#2 goal by Colorado was a great shot considering the direction in which she was going when she hit it.
22' 2-0 Gomera-Stevens(?) turns through arc top mid-right, drives down to endline mid-right and gets 1/2 step behind -- doesn't pull the cross in time, over endline. 23' 2-0 Weaver drives rightward to 22m arc left, pulls right instep to left post low, off left post bouncing leftward along endline, as Tompkins' dive probably sealed the entire corner anyways. 23' | @morgan_weaver8 robbed again, this time by the left post. She's got the left post and the crossbar in two shots | 2-0 COLO#GoCougs pic.twitter.com/xFYHPRqMzF— Washington State Soccer (@WSUCougarSoccer) October 4, 2018
27' 2-0 Haro left throw-in near own left corner flag(??) Come what may, this is a good test for WSU: the first major adversity we've faced. Our ranking is just a paper number until we back it up, and all of these matches count. Low-res replay of the bounce off the crossbar (from a sideline camera at ~box top left touch) shows insufficient green between tangent and goalline's back edge. In other threads , we've established that this probably matches the no goal condition. The tangent case of a goal, i.e. front of ball tangent to back-edge plane, leaves a stripe of green of ~3 cm between the ball's bottom contact point and the back-edge line at ground level, due to the curvature of a sphere, and so any stripe narrower than that critical width is not-a-goal. 32' 2-0 Haro right ck, inswings to 7m left post. Minniss outjumps behind 2, nods a header to 1/3 left, Tompkins basket-catches. 31' | Cougs with a good look off the corner but right at the Buff's keeper | 2-0 COLO#GoCougs pic.twitter.com/nuq4UcPj5K— Washington State Soccer (@WSUCougarSoccer) October 4, 2018
35' 2-0 Yaay! Video that moves! Colorado switch left, miss a square pass to circle back, ... (it moves no more) WSU counters, #2 Webb slips on damp grass, Pulver shoots just high. (Stats pbp says Overland, but I trust WSU to know our own players. Stats also call us "Denver" ) 37' 2-0 Weaver fouls #21 Puketapu down, yellow card on Weaver. Injury stoppage, Puketapu is helped off bearing little weight(?) on left leg. s/#17 Joella/Puketapu/ 42' 2-0 Minniss grabs Joella -- beaten on a run? Yellow card on Minniss.
HT 2-0. So far, this stream hasn't shown much Colorado 8(2)-(2)10 shots(sog), 2-3 corners, 0-1 offside, 9-8 fouls, 1-2 yellow cards. I can't judge how well we're playing (esp. midfield control, offensive 1/3 ideas) because ... the pbp guys haven't described it. We seem to be creating chances.
48' 2-0 Ugh, at end of halftime, the field-level behind-goal cam was streaming just fine. Then for 2H, it switches back to the sideline mast cam, and -- it's back to still frames. I think it's that camera, or its data wire. 49' 2-0 Haro long shot rolls to Tompkins?
52' 2-0 O'Neill passes to Weaver at arc top box right. Weaver spins past Greening down mid-right, cross blocked over. 53' 2-0 Haro right ck, to 4m left post. O'Neill heads ball off crossbar, it bounces straight down and rolls down Tompkins' front, not caught, to ~2m 1/3 left. H.Smith pokes it across mouth to right post low, #24 Weiner(?) is far-post defender and kicks it off line. Now we know how UCLA felt 53' | Unbelievable, the Cougs hit the cross bar again as the Buffs saved by the wood for the third time in the game | 2-0 COLO#GoCougs pic.twitter.com/MKXrzBmmMM— Washington State Soccer (@WSUCougarSoccer) October 4, 2018
58' 2-1 Haro sends a fast through-ball down mid-left, Weaver outruns 1 to 5m, has just-enough window past defender's sliding cleats. Tompkins comes out to 4m 6-left, shields entire mouth with the shadow of her body -- Weaver flicks left instep just-early, flat across mouth in front of Tompkins, off right post , this one banks in. And -- Haro's 10th assist in 11 matches! HIGHLIGHT | FINALLY the woodwork plays to the Cougs favor as @morgan_weaver8 gets her 7th goal of the season #GoCougs pic.twitter.com/CzJ4Mlrby3— Washington State Soccer (@WSUCougarSoccer) October 4, 2018 60' 2-1 Hernandez-Repreza(?) crosses from arc top wide right to 6m center, Weaver runs on through box top up centerline, jump-heads down to 2m center, Tompkins smothers the bounce. Here's another look at that save by @j_tompkins05 in the 60th minute. Colorado leads Washington State 2-1 #DoMore #GoBuffs pic.twitter.com/jytGrCpivd— Colorado Buffaloes Soccer (@CUBuffsSoccer) October 4, 2018
67' 2-1 Colorado chips to 9m 3-right, Baucom jumps and twist-heads wide right. Chrome handles the stream better than Firefox this day 69' 2-1 The left 1/4 of Colorado's half of the field is in deep shadows from trees. The camera can't handle the contrast, so everybody goes into stealth mode thereat. 70' 2-1 Colorado cross to 6-top right post, Baucom does a right-instep drag-behind flick across mouth, skitters just wide left low.
72' 2-1 Alger fakes centerward at arc top mid-left, cuts past #24 Weiner to 14m mid-left, shoots left foot high. 72' | Great footwork by Bri Alger but the shot goes high and out of play | 2-1 COLO#GoCougs pic.twitter.com/PnOsC89Q2L— Washington State Soccer (@WSUCougarSoccer) October 4, 2018 73'(?) 2-1 K.Barton(?) chips to ~5m left post, Bennett runs on and stoop-heads down hard but wide left low.
77' 2-1 Hernandez-Repreza spins past box top right, square pass left to Weaver at 12m mid-right. Weaver swings left roundhouse, blocked high over endline right. 78' 2-1 Smith receives facing away at 15m mid-right, spins down box right, cross blocked over. 79' 2-1 Weaver(!) right ck, Greening blocks it over. (Haro is on bench for now) 79' 2-1 K.Barton right ck, to 6m 7-left, McLyn pike-heads down into legs at 6-left, blocked or saved, ball bounces out to 5m left post. McLyn follow shot to 1/3 left low, Tompkins half-split kick-save at 3m, ball rebounds toward 6-left foot and Colorado blasts it away. 79' | Again the Cougs can't catch a break on a pair of point blank strikes off the corner that are blocked | 2-1 COLO#GoCougs pic.twitter.com/xFs9UhMumC— Washington State Soccer (@WSUCougarSoccer) October 4, 2018
82' 3-1 Colorado diagonal pass from 25m mid-right to 7m 3-left, #8 Massey runs on unmarked and not accounted-for, settles ball. GK Thompson comes out and challenges awkwardly, ball rattles off shins and skitters to 9m left post. Thompson is wrong-footed, thinks to go back to net, then reverses to chase but too late to close, Massey steps to ball and shoots right instep bend into back right edge high. Colorado's speed puts GK Thompson in bang-bang situations -- the more annoying breakdown was leaving Massey that open to begin with. Here's another look at the goal scored @megmassey16 in the 82nd minute CU leads 3-1 #GoBuffs | #DoMore pic.twitter.com/mX2eTuHZjD— Colorado Buffaloes Soccer (@CUBuffsSoccer) October 4, 2018
85' 3-1 WSU entry pass to Bennett outrunning the LB to 12m mid-right. Bennett cuts back, then spin-and-shoots left instep to right post low but gets no power, it rolls slowly to Tompkins. 87' 3-1 Kornieck shoots low right(?), Thompson dives and pushes it wide left and over. 89' 3-1 Stoppage, RCB (fr.) Minniss is sitting down at midfield. Stoppage, trainers arm-carry her off in tears, with no weight on left leg Didn't see the play. 89'45" 3-1 Rita scoops left instep from arc top wide left, it drops at 5m 1/3 left and Tompkins falls upon it.
FT 3-1. Colorado remains unbeaten; WSU's year goes on. It's still our best-ever start through 11 matches, and now we get less sideshow. The hype was fun while it lasted Now we'll earn somewhat more realistic hype for a larger body of work, and that will be our proper level. Colorado is just as fast as us (or faster) in midfield, taller (ahem), and knows us thoroughly, so I give them the edge at home, regardless of rankings. I'm satisfied with WSU's continuous effort. We looked today like we've looked all year: many ideas, many partial chances, not perfect ball control defusing most of them. It might be good enough for 15 wins this year, and it was just a permutation that 10 of them came in one big raisin nut cluster. Next cluster up! I made so many wood puns in NWSL this year, I'm out of them now. They don't just grow on ... pitches! (Haha, I found a new one) Perhaps now we can go back to sneaking up on teams
2018/10/07 Sun 11:00 PDT (+5=1-6, +2=0-2) Utah - Washington State #7 (+10=0-1, +3=0-1) Stream: Pac-12 Utah-WSU (Pac-12 WA) Stats: Utah's Sidearm Back at it! Utah just outlasted UW 2-0, on a total hustle goal off a muffed punt, and a long bouncing chase for a running half-volley. We shall endeavor to not let high balls drop behind our high line.
08' 0-0 Wow, risky play highlights a potential field flaw #17 H.Smith and #19 H.Skolmoski chase ball down box right, get ~1 diameter past baseline, Smith scythes at ball (and misses). Skolmoski trips over and bodysurfs upon Smith's legs, sprawls face-first through the entire ~2m-deep end zone -- and lands with her face just inches away from the concrete base of the metal fence. Maybe add some padding to that exposed concrete edge, all along the bottom of the fence?
20' 0-0 To and fro. Utah 3(1)-(2)3 shots(sog), 0 corners, 0-2 offsides. 22' 0-0 Gomera-Stevens collects in midfield right, early ground pass to box top mid-right blocked away. Gomera-Stevens steals the rebound, cuts to 25m mid-right, left foot shot sails high wide left. 24' 0-0 H.Smith(?) rolls a pass down wide right, Weaver curls to it at 5m wide right, cross blocked by Hixson's right ribs, over endline right. WSU right ck to 4m left post, headed away.
25' 0-0 WSU collect again, exchange flat passes at box top mid-right -- but H.Smith caught offside. 26' 0-0 Utah possess at own circle back left, diagonal pass up left touch rolls a step too far, into touch. 27' 0-0 Hixson entry pass to box top right, poked away. Haro runs around her attacker and clears the rebound, Bennet chases a longball to Utah's arc top box left, GK Christensen comes out and clears. 28' 0-0 WSU cross from ~box top right to 6m center, just over #14 Myers' head, #5 Cacciacarne heads away through box left.
33' 0-0 Overland(?) turns down wide left, sails a cross to 4m 1/3 right, Skolmoski heads over. WSU right ck headed away, 2nd cross from ~box top wide right to 9m left post headed wide left. 36' 0-0 Utah siege box, long cross from box top wide right to 6m mid-left finds a wide 1-v-1. Backpass to box top mid-right, we exchange poke-aways. 37' 0-0 WSU flick-head into traffic at 5m right post, Utah clears to arc top. WSU collects amidst emerging runners, #4 Clarke turn-and-shoot from 24m arc left sails high wide left. 39' 0-0 Utah run through arc top mid-right, inside-out diagonal pass hits #31 James sneaking behind Haro(?) at 14m box right -- but she clangs ball off own shin over endline right.
HT 0-0. Utah 3(1)-(2)5 shots(sog), 0-3 corners, 3-5 fouls, 0-2 offsides. WSU seemed to have about 60% possession and possessions-in-other-1/3, but neither side has a speed edge, and so there are no clear-cut through-ball chances. Mostly it's been lofted crosses lost or not controlled.
099' 1-0 #21 Dunn turns McLyn down box right to 4m mid-right, O'Neill drops to 7m 7-right to stop cross, nobody marks #12 Daugirda trailing through box top right post to 12m. Dunn crosses to 9m right post, Daugirda one-touch right instep across mouth, past Thompson's dive into left side netting. Clinical shot on evidently blown coverage. .@UtahWSoccer's ⭐️golden goal⭐️ scores the @OpusBank #12Best Moment.#Pac12Soccer pic.twitter.com/OBzyJmXKre— Pac-12 Network (@Pac12Network) October 7, 2018 Golden goals deserve multiple angles.@hollydaugirda sealed the deal for @UtahWSoccer to take down No. 7 Washington St. in OT.#Pac12Soccer pic.twitter.com/bCfk8Igkqq— Pac-12 Network (@Pac12Network) October 7, 2018
This is how Dunn created the space -- good speed move beat a young defender overcommitting. #20 McLyn has been RB for 1+ yr, dunno why she was isolated on the left for this sequence. If you missed the winner at Ute Field today, we have you covered! c/o of @utahathletics video#Relentless 🙌 pic.twitter.com/DTWosxetbI— Utah Women's Soccer (@UtahWSoccer) October 7, 2018
Shrug. We played a bit slower than we normally do, but basically, this is us, and always was. #7 was an aberration caused by the schedule being a certain order. We probably were always around #20 for our ability to play with the ball, and not even that high on an off-day. I dunno what happened with the marking on the last play (and all day at Colorado), but we've had our share of those go our way. Anyways, as we saw at the end of last year, the final ranking is (fairly or not) overwhelmingly determined by the depth of the tourney run. Learn, get better, pass the next pop quiz.