08-26-2025, 04:59 PM
Women's soccer, I think. Stanford (4-0) beat #16 Santa Clara by 5-1 and has gone 19-2 on scoring differential so far this season.
Duke has a new head coach and their team is on the young side. New Goalkeeper. Wake Forest caught fire last year, but lost their two best players to the NWSL.
UNC is talented and deep. Notre Dame not quite as good as Stanford, I think.
Six of Stanford's players went to national team camps. They only lost one transfer (I think, Amalie Pianim). Head coach Paul Ratcliffe is in his 23rd season, at least three terrific frosh.
Stanford has a challenging schedule that will help them toughen up over the course of the year, playing ranked teams like VaTech (14 in the preseason rankings), Virginia (15), USC (5), UCLA (8), Florida State (3). And Cal and Clemson received preseason votes.
Duke has a new head coach and their team is on the young side. New Goalkeeper. Wake Forest caught fire last year, but lost their two best players to the NWSL.
UNC is talented and deep. Notre Dame not quite as good as Stanford, I think.
Six of Stanford's players went to national team camps. They only lost one transfer (I think, Amalie Pianim). Head coach Paul Ratcliffe is in his 23rd season, at least three terrific frosh.
Stanford has a challenging schedule that will help them toughen up over the course of the year, playing ranked teams like VaTech (14 in the preseason rankings), Virginia (15), USC (5), UCLA (8), Florida State (3). And Cal and Clemson received preseason votes.
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