15 minutes in and ND has controlled possession and seems like we are playing on our heels a little bit. Gotta catch the ND backline creeping up and kick it over their heads IMHO.
Women's Futbol vs Notre Dame
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The only way we can score is if we get lucky, ND looks much better than us
I’ve been to a handful of games this season and the Irish are by and far the best team I’ve seen step foot inside the pitch here in Starkville.
This is just a different level from anyone in the SEC.
The SEC just isn’t an incredibly strong soccer conference. The level of soccer played in the ACC is head and shoulders above the SEC.
We look tired tbh. And ND's passing has been really crisp.
We’re just 17ing built to suffer, aren’t we?
ACC soccer is just a different level of competition. SEC has 5 College Cup (final four) appearances. ACC has 83. It was a great season.
Yeah, ACC is cleaning house today:
UNC beat Minnesota
Wake beat Ohio State
Duke is beating Michigan State
ND is beating us
ACC tournament was tougher than the NCAA tournament up until the College Cup. Stanford will probably beat Arkansas to give them 5 of the last 8. College Cup could easily be 4 ACC teams.
A big thank you to this team for making this Fall much more bearable for a Bulldog fan. Already looking forward to 2025.
Exactly! What a Godsend this team and their season has been.
Agree. Can't say I'm a big soccer guy but it's been fun to head down to "the pitch" this year. Thanks as well to the soccer folks on here for running the threads and keeping us novices up to speed on things.
I will say it wasn't for lack of support tonight. I made the run down for a bit of the first half and the place was packed and stacked like I've never seen. Just ran into what seems is the ACC buzz saw.
FWIW and my 2 cents, James Armstrong is both a good coach and a pretty cool guy as well.
On to Basketball.
Six of the final eight teams are ACC teams. The conference is stacked this year. Very possible if not probable that the final four will be an all ACC affair.
Yep, the ACC won all of their games yesterday. The only two teams that weren’t in the ACC that won were Penn State (who beat Vandy) and USCw (who beat another Big Ten team Wisconsin).
Records by conference (note games that go to penalty kicks are draws - you advance on PKs, you don't win). #1 ACC - gap - #2 Big 10 - big gap - #3 SEC - big gap - everyone else.
| ACC | 9 | 15–1–2 | .889 | 9 | 6 | – | – | – | – |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Big Ten | 10 | 14–3–2 | .789 | 9 | 7 | – | – | – | – |
| SEC | 10 | 8–7–2 | .529 | 7 | 3 | – | – | – | – |
| Big East | 2 | 2–2 | .500 | 2 | 0 | – | – | – | – |
| Atlantic 10 | 1 | 1–1 | .500 | 1 | 0 | – | – | – | – |
| Big 12 | 7 | 3–6–1 | .350 | 3 | 0 | – | – | – | – |
| West Coast | 2 | 1–2 | .333 | 1 | 0 | – | – | – | – |
| Other | 23 | 0–22–1 | .022 | – | – | – | – | – | – |
So winning the SEC title is pretty much the ceiling for any SEC school? Guess that’s a good year, then.
Yep, especially with the Pac-12 dissolving and two of its best soccer programs going to the ACC. Unless some SEC teams dump some major NIL money into their programs and start getting the SEC on the pro and USWNT radars, this is what’s going to happen just about every year. College soccer doesn’t draw TV and attendance money, so unless some big alumnus is a soccer fan, that won’t happen.
If you look at the current US Women’s National Team roster, it’s like an ACC All Star roster:
Emily Fox - UNC
Lindsey Horan - UNC
Emily Sonnet - UVA
Korbin Albert - ND
Sophia Smith - Stanford
Alyssa Thompson - Stanford
Mandy Haught - VT
Phallon Tulis-Joyce - Miami
Tierna Davidson - Stanford
Eva Gaitino - ND
Naomi Girma - Stanford
Casey Krueger - FSU
Jenna Nighswonger - FSU
Emily Sams - FSU
Hal Hershfelt - Clemson
Ally Sentnor - UNC
The few remaining were mostly out of the Big Ten (Penn State specifically).
I found one SEC player:
Alyssa Malonson - Auburn
Auburn’s head coach, Karen Hoppa, just retired after 26 years. James Armstrong was there previously. They likely kick the tires to see if mutual interest if they don’t promote from within.
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