Soccer Final: Cougs 3, Gonzaga 0

[ScottHood]

WSU stays unbeaten and improves to 7-0 on the season.

 

[Coug95man2]

WSU stays unbeaten and improves to 7-0 on the season.

It was a great game, even with an incredible amount of rain just hours prior. Great to see dominance in this squad.

EDIT: And might I add… there were many, many rumblings about how the field was going to get torn up badly, due to the rain. The investment WSU has put into the drainage system, was well, well, worth it. Moos invested well on that point!!!

 

[wazzucougs96]

It was a great game, even with an incredible amount of rain just hours prior. Great to see dominance in this squad.

EDIT: And might I add… there were many, many rumblings about how the field was going to get torn up badly, due to the rain. The investment WSU has put into the drainage system, was well, well, worth it. Moos invested well on that point!!!

What I wouldn't give for a grass field like that inside Martin Stadium.

 

[kayak15]

I, also, was impressed with the quality of the field after the deluge preceding the game. Whoever did the installation did one hell of a job.

While I liked the dominance- and it was surely that- we need to remember that Gonzaga is having a mediocre season at best and came in depleted by injuries.

The ladies now get thrown into the cauldron of Pac12 play starting out with a couple of nasty games against the Arizona schools. I would be satisfied with a split. The girls are getting some national attention. I saw them just out of the top 25 on one poll, coming in two places later in the list of also rans. Another poll had them as 23rd. What is remarkable is that they were rated 9th in the Pac12 prior to the season. Ninth in the Pac12 and about 25th in the country illustrates well the overall quality of the conference. It's going to be a pretty brutal run through this gauntlet. We should get some early indication of how they will fare next week.

 

[Coug95man2]

I, also, was impressed with the quality of the field after the deluge preceding the game. Whoever did the installation did one hell of a job.

While I liked the dominance- and it was surely that- we need to remember that Gonzaga is having a mediocre season at best and came in depleted by injuries.

The ladies now get thrown into the cauldron of Pac12 play starting out with a couple of nasty games against the Arizona schools. I would be satisfied with a split. The girls are getting some national attention. I saw them just out of the top 25 on one poll, coming in two places later in the list of also rans. Another poll had them as 23rd. What is remarkable is that they were rated 9th in the Pac12 prior to the season. Ninth in the Pac12 and about 25th in the country illustrates well the overall quality of the conference. It's going to be a pretty brutal run through this gauntlet. We should get some early indication of how they will fare next week.

While I understand what your trying to say, I disagree with your premise. Gonzaga is having a mediocre
Season because they are creating that for themselves. The match prior, a player went to head the ball. Instead a Gonzaga player headed a team-mate! By hey have good talent. They have a good coach. They are creating a bad season for themselves. Sound familiar?

 

[bogusto]

I, also, was impressed with the quality of the field after the deluge preceding the game. Whoever did the installation did one hell of a job.

While I liked the dominance- and it was surely that- we need to remember that Gonzaga is having a mediocre season at best and came in depleted by injuries.

The ladies now get thrown into the cauldron of Pac12 play starting out with a couple of nasty games against the Arizona schools. I would be satisfied with a split. The girls are getting some national attention. I saw them just out of the top 25 on one poll, coming in two places later in the list of also rans. Another poll had them as 23rd. What is remarkable is that they were rated 9th in the Pac12 prior to the season. Ninth in the Pac12 and about 25th in the country illustrates well the overall quality of the conference. It's going to be a pretty brutal run through this gauntlet. We should get some early indication of how they will fare next week.

The Portland game tomorrow, in Portland, will be a tough one, even though the Pilots aren't having great success this season. I'm not sure, but I don't think the Cougs have ever won in Portland. I don't feel that this is merely coincidental, as home cooking seems to always play a big role there. I will be attending the game.

 

[Coug1990]

The Portland game tomorrow, in Portland, will be a tough one, even though the Pilots aren't having great success this season. I'm not sure, but I don't think the Cougs have ever won in Portland. I don't feel that this is merely coincidental, as home cooking seems to always play a big role there. I will be attending the game.

I don't know if it home cooking in as much that Portland has been a national power under first, Clive Charles, and now Garrett Smith. Smith's 2005 team even won the National Championship (Charles also won a Championship in 2002) and Smith has coached Portland to six quarterfinal appearances in 12 years.

 

[CougSinceBirth]

UP has a wonderful layout to watch futbol. Hopefully a win against UP could continue to build their confidence heading into conference play.

Would love to be able to add a men's team too, one day.

 

[bogusto]

I don't know if it home cooking in as much that Portland has been a national power under first, Clive Charles, and now Garrett Smith. Smith's 2005 team even won the National Championship (Charles also won a Championship in 2002) and Smith has coached Portland to six quarterfinal appearances in 12 years.

1. Smith has the program in a downward spiral and, 2., having witnessed several games over the last several years, and likewise in Corvallis, home cooking is very much in evidence at both venues. I'm not sure, but I believe women's soccer, even at the Pac-12 level, is reffed by locals. Crews are not staffed from afar. Might be wrong on that but my eyeballs say otherwise.