Since there is no DA at these ages, I wonder if these clubs will play their first teams in NPL? It's 2008 & 2009 this year. That's a lot of driving for 10 and 11 year olds, most of the participating clubs are not particularly close to one another. Or does NPL play at a neutral location?
The SoCal NPL (March-May) uses fields at three locations: OC Great Park, San Berdu, and the IE complex.
https://www.nationalpremierleague.com/
First teams will be played in the competitive games but at this age there are still some weak clubs in this league. For the non competitive games in NPL, some clubs will send second team players. There will be clubs that also play SCDSL season, so between the two leagues the first team kids on stronger teams aren't going to play the weaker NPL teams if they already had SCDSL games that weekend.Since there is no DA at these ages, I wonder if these clubs will play their first teams in NPL? It's 2008 & 2009 this year. That's a lot of driving for 10 and 11 year olds, most of the participating clubs are not particularly close to one another. Or does NPL play at a neutral location?
From what I understand there will be fall games because they conflict with fall games from SCDSL league playI don't know much about NPL, my basic understanding is it is a supplemental spring league for the 2nd team of certain clubs? But the press release on the link references "fall 2019," so I was a little confused.
"The NPL West, entering its second season in Southern California, is expanding to include 11-U and 12-U age groups in Fall 2019."
So does this mean there will be some NPL component for fall games for the 2008 & 2009 boys? I was thinking maybe the clubs would use it as a sort of pre-DA league for their 1st team at the younger ages. Or am I just reading too much into it, and it will be a spring league for the younger kids like it is for the older?
(I don't have a kid on a 1st team so it is academic for me! I am just curious.)
Socal NPL and NPL West are two different leagues under U.S. Club soccer organization
Oh! Ok, that’s good to know. Would you mind explaining the difference/purpose of the two leagues? Is one a spring league and one a fall league? Or?? I didn’t appreciate that they were two different leagues...