ND in National Title Game

Posted on December 4, 2010 by Matt Q. (DMQ)

Tomorrow.

Noon ET.

ESPN2 and ESPN3.com

The Irish Women's Soccer team takes on the hated, vile Cardinal of Stanford for the national title.

You should watch.

Thanks for "Jen" for reminding me that not everyone already knows about this.

Go IRISH!

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20 Responses to "ND in National Title Game"

  • By Trey December 4, 2010 - 8:05 pm

    Laccrosse, W Soccer…non FB teams doing well.

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  • By BurbankSteve December 4, 2010 - 8:22 pm

    I’m watching for sure – and I have a bottle of Jameson’s to celebrate the win! GO IRISH!

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  • By tjak December 4, 2010 - 8:52 pm

    Go Irish! Do us proud girls!

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  • By Erik '04 December 4, 2010 - 9:44 pm

    Thanks for letting me know. Got the DVR set. I like that the soccer game is followed on ESPN2 by the Women’s bball team taking on Purdue in the 10-year anniversary of when we beat them for the NC back in 2001. :)

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  • By daybreakboys December 5, 2010 - 7:56 am

    I will cheer for the girls in spirit, though it being soccer (lawn-diving) I cannot bring myself to watch it.

    Also, all soccer is women’s soccer. Its a girl’s sport.

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    • By DJ December 5, 2010 - 2:52 pm

      -1

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  • By tjak December 5, 2010 - 11:59 am

    daybreak, when the poofsters are not taking dives, soccer is a great sport. It can get rough as hell. I can only hope that BK gets a record near as good as Coach Randy Waldrum (86% winning percentage)

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    • By daybreakboys December 7, 2010 - 4:43 pm

      While i respect your opinion and enthusiasm I must mightily agree. It is a feminine sport, for feminine players.

      And we both know that soccer has never EVER approached the status of “rough as hell.” Unless you are referring to long distance endurance running. I’ll give you that.

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  • By Trey December 5, 2010 - 1:31 pm

    GOOOOOOOOOAAALLLL!!!! IRISH!

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  • By DagerOne December 5, 2010 - 2:40 pm

    National Champions, Irish! Way to go, girls!

    So, do they still put the “#1″ up on top of Grace Hall?

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    • By DJ December 5, 2010 - 2:44 pm

      Yes they do!

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  • By DJ December 5, 2010 - 2:51 pm

    Stanford might have had the more talented team (but only by a slight margin), but Notre Dame was extremely well-prepared for the match. They resolved to allow Stanford possession only in their half of the field, and played excellent team defense all over the field. Better still, they didn’t sit back in a defensive shell; they attacked whenever they could, made the field wide by passing the ball to the outside, and stretched Stanford’s defense horizontally and vertically. The goal was the result of too many defenders following Melissa Henderson to the end line, such that her through pass was to a wide open Adriana Leon, who let it rip.

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  • By domer03 December 5, 2010 - 4:14 pm

    Go Irish!!! Congrats girls.

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  • By Bernie P. ND'74 December 5, 2010 - 4:58 pm

    Not that I know much about women’s soccer but I agree with the comments of ND’s coach. This shouldn’t be considered an upset. ND didn’t stay back in a defensive mode, even after they took the lead. They got off at least three shots in the last 20 minutes that Stanford’s goalie had to make great saves on, or it would have been 2-0.

    Nice revenge for the football game. Thanks, ND ladies!

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  • By Trey December 5, 2010 - 5:48 pm

    Game should have been 3-4 to 0. That stan goalie kept em in it.

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  • By c-stone December 5, 2010 - 9:50 pm

    I’ll do y’all one better, as I watched in person…
    http://tinyurl.com/34zggfb

    The weather was probably as windy and cold as 2 years ago but I hardly noticed :-)

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  • By DJ December 6, 2010 - 12:00 am

    The Ohio State goalie in the semifinal was also excellent. That’s what makes their run so impressive:

    Crushed UNC on their home field in the Round of 16
    Went to Stillwater over Thanksgiving, and beat Oklahoma State 2-0
    Beat Ohio State 1-0 in the semis (without their goalie’s stellar performance, it would’ve been 4-0)
    Beat the team the experts said would won it all, and did so in rather dominating fashion.

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    • By Erik '04 December 6, 2010 - 1:17 pm

      I think I heard a commentator say that this was the toughest road to the NC of any team in the tournament’s history, as far as “upsets” in almost every round. Great job by the Irish!

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  • By The Biscuit December 6, 2010 - 11:22 am

    Excellent, congrats ladies! Great win!

    daybreak, I can understand what you’re saying about European players, but these girls don’t dive. they battle.

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    • By daybreakboys December 7, 2010 - 4:45 pm

      I agree completely. I admire female soccer players. Its a very graceful game.

      Never claimed they dive. Never would.

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