UP vs Kennesaw State

What was the PK for? and where was this ref last Saturday when we woz robbed by UCLA!!!?

ps. Thanks to earlier posters for review of the game. Interesting that Garrett played Sophie forward and Michelle wide. That's the second game he's had Michelle there. Loved the reference to Elli's 20 miles! I like her on defense.

I also think that the Pilots were so much sharper for having played UCLA and USC last weekend. Probably felt like they had so much time after the high pressure of the earlier games. I'm sure K State wishes that they had played UP before the Pac 10 teams!

she was taken down going into the box.

Apparently there were 4 "D's"...

Purplegeezer wrote:

Apparently there were 4 "D's"...

hey, Geezer! What do you mean by this?

(Thought I might try some short posts. My long ones wear me out.)

Also, many thanks to Purplegeezer and UPSoccerFanatic for your really informative reviews of the game. It really helps give us some "visualization".

Thanks, UPSF, for the explanation on who started where. You couldn't tell by GT.

And thanks also, Geezer, for commenting on some of the unique subbing the Pilots did.

I sensed people were playing in odd positions, but didn't really know until you guys reported in about the game. I got a feeling that Keelin was up top in the last ten minutes or so. She was slamming shots left and right. (And also sored a goal!) Is she a striker at heart?

Interesting Sophie starts two straight at striker. But isn't that where she excelled for the Pilots last year?

FANatic wrote:

Purplegeezer wrote:

Apparently there were 4 "D's"...

hey, Geezer! What do you mean by this?

(Thought I might try some short posts. My long ones wear me out.)

I was poking fun.

It's a mnemonic refs use as a remminder of the conditions necessary to give a red card or PK.

Defenders- how many in front of the player?
Direction- was the player moving towards the goal?
Distance-(to the goal)
Distance- (to the ball) - does the player have control?

Refs will cite these conditions as necessary to call the foul.

It isn't in the rules.

Mr. Chandhoke said that when Kendra and Keelin played club, Keelin was often a striker.

Anyone feel free to answer:

Do you think having Sophie up top will help lessen the impact of losing Rachael? I do think it will help a lot.

I know it's early, and no one probably wants to even think about this right now, but if anyone does: What three players will replace the "Big Three" at the end of the regular season, and what other players will come off the bench to fill slots left by the players who might change positions?

I used to think that Sophie covers for Keelin at holding midfield but that was before Sophie has to play forward because Rachel is gone; that Megan Sweeney covers for Elli if she's playing defense still, or Kendra starts if Elli is playing outside midield; and that still leaves the need to cover for Michelle E!

Losing Rachel hurts in so many ways.

Time will tell. Depends on how well other players step up. If Emma Nelson looks good at right defense maybe Jessica Tsao plays somewhere. Maybe Halley K shows that hse can play.

The four D's are actually in writing in the form of a memo to Referees from USSF. Look at 12.37 (b) here:
http://images.ussoccer.com/Documents/cms/ussf/Advice%20Final%20Aug2007.pdf