UCLA thread

[PurpleGeezer]

We might as well start one.

UCLA had it's first game today, defeating UCSB at home 2-1. the winning goal was by Sidney Leroux in the 82nd minute

UCSB had an RPI of 144 last year, so it probably doesn't tell us much.

SOG and corners were about even

Cheney wasn't on the roster for this game.

attendance 375
BOX SCORE

[A_Fan]

Do you think the Pilots will do anything to recognize the gold medalists on UCLA and USC? Looking forward to seeing the welcome Shannon will get. I suspect she'll get a pretty big round of applause.

[ninjapizza]

attendance 375

I just snorted. It was unattractive, but I'd do it again.

I'm sorry, it's not nice to cackle at the misfortune of others, is it?

[Auto Pilot]

Most of the fans were from Isla Vista

[FANatic]

I really don't get 375 for an attendance number. I don't know if their students are on campus or not, but that's not just hideous and embarrassing to their program, it just doesn't make sense.

The campus is in one of the most populated areas in the country. I imagine there are tens of thousands of young girls playing youth soccer in So Cal. Just with young girls teams and coaches showing up, that should be 500 or more right there.

Women's soccer just isn't recognized down there, I guess. I bet USC's numbers are going to be better because winning the N.C. should have woken up a couple thousand folks. You would think...

[PurpleGeezer]

well, it was rescheduled from Saturday, and it was during the week. But still....

here's a game summary from the UCLA site

and from the Gaucho site

[PurplePrideTrumpet]

My guess is the students are not back. The state schools up here at least will not start until mid-September.

Still, only 375

[Auto Pilot]

The team gets some support from the Men's Water Polo team and from the frats on campus. But what is really sad is when they play USC at home in Drake and SC has more fans plus the Trojan Band to boot.

Which reminds me I am still PO'd that the UCLA goons took the drums away from Villa last year during the playoff game.

[UPSoccerFanatic]

Sounds like they had the number of fans that we had in "standing room."

[PurpleGeezer]

Which reminds me I am still PO'd that the UCLA goons took the drums away from Villa last year during the playoff game.

well, there is that pesky NCAA rule about no noisemakers during the playoffs...

[Harry Redknapp]

Some of you may recall Rachel Rapinoe or one of the the others on a recent podcast talking about how the freshmen at UP were blown away by the crowd at the season ticket BBQ scrimmage.

We'd have 375 fans at Merlo for Garrett to announce the squad numbers and introduce the players.

[KFTC]

A few things:
1. Sydney Leroux is quite good. Quite, quite good. She is a handful, even without the help of DiMartino, Cheney and Lang.
2. Kick-off for this game was at 4:00 pm. That is prime time for youth soccer practice in the Los Angeles area. Especially in the summer. You can expect teams to be training anywhere from 2:00 until 9:30 pm. It's the same for Sunday games in Portland, where the attendance drops off from Friday's game due to youth soccer games in the area. It's not that the interest isn't there, it's just a lot to try to shuttle from field to stadium and home again (or any combination of those three, adding the possibility of multiple kid pickups and drop-offs along the way), and especially when you possibly have to navigate 15 different freeways to do so.

[dystopia membrane]

Do you think the Pilots will do anything to recognize the gold medalists on UCLA and USC? Looking forward to seeing the welcome Shannon will get. I suspect she'll get a pretty big round of applause.

Bully that! Let them get applause on their own field. They are the opponent, for Christsake!

[PilotDrummer]

Which reminds me I am still PO'd that the UCLA goons took the drums away from Villa last year during the playoff game.

They don't think they have the self control. Stanford did the same thing to us in 2002.

[Stonehouse]

Actually, looking at their website, not only was the game time and date changed, so was the field! They played it at the "adjacent" North Athletic Field, which sounds (to me) like a practice field. So maybe we can cut them some slack.

Looking at last year's numbers, they finished 11th overall in the country in average attendance, at just over 1,200 a game. Which I would say is respectable, since I believe they do charge admission unlike some of the other programs in the top ten.