Texas Women's Soccer

[Rickylovesweed 14316]

If they keep getting the ball to the wing Villarreal will create a goal. 

[perfectchaos007 6642]

0-0 FT. Sucks that we couldn't get a win in Austin against our only ranked non-conference match. 

[Rickylovesweed 14316]

0-0 draw with Iowa. 

Probably the best defensive team we will play all year. Have to be more creative in the final 3rd against these type teams that get numbers behind the ball. Can't just play through Missimo and Byars.

Attack was much better in the 2nd half once we started playing Villarreal more on the wing. 

[Rickylovesweed 14316]

The nature of soccer (i.e. tough to score goals) means some weird results but some crazy results already in the SEC.

Just saw Denver beat aggy in college station a few days ago. 

Edited August 26 by Rickylovesweed

[Rickylovesweed 14316]

On 8/25/2024 at 3:04 PM, perfectchaos007 said:

0-0 FT. Sucks that we couldn't get a win in Austin against our only ranked non-conference match. 

Prefer a win but I don't think a draw will be a bad result. 

I don't see Iowa losing many games with the way they defend. They will end up in quite a few draws but they won't give up many goals. 

[Cairn Horn88 8264]

Lose  =  0 points

Tie     =  1  point

Win    =  3 points

[Js1 85337]

Byars is Texas’ first ever SEC POTW, in any sport 

[Rickylovesweed 14316]

Major trap game in non-conference will be Long Beach State. 

They're only 1-2-1 but they ended up in a draw with #4 BYU, only lost by 1 goal to #11 Santa Clara, and the other loss was to #13 UCLA. They are much better than their record indicates. 

Edited August 27 by Rickylovesweed

[Machinator 32099]

 

[perfectchaos007 6642]

Trinity Byars just got injured. The video feed cut out because they don’t want to show the injury I guess. Just before the feed cut, a few players around her reacted like they just saw something nasty. 

Edited September 1 by perfectchaos007

[Js1 85337]

Just now, perfectchaos007 said:

Trinity Byars just got injured. The video feed cut out because they don’t want to show the injury I guess 

Are we just cursed??

[perfectchaos007 6642]

Missimo converts the penalty kick, but at the cost of losing Byars for the season. 

[Rickylovesweed 14316]

This team has some awful injury luck. 

[perfectchaos007 6642]

Missimo just scored off a deflection. Thats 2 for her today. Its the Missimo show going forward the rest of the season with no EmJ and Byars.

[Rickylovesweed 14316]

The unfortunate part of the Byars injury is the fact refs don't do a good enough job protecting her.

The strategy of a lot of teams is to just foul her and prevent her from getting into space. Refs need to give more yellows to prevent players from hacking at the feet/knees of players like Byars. 

[Rickylovesweed 14316]

These are some dirty fouls by CMU. Come on refs. 

Give a yellow or something. 

[Rickylovesweed 14316]

On 8/26/2024 at 5:29 PM, Rickylovesweed said:

Prefer a win but I don't think a draw will be a bad result. 

I don't see Iowa losing many games with the way they defend. They will end up in quite a few draws but they won't give up many goals. 

Iowa just beat #18 Wake Forest 2-0. 

That draw is a good result. Extremely tough team to score on and they won't lose many games. Granted, none of this probably matters if Byars is out for the season. 

[Js1 85337]

2-1 Texas at half versus SDSU

[perfectchaos007 6642]

I wonder if all sports have to provide injury reports when they play a conference opponent. It would force Kelly to actually give an official report on EmJ and Byars

[Rickylovesweed 14316]

Lapomarda went off with some type of injury. 

Every game is a new injury of a key player. 

[Rickylovesweed 14316]

Looks like they're playing Miller (normally a midfielder) in one of those fullback spots with both Lapo and Cox out with injury. 

These injuries are insane. 

[perfectchaos007 6642]

Missimo scores. 3-1 Texas

[Rickylovesweed 14316]

Really like Miller in this fullback spot. 

If Lapo returns, they should just put Miller in the other fullback spot moving forward. There's already a log jam on the wing between Miller, Villarreal, and Ward. Figure out how to get all your best players on the field together. 

 

[Rickylovesweed 14316]

Miller looked incredible in that fullback role. 

She needs to stay there even if Lapo returns. 

[Js1 85337]

12 hours ago, perfectchaos007 said:

I wonder if all sports have to provide injury reports when they play a conference opponent. It would force Kelly to actually give an official report on EmJ and Byars

Pretty dodgy.  If they do, we would get a report in less than 2 weeks (SEC opener is September 19 against Alabama)

Only 2 of our SEC opponents are ranked (24 Bama, 6 Georgia -  both at home) with 2 RV (Miss St, Georgia - both on the road).  We miss Auburn (13) and South Carolina (RV), 

[ClubWhatever 12144]

What happened to the drum corp?

[Rickylovesweed 14316]

I don't know if Byars is returning but we look much more dynamic offensively without her. If she does come back, I hope we realize that our offense doesn't have to be "give the ball to Byars and let her make a play." 

We are too 1 dimensional, at times, with Byars. 

It's why I think we actually looked better in games where we put Byars on the wing and let somebody like Missimo or Villarreal play in the striker role. Just going 1 v 3 up top with Byars is not maximizing this roster's talent. 

 

[Rickylovesweed 14316]

3-0 Texas vs LBSU in the 1st half.

This is the best we've looked all year. 

[Rickylovesweed 14316]

The broadcasters are right. This Texas team is pretty tough to break down defensively.

We've given up 4 goals on the year but 2 or 3 of those were against SMU when we were playing a bunch of subs. 

[Rickylovesweed 14316]

That Iowa draw is going to be a good result. 

Beat Baylor tonight 3-0. They've played 3.5 games against P5 opponents (2 ranked) and haven't given up a goal. They might have the best defense in the country and won't lose many games. 

Iowa is a fringe top-10ish team, IMO. 

Edited September 9 by Rickylovesweed

[ClubWhatever 12144]

Based on the full length leg brace they just showed on Byars I'd wager she's done for the year.

[Rickylovesweed 14316]

Villarreal is a special player.

 

[perfectchaos007 6642]

33 minutes ago, ClubWhatever said:

Based on the full length leg brace they just showed on Byars I'd wager she's done for the year.

This was supposed to be her final season as a senior but I wonder if she’s eligible for a redshirt. Sucks to have  your college career ended by injury 

[Js1 85337]

3 minutes ago, perfectchaos007 said:

This was supposed to be her final season as a senior but I wonder if she’s eligible for a redshirt. Sucks to have  your college career ended by injury 

Likely, yes. Injury happened in game 5 of an 18 game season.  Less than 30% of the season played before injury (~28%). Not even including postseason play 

Rori got it and she was, I believe, just over 30% but NCAA granted it 

Edited September 9 by Js1

[Rickylovesweed 14316]

With no Byars, it looks like they are playing Missimo in the strike role. 

The big difference so far with no Byars is it means we've finally realized that we have the best collection of wingers in the country (Ward, Miller, and Villarreal). Those 3 were abusing LBSU all 1st half until we started making subs. 

 

[perfectchaos007 6642]

15 minutes ago, Js1 said:

Likely, yes. Injury happened in game 5 of an 18 game season.  Less than 30% of the season played before injury (~28%). Not even including postseason play 

Rori got it and she was, I believe, just over 30% but NCAA granted it 

EmJ is probably in the same boat, but I would imagine she’s going to forgo another redshirt and hang it up. 18 months of rehab just to get injured again after 2 games is rough and I imagine after her next rehab she’s not going to want to risk getting injured again. 

[Rickylovesweed 14316]

I've seen some pics of emj cox moving around on IG. Totally guessing, but I don't think her injury is season-ending. 

[Rickylovesweed 14316]

Villarreal is a special player. I think she might be better than both Missimo and Byars.

Different type player than both but she is special on the ball. 

[Rickylovesweed 14316]

Interesting to see how this holds up against better competition but in nearly 4 games we've only given up 1 goal without Byars.

The problem with Byars and Missimo is we essentially had 2 players that did zero defending. We've added another player that defends without Byars. Where we will miss Byars is in games where we have to do a lot of defending and need 1 player to take on back lines. 

Edited September 13 by Rickylovesweed

[Rickylovesweed 14316]

Finished non-conference play undefeated with only a draw to Iowa. 

Iowa does look legit though. Beat Nebraska tonight and they haven't given up a goal in 5 games. Think they're probably a top 10 team. Competition level is about to increase against SEC teams. 

[perfectchaos007 6642]

Not often do we score more goals (3) than shots allowed (2). That’s what we did tonight 

[Rickylovesweed 14316]

We're tough to break down defensively (even more so without Byars). 

We've only given up 2 goals in 8 games with our starters. 2 of the SMU goals were against like 2 or 3 subs on the back line. 

[Rickylovesweed 14316]

aggy probably gonna be looking for a new coach after this season. 6-0 loss to UCONN today. Yikes. 

[Js1 85337]

With SEC play starting, Texas drops its injury report- Byars is done for the year, per the AAS. Kelly already talking about how high she’ll be drafted., so not going to ask for a medical RS

[perfectchaos007 6642]

2 hours ago, Js1 said:

With SEC play starting, Texas drops its injury report- Byars is done for the year, per the AAS. Kelly already talking about how high she’ll be drafted., so not going to ask for a medical RS

Ah so it is required for all sports. Where are the injury reports posted?

[Js1 85337]

14 minutes ago, perfectchaos007 said:

Ah so it is required for all sports. Where are the injury reports posted?

Actually it may not be all sports - the SEC website only lists that it is require for FB, MBB, WBB, baseball

https://www.secsports.com/reports

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Beginning with the 2024-25 athletics season, all Southeastern Conference schools will provide public reports on the availability of student-athletes to participate in each Conference game in the sports of football, men’s and women’s basketball, and baseball.

Maybe she confirmed it to the AAS in her weekly PC and not an injury report, because we still don't know anything about EmJ Cox.

I will also assume it may end up expanding into VB, soccer, softball

[Js1 85337]

Looking at the schedule today:

Alabama - not ranked
MSST - #24 (road)
Ole Miss - not ranked
aggy - not ranked
Florida - not ranked
OU - receiving votes (home)
Arky - #3 (home)
Missouri - not ranked
Georgia - not ranked

Texas misses #6 Auburn and #20 Kentucky in the regular season. 8-1 or 7-2 looks doable. 

Arkansas also got an easy schedule - but they do go to MSST, to Texas and to OU and they also miss Auburn and Kentucky.   Auburn goes to Kentucky and that's really it.  Not sure who will win the SEC.

[Js1 85337]

Villarreal scored Texas’ first SEC conference goal 2:12 in against Bama

1-0 

[perfectchaos007 6642]

Jilly scores. 2-0

[Js1 85337]

2-0 on a goal by Shimkin at 12:38. Another assist for Missimo