CIF State Playoffs
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Coach_JimmyZ
SILVER
Division 1 final JSerra vs Santa Margarita 0-0 at halftime
Here's a link to live stream of the game
http://player.theplatform.com/p/fs-rsn/SeEjD0vRvxeB
Here's a link to live stream of the game
http://player.theplatform.com/p/fs-rsn/SeEjD0vRvxeB
SimpleSoccer
BRONZE
Is anyone watching the J Serra v SM final? I don’t think either team has actually put 3 consecutive passes together the entire game!
There is so much talent on the field and yet the standard of play is really disappointing. Granted the speed and intensity of both teams is high but considering there are players all over the field committed to top colleges I’m surprised they aren’t able to play under pressure/out of pressure a little better.
There is so much talent on the field and yet the standard of play is really disappointing. Granted the speed and intensity of both teams is high but considering there are players all over the field committed to top colleges I’m surprised they aren’t able to play under pressure/out of pressure a little better.
Projustice
SILVER
J Serra v SM,,, who won?
transplant
SILVER
J Serra
There are a lot of cliches I could post here, but I will leave that to others.
But I will say that it appears from the trophy plaque that Imperial County is back in Southern Section. I had not heard that.
Thought the same thing. Watched the 2nd half with my 7th grade daughter and were really surprised at the “style” of play from both teams.
The ball spent a ton of time in the air or out of bounds.
All balls were played up the sideline with very few attempts to switch the field or combine more than 1 pass in a row.
I haven’t watched either team play all season. Is this the usual style from these teams?
I saw what looked like a pass in the video posted below.
The game was a 0-0 draw after regulation and 2 10-minute overtime periods. Santa Barbara won the kicking circus over Cathedral 3 kicks to 2. SB Keeper made 3 nice saves while two of his teammates missed the goal completely. Portero! Portero! Portero!
The referees did not succumb to finalitis.
It appears that they were using an NCAA-style clock - the game ended on the scoreboard clock, with the announcer counting down the last 10 seconds, and the clock was stopped on referee signal for events such as issuing a caution.
Bad joke from the announcers (Gascon and Cullicutt?) - Why don't you put a kid named Dracula in goal? He's afraid of crosses.
soccermama213
SILVER ELITE
Can someone explain to me how the regional brackets work. My daughters school is in d4 but not sure how the teams work. Are we playing local teams, no cal, central, or who? A couple teams are several hours away while the other 6 are so cal. Plus I thought they took too 4 from our division but one of the semi finalists isn’t in there. Any help understanding is appreciated
Southern California Regional includes CIF Central Section, which goes up to Fresno and beyond. There are 8 teams entered in each Division, and all games will be played within the next 6 days.
More details here --
http://cifstate.org/sports/soccer/handbooks_forms/2018_SoCal_Soccer_Handbook.pdf
I don’t know the rules on how teams were picked for the D4 bracket. But in looking at the teams there are a couple of D5 teams in the D4 bracket.The brackets include teams from San Diego section, southern section and LA city. Maybe central as well but I haven’t gotten that far yet .
Regional brackets don't necessarily line up with Section brackets. Each Section gets to decide which teams to enter in their allotted spots. In San Diego Section for example there is a third-place playoff game between the losers of the Open Division semifinals to fill one of the DII spots. When they started the So Cal Regional playoffs in 2008 there were only 3 divisions and schools were entered into Divisions by enrollment, but that is one of the many things that have changed.
Surfref
PREMIER
And up until three years ago, all of the Regional championship games were played a Downey High School which has a very nice stadium and field. I liked the central location for the Regional championship game. There were good size crowds, the games were televised on one of the LA stations and streamed, and the atmosphere was made you think that you was really electric. Back then the referees were chosen from a CIF section that had no team in the game. Now the referee team comes from the home team's section, but no one on the referee crew can have officiated either team prior in the season.