12-05-2019, 03:17 PM
For those who care to opine, I'm curious what people feel about tomorrow's soccer games: Men's team in the quarterfinals at Clemson, and women's team in the College Cup (semifinals) against UCLA.
The folks at Top Drawer Soccer, whose analyses tend to be unexpectedly shallow and error-prone for a site devoted to soccer, predicts Stanford to win both games. (Whereas much of their content is behind a paywall, their predictions are available to all.)
https://www.topdrawersoccer.com/college-...w_aid47400
https://www.topdrawersoccer.com/college-...w_aid47403
I feel very good about the prospects of the women to advance and, hopefully, rub North Carolina's face in the dirt in the finals. I am almost equally pessimistic about the men advancing. Were it not for their goalie, Andrew Thomas; the je ne sais quoi that somehow propels them to victory in games when they look like the weaker team; and the fact that for years they've been beating good teams on the road in the NCAAs, I'd give the men no chance tomorrow. I'm especially concerned about them having to play on the East Coast on the Friday after a late game the past Sunday. Moreover, Clemson will undoubtedly be reminded ad nauseam how Stanford beat them 4-0 in the finals 4 years ago.
Predictions?
The folks at Top Drawer Soccer, whose analyses tend to be unexpectedly shallow and error-prone for a site devoted to soccer, predicts Stanford to win both games. (Whereas much of their content is behind a paywall, their predictions are available to all.)
https://www.topdrawersoccer.com/college-...w_aid47400
https://www.topdrawersoccer.com/college-...w_aid47403
I feel very good about the prospects of the women to advance and, hopefully, rub North Carolina's face in the dirt in the finals. I am almost equally pessimistic about the men advancing. Were it not for their goalie, Andrew Thomas; the je ne sais quoi that somehow propels them to victory in games when they look like the weaker team; and the fact that for years they've been beating good teams on the road in the NCAAs, I'd give the men no chance tomorrow. I'm especially concerned about them having to play on the East Coast on the Friday after a late game the past Sunday. Moreover, Clemson will undoubtedly be reminded ad nauseam how Stanford beat them 4-0 in the finals 4 years ago.
Predictions?