[johnbar]

Stanford mostly played the scrubs and still won 5-0 against USF.  All the matches were basically blowouts.  The only reason I can see to schedule USF is to give playing time to players who wouldn't normally get it.

I wouldn't call them "scrubs".  They rested the #1 team (Sorra & Belardi) and moved the 2s, 3s and 4s up one.  They did get some other players involved at the lower levels.

Fuller sort of addressed this in that TreeCast (just listened this morning; thanks JJJ): the "Battle of the Bay" hearkens back to the early days of the Stanford BVB, when they didn't travel outside of NorCal, and all the local teams played each other.  But yes, these teams are not in the same league as Stanford, by a long shot.

[johnbar]

Stanford mostly played the scrubs and still won 5-0 against USF.  All the matches were basically blowouts.  The only reason I can see to schedule USF is to give playing time to players who wouldn't normally get it.

I wouldn't call them "scrubs".  They rested the #1 team (Sorra & Belardi) and moved the 2s, 3s and 4s up one.  They did get some other players involved at the lower levels.

Fuller sort of addressed this in that TreeCast (just listened this morning; thanks JJJ): the "Battle of the Bay" hearkens back to the early days of the Stanford BVB, when they didn't travel outside of NorCal, and all the local teams played each other.  But yes, these teams are not in the same league as Stanford, by a long shot.