11-29-2024, 05:14 PM
(This post was last modified: 11-29-2024, 05:20 PM by DenverCard.)
Great win for the Card!!!
Having watched Stanford lose at Notre Dame a few weeks ago, the game in which Jasmine Aikey was injured, I gave them no chance to win today's game, notwithstanding the fact that it was at home. I thought they lacked sufficient athleticism, a feeling that was exacerbated in seeing that most of the starters on ND seemed 5'10" or more. But Stanford was aggressive and poised throughout and they scored two nice header goals. Most of Stanford's players simply looked better than the baseline that I had established for them in my mind.
Earlier this year someone on this site suggested Stanford a top-20ish team and I thought that was spot-on. And here they are heading to the College Cup. Fantastic!
P.S. I retract everything I wrote about Paul Ratcliffe in a prior post.
Having watched Stanford lose at Notre Dame a few weeks ago, the game in which Jasmine Aikey was injured, I gave them no chance to win today's game, notwithstanding the fact that it was at home. I thought they lacked sufficient athleticism, a feeling that was exacerbated in seeing that most of the starters on ND seemed 5'10" or more. But Stanford was aggressive and poised throughout and they scored two nice header goals. Most of Stanford's players simply looked better than the baseline that I had established for them in my mind.
Earlier this year someone on this site suggested Stanford a top-20ish team and I thought that was spot-on. And here they are heading to the College Cup. Fantastic!
P.S. I retract everything I wrote about Paul Ratcliffe in a prior post.