[Hieronymus]

Women win 2:0 against a mediocre Syracuse team. This was a meh performance - slow, cautious and predictable. Stanford dominated the shots with 30 but only 7 SOG was much more representative of the game. There were many shots from distance that weren’t close to being dangerous, and Syracuse defended well overall.

- goal 1 was one of the few times they showed a faster gear and scored a nice goal on the counter though it still required an extremely creative Klinger finish to score.
- goal 2 was the only CK out of 16 that was even remotely dangerous, but Marinos finally battered it in after several cracks on goal.
- Syracuse went nowhere for 70 minutes, but got 3 really good looks after Stanford went up 2:0. One miracle save for Birkel amongst the 3.
- Kral started at RF but was ineffective. The revolving door continues. Winn at CF surprised me a little, but it isn’t a crazy idea though I would rather see Klinger tried at CF while keeping Winn wide.
- the outside backs had very little impact on offense. Combine that with the distribution problems at CB and you had a bunch of Nguyen dropping very deep inline with the CBs to help distribute and CBs carrying the ball forward. Yuck.
- almost everything dangerous from the run of play had Kohler directly involved, but she still remains a touch off on the final shot or pass. She is the only player though right now (well maybe Winn on occasion) who can switch the tempo to quicker. Badly need her to be just a touch sharper.
- a bit lucky with the officiating today. Klinger had 2 borderline handballs not called - one on defense in the box that would have been a harsh pk and one to start the second goal sequence that I was a bit surprised wasn’t called.

[Hieronymus]

Women win 2:0 against a mediocre Syracuse team. This was a meh performance - slow, cautious and predictable. Stanford dominated the shots with 30 but only 7 SOG was much more representative of the game. There were many shots from distance that weren’t close to being dangerous, and Syracuse defended well overall.

- goal 1 was one of the few times they showed a faster gear and scored a nice goal on the counter though it still required an extremely creative Klinger finish to score.
- goal 2 was the only CK out of 16 that was even remotely dangerous, but Marinos finally battered it in after several cracks on goal.
- Syracuse went nowhere for 70 minutes, but got 3 really good looks after Stanford went up 2:0. One miracle save for Birkel amongst the 3.
- Kral started at RF but was ineffective. The revolving door continues. Winn at CF surprised me a little, but it isn’t a crazy idea though I would rather see Klinger tried at CF while keeping Winn wide.
- the outside backs had very little impact on offense. Combine that with the distribution problems at CB and you had a bunch of Nguyen dropping very deep inline with the CBs to help distribute and CBs carrying the ball forward. Yuck.
- almost everything dangerous from the run of play had Kohler directly involved, but she still remains a touch off on the final shot or pass. She is the only player though right now (well maybe Winn on occasion) who can switch the tempo to quicker. Badly need her to be just a touch sharper.
- a bit lucky with the officiating today. Klinger had 2 borderline handballs not called - one on defense in the box that would have been a harsh pk and one to start the second goal sequence that I was a bit surprised wasn’t called.