Washington

I hope to head up to Seattle to watch the game tomorrow. Anyone interested in sharing a ride? I can drive or be a passenger.

Can you meet me in Minneapolis?

I'm catching the game via GameTracker -- 21 minutes in it's 1-0 on a Foxhoeven goal and a UW player has already received a yellow card.

purple haze wrote:I'm catching the game via GameTracker -- 21 minutes in it's 1-0 on a Foxhoeven goal and a UW player has already received a yellow card.

I'm catching the game on video feed via the goHuskies.com website. Still 1-0 around 35'. Keelin picked up a yellow card for riding a player to the ground at midfield.

Just turned it on in time for for Foxhoven's second...

http://all-access.cbssports.com/player.html?code=wash

(Oh and BTW it's free!!)

28th minute: Sophie and Elli replaced by Halley and Kendall. Coach is showing great faith in the young subs. Kendall is a rising star already and Halley is due to score given her speed, power and alertness for the loose ball
33rd minute: yellow card on Keelin; 7 fouls already on Huskies; must be a rough game.
39 minutes: Another goal for Foxhoven! She's on fire.

Thanks for the video link, DTR. Free is a very good price.

The last five minutes of the first half featured two near-misses on through-balls to Kreminski. Halftime score is 2-0 Pilots.

Feel free to hop in the ChatBox for the 2nd half....

Final score UP 2, UW 0. But a scary 2nd half as Huskies outshot Pilots and UP never got its possession passing game in gear after halftime. Hailee was a wall in the goal. Winning by a shutout on the road against a tough foe is a good result.

purple haze wrote:Final score UP 2, UW 0. But a scary 2nd half as Huskies outshot Pilots and UP never got its possession passing game in gear after halftime. Hailee was a wall in the goal. Winning by a shutout on the road against a tough foe is a good result.

2-0 on the road against a tough team is definitely a good result, but I wish we were controlling play better. The possession game does not seem to be there yet - too many long balls, although some of that towards the end was protecting the lead.

Agree with that, purple haze and fan from afar.

I didn't see the same team today as I saw Friday night. How good is Washington? That's the $10,000,000 question. They look to me like they're ready to play with the heavyweights of the Pac-10.

I'm really impressed with Perez and their tenacious defensive attacking by the whole team.

Glad we survived. Hailee had a lot to do with that. Great game for her. (Her first 90 minute outing since the 2007 season, I believe.)

Yah. Not an impressive showing today. Pilots did not seem to have any cohesive play offensively or defensively. That may have been the result of the Huskies wanting it more. We were lucky to win that one. Huskies dominated the 2nd half with possession, threats and overall aggression. Perez was a tough mark. Our backline had their hands full with her today. Did we look tired playing a 2nd game in the weekend? Or we may have just walked in there overconfident? Hope they learned that we can't overlook anybody. There's a target on our back, especially when we play neighboring schools. UW was not intimidated and looked very well prepared.

GO PILOTS!!!

To win 2 - nil, on the road against a quality opponent and NOT be at your best IS impressive in my mind.

Just got back from Seattle and not sure I was watching the same game as some of you?

Pilots won 2-0 on the road in very hot conditions against a tough and physical opponent. UP was not playing with the usual flair and rhythym today but still won comfortably. I don't care what the shot count was: many of those shots were hit and hope efforts from outside the area which stood no chance of troubling Hailee, but inflated the shot count and her save total. Perez was particularly guilty of just blazing away. Unlike the Oregon game when there were several occasions where the Ducks were in a dangerous position, I don't recall any heart in the mouth moments today aside from one snafu by Hailee that UW (Perez) wasted..

In addition to the speculative long shots, UW hit long balls and chased. Defense handled it.

I've adopted a new practive this season of trying hard to respect that this is college soccer and avoiding negative comments about players. Pilots did not play as well today so comments are briefer.

Hailee got in 90 minutes of D1 experience. A couple of adventures in the second half but overall a good game.

Back four were solid. Not as polished as Friday, but effective nonetheless. Jessica was the pick of the four.

UP struggled to control the ball in midfield and to retain possession in the way that they ususally do. Kendra had a good game. Played hard and ran and ran and ran. Looks like she's getting back to full form and fitness. Kendall was only sub used in midfield spelling Elli in the middle of the game. Another useful cameo. She was one of five players who were shown a yellow card, which is a record in my memory of UP games. Michelle O and Keelin were also YC recipients. Tells you something about the refereee and the physical nature of the game. In most games the only one that would have seen a YC was Kendall, who was late into a tackle: no malice but a fairly hefty scything down of the UW player.

Halley saw some time in relief of Sophie upfront. No other subs used so most players put in a full 90 minutes in the sun against the most physical team we've seen so far. No surprise if they were a little off by the end of the game. Player of the game was Danielle. Two very good goals and as complete a game as I've seen fromn her: tackled back; held the ball up: created good chances for others. The fox in the box was on form today.

First goal was ball into the box which she took on her thigh and then blasted into the goal on the volley. Keeper had no chance. Second goal was diagonal run to the edge of the box past three or four defenders and a cracking left foot shot. Two excellent goals.