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    2018 HS Girls Soccer

    Predictions?

    #2
    Getting weaker:
    Portsmouth
    Mt Hope
    Cumberland

    Getting stronger:
    Lincoln
    Smithfield
    Barrington

    Holding steady:
    LaSalle
    SK
    Smithfield

    Everyone else, no clue or doesn’t matter anyway

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      #3
      Favorites:
      Lasalle
      South Kingston

      Final Four Hopefuls:
      Lincoln
      Smithfield
      Mt Hope
      Coventry

      Bound for Playoffs:
      Cumberland
      Portsmouth
      East Greenwich
      Cranston West
      Barrington

      Not in the Discussion:
      Bayview
      Burriville
      Prout
      Situate

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        #4
        Prediction

        No way Portsmouth makes the playoffs they are very weak this year. Rebuild mode and hope for some upcoming youth.

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          #5
          SK do not have many current seniors that are at a high level. They will be very reliant on a group of talented juniors and sophomores.

          Realistically, La Salle could be way ahead of everyone else, and have the best player in RI HS soccer by an absolute mile.

          Can't see Mount Hope, Portsmouth, Cumberland, NK, EG or Smithfield laying a glove.

          La Salle/SK significantly ahead of the rest for years to come.

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            #6
            Originally posted by Unregistered View Post
            No way Portsmouth makes the playoffs they are very weak this year. Rebuild mode and hope for some upcoming youth.
            i would find it hard to believe they wouldn't make playoffs.

            what is the requirement to qualify for playoffs? is it a minimum % of total possible points?

            by the way, the poster forgot about NK who will be strong

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              #7
              Originally posted by Unregistered View Post
              i would find it hard to believe they wouldn't make playoffs.

              what is the requirement to qualify for playoffs? is it a minimum % of total possible points?

              by the way, the poster forgot about NK who will be strong
              You must now make a certain % of points. I believe there are just too many talented teams ahead of them. SK will be very strong, LSA, NK, Lincoln and Barrington will surprise a few teams and there is always a surprise or two like a Cranston West team if they can ever straighten it out. They have been so strong for so long I just think some other public’s will be better. Town teams have to go through cycles, while the privates just have to recruit so it is what it is.

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                #8
                There is no player in the state even close to the level of what Portsmouth had a couple of years ago.
                Does LaSalle have a strong group again?

                Also, what does anyone know about the new teams? Will Scituate be competitive with the lower half, since at least they have a keeper to neutralize other teams somewhat?

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                  #9
                  They will have no firepower to get on the board, and no keeper is good enough to overcome that.

                  They will struggle badly with the upper half teams just like Burrillville, but for the good of the division hopefully they can both at least compete with the rest of the bottom half. Nobody wants to suffer through crappy games.

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                    #10
                    Originally posted by Unregistered View Post
                    SK do not have many current seniors that are at a high level. They will be very reliant on a group of talented juniors and sophomores.

                    Realistically, La Salle could be way ahead of everyone else, and have the best player in RI HS soccer by an absolute mile.

                    Can't see Mount Hope, Portsmouth, Cumberland, NK, EG or Smithfield laying a glove.

                    La Salle/SK significantly ahead of the rest for years to come.
                    *Could be*? Realistically RI Girls HS soccer is LaSalle and then everyone else competes for the other championship spot with ebbs and flows among the generally decent programs and the occasional flash by the wannabe's.

                    Of course, among the contenders you need at least a dominant POY caliber talent..and that player, well, plays for LaSalle already.

                    With uneven coaching you get the occasional trap game (perhaps this year at Smithfield) but absent major injuries, it will be LSA. At least this season there will be some interesting story lines - good to see how strong D2 programs fare playing up, how some of the up and coming programs (Lincoln, Barrington) fare, and if Bayview can win a game..

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                      #11
                      Originally posted by Unregistered View Post
                      There is no player in the state even close to the level of what Portsmouth had a couple of years ago.
                      Does LaSalle have a strong group again?

                      Also, what does anyone know about the new teams? Will Scituate be competitive with the lower half, since at least they have a keeper to neutralize other teams somewhat?
                      Here we go......

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                        #12
                        You know of course LaSalle is going to always be in the top 3 in the state. They pool players from anywhere and regardless of what “they say”, the ability to recruit and/or attract top athletes will always make them a force. However, they are not infallible. I have watched them scrimmage and although they are indeed loaded with talent (their JV team even more so), they are not “head and shoulders” above everyone. Sorry, but there will be publics that will contented evenly with them this year, and that makes me happy. We all know it’s beyond aggravating to have these privates dominate certain sports every year in public school leagues, but we also all know nothing will ever change, so anytime a public can take down a private and keep some parity in what is not an even playing field, makes me happy. I know I’m not alone.

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                          #13
                          Originally posted by Unregistered
                          Here we go......
                          The mother is everywhere. Read the MA thread on New England. She posts everyday.

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                            #14
                            What do we think of the opening results? Any changes to the ranking predictions?

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                              #15
                              Originally posted by Unregistered View Post
                              What do we think of the opening results? Any changes to the ranking predictions?
                              Not all teams have even played a single game yet. Let’s wait until we get a week in and everyone has played at least a game.

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