2005 DA Standings

Here's results vs predicts so far:

LA predicts:
LAG v SBSC: 8-0
Pats v LAFC: 0-6
FCGS v LAUFA: 1-4
TFA v Real SoCal: 4-1

LA Actuals:
LAG v SBSC: 8-0
Pats v LAFC: 0-4
FGS c LAUFA: 1-1
TFA v Real SoCal: 2-1


SD Predicts:
OC Surf vs Strikers : 1-4
Nomads vs Albion: 1-1
Arsenal v SDSC: 2-0

SD Actuals:
OC Surf v Strikers: 1-6
Nomads v Albion 2-3
Arsenal v SDSC: 0-0


Notes:
  • Looks like ti was a solid match-up between FGS and LAUFA. FGS gave up an early goal to LAUFA but came back to tie it up before the half, and then 2H played to a draw.


Actually, it was 1-0 LAUFA at halftime. FCGS scored on a PK (handball) in the 2nd half. FCGS had 2 great chances to win with 1 shot going of the crossbar and another high shot on frame, but the LAUFA goalie made an outstanding one handed save that deflected over the crossbar. But overall an very good game by both teams.
 
  • “TFA had early two early goals on Real SoCal and had another goal thwarted by a foul by the Real SoCal goalie at the 48th minute (goalie was given a red card for denying an obvious goal scoring opportunity). Real SoCal held up for rest of 2H and got one back late.”
1st TFA goal was a dive. RSC keeper comes out and gets to ball first. TFA player kicks it out of his hands and afterward dives and gets the penalty. Second TFA goal was a well taken goal down left flank. About 10 min into 2nd half RSC keeper gets straight red for coming out well outside his 18 and takes out TFA player. After that, RSC gets a quick goal and was unlucky not to put two more in if forward was more clinical. Could’ve easily ended in a draw. 1st half was all TFA, 2nd half was all RSC with a man down. True to form was Coach W losing his shit and screaming at the boys while a 10 man RSC dominated most of 2nd half. TFA is a solid team. Very direct into the final third of the field. Lots of long balls to their pacey forwards.
 
top drawer just came out w/ u14 Top 25 rankings. They have LAFC as #1 in the country, LAG as #10, LAUFA as #14, TFA as #17, SD Surf as #20 and FCGS as #24.

Did a RPI calc over the weekend and added meaningful head to head game results between the top tier SoCal teams and have some different rankings. As an fyi, RPI calcs typically weight team pts per game as 25% of RPI, strength of schedule (i.e. the pts per game of their opponents) as 50% of RPI and Opponents Opponents Pts per Game as 25% of RPI. Here's a link for more info:

Three items of note: 1) SD has SD Surf as its sole Tier 1 team 2) LAG had a solid win against LAFC but has had a very soft schedule and has played four of their five games at home. 3) FCGS and Santa Barbara SC haven't got results but have also had the two toughest schedules to date in SoCal.

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Friday morning handicapping:

LA:
LAG vs LAUFA: 5-0
LAG has four players who played for LAUFA last year, including LAUFA's 2017-18 leading scorer, their goalie and their defensive mid. LAUFA also has several former LAG players. LAUFA beat LAG last year both times they played. The first 15-20 minutes should be fun to watch but LAG's quality will take over after that.

Legends vs Real SoCal: 1-3

Santa Barbara SC vs FC Golden State: 1-3

LAFC vs TFA: the algorithm says 1-2 TFA wins but my gut says LAFC rallies at home to win 4-1
LAFC has lost a step offensively this year. One of their top 2017-18 scorers left to go to TFA in 2018-19, and the attack has been off balance this season.

SD:
SD Surf vs Nomads: 4-1

Albion vs Arsenal: 1-2
This one will be an interesting test for Arsenal. Albion, while still good, lost most of their goal scoring options from 2017-18, and Arsenal is much improved this year, particularly on the defensive side.

LAGSD vs OC Surf: 3-2



 
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Results so far:

Predict: LAG 5 vs LAUFA 0
Actuals: LAG 5 vs LAUFA 2


Looks like LAUFA started strong with two quick ones, but LAG came back w/ physical play in the 2H and had five in to win it. Please see Ferbert's post later in this thread for more detail.

Predict: Santa Barbara SC 1 vs FC Golden State 3
Actuals: Santa Barbara SC 2 vs FC Golden State 2


Per Red Card, Santa Barbara SC got two early ones, and then FC Golden State got one before half and then one in 2H to even it up.

Predict: San Diego Surf 4 vs Nomads 1
Actuals: San Diego Surf 4 vs Nomads 0

See Pirlo's comments for more detail on the match.

Predict: Legends 1 vs RealSocal 3
Actuals: Legends 1 vs RealSoCal 0

Predict: LAFC 4 vs TFA 1
Actuals: LAFC 4 vs TFA 1

Does anyone have any additional commentary on this match? It looks like LAFC went up in the first 10 minutes, TFA picked up one at the 20 minute mark to tie it, but then LAFC added one before halftime and then two more in 2H to seal the deal.

Predict: Albion 1 vs Arsenal 2
Actuals: Albion 0 vs Arsenal 3

Game report looks like it was pretty solid for Arsenal over the course of the whole game. Any additional commentary?

Predicts: LAGSD 3 vs OC Surf 2
Actuals: LAGSD 2 vs OC Surf 2

LAGSD went up 1-0 in the 1H and then added another later in 2h, but OC Surf came back with two to tie in the last ten minutes.
 
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Results so far:

Actuals: LAG 5 vs LAUFA 2
Predict: LAG 5 vs LAUFA 0

Looks like LAUFA started strong with two quick ones, but LAG came back hard in the 2H with five to win it. Any other commentary from folks at the games (Ferbert?) on how the match went would be welcome. Am sure it was an exciting match.
Excellent game.
Laufa started very strong, 2 well worked early goals. 1h ended 2-1. We got couple key players out injured due to the fact that the game was too physical, good thing the ref let the boys play. Galaxy tied the game around mid 2h followed by another goal. We almost tied the game when galaxys keeper handed the ball out of the 18 (red card). Then, a nice shot that hits the post. Last 8 min galaxy scored 2 more goals playing long ball.
Galaxy team is strong at the most part thanks for 2 ex laufa players.
Very good game overall. I say the result doesn't reflect the quality of the game. Congrats to Galaxy on their victory. We are happy for the good competition.
 
Final score alert
Santa Barbara SC - 2
FC Golden State - 2

SBSC scores 2 early goals in the 1st 12 minutes or so.
FCGS scored before the half then tied it up in the 2nd half.
Pretty good back and forth game.
 
Results so far:

Predict: LAG 5 vs LAUFA 0
Actuals: LAG 5 vs LAUFA 2


Looks like LAUFA started strong with two quick ones, but LAG came back w/ physical play in the 2H and had five in to win it. Please see Ferbert's post later in this thread for more detail.

Predict: Santa Barbara SC 1 vs FC Golden State 3
Actuals: Santa Barbara SC 2 vs FC Golden State 2


Per Red Card, Santa Barbara SC got two early ones, and then FC Golden State got one before half and then one in 2H to even it up.

Actuals: San Diego Surf 4 vs Nomads 0
Predict: San Diego Surf 4 vs Nomads 1


Predicts still pending:
Legends 1 vs Real SoCal 3
LAFC 4 vs TFA 1
Albion 1 vs Arsenal 2
LAGSD 3 vs OC Surf 2
Surf was not overwhelming but saying that Nomads didn’t muster one shot on goal.Nomads played with 2 deep blocks of 4 and was damage limitation!!Surf vGalaxy In showcase will be 1 to watch!!
 
Who where the more impressive teams over the weekends Showcase? Surf , TFA and LAFC went undefeated. anybody have the updated standings after showcase
 
Who where the more impressive teams over the weekends Showcase? Surf , TFA and LAFC went undefeated. anybody have the updated standings after showcase
Surf was really impressive. They had some new players and they played really well. I saw them play San Jose and they controlled the game. LAFC a really well rounded team. Moved the ball really well controlled all the games.
 
To be honest I don't think they needed the 04 player and they had 2 06 on there as well.
It looked like all of the 05's were there Friday and Saturday so I assume the 06' just stayed too. Very odd to take these kids out of school when not needed. They are amazing players, but the chances of more than 2-3 of them playing beyond college are slim/none.
 
It looked like all of the 05's were there Friday and Saturday so I assume the 06' just stayed too. Very odd to take these kids out of school when not needed. They are amazing players, but the chances of more than 2-3 of them playing beyond college are slim/none.
The experience means more than that one day of school missed. Please don’t debate me, because I can’t be swayed on this.
 
The experience means more than that one day of school missed. Please don’t debate me, because I can’t be swayed on this.
Not looking to debate you. It's just a matter of priorities that clearly you and I differ in. I don't see the value of the experience of watching kids from your club play versus catching up on the one day of school you've already missed. Of course I also won't pull my DD out of school for seven days so she can go play in a Euro tournament, Don't debate me on that, I can't be swayed. :)
 
here's predicts for this weekend. Caveat is that it looks the first 05 training/identification center for socal is next week so teams may sit some key players.

Los Angeles
Legends 0 v. LAFC 3 (algo says LAFC scores 4 but their right forward was out at Showcase)
TFA 1 v LAG 3 (TFA may be able to put a couple more up since a key right back for LAG was out in LAG's last game against the SD Surf.)
LAUFA 2 v RealSoCal 2
Pats 1 FC Golden State 1

San Diego
SDSC 0 v SD Surf 8
Arsenal 1 v LAGSD 1
Nomads 2 v OC Surf 2
 
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