2009 Schedule?

When does the team announce the fall schedule? If I remember correctly, the schedule is out before season-ticket renewals are solicited. Is that in May? Earlier? Does anyone have any reliable information about who is on the docket this year?

Penn State and Rutgers would be logical visitors here since we visited them last year. Did we ever play at UNC in return for their visit here in 2006? I can't find a game at UNC in recent years. Do we owe San Diego State a visit from their trip here last year?

It's only been 2.5 months since the Stanford game and I'm already getting anxious!

Didn't we play San Diego State there last fall? I guess I could look it up, but I'm too lazy.

According to UW's announcement of its spring schedule, we will be playing them on August 30 at UW.

Any rumors of the Mexican Women's National Team coming back? Those games have been classics. It would be fun to put a WPS team with former UP players on the schedule too...like the men are doing when they play the Sounders FC.

According to a Texas A&M fan, the Texas coach has said that they will be playing Portland and USC at College Station in early season games. I think that matches what someone had reported earlier about Portland having a home/away agreement with TAMU for 2009 and 2010. I recall from the earlier report that the fourth team of the foursome will be Texas Tech. Did someone also report that Penn State and Rutgers will be coming here? And wasn't there something about Illinois or Indiana?

Not sure about the midwest schools, but I'm pretty sure I heard that Penn State and Rutgers will be reciprocating this year's games.

I think we may open with Cal.

I believe Garrett said in a story at the end of last season the opener was home to Cal on August 28.

I thought I would speculate on the 2009 schedule.

I believe we know Cal will be here for pre-season game on Friday Aug 28th.

Labor day weekend (Sept 5,7). I think it could be Penn St and Rutgers paying us back for our trip there last year.

Sept 11/13. Nike invitational in Seattle: Anyone care to make a guess here. Often they have someone from the West (non-Pac 10) like CS Fullerton, Pacific, or Utah/CO team and someone from farther east.

Sept 18/20 Nike Invitational in PDX. Same comment Seattle.

Sept 25/26 A&M and Tex Tech?

Mixed in before WCC starts in Oct s.b. UO, UW, OSU. Maybe one other team from the West (AZ or ASU?)

Then WCC schedule.

Once we nail down the 4 teams at the Nike Invitationals, that pretty much sets the competition. That is, assuming PSU and Rutgers come here and we go down A&M way.

Feel free to make your own speculation.

I some how some where we need to get a game with a team in the ACC hopefully a team that beats UNC. Does anyone know if we are done with the USC UCLA exchange program? The SC win was good for the old RPI. A win over UCLA would have given us a number one seed and the Stanford game would have been played at Merlo.

Auto Pilot wrote:I some how some where we need to get a game with a team in the ACC hopefully a team that beats UNC. Does anyone know if we are done with the USC UCLA exchange program? The SC win was good for the old RPI. A win over UCLA would have given us a number one seed and the Stanford game would have been played at Merlo.

We played USC and UCLA away the year before, so yeah, that exchange looks like it's over. There could always be a new round... I'll note they are travel parners in conference

Who is Cal's travel partner in conference -- Stanford?

Nah, probably not....

According to the UW website, in an interview with their coach, we are playing UW at Merlo on August 30. So, if August 28 is right for Cal, we open with Cal followed by UW on the opening weekend. Cal's roster includes Alex Morgan, team-mate of Michelle, Elli, and Keelin and winner of the Bronze Shoe and Silver Ball at the recent U20 World Cup.

UPSoccerFanatic wrote:According to UW's announcement of its spring schedule, we will be playing them on August 30 at UW.

So, which is it? Is the August 30th game vs. UW in Seattle or at Merlo? I'd love to attend if it's in Seattle.

Here's the Galimore quote:

"We are only allowed five playing dates in the non-competitive season so our players must maximize each one of those competitive opportunities. We'll kick-off with the University of Portland this spring, just as we will this coming fall at home on August 30. That game is always a battle, one we have been on the short end of too many times and a trend we are looking to change," Gallimore said.

full story at gohuskies.com

Oh Boy! ROAD trip!

Sorry about my mistake. As Geez says, it's at UW. Apparently, we're playing Cal here on the 28th and UW there on the 30th. Since Galimore seems to be saying UW will be "kicking off" the season with the Pilots on the 30th, it apparently means they will not be playing on the 28th. So, we get the advantage of having already played a game and they get the advantage of not having played a game two days earlier.

UW has posted their 2009 schedule so now we know 4 more opponents: (Miami, Illinois, Columbia, Colorado Col)
Now we know the first 6 games of the season.

Aug 28 Cal (Merlo)
Aug 30 UW (Away)
Sept 4 Illinios (Nike Invitational Seattle)
Sept 6 Miami (Nike Invitational Seattle)
Sept 11 Colorado College (Merlo)
Sept 13 Columbia (Merlo)

Then I assume we head to A&M for two games with A&M and Texas Tech.
We don't know about Rutgers or Penn St yet.
Reg season wraps up the weekend of Nov 6-8th.