Predictions?

I believe it will be Notre Dame, Portland, UCLA and UNC in the College Cup.

Hmmm...scores....

Notre Dame beats Florida State 2-0
Portland beats Stanford 2-1
UCLA beats Duke 2-1
UNC beats Texas A&M 1-0

OK, here are my guesses (nothing more than that!):

FSU will beat ND 2-1. (ND hasn't played anybody good in months. Each team has lost one key player to the U-20s.)

Stanford over UP 2-0. (Sorry guys. I hope I'm wrong, but I think this is just too big a hurdle on the road.)

UCLA over Duke 1-0. (This is the year that UCLA finally wins it all.)

UNC over Texas A&M 1-0. (Too much talent in baby blue.)

Although a newbie to this site, I hope you don't mind if i join in:

FSU over ND 3-2 (I agree with SoreKnees, Notre Dame has gotten soft with its easy schedule).

UP over Stanford 2-1 (Based on what I saw in the Stanford - Ritgers game, we can take em).

UCLA over Duke 2-0

Texas A&M over NC 3-2 (Probably wrong, but I'm tired of the ACC)

ND
UP
UCLA
UNC

Looks kind of like the usual suspects (not the movie) to me.

mattywizz wrote:ND
UP
UCLA
UNC

Looks kind of like the usual suspects (not the movie) to me.

I don't know man... Keysar Soze is a pretty good goal-scorer.

Stonehouse wrote:

mattywizz wrote:ND
UP
UCLA
UNC

Looks kind of like the usual suspects (not the movie) to me.

I don't know man... Keysar Soze is a pretty good goal-scorer.

I'm pretty sure Fred Fenster could probably put the ball in the back of the old onion bag too... (I watched too much ESPN CL coverage this week...)

I'll go with:

ND
UCLA
UNC

Can't predict UP-Stanford objectively.

Pretty safe, eh?

FSU 1-0
Stanford 2-1
UCLA 3-0
UNC 1-0

Harry, I have been impressed by your soccer savvy but I hope you are wrong on the Stanford game.

I hope I'm wrong, too. I just don't feel real confident after the last game. I hope we can turn it around. And with the 3 amigas, I'd put us against anyone.

According to the RPI, the winners should be: Notre Dame, Stanford, UCLA, and North Carolina. However, ever since 1998 when we went to the Final Four thinking there was no way the Pilots could compete with North Carolina since UNC was vastly superior on paper, only to see the Pilots take the game to the 129th minute before losing 1-0, I've never counted the Pilots out of any game. They are and have been, in my opinion, the most well coached team in college soccer and they play with the most heart and pride. They have a tremendous will to win and refusal to lose. This season exemplifies this perhaps more than any other I can remember. So, I'm just going to have to see what the game results are.

GO PILOTS!

If I understand it correctly, there is only a 75% chance that the RPI will predict the actual result of a contest (am I right about this UPSF?). Therefore, the outcome of the game in Palo Alto certainly ain't a done deal by any means. It should be close but, like in '02, the Pilots can come out on top.

I said it in another thread:

I have no doubts about this team. Not even being down the players they are. They'll find a way to get it done. Period.

-SciFi

the PILOTS will win by two goals...