******BTHO Sam Houston******

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Texas A&M Vs. Sam Houston
Ellis Field - College Station, Texas
Saturday, August 22 - 8PM
SEC+

The Aggies finally get their home opener in a rare Saturday night match. This is the perfect get-right game against a vulnerable Sam Houston State side in front of the friendly crowd of Ellis Field.

Sam Houston sits at 0-0-2 on the season with a 1-1 tie at Oklahoma State and a 0-0 tie at Lamar. Sam Houston isn't a total pushover, but neither of those opponents are at the caliber of A&M. I'd expect the Aggies to dominate possession and have room to score some goals.

It's kind of a late game, so if you're tuning in on TV, we're back to streaming on SEC+ for the rest of the season. Side Note: Did y'all know we don't play Texas this year?
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Thanks, CDub! Hoping the turn-around starts now
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Students back in town before classes Monday along with big youth tourney so expect a good crowd. Not sure if they promote to Fish Camp anymore, but this is typically the game for it.
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Previously, we would kind of schedule games for the Fish Camp reunion. Recently, we've just been fitting the fish camp game in where we can.

This would be an underwhelming matchup, but is the only Friday/Saturday game we have at home. TCU would be the more impactful one.

I've not seen any advertisement that it's the Fish Camp game, so I'm not certain that tradition will persist. Last year's Fish Camp attendance for Georgia was abysmal.
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maybe we can lose another one to a lower qualifty team.... Sorry, but I'm quickly losing any faith for this season.
peace....jessexy
MookieBlaylock
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but we haven't lost to a lower quality team this year
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I see what you did there. Maybe the Pac-12 loss will actually help us in the RPI at the end of the season.
peace....jessexy
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I will own my hypocrisy here. This kind of sentiment is why I gave up on football. We pay those guys too much money for no results to show for it.

The girls, different. Yes, they get a full ride to an ok but legit university. They don't get an NIL payday like other programs give. I don't know why but I suspect it is so we can pay our football players more.They are still young adults who are putting in a ton of effort and work. A lot more effort and work than what that education costs. Get on the coaches. Get on the administration for making women's soccer a low priority. I get giving up expectations but don't give up on the girls.

Jess, not criticizing you and I completely understand your sentiment and I share it towards the decades of disappointment with our football team. Those guys get paid a lot. The girls are just getting a free education. I'm not even asking you to change your opinion, but don't give up on the ladies. Who knows, they might just surprise us all.
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Hoosegow said:

Yes, they get a full ride to an ok but legit university.

Isn't soccer still an equivalency sport?
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If the girls aren't getting paid, then it may not get much better.
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All sports are equivalency sports now after the House settlement, but we are fulling funding all roster spots (and I bet all P4 schools are as well).
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You guys are giving up way too easily… we've literally only lost to two teams (not including texas), and both are quality teams. Yes, we should NOT have lost to Texas State, but I honestly thought we had some really good moments and connected better than we have all year. I think there was some of our best soccer in that game. I think we played good in the Baylor game too. They are a top team.

That being said, I'm not saying we should've lost or that Texas State was some unbeatable team. We absolutely should've won that game. But you also can't discredit them for being scrappy, fighting for 90 minutes, and making the most of their chances. Texas State is not an easy game. Again, not saying that we shouldn't have won.

At this point, I really think it comes down to cleaning up the individual mistakes and set pieces. Mistakes are going to happen. Nobody is perfect. But if we can limit those and become more consistent, I think we'll be in a really good place. For the most part, we ARE playing like a team. We connect well, we create good moments, and there's a lot of potential here. We just have to stop giving up so many goals and make the most of our chances, and that's a total team effort.

It's way too early to give up on this team. We're young, we're learning, and we're going to make mistakes. Once we start cleaning those things up, I really think this team can be special. You guys can't expect them to automatically be perfect. This is part of a rebuilding year. If you don't like what you see or you don't believe in this team, then stop watching.
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some mistakes? those are 12 year old private school soccer mistakes not Division 1 500 K ship mistakes
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Mookie you should attend a game one day so you don't have to form your opinion based on what the announcers tell you to think. The only positive comments you've given on this forum may have been to pac 12 announcers. lol. Think about that for a minute. Announcers don't announce play by play in soccer and they certainly don't call out every successful moment or play in a fixture.
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I watched a GK drop a ball that a 9 year old could catch that gave up the winning goal - honestly that is not acceptable keeper play at any level-
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MookieBlaylock said:

I watched a GK drop a ball that a 9 year old could catch that gave up the winning goal - honestly that is not acceptable keeper play at any level-


With two defenders watching it happen and not marking the only player that could capitalize on the keeper mistake.
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Calling it "a ball a 9-year-old could catch" ignores what makes that play difficult.

A driven ball is primarily a reaction problem, and the keeper has optionscatch, parry, punch, deflect or block. A ball dropping from 7075 feet is different: it's a tracking, positioning and timing problem, and ultimately you pretty much have to catch it.

At roughly 40 mph on descent, it's moving nearly 60 feet per second. A 0.05-second misjudgment represents about 3 feet of ball travel.

It's why Major League outfielders occasionally lose routine fly balls in the lights. They didn't forget how to catchthe tracking or judgment broke down for an instant.

The keeper will absolutely want it back. It was a mistake. But there's a difference between acknowledging a mistake and pretending the play required no skill.
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Help me understand, why are some of the posters on here just toxic with negativity?
Nowhere have I seen "What a class finish by Trinity" or "Such a great ball by Lacher and finish by Churchill to finish on the second goal". Just don't get why you get satisfaction from just *****ing and moaning constantly and not supporting the team/staff/school through thick and thin, especially the girls that pour everything they have into getting a good result. You think Makenna doesn't feel like crap for dropping the ball? And Ava? C'mon! Grow up a little!
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BigDAGGIEFan said:

Calling it "a ball a 9-year-old could catch" ignores what makes that play difficult.

A driven ball is primarily a reaction problem, and the keeper has optionscatch, parry, punch, deflect or block. A ball dropping from 7075 feet is different: it's a tracking, positioning and timing problem, and ultimately you pretty much have to catch it.

At roughly 40 mph on descent, it's moving nearly 60 feet per second. A 0.05-second misjudgment represents about 3 feet of ball travel.

It's why Major League outfielders occasionally lose routine fly balls in the lights. They didn't forget how to catchthe tracking or judgment broke down for an instant.

The keeper will absolutely want it back. It was a mistake. But there's a difference between acknowledging a mistake and pretending the play required no skill.


lmfao -
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socag26 said:

Help me understand, why are some of the posters on here just toxic with negativity?
Nowhere have I seen "What a class finish by Trinity" or "Such a great ball by Lacher and finish by Churchill to finish on the second goal". Just don't get why you get satisfaction from just *****ing and moaning constantly and not supporting the team/staff/school through thick and thin, especially the girls that pour everything they have into getting a good result. You think Makenna doesn't feel like crap for dropping the ball? And Ava? C'mon! Grow up a little!


my bad, that was an excellent attempt at a trap, followed by excellent foul just outside of the box avoiding the penalty kick - thank goodness for review b/c we would have lost the game 4-2
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10 freshmen have played about 44% of the total minutes through 3 games.
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Emoji is because the emoji looks like the heat (not because of any anger).

It is going to be a scorcher tonight. I hope will play a lot of depth given the conditions.

Currently at 6:25 pm, it is 104 and feels like 108.

At 8 pm tonight when we start, it is forecast to be 99 and feels like 103.

At 10 pm when the game ends, it is forecast to be down to 92 feels like 95.
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Match preview graphic from our official account. We average beating them 6.8 to 0 over our 5 previous meetings.

I thought it a little bold given Bobby's comments in his press conference about their side and 1-1 tie versus Oklahoma St. this season.

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You so-called Aggie fans watched too much World
Soccer games. These are young college girls who have played the game since they were youngsters and are grateful for getting scholarships and a great education. They're not pros. Just go and support them without griping.
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Maybe excellent assist to open the game? Oh wait pac 12 announcers don't care about assists. Maybe excellent save by McKenna after the late penalty. Maybe excellent defending chasing down some speed after a couple of unfortunate moments?

You can keep being Debbie downer all day long. No one saying you can't or shouldn't critique, but nothing hurts to call out positives either.

There were mistakes all over the place. Heck, taking a shot and not making it is in fact a mistake. The paid refs made plenty of mistakes themselves, game changing in fact but at least they correctly reversed the pk.
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Bad day to be a Bearkat, we're putting 6 goals on them
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Anyone able to get the broadcast yet or simply cockpit error on my part?
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On for me
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Aggie Soccer Dir of Ops Curt Magnuson's daughter playing for SHSU
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Nice looking crowd on tv
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Reserved seating around 40%. GA is filled with girls club players.
MookieBlaylock
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stadium looks diff - what changed
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Churchill's had a few nice crosses
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Churchill header for an Aggie goal.
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