Lady Vols Soccer ⚽️ SEC TOURNAMENT 11/3-11/10

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The SEC tweet about the new location of the tournament confused me at first because Pensacola is very close to Orange Beach, but it's obviously
a new location. Will it be a better location, not as good, or about the same. I can't say. However, I have loked at online photos of what seems to be the main field at the Ashton Brosnaham Soccer Complex and can't say that I'm impressed. In all three photos that I saw, the field is mostly brown! Brown patches with very little grass. Not good. I don't know what time of the year the photos were taken, but there are two basic problems with a Florida location. First, Florida is hot and so the fields aren't exactly lush to begin with--not compared with more northerly locations that are cooler and get more rain. Second, the tournament is too big--too many teams, too many games--and the field is torn up and has lost quite a bit of grass by the time the semis and finals roll around. As I've mentioned, playing 10 matches on a single field that isn't perfect to begin with is too much. I know the locale, with the beach, is nice for the teams, but quality of field is a bit of pet peeve with me--and with a lot of soccer players. But apparently the conference doesn't have a better alternative. I don't see why the conference can't hold the tournament on a rotating basis at the various SEC schools. That would be a bertter idea to me.
 
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turbovol said:
The SEC tweet about the new location of the tournament confused me at first because Pensacola is very close to Orange Beach, but it's obviously
a new location. Will it be a better location, not as good, or about the same. I can't say. However, I have loked at online photos of what seems to be the main field at the Ashton Brosnaham Soccer Complex and can't say that I'm impressed. In all three photos that I saw, the field is mostly brown! Brown patches with very little grass. Not good. I don't know what time of the year the photos were taken, but there are two basic problems with a Florida location. First, Florida is hot and so the fields aren't exactly lush to begin with--not compared with more northerly locations that are cooler and get more rain. Second, the tournament is too big--too many teams, too many games--and the field is torn up and has lost quite a bit of grass by the time the semis and finals roll around. As I've mentioned, playing 10 matches on a single field that isn't perfect to begin with is too much. I know the locale, with the beach, is nice for the teams, but quality of field is a bit of pet peeve with me--and with a lot of soccer players. But apparently the conference doesn't have a better alternative. I don't see why the conference can't hold the tournament on a rotating basis at the various SEC schools. That would be a bertter idea to me.
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I wasn’t impressed with the announcement.
 
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Concacaf matches don't prove a lot--it's a very weak soccer association--but even so Simmonds has the potential to be a good, perhaps
even very good collegiate player. She will get playing time this fall, I'm betting, and might take minutes from Cariel Ellis.

Update on Brooke Wilson: I at first thought that her collegiate career was over--as she took part in Senior Night. Then we heard that she was among two/three Vol soccer players who were transferring--meaning she had a Covid year left, apparently, and would be using it elsewhere. Then I saw that she was still listed on the soccer roster recently--what certainly seemed an /updated/ roster since it contained the names of two incoming frosh who'd enrolled early while the names of the other players who'd been reported to be in the transfer portal were missing. That led me to believe that Wilson was coming back to play for us. Alas, I've just checked the roster again and....no Wilson. So I guess she is gone, which is too bad, IMO, if in fact she's got another year of eligibility left. It may be that Pensky, like every coach, had to make some hard choices about the allocation of scholarship money, which has been complicated by the extra Covid year granted to everybody. You've got frosh coming in who've been promised scholarship money, and there's only so much to go around. Soccer is a sport that most certainly should have more NCAA scholarship spots than it has currently (while basketball has too many). I'm not sure why the other transfers would have been removed from the roster recently but Wilson's name kept on it...maybe just an administrative mistake.
 
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VFL Rhian Wilkinson To Be Inducted Into Canada Soccer Hall of Fame

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Former Tennessee standout Rhian Wilkinson (2000-03) is headed to the Canada Soccer Hall of Fame, as announced Tuesday by Canada Soccer. She joins former national team stars Patrice Bernier and Martina Franko as inductees into Canada Soccer Hall of Fame's Class of 2022.

As a member of the national team, she represented Canada at four FIFA World Cups and three Olympic Games. During that time, she captured a CONCACAF title (2010), two Olympic bronze medals (2012, 2016), and a fourth-place finish at the 2003 FIFA Women's World Cup. In total, she earned 181 caps for Canada.

A native of Baie d'Urfe, Quebec, Canada, Wilkinson was named Thorns FC head coach in the fall of 2021. Prior to that, she was an assistant for the England Women's National Team, serving as part of the coaching staff for Team Great Britain at the 2020 Tokyo Olympics. She also spent time as an assistant coach for Canada's Women's National Team in 2019 and 2020, working with the senior team during the 2019 FIFA Women's World Cup.

Wilkinson was inducted into the Tennessee Lady Volunteer Hall of Fame in 2013. A three-time All-SEC performer, she still holds all-time program records for assists in a single season (15) and a career (32). Her 88 career points (28 goals, 32 assists) rank second in UT history, while her 28 career goals are the third-most by a Lady Vol.

"Canada Soccer is honored to welcome Patrice Bernier, Martina Franko, and Rhian Wilkinson to the Canada Soccer Hall of Fame as part of the Class of 2022," said Dr. Nick Bontis, Canada Soccer President. "Bernier was a Canadian champion and Men's National Team hero while both Franko and Wilkinson were notable members of our Olympic Games and FIFA World Cup teams with the Women's National Team. All three Canadian heroes are deserving of this great honor in recognition of their careers as professional players."

The Canada Soccer Hall of Fame honors Canadian players that have played the game with excellence at the international and club level. With the three new selections for 2022, the Canada Soccer Hall of Fame now features 205 honored members: 140 players, 13 coaches/managers, 10 referees, and 42 builders.

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Katie Meyer, the captain of the Stanford women’s soccer team, has died. She was 22 years old.

 
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Rain was outstanding as a freshman. Let's hope her ankles have healed up or are close to healed.

Vols play their first Spring game against Racing Louisville on Saturday. Not sure if there will be any game reports. Some teams post the score and have a brief story on their website, but information tends to be scarce. We'll see. We'll get beat but players who are new or who were injured last year will get good playing time, I'm sure, and it's a good opportunity for the coaches to evaluate them, maybe try them in different positions. And it will of course be a great experience for our returning starters and subs. Let's hope we acquit ourselves well.
 
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turbovol said:
Rain was outstanding as a freshman. Let's hope her ankles have healed up or are close to healed.

Vols play their first Spring game against Racing Louisville on Saturday. Not sure if there will be any game reports. Some teams post the score and have a brief story on their website, but information tends to be scarce. We'll see. We'll get beat but players who are new or who were injured last year will get good playing time, I'm sure, and it's a good opportunity for the coaches to evaluate them, maybe try them in different positions. And it will of course be a great experience for our returning starters and subs. Let's hope we acquit ourselves well.
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I doubt we get any news, FSU played them and there were a few pictures, that’s it.
 
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