[Hieronymus]

Hieronymus - any preview of tomorrow night's College Cup semifinal vs. Duke? Looks like half the Duke roster is from California.

I unfortunately am dealing with limited internet so I don’t think I can manage it.

Last year against us Duke parked their LB as a far left forward. A straight up 334 on offense; and it caused all kinds of problems in a 4-0 loss. We also had no speed to counter by that point; so Duke suffered exactly zero for taking that risk. Don’t think they can do that this year. If they can, we are in deep trouble.

But I haven’t watched Duke much this year for better information. I know their defense has been very good - no goals in the tournament and 21 on the season.

Duke is also better on offense - 7th in goals scored. Which team can keep the other on its heels will be key. I still expect Duke to be faster, but Stanford to be better at soccer. I just hope it’s not too much faster.

This will be a much tougher test than what we have had so far. As I said earlier., I was very glad they were not a 2or 3 seed in our bracket.

[Hieronymus]

Hieronymus - any preview of tomorrow night's College Cup semifinal vs. Duke? Looks like half the Duke roster is from California.

I unfortunately am dealing with limited internet so I don’t think I can manage it.

Last year against us Duke parked their LB as a far left forward. A straight up 334 on offense; and it caused all kinds of problems in a 4-0 loss. We also had no speed to counter by that point; so Duke suffered exactly zero for taking that risk. Don’t think they can do that this year. If they can, we are in deep trouble.

But I haven’t watched Duke much this year for better information. I know their defense has been very good - no goals in the tournament and 21 on the season.

Duke is also better on offense - 7th in goals scored. Which team can keep the other on its heels will be key. I still expect Duke to be faster, but Stanford to be better at soccer. I just hope it’s not too much faster.

This will be a much tougher test than what we have had so far. As I said earlier., I was very glad they were not a 2or 3 seed in our bracket.