Looks correct to me. The only state I would rank above Texas is California btw (girls side).
TU Women's Soccer Fall 2023
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Three members of the women’s team received all AAC honors. Can’t link the story. An interesting tidbit….all three are from Oklahoma. Two from the metro. Hope the staff is paying attention.
The ladies play SMU tomorrow afternoon in the first round of the AAC tourney. Looks to be a winnable game.
The ladies play SMU tomorrow afternoon in the first round of the AAC tourney. Looks to be a winnable game.
It’s funny how the better teams seem to be able to find a way to score those game winning goals even when they aren’t controlling the game.
What I will say is it seems that the UAB coach may have planted a bug in the ref's ear about Memphis' physicality maybe not being within the allowed boundaries of the game. I turned it on with 6.5 minutes left and within 3 minutes I saw 4 fouls whistled on Memphis and the Memphis players were none too happy with one player mouthing "That's BS, that hasn't been called all season".
On Memphis' 2nd goal, UAB completely butchered the entire thing. Memphis was out on a counter, defender made a nice play to poke the ball out for a throw-in but then UAB fell asleep and didn't mark the trailing back who moved up into the attack who was able to serve an unmolested ball into the middle of the box which was then headed home by Memphis. Goal scorer was marked initially but the UAB defender didn't read the play and allowed the attacker to get across her and head the ball home with a clean look.
2nd quarterfinal, #5 Charlotte leads #4 ECU 2-0 twenty minutes in. 1st goal came 45 seconds in on a shot from 22 yards. Went right over the ECU keeper's hand. 2nd goal came on a free kick from about 35-40 yards on the angle. Charlotte player went directly at goal and cleared the ECU GKs hand.
As I was typing this, Charlotte scored a 3rd. This one went upper 90 from the top of the 18. GK had no chance on this one but it's pretty obvious Charlotte's game plan is to shoot high whenever they get a chance as the ECU Gk is not able to cover the bar.
As I was typing this, Charlotte scored a 3rd. This one went upper 90 from the top of the 18. GK had no chance on this one but it's pretty obvious Charlotte's game plan is to shoot high whenever they get a chance as the ECU Gk is not able to cover the bar.
D1 goalies who can’t come close to covering the bar are one of my pet peeves. ECU’s keeper appeared woefully short of the bar on a few of those.
I went to ECU's website to see her bio and hoping they listed her height...they did not. She didn't look very tall. She was the SR GK on the roster but honestly there were a number of things she did not do very well IMO. She certainly didn't read plays well and she didn't look terribly athletic. Bad combo for GKs.
I am watching the MIT vs Coast Guard Academy match right now. Quarterfinals of the NEWMAC. One of the weirdest things I've ever seen is a college level GK not setting up his own wall and a field player setting the position of the wall on a free kick. Coast Guard leads 1-0 on a header off a set piece but the MIT butchered the play getting caught in no man's land after initially deciding to come off his line and then deciding that was a bad idea and he was just stuck. Coast Guard's GK has only had to come up with 1 big save and he must be in there for is shot stopping because he's not very good with the ball at his feet (he seems to be treating it like the ball is on fire) and his distribution is meh at best.
TU game should be starting here soon.
I will say TU is closer to being good than they are to being bad. They were really organized on defense. 1st goal was a little bit of an unlucky break. Some of the issue is TU tends to sit back and absorb pressure hoping to find a counter when the opportunity presented itself. And they were pretty efficient on the counters. Usually when you're unwilling to press it is a sign of a lack of quality depth. I think TU has some good players to build around, they just need more good players.
That said, I still don't think Rhein is the answer for TU. I don't think he has the mettle to recruit at this level and to convince the local talent to stay here. And there's plenty of local talent to be had the next 2-3 years.
Don't follow Womens Soccer much but there was a fine feature article today in The TW on the 3 Fernandez sisters starting for TU, the only uni in the country with 3 doing so. They all appear to be pretty salty with parents who taught them the technical aspect of the game from day 1.
The only problem is that they are all members of the Mexican NT and will no doubt bedevil our gals down the road.
The only problem is that they are all members of the Mexican NT and will no doubt bedevil our gals down the road.
They’re a great story. Not sure they have the quality to pose the US national teams girls many issues though.
If they did, there's a chance they would be playing with them.
No, TU usually keeps these things quiet until after LOIs are in. And it's not like a football or basketball player where people are following the recruits and then retweeting. I mean the recruit could have tagged TU in their verbal commitment but unless we're stalking the soccer players. TU's soccer accounts can't retweet or promote those verbal commitments within NCAA rules, and they can't comment on them. My guess is Tom has several lined up both US based players as well as a good crop of international players. Maybe Erling Haaland has a younger sibling who needs to cut his teeth in US college soccer before returning to Europe. This would be a great place for him.
I typically see a post by TSC, Energy, etc…of a player or two committing to TU (girls). Haven’t seen anything for this class. Very curious to see our signees on Weds.
Disappointed we didn’t sign any girls from Oklahoma. Kaleigh Hart is from IMG Academy which I thought was interesting. Also…our social media and PR efforts are lacking regarding signing day
Same here. Hopefully TU will put out a press release in the next few days and provide a little bio on both the men and women signees
Just FYI….the women open up the season this Friday with an exhibition against OSU in Stillwater. Hoping they can build on some of the momentum from the last half of the season last year. I still believe they are short of the talent needed to compete for a conference title but look forward to improvement year over year.
As long as it is moving forward. I still don't think Rhein is the answer as head coach and the assistant coach who was key to recruiting is not listed as an assistant at TU any longer, so that's worrisome. Lots of returning pieces from last year so that bodes well. I'm still looking for the girl from Norman (so, F) to really create problems for other teams' defenders. She had a ton of pace and strength and really pulled a lot of defenders wherever she went last year opening up a lot of space. I still think Rhein employs too much of the kick and chase tactic and really needs to focus on ball control in the MF. We all know that is the true way to control games. The men did it for 2-3 years and it just makes it hard for the other team if they are always chasing.
Jo Johnson took the head coaching gig for Spokane in the USL Women’s Super League. TU just doesn’t pay enough in most Olympic sports to keep quality assistants in the fold. Women’s soccer is no different. We’re signing ECNL players just not the top ECNL players. No USWNT camp invites. No all conference players. Now some of that is political but one would still like to see a few of those players signed. My perception is we don’t recruit aggressively but tend to wait for girls to contact us then follow up if we’re interested.
Let's get real. We have a high school soccer coach. He needs to be moved.
He’s a member of a large group of soccer people who hate Barry to be specific. We’ve signed two Tulsa area girls in the last two years combined. That’s not enough. TU needs to work harder with the both Energy and TSC imo. Host two club ECNL scrimmages a year. Invite say Energy and Scott Gallagher on a Sunday. Open up the soccer facilities. Have the coaching staff there. Same with say TSC and Sporting Blue Valley. There is zero reason the Oklahoma girls who received USWNT camp invites the past few years aren’t personally invited to TU soccer camps with the camp fee waived….zero. These are the best girls in the state. There’s less than ten of them combined from U15 to U17. It takes a email. No excuse for not targeting the top talent in the state.
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By my count there are 8 girls from Tulsa on the squad right now and they are all from TSC, but maybe I don't know how to count.
Another 4 from OKC. That is a pretty good amount. That is more than I would have expected.
Thats a good number. The last couple of years have been pretty slim. Still think we should be doing more to reach out to the top players in the state.
I was shocked we were dominated like that. Hopefully OSU is a lot better than predicted. If not, it’s going to be another long season.
Another 4 from OKC. That is a pretty good amount. That is more than I would have expected.
Could we do more there? Probably. But it we need to win in Dallas, Houston, Kansas city and saint Louis too.
Don’t really care if our players come from Tulsa, OKC, Dallas or wherever. We just need higher quality players across the board. Just my opinion but we need to work harder in recruiting. Reach out to top players and not rely on girls reaching out to us.
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