New Age of UGA Soccer

Julianne Leskaukas is dangerous in attacking third but appears to be the only one Florida has. Sarah Greiner, from GSA and formerly from AFU, is committed to Florida. She is a great attacking talent. UFA has a player going to Florida too that is a keeper (I think).
Hard to know where recruiting sits with new coaches. Will their 2023 recruits still come and their commitment be honored at UF and Georgia?

They did! On to the semis against S. Carolina.

I believe with a new Era getting started I believe you will start seeing a lot of Georgia girls staying home. Also with the coaching change from last year they might not honor their commits. I know one of the top strikers in Georgia was going to FSU does the UGA coach have some pull to keep her in state?

People give the college game crap, what I watched yesterday was some quality soccer in the SEC. When I say people, many blame the US's short comings on the college game and how our best goes to college. I still disagree, as I see so much quality in the college game.

UGA is light years beyond where they used to be. Team plays soccer now and actually looks coached. Yes - they are missing players at some key positions, where the talent isn't quite there, but have to be impressed of the direction of the program is headed.
South Carolina is probably one of my least favorite schools in any sport, but have to give it to them, they play also. I personally don't hear much positive about the coach (arrogant, and heard doesn't communicate with some players etc) -- but she can clearly coach, team plays nicely. Cocks are missing that dynamic player besides Barry. Barry is 6'0 and can play, lacking pace in my opinion, but finds a way.

Vandy played lights out in the first half against Bama, then Bama, absolutely dominated them in the 2nd. Questionable call on a pk in the last 39 seconds, tough call, probably the right one. Bama plays with 4 in the back, at times its 2: Skorka and Reyes push forward like you wouldn't believe, at times Reyes is another attacking mid. Very Very difficult to deal with. Its going to take a team with a true dominant striker with pace to take them down in the ncaa's -- If you sit back against them, they will have their way. Riley parker and Riley Tanner are absolute studs. I think their coach struck gold this year, just came together with Felecia Knox leading the county in assists. They will keep a good chunck of this roster, but will lose some important pieces. Should be interesting.

I like what the SEC is doing, haven't seen the numbers in a while, but at one point, SEC womens soccer let the country in attendance. Probably still not a money revenue generating sport, but very impressive none the less.

still scared of the likes of ucla and unc -- depth, depth and depth.

I missed the double middle fingers in the duke/unc game, apparently happened between 2 former Georgia youth players if anyone can find a video -- red card for the duke player, yellow for the unc player -- heels won in pks.

It was actually Tori's sister Talia Dellaperuta and she played at Tophat with Maggie Graham.

and if anyone can read lips.....

Go Heels! They should have won that game 2 or 3-0. They stop their own momentum. They play around at the top of the box too much trying to find the perfect shot.

Compared to Notre Dame! Taking shots from 20 yards out and putting them on frame. Notre Dame was relentless and completely controlled the game from about 10 minutes in. They play with speed and don’t rely on booting the ball halfway up the pitch and chasing *cough* Duke *cough* Tough that they had to settle the score with PKs.

Love Anson but UNC is going to need to pick up the pace against FSU today as they held their own vs. a very competitive ND team.

Cocks took down the elephants -- could really screw Bama's chance at a 1 seed today for the ncaa bracket.

Bama had their chances - probably the best I've seen south carolina play - bama made a mistake and went to the ground defending a player around the 6 yard line, and south carolina spun her and scored.

goal from the cocks:


and then bama in the last minute of play:

Samford lost in round 2 last year in PKs, very capable side with games against miss state, auburn and ole miss this year.

Dawgs tied bama last night.
Yes, bama is not the same team they were last year. Honestly, not sure how they are maintaining the level they are playing at. Obviously a well coached team. Felicia Knox is incredible in the middle.

Back to the dawgs -- they gave up a terrible goal on a quick restart last night. a few minutes later found the equalizer.
To be fair -- they were not good in the first half, out of sorts, looked slow, too many careless giveaways, playing long balls for no reason.

2nd half was a different game. They controlled the tempo and dictated the game. Had much better chances and probably should have had a 2nd goal. Still made some careless errors, but much more deliberate with their passes and I really liked how a few of there players would get the ball at their feet and attack the space in front of them.

if and when Croix is cleared to play -- not sure her status, this team will be a force. She will change their dynamic greatly. Like the young players they have, and you can see their keeper getting better with each game. Local players should be looking at UGA for sure.. and bama... and arkansas.... and florida.... and .....

I see where UGA recently got two keeper commits (2024, 2025) including Vic Saah from Milton

One of my friends has a daughter playing for TCU and was at that game. He said it was a blast.

Saw last 30+ of BYU v TCU live and it was a well played game on both sides.
UGA looks better and cleaner, more thoughtful than any time I have ever seen them (first time live was about 10 yrs ago). Florida is much improved but still needs to improve defensively. They do look better, not the the Florida of the last 5 years. We will see if they can win some close games, last year they lost 8 games by a single goal.
I like colleges having no OT. It means they play smarter, more professional games and they are protecting the players at the same time.

Is Croix injured? I don't remember seeing her when they played Alabama, but I wasn't able to watch the entire game. Same thing with their game vs. San Francisco.