Membership Applications for 2018-2019

Diego is a young and exciting attacking player," LAFC coach Bob Bradley said in a statement. "His experiences at Penarol and his ability fit perfectly with our vision of the team we are building at LAFC. We believe Diego will mature into a top-class player."

This here sent chills up my spine.
 
Clubs are getting notifications and the details should be posted soon, so next week basically:confused:

For the clubs in the SW applying from u12 to +u13,4 question:
http://www.ussoccerda.com/2017-boys-u-13-14-club-map

+1-3 more to round out the existing 13 teams for a total of 14-16 seems possible for dev: u12-14 clubs in the SW div if there is expansion? +1 at least is my guess

Alright post up when have any 18-19 info...
 
Can't believe there hasn't been any news yet. Last year USSDA made it public by February 3rd. Wonder what the hold up is this year...
 
futbol10 said:
Can't believe there hasn't been any news yet. Last year USSDA made it public by February 3rd. Wonder what the hold up is this year...
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I've heard the reason it is taking so long is there is going to be a big jump in the number of teams in the U13 and U14 age groups and at those age groups SoCal is going to get carved up into San Diego and LA divisions. Personally, I am hoping this is not the case.
 
justneededaname said:
I've heard the reason it is taking so long is there is going to be a big jump in the number of teams in the U13 and U14 age groups and at those age groups SoCal is going to get carved up into San Diego and LA divisions. Personally, I am hoping this is not the case.
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That would align with what they are doing at the U12/2006 age group. And if they want to create a wider funnel to bring in more kids it makes sense. So if you look at the 2006 age group, that would mean possibly adding Legends, LA Premier & TFA into the U13 & U14 age groups for the LA region and Rebels, Chula Vista, Murrieta Surf & West Coast/OC Surf for the San Diego region.
 
this is supposed to be a reverse funnel..isn't it turning into just another league. this is no longer cream of the crop. hope I'm wrong because after watching alot of these games, I can see the difference between academy games and flight 1 Coast or SCDSL. we have so much talent out here, I'm sure smarter people than I know what they're doing. good day all
 
It definitely means the week-to-week competition will be much lower. Next year's U14 San Diego teams will spend more time playing teams the quality of Nomads (U13s are 0-11 with a -44GD) and never get to play teams like LAFC, LAG, and LAUFA.

As a parent, what I love about the DA is:

1. Quality of the week-to-week competition
2. Quality of the roster my child is training with
3. Few or no tournaments
4. Less pressure on the players to win (sure I keep a league table spreadsheet like everyone else, but this is nothing like the pressure of CRL last year)

Adding teams is going to diminish the first two items on the list. It will also increase the pressure on winning as there is a lot more pressure to win when playing local clubs because of the competition for talent.

I see this as nothing but negative. I would rather see a shake up of clubs than an addition. For example, ditch Santa Barbara and add TFA. Keep only one of Strikers and Pats and add West Coast (OC Surf). Maybe give Legends or Murietta Surf a chance instead of Arsenal. Definitely drop Nomads and replace them with Rebels.

Thanks for letting me vent so I can move on, as there is nothing I can do about it and few viable alternatives.
 
lovethisgame said:
this is supposed to be a reverse funnel..isn't it turning into just another league. this is no longer cream of the crop. hope I'm wrong because after watching alot of these games, I can see the difference between academy games and flight 1 Coast or SCDSL. we have so much talent out here, I'm sure smarter people than I know what they're doing. good day all
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I agree, it does seem to be just another league. But we can't pick out the cream of the crop while it's still growing. You don't plant one orange tree, if you're an orange producer, in hopes for 100% return on your one tree.

It is suppose to be a funnel, yes. However, if you truly look at it it's more of a double funnel. There is a tight funnel between U12 and U13 going from 21 to 13 teams. Not only that, the rosters go from 26 kids to 18 kids. That's a lot of kids that don't go on and continue to play in the DA. Kids that haven't even hit puberty. Kids that haven't been able to show their talent on a big field. Field size is a game changer for a lot of kids. Then between U15 and U17, even though the amount of teams don't really change, you lose 1/2 of the kids due to combined age grouping. The funnel at this stage makes sense, and an adjustment is truly needed at the youngers.

In regards to the rumors of adding teams and splitting the U13 and U14 division, that is exactly what I was thinking justneedaname. Right now the 06's play each team 3 times, imagine having to play Nomads 3 times! Your team would be better off playing a team from CRL. If that rumor is true, I would hope that at the very least the divisions will cross play at least one game with each other. It would be the cherry on top if they just eliminated some under performing clubs and replaced with them with clubs from their same geographical location.
 
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It would be the cherry on top if they just eliminated some under performing clubs and replaced with them with clubs from their same geographical location.
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And only in some cases is it a matter of under performing. In others it is a matter of getting better local knowledge to be able to choose. At U13 I think both Pats and Strikers have good teams. It is always worth the drive to watch my son play them. But we play them on the same same fields. That is not enough geographic diversity in OC. A team like West Coast might give better coverage of the area and more representation from south OC (I am a San Diegan so please excuse me if I am totally wrong).

In San Diego, Surf, Albion, and LAGSD are about the right distance apart. But Nomads sits almost half way in between Surf and Albion. You can see it when you look at the Nomads roster. It is full of players who either never made it to the Surf or Albion A teams or spent too much time on the bench on those teams and decided to leave. Rebels covers a unique geography in south San Diego and one that is full of talent, many of whom cannot get themselves to training with Surf or Albion because of time and distance.

I don't think an expansion has much of anything to do with trying to increase the number of kids in the funnel and has a lot to do with pressure from clubs like SDSC, Rebels, CV etc that not having DA teams is killing their business at the younger ages.
 
justneededaname said:
I don't think an expansion has much of anything to do with trying to increase the number of kids in the funnel and has a lot to do with pressure from clubs like SDSC, Rebels, CV etc that not having DA teams is killing their business at the younger ages.
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No question they are feeling pressure from those clubs but what exactly do you mean its "killing their business at the younger ages?" If you mean they're losing kids going from U12 to U13, since they currently only have U12 DA, I get that. It sucks to lose a kid that's been with your club to another club because you can't offer the same program, but its certainly not killing the programs at the younger ages. I know SDSC can't satisfy the existing demand at the younger age groups. (Full disclosure I'm a SDSC parent that has a kid going into DA). Rebels appears to be doing well with youngers as well. I'm not going to lose any sleep if SDSC doesn't get U13 or U14 academy, I have no illusions of my son playing for the national team, but I would feel bad for the current SDSC U12's that have outperformed all but one of the clubs that has DA at U13 and above.

It's a bummer to see the shape of Nomads program now. I believe the U12 and U13 teams only have one win between them. They were the cream of the crop for decades. I wonder what happened there?
 
watfly said:
It's a bummer to see the shape of Nomads program now. I believe the U12 and U13 teams only have one win between them. They were the cream of the crop for decades. I wonder what happened there?
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They’re a mess. I was watching their u12s before we played them. Zero direction during warmup. Kids had no idea what to do on their own. Just very disorganized... maybe decent coaching during the game and comparable individual players but the lack of leadership seems to have caught up to them.
 
Wow where is everybody at, lol, we need to jumpstart up back the soccer ⚽️ talks, here is some updates on the southwest and northwest U15 standings, what team you think will make the wildcard for U15 southwest Final playoff spot, LAUFA is the only team in the southwest Division with fewer games played 14.


Southwest U15 Standing
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1) LA Galaxy U-15 Games 17 - Wins 15 - Losses 1 - Ties 1 - Pts 46
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2) FC Golden State U-15 Games 17 - Wins 15 - Losses 2 - Ties 0 - Pts 45
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3) San Diego Surf U-15 Games 18 - Wins 12 - Losses 3 - Ties 3 - Pts 39
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4) Albion SC U-15 Games 16 - Wins 10 - Losses 4 - Ties 2 - Pts 32
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5) Barca Academy U-15 Games 15 - Win 7 - Losses 6 - Ties 2 - Pts 23
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6) Pateadores U-15 Games 17 - Wins 6 - Losses 8 - Ties 3 - Pts 21
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7) Los Angeles United Futbol Academy U-15 Game 14 Wins 4 Ties 5 Pts 17
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8) Nomads SC U-15 Games 17 - Wins 4 - Losses 9 - Ties 4 - Pts 16
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9) Strikers FC U-15 Games 15 - Wins 4 - Losses 9 - Ties 2 - Pts 14
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10) Arsenal FC U-15 Games 18 - Wins 2 - Losses 13 - Ties 3 - Pts 9
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11) Real So Cal U-15 Games 18 - Wins 1 - Losses 12 - Ties 5 - Pts 8
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Northwest U15 Standing
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1) De Anza Force U-15 Games 20 - Wins 11 - Losses 5 - Ties 4 - Pts 37

2) Crossfire Premier U-15 Games 17 - Wins 10 - Losses 3 - Ties 4 - Pts 34

3) San Jose Earthquakes U-15 Games 18 - Wins 10 - Losses 5 - Ties 3 Pts 33

4) Seattle Sounders FC U-15 Games 13 - Wins 8 - Losses 1- Ties 4 - Pts 28

5) Silicon Valley Soccer U-15 Games 20 -Wins 8 - Losses 10 - Ties 2 - Pts 26

6) Vancouver Whitecaps U-15 Games 13 - Wins 6 - Losses 5 - Ties 2- Pts 20

7) Portland Timbers U-15 Games 15 - Wins 5 - Losses 8 - Ties 2- Pts 17

8) Ballistic United SC U-15 Games 19 - Wins 4 - Losses 12 - Ties 3- Pts 15

9) Sacramento Republic U-15 Games 17 - Wins 3 - Losses - 12 Ties 2 Pts 11

10) Santa Cruz Breakers U-15 Games 18 Wins 1 Losses 13 Ties 4 Pts 7
 
lvnsocr said:
DA U12 West LA Standings-
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Looking at your image, I'd encourage you to add a column of percentage of available points. Since, the teams have played a variant number of games, technically ranking on points acquired isn't the most accurate because a team that has more games could have more points regardless of win ratio. You could take the number of games, say column I. Then in column J, write =I1*3 and drag down to auto populate down. Then you could create another column that takes the number of points in column B and then divide B1 by I1 (and set the cell type as a percentage). (=B1/I1) That would then give you what percentage of available points does that team actually acquire. The base logic is that the best teams get the most available points. Then you could rank on that as well.
Just a thought.
 
RedDevilDad said:
Looking at your image, I'd encourage you to add a column of percentage of available points. Since, the teams have played a variant number of games, technically ranking on points acquired isn't the most accurate because a team that has more games could have more points regardless of win ratio. You could take the number of games, say column I. Then in column J, write =I1*3 and drag down to auto populate down. Then you could create another column that takes the number of points in column B and then divide B1 by I1 (and set the cell type as a percentage). (=B1/I1) That would then give you what percentage of available points does that team actually acquire. The base logic is that the best teams get the most available points. Then you could rank on that as well.
Just a thought.
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Yeah, I could but I won't, you are more than welcome to if you would like. It is only intended to be a snap shot showing the vast differences in the level of play many have spoken about in all ages of DA. By looking at it you can get a grasp of the top of the age group, mid tier teams and lower level. The number of games played by each team is fully disclosed.
 
lvnsocr said:
Yeah, I could but I won't, you are more than welcome to if you would like. It is only intended to be a snap shot showing the vast differences in the level of play many have spoken about in all ages of DA. By looking at it you can get a grasp of the top of the age group, mid tier teams and lower level. The number of games played by each team is fully disclosed.
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No worries... stats interest me. I won’t tell you that I extrapolate our stats like goals per game, etc in mine.
 
RedDevilDad said:
No worries... stats interest me. I won’t tell you that I extrapolate our stats like goals per game, etc in mine.
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lol, more power to you, I am definitely not a numbers person, had a little extra time and wanted to see if our age group matched some of the others that have been mentioned.
 
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