Quest For Bru-105: Women's College Cup Open Thread

TV broadcasts should have a spellchecker, I think.

With 16 mph winds in College Station.

Yikes.

Cheney———-Leroux———
-———————Larsen———————
-—Bywaters—————Cline———
-———————Wright————————
Barnes—Cook—Belcher—Wilmoth
-——————Sandiford———————

1) The countdown clock. Why the NCAA continues with it I will never know.
2) Painting logos and names on the field.

Thanks a lot guys

is the most exciting part of the first seven minutes. Yes, the match has been thrilling thus far.

from about 15 yards out and she puts a shot on goal, but right at the keeper.

On the other end, Sandiford does well to get off her line and get to a ball before the attacker could. 10 minutes through.

have come on a shot from 18 yards out and a set piece from 25-30 yards. If the Bruins maintain their shape and organization, forcing the Cardinal that far out, they’ll be in good shape. Bywaters has impressed me early on.

A little too much space out there for the Cardinal, but the Bruins are doing well to keep them there.

It’s ridiculous that whenever the game is on tv, it changes to become quarters instead of halves.

I’m also not a fan of this camerawork.

but the keeper did well to get to it. 27th minute.

She’s been fantastic defending her side and getting forward as well to occupy the right back, giving Cheney and Leroux some room.

has come on Stanford set pieces so the Bruins need to be a little tamer in their defending third. They’ve been a bit reckless on tackles and have given away too many set pieces against a team whose only attack has come from them.

to get to the ball and play it across. Cheney got to it from about five yards out, just outside the near post, but the ball bounced up to her thigh so she couldn’t control her shot.

Thankfully. An absolutely awful half to watch. Nerves early on and conservative from both teams early on with 8 or 9 behind the ball at all times.

I think UCLA has been slightly better, but neither team played extraordinarily well.

didn’t know you had this thread up. what a half! We’ll see how Coach Ellis uses LC in the second half. very interesting….

Interesting to see how we come out in the second half

just when i thought engineering projects would keep me from watching this game, i realized that there’s espn360, highly recommended!

53rd minute and still waiting for something interesting. I’ll take ugly though if we can manage one.

Can’t let them control the flow like we have early part in second half.

UCLA put one on frame and Cheney tried to redirect it with a head from five yards out, but put it wide.

I don’t think O’Hara is impacting the game as much since she smashed her head in the first half.

O’Hara got to it first and went past Sandiford, but the defenders did well to get back and keep O’Hara from getting a shot at the open net, even though she should have shot.

Leroux and Klein both had a chance at getting to a free ball and a shot at an open goal, but they got in each other’s way and put it wide.

I’m not serious, of course, but we could use someone who holds the ball up like she does.

The left footed shot coming back towards goal clips the outside of the post on the free kick from the foul Cheney drew.

a wisker off!

Stanford scores against the run of play. We’d had the better of play, but a turn and strike from a little over 20 yards beats Sandiford. Great shot, but Sandiford can’t be so far off her line there. No need for it.

they keep giving her too much space!

I turned on the TV just after the score.

I turned it off and will leave the thread.

Plenty of time. Continue playing to feet and don’t get caught playing long balls over the top because it’s quicker.

to get past the defense and get a shot off, but it;s right at the keeper from a tough angle. 73rd minute.

Love the energy she plays with. She also great speed.

Cheney with the equalizer in the 75th minute!!!!!!!!!!!

Puts it towards the far post, but the keeper should have done better. I won’t complain about it though and I don’t think she will either.

we’ve outplayed them all game. Let’s go win this!

but Michael Bradley had a beautiful touch today to pick up an assist for his club, Borussia Moenchengladbach in their match versus Bayern Munich. Bradley, who plays for the US National Team as well, was at three or four UCLA basketball games last year when his league went on their winter break.

closing down space on Leroux. They haven’t given her to chance to run at defenders and have forced her to run onto ball only if she wants to be dangerous. Very well done by them, but with Leroux’s speed, she’s always dangerous so hopefully she can get on the end of one in these final five minutes.

She gets her yellow and moves on in the 85th minute.

Sandiford owes O’Hara a drink…well it’s college so a Gatorade, but still. Sandiford has made questionable decision after questionable decision in this match. Extremely unimpressed by her play today.

We’re going to golden goal overtime.

open goals suck!!!

Everyone out there is tired so hopefully Leroux can find one last good run out there to beat the defenders to a ball and give the Bruins the win.

Stanford strikes from 23 yards out to win it and knock the Bruins out of the College Cup for the 7th time in a row.

They still had a great season. BTW guys Central Michigan is on ESPN2 RIGHT NOW. If you are watching, make sure you give us your quick scouting impression. Special Friday Night spontaneous OPEN THREAD.