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BlueK 08-18-2015 06:43 PM

womens soccer
 
I've found BYU womens soccer to be very entertaining to watch. I usually watch several games on BYUTV. This year's team has a lot of talent, including Ashley Hatch who has played games for the US national U-23 team. They are nationally ranked to start the season (underrated at #19, IMO) and just beat Arizona in an exhibition game. I think they have a good chance to advance several rounds in the NCAA tournament like the team from a couple of years ago that made it to the elite 8.

MikeWaters 08-18-2015 08:50 PM

I watched several games at BYU. Watched maybe parts of a couple of games on byutv past few years.

Maybe I can get my wife to watch with the kids.

MikeWaters 08-19-2015 03:46 PM

a couple of BYU mentions.

http://espn.go.com/espnw/news-commen...-soccer-season

Archaea 08-20-2015 05:43 PM

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Originally Posted by BlueK (Post 320202)
I've found BYU womens soccer to be very entertaining to watch. I usually watch several games on BYUTV. This year's team has a lot of talent, including Ashley Hatch who has played games for the US national U-23 team. They are nationally ranked to start the season (underrated at #19, IMO) and just beat Arizona in an exhibition game. I think they have a good chance to advance several rounds in the NCAA tournament like the team from a couple of years ago that made it to the elite 8.

I enjoy following the program. However, I am not a fan of the offensive scheme used by BYU. It doesn't allow for enough indirect play and BYU players tend to lack the ability to break down defensive players in the final third of the field.

BlueK 08-20-2015 07:07 PM

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Originally Posted by Archaea (Post 320212)
I enjoy following the program. However, I am not a fan of the offensive scheme used by BYU. It doesn't allow for enough indirect play and BYU players tend to lack the ability to break down defensive players in the final third of the field.

I think that describes how they've been most of the time in the past, but from what I saw, I didn't think that was the case with last year's team during the second half of the season especially as the younger players came around. The offense last year I thought was less about long ball and more precise, while still taking advantage of their speed. It was the defense that was the main weakness last year I thought. The team last year was also very young, with the freshmen and sophomores seeming to be the more talented players on the team.

They just beat Arizona 3-2 in an exhibition and start off playing in Hawaii tomorrow against a top 25 Cal team, followed by playing #3 Stanford late on Monday. It will be interesting to see how they do against these two very legit opponents on a neutral field.

Archaea 08-21-2015 03:27 PM

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Originally Posted by BlueK (Post 320215)
I think that describes how they've been most of the time in the past, but from what I saw, I didn't think that was the case with last year's team during the second half of the season especially as the younger players came around. The offense last year I thought was less about long ball and more precise, while still taking advantage of their speed. It was the defense that was the main weakness last year I thought. The team last year was also very young, with the freshmen and sophomores seeming to be the more talented players on the team.

They just beat Arizona 3-2 in an exhibition and start off playing in Hawaii tomorrow against a top 25 Cal team, followed by playing #3 Stanford late on Monday. It will be interesting to see how they do against these two very legit opponents on a neutral field.

It would be great to make it to the final four. My prognostication is that BYU women's soccer will make it there before the Men's basketball team.

BlueK 08-21-2015 06:14 PM

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Originally Posted by Archaea (Post 320227)
It would be great to make it to the final four. My prognostication is that BYU women's soccer will make it there before the Men's basketball team.

Even though womens volleyball at BYU has always been pretty good, I wouldn't have predicted a couple of years ago that they'd get to the final four before womens soccer.

BlueK 08-22-2015 02:11 PM

BYU beats Cal 2-0! On the pre-season coaches poll BYU was ranked #19 and Cal #18. On the other poll BYU was #16 and Cal #15. On Monday BYU plays #3 Stanford.

BlueK 08-24-2015 02:56 PM

BYU moves up to #14 this week on one of the polls. The coaches poll is not out yet.

http://www.topdrawersoccer.com/colle...rankings/women

Archaea 08-25-2015 03:50 AM

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Originally Posted by BlueK (Post 320247)
BYU moves up to #14 this week on one of the polls. The coaches poll is not out yet.

http://www.topdrawersoccer.com/colle...rankings/women

Hawaiian weather cancels game against Stanford.


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