⚽️Lady Vols Soccer Thread

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Have read 3 times about a bad collision with Claudia Dipasupil. Apparently she was kicked in the head. Anybody at the game today that has any info?

 

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I thought for sure that Duke would be without their best player, CF Michelle Cooper, when we play the Blue Devils, as Cooper is with the U.S. U20 team now competing in the World Cup.

But The Netherlands thumped the U.S. tonight 3-0, and now the U.S. is in serious danger of not making it out of the group stage. If that happens, Cooper would be back in the U.S. in time for Duke's match with us.

The U.S. will have to beat a good Japan team, and I think by multiple goals, to advance. They could do it, certainly--but won't be easy. Japan is the defending U20 WC champion. Japan leads the group, with a 2-0 record, and the U.S. and The Netherlands are tied for second, with only two teams going through, I believe. The Netherlands plays its last group match against Ghana, which is 0-2, and the Dutch will be favored. If the Dutch win, they stand a good chance of advancing--though they will be without one of the best defensive players as she got a red card tonight and cannot play in the next match.

Reading a coupla posts from UNC fans on another board, they don't seem too concerned about the Vols. One said it might be "a decent test." Who can blame them--21 national titles, a roster with almost 40 players and stocked with 4 and 5 stars--and we're still trying to go to our first College Cup (Final Four). The Heels beat BYU yesterday in their last exhibition, 2-0. BYU has an excellent coach and program--has been strong for years--and they play a very attractive brand of soccer. Recall that they lost the national championship last year via PKs to Florida State. Had an outstanding team. May not be quite as good this year, but I don't really know. We played BYU in Provo maybe 7 years ago, fairly early in Pensky's tenure. They bossed us.

 

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You see the Dipasupil collision in the first part of this clip. She said she has a concussion, hope she has a quick recovery.

 

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Claire Rain video of the Notre Dame trip.

 

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I thought for sure that Duke would be without their best player, CF Michelle Cooper, when we play the Blue Devils, as Cooper is with the U.S. U20 team now competing in the World Cup.

But The Netherlands thumped the U.S. tonight 3-0, and now the U.S. is in serious danger of not making it out of the group stage. If that happens, Cooper would be back in the U.S. in time for Duke's match with us.

The U.S. will have to beat a good Japan team, and I think by multiple goals, to advance. They could do it, certainly--but won't be easy. Japan is the defending U20 WC champion. Japan leads the group, with a 2-0 record, and the U.S. and The Netherlands are tied for second, with only two teams going through, I believe. The Netherlands plays its last group match against Ghana, which is 0-2, and the Dutch will be favored. If the Dutch win, they stand a good chance of advancing--though they will be without one of the best defensive players as she got a red card tonight and cannot play in the next match.

Reading a coupla posts from UNC fans on another board, they don't seem too concerned about the Vols. One said it might be "a decent test." Who can blame them--21 national titles, a roster with almost 40 players and stocked with 4 and 5 stars--and we're still trying to go to our first College Cup (Final Four). The Heels beat BYU yesterday in their last exhibition, 2-0. BYU has an excellent coach and program--has been strong for years--and they play a very attractive brand of soccer. Recall that they lost the national championship last year via PKs to Florida State. Had an outstanding team. May not be quite as good this year, but I don't really know. We played BYU in Provo maybe 7 years ago, fairly early in Pensky's tenure. They bossed us.

That’s a big distance to travel just for a preseason exhibition match.

 

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This is just a Big 10 preseason poll, obviously.

 

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This is just a Big 10 preseason poll, obviously.

Yes, wonder when the SEC coaches give their preseason rankings?

 

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Yes, wonder when the SEC coaches give their preseason rankings?

It should be any day--and Chris Henderson will have his out in the next couple of days as well, if you follow him on Twitter. I'll be shocked if he doesn't have us number 1. His one big criterion is number of returning starters.

 

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Tennessee #1 In SEC Preseason Coaches' Poll



KNOXVILLE, Tenn. – The SEC announced the 2022 Preseason Coaches' Poll on Tuesday, with Tennessee picked to finish first in the league as voted on by the conference's 14 head coaches.

The Lady Vols enter the 2021 campaign ranked 11th nationally in the United Soccer Coaches preseason poll and return 10 starters from the 2021 quad that captured an SEC Tournament championship. UT won a program-best 20 games last season, going 20-3 en route to the NCAA Round of 16.

Tennessee also welcomed the No. 6 signing class in the nation as rated by Top Drawer Soccer. The group features nine versatile field players and one goalkeeper with five players rated inside the IMG Academy Top-150 club player rankings. Freshmen Layla Shell and Macaira Midgley enrolled in January and gained valuable experience during UT's spring season.

The Big Orange has picked up two exhibition wins thus far, taking a 3-0 victory over #16 Notre Dame and defeating Dayton, 5-1.

UT will open the season on the road at No. 10 UNC on Thursday. Kickoff is set for 7 p.m. ET, and the contest will be streamed on ACC Network Extra.


Preseason Coaches' Poll
1. Tennessee
2. Arkansas
3. South Carolina
4. Auburn
5. Alabama
6t. Georgia
6t. Vanderbilt
8. Texas A&M
9. Ole Miss
10. LSU
11. Mississippi State
12. Kentucky
13. Missouri
14. Florida

 

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Coaches Tab Tennessee As 2022 SEC Women's Soccer Favorite



Birmingham, Ala. - Tennessee is the favorite to win the 2022 Southeastern Conference women's soccer title in voting by the league's 14 head coaches.

Five SEC teams are receiving mention in the United Soccer Coaches preseason rankings, including four that are in the Top 25. Arkansas is ranked eighth, Tennessee is 11th, South Carolina is 12th and Ole Miss 18th. Auburn is among the teams receiving votes in the poll.

The 30th season of women's soccer in the SEC season begins August 18.

Preseason Coaches' Poll

1 Tennessee

2 Arkansas

3 South Carolina

4 Auburn

5 Alabama

6t Georgia

6t Vanderbilt

8 Texas A&M

9 Ole Miss

10 LSU

11 Mississippi State

12 Kentucky

13 Missouri

14 Florida

 

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United Soccer Coaches Announce 2022 NCAA Division I Men’s and Women’s Players to Watch – Forwards | United Soccer Coaches

Congrats to Mackenzie George and Jaida Thomas

 

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Good Luck to VFL Cariel Ellis this season at Lamar University.





Cariel Ellis - Forward - Madison, Miss./Madison Central HS (Madison, MS)

Ellis joins the Cardinals' squad after her junior season at Tennessee that saw her play 14 games and score two goals for the Volunteers. Prior to playing in Knoxville, Tenn., Ellis spent two seasons as a scoring machine for Holmes Community College.

In 39 games, Ellis tallied 64 goals and dished out 23 assists for 151 points in her career. This would include nine game-winning goals. Her freshman season saw her with 48 goals and 15 assists for 111 points that earned her Region 23 Player of the Year, NJCAA All-Region, Academic All-State, MVP, and All-American honors.

At Madison Central High School, Ellis finished her career with 24 goals and 10 assists as a senior, which gave her All-State honors and seven times was she named player of the game. A Kinesiology major, she is the daughter of Robert and Rhonda Jacobs.

"Cariel comes to Lamar as a highly decorated and highly motivated transfer. She was a junior college All-American who scored loads of goals and then played at the Power 5 level this past year. Her ability to change a game with her speed, power, and skill will be a massive asset to us the next two years. I can't say enough about how excited we are to have Cariel as a Cardinal!"
- Nathan Kogut, LU head coach

 

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I hope my mental health is good after this game. It will be if we are competitive and play like the good team we are supposed to be, even if we don't come out on top. We really need to be defensively sound in this game and try to grow into the contest. We don't want to make mistakes early and fall behind.

If Dipasupil has a concussion, I assume she won't be playing in this game. That would put extra pressure on Zuluski to play well. She's somewhat undersized and not all that strong--but will have to play big and strong in this game, for sure.

 

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I hope my mental health is good after this game. It will be if we are competitive and play like the good team we are supposed to be, even if we don't come out on top. We really need to be defensively sound in this game and try to grow into the contest. We don't want to make mistakes early and fall behind.

If Dipasupil has a concussion, I assume she won't be playing in this game. That would put extra pressure on Zuluski to play well. She's somewhat undersized and not all that strong--but will have to play big and strong in this game, for sure.

How is Florida predicted to finish last in the SEC?

 

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How is Florida predicted to finish last in the SEC?

Total rebuild after a second coaching change resulted from a completely toxic environment.

 

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Happy Birthday Taylor Huff



Or like @kregman says
Huff The Magic Dragon

 

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If the match couldn’t get any bigger…