Washington State will be a tough opponent. The cougars not only came in 3rd in the tough Pac10 conference, but tied conference bluebloods UCLA and Southern Cal, only giving up 1 goal in those 2 matches (0-0 with Southern Call, 1-1 with the Bruins), which tells us this is a quality squad. It's also worth noting that Washington State appeared in the College Cup (Final Four) two years ago, I think, and they knocked our own Vols out of the NCAA tourney maybe 5 years ago--rallying from a 2 goal deficit to equalize and then beat us on PKs. So it's a good program, and the Vols, needless to say, will have to play well to win it.
The Wake Forest v. Michigan match should also be good. Wake Forest is talented, really came on over the course of the season, and I expect that team to be competitive against a strong Michigan side.
