There's no denigrating the GA with that comment. It was a correction of misinformation posted.
Here's correction to your statement:
Your statement is inaccurate about Surf's 06 schedule. If you look at the results of the games for both teams and compare it, the competition was similar for both teams. Utah and Blues are equivalent. West Coast is one of the better GA teams and only lost to Albion 1-0 recently.
If Albion EASILY dispatched their two previous opponents, why were they so depleted?
The summer tournament without Albion's two unicorns is from a bunkering system: Scores were 0-0, 0-0, and 1-1. This was the only team that had this consistent result in the tourney. Plenty of eye witnesses to this too.
With their unicorns, Albion would probably be top 5 in ECNL southwest.
Jen Lalor left Albion after 2 years. Why do you think she was looking for a new job so quickly? She's a great loss to Albion. Albion was very lucky to have her.