Carolina has holes to fill but I think they're doing alright on the attacking end. It may not be the depth they had this past season, but no one can really sustain that much depth. Ortega, Growney, Warehime, & Sconone all return (waiting on Growney to announce that officially). Sconone turns a lot of heads with her free position power, but I was really impressed with her vision & composure on the attacking end as well. She and CW could both be good ball distributors. I doubt JL will try to see if a player can replicate what Hoeg did and instead evenly distribute it across multiple attackers. Definitely room for CW to take on a bigger role, but I don't think they're handing the reins to any one player.OuttaNowhereWregget wrote: ↑Mon Jul 12, 2021 4:58 am I imagine the hope is that Caitlyn Wurzburger will step into Hoeg's role as chief feeder. Some great talent coming in to bolster the ranks, but as we saw from '21, blue chip transfers don't always put a team over the top. Last offseason, USC's Kerrigan Miller and Dartmouth's Katie Bourque transferred to Carolina. Bourque got injured in the offseason and saw very limited action in only 2 games in the ACC tournament. Miller did a lot of "dirty work" with DC's GB's and CTO's but very little goal scoring/assisting help in the NCAA's (2 goals and 2 assists total vs JMU, Stony Brook and eventual national champion Boston College).
The '22 edition of the Tar Heels might be Wurzburger's team after some of the leaders have moved on. She seems like a leader and one who may put up prodigious numbers for the rest of her career.
It will be interesting to see how the postseason goes next year for the storied Heels. One thing for sure--there are no guarantees.
Midfield looks solid, just a little thinner, with Mastroianni, Dirks, Hillman, Humphrey, & Dorsey returning. Ella Little got a lot of reps on the draw and I think she could expand her role as well.
TBH I think their biggest holes to fill are on defense - Woodruff, Wakefield, & Wood all gone. Not sure if Trenchard is taking her 5th year (probably is). I can see JL trying to convert some young middies to defense, maybe Julia Dorsey, Lawton, or Humphrey. Nalls does definitely return which is one veteran defender guaranteed. Hall was highly touted out of high school but I hasn't seen the field much. If Nalls, Moreno, and Trenchard all return they have a solid core of leadership and experience there as well