 

Ahhhh thank you for letting me she (Perez) was also gone. But do you think she's better then Simon & Keever? I would say they're better (more valuable) then Perez

 

I don't know which is the better. Simon and Keever had the better points last year. But, that's not definitive as I can't say what less measurable contributions they made to the team. If you saw a lot of their games, I'd take your word one way or the other. But, she probably qualifies as one of their best players.

 

The PAC12 non-conference results are nice, and they do stack up favorably against other conferences after a somewhat inauspicious start, but the self-appointed prognosticator is claiming that the PAC12 is a better conference than the ACC, which everyone knows is not the case. The non-conference totals for the ACC so far are 58 wins, 15 losses, and 5 draws. Much of this is just bluster, since both conferences provide some of the best women's college soccer in the country. I just take umbrage when statements are made that are counter-intuitive to the actual results, and commonly held platitudes. I guess we will not know for certain until the conclusion of the College Cup. My money is on an ACC team raising the trophy.

 

UNC at UCLA, Friday
Notre Dame at Stanford, Sunday
UNC at USC, Sunday

 

Cal had a very good road trip to Texas this weekend. Destroyed Texas Tech in Lubbock on Friday night and clawed out a 1-0 win over Texas on Sunday, albeit controversially. Bears scored late on a quick reset off a foul at the top of the box at a time when the referee was allegedly instructing players in the Texas wall to back up.

 

Why?

 

With them yet to play St. Mary's, UC Davis and USF, Cal could be 8-1 before conference play begins. But if Arielle Ship, last year's Pac-12 POTY, isn't healthy (one goal, three shots in 5 matches played, to date), there has to be major concern.

 

To bad your daughter is committed to NC State.

 

And as you press Enter ...


Oregon 1-3 USC

 

2016/10/02 Sun:
Stanford-Washington
11' Stanford quack a backpass, GK Jane Campbell charges out into a 1-v-1, just-loses race and scythes a Husky down. Straight red card, but the backup GK saves the PK.

2H During play, the Pac-12 camera zooms in on Campbell still in uniform and lurking in the doorway of a house-like structure at midfield or so, peeking past the wall to watch the action on the field. I guess as long as she stays on the other side of the door jamb, she's off the field?

I see her now! There are two soccer fields side-by-side, and the dividing wall is a ground-level building (lockers?), with 2nd-story balcony seats facing this field. She's in the shadow of the doorway on the ground floor. That door is probably closed during games

(As I understand it, a red card means you're dismissed from the field and cannot remain on the bench, but you could sit in the stands like any other fan(?). She's, indeed, directly below the bleacher seats, so it could be argued that she is in the stands. OTOH, both team benches are right up against the wall of that building portion, under the balcony awnings, so she's standing only about 1m behind everybody else.)

 

Arizona State-Colorado
44'26" 0-0 Colorado fk, scoop to box top arc left. Three players go up and collide heads. ASU #19 McKenzie Grossman splits skin above left temple, comes down with blood pouring out of her left hairline -- covering face like a mask. Teammates urge her to lie back down. Trainers come out and -- wipe excess blood off her left arm ASU #22 Madison Stark also down in box -- less severe. Eventually she sits up, gets up, joins the crowd around Grossman.

Significant stoppage, Pac-12 goes to commercial. Return to Grossman sitting up, with a green golf cart parked on the field. To be honest, this is probably more of a split-skin gusher than a full-contact concussion, so as soon as they get bleeding slowed, she might be safe to move.

She walks to the cart and gets driven off, holding a towel/ice pack to her own head.

44'27" 0-1 And btw, that was a foul on ASU. Colorado fk at 17m left post, Kornieck runs on and blasts across mouth, golaaaaaaaaaazo into back right edge 1/2 high. The wall must have stopped short before it covered that window.

HT 0-1.

 

61' 0-1 Colorado fk at arc tangent right, Kornieck runs on and blasts across mouth, off left post 2/5 high, bounces across mouth rightward. CU #17 chases it down at 15m box right but trips over a slide-tackle, loses it over endline. Next week she'll dink over the wall into the near corner, and nobody will expect it --

 

The top six teams in the conference are 17-0-1. Which means the bottom six teams are 0-17-1.

 

Yes, and next weekend Cal/Stanford go down to battle UCLA/USC.

 

Anybody have word on the injury suffered by UCLA"s Darian Jenkins in yesterday's game vs Oregon? According to various sources, game was halted for an extended period and Jenkins had to be taken from field by ambulance. Hoping her injury is not nearly as serious as it sounds.

 

Sorry to hear that. Talented young lady. Hope she has a quick and complete recovery.

And ... what a week coming up in the Pac 12. Holy wow.