left the field at half-time.

This is a team that should improve during the season as the many young players gain experience. There will be some rough moments in ACC play.

Both teams seemed to have some girls that, well, I'll use my favorite line from Thomas Hardy,…"A little bit thick in the flitch perhaps: but I like a woman that a puff o' wind won't blow down."

Many on ND's team may get bounced around a bit when we play North Carolina.

and power, as well as top players from Illinois. What happened to the DuPage County pipeline?

As said, while Martinez isn't quite as fast as Hurm, she's got a smooth gait that gets up to speed and keeps going. Excellent "handle," to borrow a phrase from hoops, and boy I love her crosses.

One of the things that I love -- and I bet Coach Norman does, too -- about Moss is working hard to find space on the weak side, via runs or just scoping around. She'll get a lot of goals that way.

VanDyck is short. Really short..with a center of gravity around our ankles, but that's a plus in crowds.

on the internet, but I had tracked it down as 5'3" and posted as such in an earlier post. However, like FightingIrishRadio, I compared her to Sabrina in videos and thus my comment "(and that may be generous)". Here is the story where I found her height reported. Who's knows how accurate it is? All this is more or less in fun, since, like Dillon, I have no problem with her height to the point that it seems to help her soccer game. Like Sabrina, no one's has much of a chance to take the ball away one-on-one. She seems poised to make a big difference in ND soccer.