DA clubs generally fall into one of three categories:
1) Dual DA/ECNL (14 clubs): clubs that kept their ECNL program even though they joined girls DA (tended to have a history of success in ECNL)
2) DA Only (38 clubs): clubs that weren’t in ECNL but believed they could still put together teams that would be competitive in an elite national league.
3) Left ECNL (17 clubs): clubs that disbanded their ECNL programs when they joined DA (generally had less prior success in ECNL than the dual clubs)
I wanted to see how these three types of clubs have been doing in DA relative to each other, so I downloaded all the game results to date from the DA website and ran some pivot tables.
The results show a distinct hierarchy:
- Dual clubs are generally the best
- Clubs that left ECNL are okay
- The majority of DA-only club teams have struggled
Here's some of what I saw:*
1) OVERALL RECORD (W-L-T / Win-Loss Ratio):
win loss ratio = wins divided by losses
Dual Clubs
vs DA Only Opponent (224-92-57 / 2.43)
vs Left ECNL Opponent (133-33-28 / 4.03)
DA Only
vs Dual Club Opponent (92-224-57 / 0.47)
vs Left ECNL Opponent (164-257-84 / 0.64)
Left ECNL
vs Dual Club Opponent (33-133-28 / 0.25)
vs DA Only Opponent (277-164-84 / 1.57)
2) Total Goal Differential
Dual Clubs +1038
U-14 +214
U-15 +295
U-16/17 +176
U-18/19 +353
DA Only -1042
U-14 -235
U-15 -299
U-16/17 -159
U-18/19 -349
Left ECNL +4
U-14 +21
U-15 +4
U-16/17 -17
U-18/19 -4
3) Goal Differential Per Game
Dual Clubs vs DA Only Opponent
U-14 +1.71
U-15 +1.85
U-16/17 +1.09
U-18/19 +2.61
Total +1.41
Dual Clubs vs Left ECNL Opponent
U-14 +1.93
U-15 +2.24
U-16/17 +1.32
U-18/19 +2.02
Total +1.88
DA Only vs Dual Club Opponent
U-14 -1.71
U-15 -1.85
U-16/17 -1.09
U-18/19 -2.61
Total -1.41
DA Only vs Left ECNL Opponent
U-14 -0.99
U-15 -0.88
U-16/17 -0.37
U-18/19 -0.73
Total -0.73
Left ECNL vs Dual Club Opponent
U-14 -1.93
U-15 -2.24
U-16/17 -1.32
U-18/19 -2.02
Total -1.88
Left ECNL vs DA Only Opponent
U-14 0.99
U-15 0.88
U-16/17 0.37
U-18/19 0.73
Total 0.73
4) Failed to Score (Percent of Games)
Dual Clubs
vs Other Dual (25%)
vs DA only (15%)
vs Left ECNL (14%)
DA Only
vs Dual (41%)
vs Other DA Only (27%)
vs Left ECNL (32%)
Left ECNL
vs Dual (45%)
vs DA Only (24%)
vs Other Left ECNL (27%)
And to get a sense of which specific clubs are contributing most to the above results, here is the per game average goal differential for each DA club.
GD Rank...Club...Avg Goal Differential
Dual 1.41
1 NTH Tophat 3.63
2 Crossfire Premier 2.51
4 FC Dallas 2.04
6 Real Colorado 1.93
7 Solar Soccer Club 1.87
10 LAFC Slammers 1.62
11 Eclipse Select Soccer Club 1.60
12 So Cal Blues Soccer Club 1.49
13 Michigan Hawks 1.44
14 Concorde Fire 1.40
19 San Diego Surf 1.12
33 West Coast Futbol Club 0.40
38 FC Stars (0.16)
47 Dallas Texans (0.56)
DA Only (0.28)
5 Sky Blue - PDA 1.95 [arguably a dual club]
8 Legends FC 1.83
9 New York City FC 1.69 [arguably a dual club]
15 FC Fury NY 1.37 [arguably a dual club]
16 NC Courage 1.20
18 Beach Futbol Club 1.18
21 La Roca Futbol Club 1.07
22 Midwest United FC 1.00
24 Cincinnati Development Academy 0.79
25 Placer United SC 0.73
26 Lonestar SC Academy 0.72
28 Lamorinda Soccer Club 0.67
29 LA Galaxy San Diego 0.61
31 Nationals 0.55
32 San Jose Earthquakes 0.51
36 Oakwood Soccer Club 0.20
37 Orlando Pride 0.14
42 Portland Thorns FC (0.34)
43 United Futbol Academy (0.38)
44 LA Galaxy (0.43)
46 FC United Soccer Club (0.48)
49 Los Angeles Premier Futbol Club (0.68)
52 Virginia Development Academy (0.98)
53 Sky Blue - NYSC (1.00)
54 Pateadores (1.04)
55 Cedar Stars Academy - Monmouth (1.18)
56 Washington Spirit Academy - Virginia (1.20)
57 Albion SC (1.32)
58 United Soccer Alliance (1.33)
59 Washington Spirit Academy - Baltimore Armour (1.60)
61 PA Classics (1.84)
62 Shattuck - Saint Mary's (2.40)
64 PSV Union Football Club (2.75)
65 IMG Academy (3.08)
66 Long Island SC (3.15)
67 Empire United (3.48)
68 FC Kansas City (3.80)
69 Burlingame Soccer Club (5.73)
Left ECNL 0.00
3 Penn Fusion Soccer Academy 2.13
17 FC Virginia 1.20
20 Boston Breakers Academy 1.08
23 Charlotte Soccer Academy 0.98
27 SPORTING Blue Valley 0.71
30 Real So Cal 0.56
34 SC del Sol 0.37
35 Reign Academy 0.34
39 California Thorns FC (0.16)
40 Colorado Rush (0.29)
41 Weston FC (0.33)
45 Indiana Fire Academy (0.47)
48 Sockers FC (0.65)
50 Eagles Soccer Club (0.87)
51 Houston Dash (0.95)
60 Boca United Football Club (1.76)
63 West Florida Flames (2.51)
These stats seem to confirm that slapping a DA logo on a uniform doesn’t magically make a club any better. The more successful clubs going in have pretty much remained so.
I should point out that a couple So Cal clubs that had not participated in ECNL (Legends and Beach) are off to a great start in DA. However others (Albion and Pats) are farther behind. And nationally there's some REALLY bad clubs out there (five are losing by more than 3 goals a game on average; Burlingame by almost 6).
*Results through 12/16/17 games. The above stats were corrected on 12/21/17 to remove placeholder/dummy game results that had been included in the data table DA published online.
1) Dual DA/ECNL (14 clubs): clubs that kept their ECNL program even though they joined girls DA (tended to have a history of success in ECNL)
2) DA Only (38 clubs): clubs that weren’t in ECNL but believed they could still put together teams that would be competitive in an elite national league.
3) Left ECNL (17 clubs): clubs that disbanded their ECNL programs when they joined DA (generally had less prior success in ECNL than the dual clubs)
I wanted to see how these three types of clubs have been doing in DA relative to each other, so I downloaded all the game results to date from the DA website and ran some pivot tables.
The results show a distinct hierarchy:
- Dual clubs are generally the best
- Clubs that left ECNL are okay
- The majority of DA-only club teams have struggled
Here's some of what I saw:*
1) OVERALL RECORD (W-L-T / Win-Loss Ratio):
win loss ratio = wins divided by losses
Dual Clubs
vs DA Only Opponent (224-92-57 / 2.43)
vs Left ECNL Opponent (133-33-28 / 4.03)
DA Only
vs Dual Club Opponent (92-224-57 / 0.47)
vs Left ECNL Opponent (164-257-84 / 0.64)
Left ECNL
vs Dual Club Opponent (33-133-28 / 0.25)
vs DA Only Opponent (277-164-84 / 1.57)
2) Total Goal Differential
Dual Clubs +1038
U-14 +214
U-15 +295
U-16/17 +176
U-18/19 +353
DA Only -1042
U-14 -235
U-15 -299
U-16/17 -159
U-18/19 -349
Left ECNL +4
U-14 +21
U-15 +4
U-16/17 -17
U-18/19 -4
3) Goal Differential Per Game
Dual Clubs vs DA Only Opponent
U-14 +1.71
U-15 +1.85
U-16/17 +1.09
U-18/19 +2.61
Total +1.41
Dual Clubs vs Left ECNL Opponent
U-14 +1.93
U-15 +2.24
U-16/17 +1.32
U-18/19 +2.02
Total +1.88
DA Only vs Dual Club Opponent
U-14 -1.71
U-15 -1.85
U-16/17 -1.09
U-18/19 -2.61
Total -1.41
DA Only vs Left ECNL Opponent
U-14 -0.99
U-15 -0.88
U-16/17 -0.37
U-18/19 -0.73
Total -0.73
Left ECNL vs Dual Club Opponent
U-14 -1.93
U-15 -2.24
U-16/17 -1.32
U-18/19 -2.02
Total -1.88
Left ECNL vs DA Only Opponent
U-14 0.99
U-15 0.88
U-16/17 0.37
U-18/19 0.73
Total 0.73
4) Failed to Score (Percent of Games)
Dual Clubs
vs Other Dual (25%)
vs DA only (15%)
vs Left ECNL (14%)
DA Only
vs Dual (41%)
vs Other DA Only (27%)
vs Left ECNL (32%)
Left ECNL
vs Dual (45%)
vs DA Only (24%)
vs Other Left ECNL (27%)
And to get a sense of which specific clubs are contributing most to the above results, here is the per game average goal differential for each DA club.
GD Rank...Club...Avg Goal Differential
Dual 1.41
1 NTH Tophat 3.63
2 Crossfire Premier 2.51
4 FC Dallas 2.04
6 Real Colorado 1.93
7 Solar Soccer Club 1.87
10 LAFC Slammers 1.62
11 Eclipse Select Soccer Club 1.60
12 So Cal Blues Soccer Club 1.49
13 Michigan Hawks 1.44
14 Concorde Fire 1.40
19 San Diego Surf 1.12
33 West Coast Futbol Club 0.40
38 FC Stars (0.16)
47 Dallas Texans (0.56)
DA Only (0.28)
5 Sky Blue - PDA 1.95 [arguably a dual club]
8 Legends FC 1.83
9 New York City FC 1.69 [arguably a dual club]
15 FC Fury NY 1.37 [arguably a dual club]
16 NC Courage 1.20
18 Beach Futbol Club 1.18
21 La Roca Futbol Club 1.07
22 Midwest United FC 1.00
24 Cincinnati Development Academy 0.79
25 Placer United SC 0.73
26 Lonestar SC Academy 0.72
28 Lamorinda Soccer Club 0.67
29 LA Galaxy San Diego 0.61
31 Nationals 0.55
32 San Jose Earthquakes 0.51
36 Oakwood Soccer Club 0.20
37 Orlando Pride 0.14
42 Portland Thorns FC (0.34)
43 United Futbol Academy (0.38)
44 LA Galaxy (0.43)
46 FC United Soccer Club (0.48)
49 Los Angeles Premier Futbol Club (0.68)
52 Virginia Development Academy (0.98)
53 Sky Blue - NYSC (1.00)
54 Pateadores (1.04)
55 Cedar Stars Academy - Monmouth (1.18)
56 Washington Spirit Academy - Virginia (1.20)
57 Albion SC (1.32)
58 United Soccer Alliance (1.33)
59 Washington Spirit Academy - Baltimore Armour (1.60)
61 PA Classics (1.84)
62 Shattuck - Saint Mary's (2.40)
64 PSV Union Football Club (2.75)
65 IMG Academy (3.08)
66 Long Island SC (3.15)
67 Empire United (3.48)
68 FC Kansas City (3.80)
69 Burlingame Soccer Club (5.73)
Left ECNL 0.00
3 Penn Fusion Soccer Academy 2.13
17 FC Virginia 1.20
20 Boston Breakers Academy 1.08
23 Charlotte Soccer Academy 0.98
27 SPORTING Blue Valley 0.71
30 Real So Cal 0.56
34 SC del Sol 0.37
35 Reign Academy 0.34
39 California Thorns FC (0.16)
40 Colorado Rush (0.29)
41 Weston FC (0.33)
45 Indiana Fire Academy (0.47)
48 Sockers FC (0.65)
50 Eagles Soccer Club (0.87)
51 Houston Dash (0.95)
60 Boca United Football Club (1.76)
63 West Florida Flames (2.51)
These stats seem to confirm that slapping a DA logo on a uniform doesn’t magically make a club any better. The more successful clubs going in have pretty much remained so.
I should point out that a couple So Cal clubs that had not participated in ECNL (Legends and Beach) are off to a great start in DA. However others (Albion and Pats) are farther behind. And nationally there's some REALLY bad clubs out there (five are losing by more than 3 goals a game on average; Burlingame by almost 6).
*Results through 12/16/17 games. The above stats were corrected on 12/21/17 to remove placeholder/dummy game results that had been included in the data table DA published online.
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