Duke Women's Soccer 2022

[DoubleBlue]

Hopefully we get Ruthie Jones and Sophie Jones back for their COVID years. Pluck, Graham (Delaney) and Royson (Jenna) are gone.

[TheTrain]

Duke had a couple of solid scoring opportunities early in overtime. Both Rader and Lynch had wide open shots from close in but couldn't connect. Those two freshman will also be huge assets next year.

Totally agree
Lynch gives them a level of physicality they were lacking early in the year
Rader is a force up top

[TheTrain]

Hopefully we get Ruthie Jones and Sophie Jones back for their COVID years. Pluck, Graham (Delaney) and Royson (Jenna) are gone.

It would seem they know they have Ruthie back because they did not recruit a keeper for next year and there is only one other on the roster

[Phredd3]

Totally agree
Lynch gives them a level of physicality they were lacking early in the year

Lynch may be a physical presence, and I agree that we need that, but she really needs to work on her passing. She had a bunch of unnecessary turnovers last night, IMO. She would get or keep the ball against a challenge, get clear, then an errant pass that missed her intended target by way too much. I didn't see the whole game, admittedly, watching only most of the second half and all of the overtime, but I certainly didn't think she stood out in a good way during the part I saw. Granted, this is against top, top tier opposition, and perhaps her presence was more important earlier in the game.

[TheTrain]

Duke’s Achilles heel is they tend to get bullied in the midfield and don’t win possession of the ball against physically stronger. The midfield led by Sophie Jones is highly technical. But they have lacked the strength to control several games against elite opponents

[TheTrain]

UNC leads Notre Dame 2-0 with 2 minutes left
FSU leads Arkansas 1-0 with 5 to go

[TheTrain]

UNC and FSU won
UVA and UCLA tied 1-1 late

[TheTrain]

UCLA nips UVA 2-1 in OT
3 #1 seeds and #2 UNC to the College Cup
Still bummed it is not us

[TheTrain]

Great game in semifinal 1 between UNC and FSU
UNC stormed to a 3-0 lead in the first 60, but FSU scored 2 quick goals to make it 3-2 with 15 minutes to go. The Heels held on unfortunately

UCLA curbstomped Alabama 3-0
Two poor plays by the Tide goalie gave the Bruins an insurmountable lead; the third goal was a gem

[nmduke2001]

Michelle Cooper has announced that she is leaving Duke to pursue a professional career. Huge loss for Duke. Michelle is a dynamic goal scorer and a sure fire National Player of the Year candidate. Bummer.

[chrishoke]

Well damn. Good luck to her and thanks.

https://goduke.com/news/2022/12/5/wo...igibility.aspx

[Hartford Dukie]

Asking without any knowledge of the soccer financial world, couldn't Michelle have gotten a huge amount of NIL money - enough to match what she will get this next year?

[DoubleBlue]

Michelle Cooper has announced that she is leaving Duke to pursue a professional career. Huge loss for Duke. Michelle is a dynamic goal scorer and a sure fire National Player of the Year candidate. Bummer.

Sad for Duke Soccer, but congratulations to Michelle for a great Sophomore season and future professional career!

[DoubleBlue]

The Women's NCAA Tournament Final is currently live on ESPNU. UNC and UCLA are scoreless late in the first half.

[burnspbesq]

Asking without any knowledge of the soccer financial world, couldn't Michelle have gotten a huge amount of NIL money - enough to match what she will get this next year?

Top European clubs can outbid the NWSL or the Iron Dukes without breaking a sweat.

[Bluedog]

Top European clubs can outbid the NWSL or the Iron Dukes without breaking a sweat.

I have no idea but this article says in the Women's Super League, the average salary is 30,000 GBP although top players have made north of 400k
https://www.football.london/womens-football/women-footballer-pay-england-lionesses-25197540

[DoubleBlue]

The Women's NCAA Tournament Final is currently live on ESPNU. UNC and UCLA are scoreless late in the first half.

It was 2-0 Cheats but the Bruins just scored with 10 minutes left in the game to make it 2-1.

[ClemmonsDevil]

The Women's NCAA Tournament Final is currently live on ESPNU. UNC and UCLA are scoreless late in the first half.

I'm watching. Exciting now.

[DoubleBlue]

UCLA ties it up 2-2 with 16 seconds left in regulation!

It was a corner kick that looked like it was going in anyway but went off the shoulder of a Bruin and in the net.

On to Overtime.

[ClemmonsDevil]

UCLA ties it up 2-2 with 16 seconds left in regulation!

That was crazy.