[Mick]

3-0 would be a wipe-out: I'm all for it, but I think it's extremely unlikely. Santa Clara's strategy against us has usually been to focus on defense, prodding us to take long outside shots (most of which are not on frame and the GK handles the rest), and hoping to score one goal or get a tie. Not a bad strategy for an underdog; it worked 2 years ago. I foresee a low-scoring game but would be delighted to be proved wrong, for if a lot of goals are scored we are going to be the ones scoring them.

Might be a rough-ish game.  Stanford only has one yellow card and zero red cards this season.  SCU has 11 yellow cards and one red card.  Seems strange to me, most of SCU's better players are 5'6" or shorter.  Only two of the ten non-goalie players are over 5'6".

SCU has slightly more corner kicks than Stanford (44-37), but close to the same average per game.  Shots on goal average is very close, both teams hovering around 40%.

[Mick]

3-0 would be a wipe-out: I'm all for it, but I think it's extremely unlikely. Santa Clara's strategy against us has usually been to focus on defense, prodding us to take long outside shots (most of which are not on frame and the GK handles the rest), and hoping to score one goal or get a tie. Not a bad strategy for an underdog; it worked 2 years ago. I foresee a low-scoring game but would be delighted to be proved wrong, for if a lot of goals are scored we are going to be the ones scoring them.

Might be a rough-ish game.  Stanford only has one yellow card and zero red cards this season.  SCU has 11 yellow cards and one red card.  Seems strange to me, most of SCU's better players are 5'6" or shorter.  Only two of the ten non-goalie players are over 5'6".

SCU has slightly more corner kicks than Stanford (44-37), but close to the same average per game.  Shots on goal average is very close, both teams hovering around 40%.