2018-2019 U13 and U14 DA Schedules Posted

youthsocceranking.us and topdrawersoccer.

youthsoccerrankings was solid but the algorithm has been getting janky since it was bought by sportsengine last year. if you eliminate the non-academy clubs from the youthsoccer ranking, it's still fairly accurate/predictive. topdrawersoccer is east coast/midwest biased but useful as a second set of data points.

Short version is that LAFC, LAUFA, and LAG put LA as #1, and SD Surf, Strikers, Albion and LAGSD put SD as #2. The other regions have one or two top teams but aren't as deep as socal, and the top teams from other regions would all lose to LAFC and SD Surf.

Last data point is the showcase results from last year comparing the different groups' performances in showcase tournament play:

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Thanks. I do think that this year will see that there has been a lot of player consolidation. I’m afraid some of those teams aren’t going to be as good as past years.
 
any idea when the rosters should be posted? curious to see who went where. having said that, this discussion raises a question about clubs' commitment to player development vs player recruitment.
 
any idea when the rosters should be posted? curious to see who went where. having said that, this discussion raises a question about clubs' commitment to player development vs player recruitment.
I think is up to each club
Some do it earlier and some wait til last minute from what I have experienced
Arsenal u14 has been posted for about a week
 
any idea when the rosters should be posted? curious to see who went where. having said that, this discussion raises a question about clubs' commitment to player development vs player recruitment.
Zero commitment to development.
“I want a team that can win.”
Straight from one of the horses mouths.
 
any idea when the rosters should be posted? curious to see who went where. having said that, this discussion raises a question about clubs' commitment to player development vs player recruitment.
Recruitment and development go hand in hand.
 
Will be an interesting season, I'm hearing LAG consolidated a lot of big players.
LAG's roster is up. Has the max of 20 players. Counting nine new players. looks like they picked up LAUFA's top forward (21 goals), three out of four of LAUFA's starting back line, LAGSD's top forward (17 goals) and best d-back, plus a defender from Norcal who mostly played u14, and then two players who don't have DA histories.

PT is going to be scarce and those LAG practices will be tough (but maybe not in a good way)
 
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LAG's roster is up. Has the max of 20 players. Counting nine new players. looks like they picked up LAUFA's top forward (21 goals), three out of four of LAUFA's starting back line, LAGSD's top forward (17 goals) and best d-back, plus a defender from Norcal who mostly played u14, and then two players who don't have DA histories.

PT is going to be scarce and those LAG practices will be tough (but maybe not in a good way)

Wow, quite a collection of talent they have assembled. Looks like Surf and Galaxy will be the teams to beat. Unfortunately, Surf won't have any competition now that they split the regions into SD and LA.
 
As the sole representative from American soccer, our 2005 #LAFC Academy squad got off to a flying start yesterday in the U-13 Concacaf Champions League tournament in Toluca, Mexico. 4-1

 
As the sole representative from American soccer, our 2005 #LAFC Academy squad got off to a flying start yesterday in the U-13 Concacaf Champions League tournament in Toluca, Mexico. 4-1


Have you watched the level of competition? Better teams here in SoCal.
 
Is this a mix of 05 & 04?
Yes, according to the rosters, mostly 05 with a couple of 04s and one 06:

BENITEZ LOPEZ, BRYAN BRYAN LOPEZ 06.06.2005 Midfielder USA
BINDON, TYLER TYLER BINDON 27.01.2005 Midfielder USA
CEJA, DIEGO DIEGO CEJA 23.08.2005 Midfielder USA
DUENAS, ERIK ERIK DUENAS 18.10.2004 Defender USA
HERRERA, MARCOS MARCOS HERRERA 14.07.2005 Goalkeeper USA
MORENO, BRYAN BRYAN MORENO 14.04.2005 Midfielder USA
MOYADO, BRYAN BRYAN MOYADO 08.08.2005 Defender USA
PALOMARES, DONOVAN DONOVAN PALOMARES 02.12.2004 Goalkeeper USA
PRESTO, DYLAN DYLAN PRESTO 21.10.2004 Midfielder USA
RAMOS, JERRY JERRY RAMOS 21.08.2005 Forward USA
ROSALES, DIEGO DIEGO ROSALES 01.11.2005 Defender USA
TORRES, IVAN IVAN TORRES 11.02.2005 Defender USA
VERASTEGUI, JR JR VERASTEGUI 19.01.2005 Forward USA
WATKINS, PHOENIX PHOENIX WATKINS 01.01.2005 Midfielder USA
WILBOWO, ADRIAN ADRIAN WILBOWO 17.01.2006 Midfielder USA
WILLCOT, ROBERT ROBERT WILLCOT 23.02.2005 Forward USA
 
15 clubs from mexico, Canada, Costa Rica, El Salvador, Nicaragua, Jamaica, honduras, Trinidad for group play.
4 group winners+ 4 2nd to the quarters where the competition more interesting.

Compared to league where only a few teams at the top are competitive this is much different & great learning experience for all.

Mostly 05' going U14 this 18-19 season with a few 04's & 06's.
 
I don’t think is the ussda soccer, the LA Galaxy is just not good at all, I like how the Chivas players teach the Galaxy how to play good football and not soft soccer lol.
 
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