flagellaman
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True…. I’m inclined to think MO chose you-know-where because Overbeck went there.
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I guess, but she could have chose where Overbeck was rather than had been, it's only eight miles away. Anyway, she learned her lesson!
Phredd3
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She transferred at the same time Anson Dorrance left the UNC program. He was widely considered to be the top women's soccer coach in the college ranks. It certainly seems possible that his retirement was at least a factor in her decision both to go to UNC and to transfer when he left.
Section7lifer
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I thought she transferred for second semester of her freshman year (last January) and Dorrance did not announce his retirement until this summer….. unless he told his players at the end of last season. If he did, kudos to them for keeping it quiet till summer.
Definitely won the “trade”
Migli was an undersized scrappy player for certain. She definitely had her moments.
Oliaro is the best wingback in college soccer. A force. Pure class.
King of Defense
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Being a ref myself, I ... probably won't be able to conclude anything.
IFAB has changed things up so many times in recent years. DOGSO (Denying an Obvious Goal-Scoring Opportunity) isn't necessarily a red card if it happens in the penalty area -- this is the "double jeopardy" waiver, designed not to punish a team too harshly for an unintentional foul or unintentional handball.
Which means, of course, that we have to be telepathic to figure out whether the defender "intended" to play the ball.
More sensibly -- a goal no longer counts if it comes directly from the ball coming off a hand or arm, even if it's obviously accidental. If it's obviously accidental, the ref won't give a card, but neither will the goal count.
The NCAA, meanwhile, has its own thing going. (Please at least get rid of the countdown clock and let the ref blow the whistle when neither team is on the attack.)
King of Defense
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Phredd3
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We can prove that it is wrong on Thursday.
75Crazie
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This is one of the very few things the NCAA gets right, in my opinion. Indeterminate game timing in professional futbol, and the resultant time-wasting games that ensue, is a real peeve of mine. Give me the NCAA model of clock management any day.
King of Defense
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But the last minute or two of a college game turns into even worse, because the ref had no discretion to add stoppage time when one team is clearly milking the clock.
If they really want a hard stop, maybe try the rugby rule in which the team with possession when the clock hits zero has a chance to finish its attack. Maybe the game ends when the defending team gains possession and plays it to a player in the opposing half?
We draw number 10 and beat number 3 on the road and we dropped a spot? Weird.
Phredd3
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Make no mistake, there is plenty of time-wasting late in college games, too. Meanwhile, indeterminate game timing has one very important effect: It keeps tied or one-goal games edge-of-the-seat exciting right up until the moment the ref blows the whistle. The way the NCAA does it, players are often walking off the field before the clock expires, because it is obvious that an attack can't be developed in the time remaining. I've seen games that would be thrillers to the whistle in the pros, that feel completely anti-climactic in college. Give me the pro clock every time.
