2018 Texas Women's Soccer

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This should be a decent match tonight. I know nothing about this particular Rice team but they are normally decent and it's on the road. Chris Henderson has it as one of the "big matches" of the night. 

 

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Both Canadians starting. Not surprised but they are starting Berg up top with Hintzen. 

 

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 I was going to buy the 24 hour pass for the stream but looks like that's a no go. 

 

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Goal Hintzen. 1-0 Texas late in the first half. 

Rice finished 12-4-2 (9-0-1 at home) last year. We only beat them by 1 goal last year so this is probably a quality match. Like I said above, Rice is normally decent. 

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Goal Glenn off a penalty. 2-0 Texas in the 1st half. 

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Tecora Turner goal. 3-0 Texas. 

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good start to the season. We should score goals this year just so much talent in the midfield and at forward. 

 

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Texas soccer getting 2018-2019 athletics season off to a good start for Texas 

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Kelly played 20 players tonight. This team has a lot of depth which it really didn't have last year. 

The only thing that scares me about this is Kelly likes to sub a lot and there's certain players that need to stay on the field in competitive games. 

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The upcoming schedule is going to be really difficult. 

#6 UNC on the road and #16 UCF on a neutral field. It also looks like Long Beach State is really good. #2 UCLA only beat Long Beach State 1-0 last night on a late goal. Chris Henderson thinks LBSU could win a game or two in the tournament.

These next 3 games are against top 25ish caliber teams. Going 1-1-1 would probably be good results for us. 

 

Edited August 18, 2018 by texasstrong12

[Js1 85009]

Huge match this afternoon! 4pm CT in Chapel Hill

[pacman 7282]

Long Beach plays beautifully, going to be tough.

Ready for tonight!

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Yeah, Long Beach State is good. These next 3 games are going to be difficult. 

I'm not expecting a win against North Carolina but hopefully we can keep it competitive. 

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It's on Watch ESPN but it currently says "they are experiencing technical difficulties". 

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Wow. Early goal from Hintzen. 1-0. Holy shit. 

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Texas goal 1:12 into it.

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Tough to grow the sport when none of these TV broadcasts work. Rice and now North Carolina don't have a live stream that's working. 

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Broadcast is working now. 

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North Carolina is dominating possession. So skilled but that's why they are the #4 team in the country. 

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4 shots by NC in 4 minutes.  Gotta keep them out of our defensive third

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TX - 2 shots, 1 SOG, 4 fouls

NC - 7 shots, 2 SOG, 1 foul

But leading 1-0

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Wow. UNC gets a questionable PK but they don't convert. 

We're going to do a lot of defending in this game. Need to drop Billups into a more defensive midfield role. We're improved but still completely outclassed from a talent level in this game. 

Edited August 22, 2018 by texasstrong12

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Grosso is really skilled in the midfield. When she touches the ball the game slows down for us. 

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1-0 at the half.

The two best players that half were the Canadians. Good things happen when Regan and Grosso touch the ball. UNC is going to put a lot of pressure on us the 2nd half so we're going to have to defend. 

[pacman 7282]

18 minutes ago, texasstrong12 said:

Grosso is really skilled in the midfield. When she touches the ball the game slows down for us. 

really amazingly talented...really going to be a fun four years with her..

 

did berg have an issue? only played half of the first half

Edited August 22, 2018 by pacman

[kingkoopa6 8301]

link?

 

nevermind, found on espn app

Edited August 22, 2018 by kingkoopa6
nevermind

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14 minutes ago, pacman said:

really amazingly talented...really going to be a fun four years with her..

 

did berg have an issue? only played half of the first half

She's back out for the 2nd half

[pacman 7282]

Grosso puts in work to keep possession..left side of defense gives away may the the theme of the game

 

was hoping to see some improvement in that part of the team

Edited August 22, 2018 by pacman

[kingkoopa6 8301]

fuck.

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1-1. Just outclassed from a technical ability. 

Nice combination out of the midfield from UNC. 

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not sure berg has a single touch this half

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Jett is starting to find space. 

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haha.. thank you post

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Mshana out with cramps. Not ideal. Probably our best defensive fullback. 

Edited August 22, 2018 by texasstrong12

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1-1 with 12:30 to play. 

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Grosso is creating all types of issues for North Carolina. Composed on the ball. 

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We're gassed. 

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1-1 heading to OT. Two 10 minutes periods and golden goal wins. This would be a really good result if we can find a way to get a draw but we can't have much left in the tank. 

This was more competitive than I was thinking. Thought it would be a 3-1 type result. 

Edited August 22, 2018 by texasstrong12

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If we're going to get a goal it's gonna have to come from Jett on the wing. That's where we are creating right now. 

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OMG!! could have been a hero!

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Billups off the crossbar. So close. 

Edit: Might have been Hintzen. 

Edited August 22, 2018 by texasstrong12

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1-1 heading to the 2nd OT. Hold on for 10 more minutes. 

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We were dominated in the first half but we've been much better in the 2nd half/1st OT. We've probably had the better run of play since the 1st half. 

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Wow really dangerous opportunity here for Texas. About half a foot away from being a PK. 

Grosso is so good. I would let Hintzen take this strike. 

Edited August 22, 2018 by texasstrong12

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Hintzen shanks it over the cross bar. No biggie just hold on. 

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UNC almost finishes it on a cross. 5 minutes to play. Just survive. 

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That's an absolutely terrible foul call. 50/50 ball.