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Matches Thread- SOCCER opens Pac 12 play @ Cal (Saturday, 9/25/21, 2:00 PM MT, Free Pac 12 stream)

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Best wishes to the soccer team (5-3-0, 0-0-0) as they begin conference play in Berkeley against Cal (4-1-2, 0-0-0) tomorrow afternoon.

Coverage should be available via free live Pac 12 (Insider) stream. (See below for link)

Go Buffs!!!

Preview - https://cubuffs.com/news/2021/9/24/soccer-buffs-open-pac-12-play-in-the-golden-state.aspx

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BERKELEY, Calif. – Colorado soccer jets off to California for a quick one-match road trip. The Buffaloes will open Pac-12 Conference play taking on the Bears (2 p.m. MT) on Saturday.

Colorado (5-3-0) enters the 11-game Pac-12 gauntlet, fresh off its 3-1 win over Denver last Sunday.

"It's a single game weekend that allows us to focus on one team," head coach Danny Sanchez explained. "Cal is very well-coached. They have a ton of talent. But I like where we're at as well. We're excited to get there and start this journey of 11 Pac-12 games that can go either way. We're playing really good teams every single week. We're excited about the opportunity."

The Buffs have had a burst of offense this season, after having to scratch and fight for goals in the 2020* season. Colorado has totaled 49 points through the first eight matches this season, having totaled just 50 in 17 games last season. The team's been able to spread the love this season too. CU has 10 different goal scorers, compared to its seven in the spring season.

"I think it's still a work in progress, to be honest," Sanchez noted. "It is nice to get the contributions from a lot of different people. You can look at it in two ways. We're getting contributions from a lot of different people, but we're not seeing that one or two people stepping up and taking ahold of it. We're pleased to have some options. I think we still have some players that have undersold themselves a little bit and can produce more."
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CU has had success against the Golden Bears of late. The Buffs upset No. 10 Cal (2-1) last season in Berkeley. Colorado owns a 4-1-1 record on the road against Cal and a 5-4-2 overall record.

Cal (4-2-1) boasts the top recruiting class in the nation from a year ago. The Golden Bears have 14 freshmen on the roster this season with first-year forward Karlie Lema leading the team in goals (3) and points (6).

Saturday's match will be streamed on Pac-12 Insider. You can find Pac-12 Insider on Samsung TV Plus, Roku, Redbox and Vizio among other on-demand options.
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More on Cal -

Roster
- https://calbears.com/sports/womens-soccer/roster
Stats - https://calbears.com/sports/womens-soccer/stats
Schedule/ results for this season - https://calbears.com/sports/womens-soccer/schedule/2021
Their preview article for the match with the Buffs - https://calbears.com/news/2021/9/24/womens-soccer-cal-opens-pac-12-play-vs-colorado.aspx
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Media links:

Match notes -

Live stats -
Live Video - Free live stream should be available at https://pac-12.com/live?networks=P12I .
 
GOOAAALLLL Buffs!

Hopcroft off a nice header by James off a nice long throw-in by Sharts!

 
The stream went down for me. Did it for anyone else watching?

(It's still 2-0 in the 34th minute per live stats.)
 
The Buffs had been in a "prevent defense" the whole 2nd half and, just like often happens in football, it doesn't work, as the bears tied it in the 77th minute. Still 2 all in the 82nd minute.
 
And, it ends 2-2. Overall, a decent road result for the start of conference play.

Kind of disappointing that (at least to my VERY non-soccer expert eyes) that they seemed to chose to play so passively/ defensively the whole 2nd half until Cal tied it. With a talented young team like Cal (per what I believe I'd seen, and the announcers mentioned, they have the (topdrawersoccer) #1 ranked recruiting class for this freshman year), giving them too many chances to have a ball roll their way is very dangerous.


 
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