[oldalum]

well, UCLA outplayed us for long stretches of that earlier game, which we won 1-0. Had the better possession, were dangerous in the attacking third, excellent defense. Other times we looked better. They have great talent, seem to have a little more team speed than us. Excellent goalkeeper. Excellent coach. That game probably should have been at least 1-1 because in replay it looks like a UCLA shot crossed the end line but was called no-goal at the time. One advantage we have this time is that both UCLA forwards and some of the midfielders had to play 110 minutes, and they have only about 40 hours to recover before the next kickoff.

I probably would have preferred to play Duke. Oh well.

[oldalum]

well, UCLA outplayed us for long stretches of that earlier game, which we won 1-0. Had the better possession, were dangerous in the attacking third, excellent defense. Other times we looked better. They have great talent, seem to have a little more team speed than us. Excellent goalkeeper. Excellent coach. That game probably should have been at least 1-1 because in replay it looks like a UCLA shot crossed the end line but was called no-goal at the time. One advantage we have this time is that both UCLA forwards and some of the midfielders had to play 110 minutes, and they have only about 40 hours to recover before the next kickoff.

I probably would have preferred to play Duke. Oh well.