2006 DA

here's predicts for this weekend (3/30 & 3/31). home teams are listed first. tweaked the algo a bit and received some feedback that explained a couple of the big outliers from last weekend due to missing key players.

Los Angeles
LAG 2 vs. FCG 2
Legends 1 vs LAUFA 1
LAFC 2 vs Pats 1 *match to watch* last time these teams met, it was also LAFC 2-1
Real SoCal 1 vs TFA 6
Santa Barbara SC 1 vs. LA Premier 4
Pats 3 vs Real SoCal 0

San Diego
Strikers 3 vs LAGSD 1
SD Surf 5 vs Nomads 0
Murrieta Surf 3 vs Arsenal 2
Chula Vista 2 vs Albion 2
SD Surf 3 vs SDSC 1
 
here's predicts vs actuals for this last weekend (3/30 & 3/31). home teams are listed first. Dialed the algo in a bit this week.

Los Angeles
Predict: LAG 2 vs. FCG 2. Actuals: LAG 2 vs. FCG 3
Predict: Legends 1 vs LAUFA 1. Actuals: Legends 1 vs LAUFA 3
Predict: LAFC 2 vs Pats 1. Actuals: LAFC 6 vs Pats 2
Predict: Real SoCal 1 vs TFA 6. Actuals: Real SoCal 2 vs TFA 4
Predict: Santa Barbara SC 1 vs. LA Premier 4. Actuals: Santa Barbara SC 2 vs. LA Premier 5
Predict: Pats 3 vs Real SoCal 0. Actuals: Pats 2 vs Real SoCal 0

San Diego
Predict: Strikers 3 vs LAGSD 1. Actuals: Strikers 2 vs LAGSD 0
Predict: SD Surf 5 vs Nomads 0. Actuals: SD Surf 2 vs Nomads 1
Predict: Murrieta Surf 3 vs Arsenal 2. Actuals: Murrieta Surf 5 vs Arsenal 2
Predict: Chula Vista 2 vs Albion 2 Actuals: Chula Vista 2 vs Albion 4
Predict: SD Surf 3 vs SDSC 1 Actuals: SD Surf 4 vs SDSC 1 (thanks for the result mimiV42!)
 
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here's predicts vs actuals for this last weekend (3/30 & 3/31). home teams are listed first. Dialed the algo in a bit this week.

Los Angeles
Predict: LAG 2 vs. FCG 2. Actuals: LAG 2 vs. FCG 3
Predict: Legends 1 vs LAUFA 1. Actuals: Legends 1 vs LAUFA 3
Predict: LAFC 2 vs Pats 1. Actuals: LAFC 6 vs Pats 2
Predict: Real SoCal 1 vs TFA 6. Actuals: Real SoCal 2 vs TFA 4
Predict: Santa Barbara SC 1 vs. LA Premier 4. Actuals: Santa Barbara SC 2 vs. LA Premier 5
Predict: Pats 3 vs Real SoCal 0. Actuals: Pats 2 vs Real SoCal 0

San Diego
Predict: Strikers 3 vs LAGSD 1. Actuals: Strikers 2 vs LAGSD 0
Predict: SD Surf 5 vs Nomads 0. Actuals: SD Surf 2 vs Nomads 1
Predict: Murrieta Surf 3 vs Arsenal 2. Actuals: Murrieta Surf 5 vs Arsenal 2
Predict: Chula Vista 2 vs Albion 2 Actuals: Chula Vista 2 vs Albion 4
Predict: SD Surf 3 vs SDSC 1 Actuals: pending game report
SD Surf 4 - SDSC 1
 
here's predicts for this weekend (4/6/ & 4/7). home team is listed first.

Los Angeles
FCG 2 vs Real SoCal 1

Pats 3 vs TFA 2 * match to watch *. Lots of storylines here. TFA was #1 in topdrawer's u13 march rankings but that will likely change after losing to LAFC 5-0. Two significant coach-related incidents have affected TFA but it's hard to see how much. on the flip side, the Pats are very good but not quite excellent, as evidenced by the recent 2-6 loss to LAFC. TFA and the Pats have split results, with each winning away, and the Pats ahead in the aggregate 5-4. Given that Pats are playing at home, and some trends are going in the wrong direction for TFA, am calling this one for the Pats 3-2. Should be a good, emotional match.

LAUFA 2 vs LAG 1
LA Premier 0 vs LAFC 6.
note: could be a good match to have some 07 LAFC'ers playing up.
Santa Barbara SC 3 vs Legends 2


San Diego
Albion 1 vs SDSC 3
Murrieta Surf 2 vs LAGSD 2
Nomads 1 vs OC Surf 3
Chula Vista 0 vs SD Surf 5 note: could be a good match to have some 07 SD Surf players playing up.
Arsenal 1 vs Strikers 4
Murrieta Surf 2 vs SDSC 2
Strikers 6 vs Nomads 1 note: could be a good match to have some 07 Strikers playing up.
SD Surf 4 vs Albion 0
 
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here's predicts for this weekend (4/6/ & 4/7). home team is listed first.

Los Angeles
FCG 2 vs Real SoCal 1

Pats 3 vs TFA 2 * match to watch *. Lots of storylines here. TFA was #1 in topdrawer's u13 march rankings but that will likely change after losing to LAFC 5-0. Two significant coach-related incidents have affected TFA but it's hard to see how much. on the flip side, the Pats are very good but not quite excellent s evidenced by the recent 2-6 loss to LAFC. The team have split results with each winning away, and the Pats ahead in the aggregate 5-4. Given that Pats are playing at home and some trends going in the wrong direction for TFA, am calling this one for the Pats 3-2. Should be a good, emotional match.

Pats are missing one of their top center defenders in the last two games and in the upcoming game. That makes a big difference.

LAUFA 2 vs LAG 1

LA Premier 0 vs LAFC 6. note: could be a good match to have some 07 LAFC'ers playing up.
Santa Barbara SC 3 vs Legends 2


San Diego
Albion 1 vs SDSC 3
Murrieta Surf 2 vs LAGSD 2
Nomads 1 vs OC Surf 3
Chula Vista 0 vs SD Surf 5 note: could be a good match to have some 07 SD Surf players playing up.
Arsenal 1 vs Strikers 4
Murrieta Surf 2 vs SDSC 2
Strikers 6 vs Nomads 1 note: could be a good match to have some 07 Strikers playing up.
SD Surf 4 vs Albion 0
 
here's predicts for this weekend (4/6/ & 4/7). home team is listed first.

Los Angeles
FCG 2 vs Real SoCal 1

Pats 3 vs TFA 2 * match to watch *. Lots of storylines here. TFA was #1 in topdrawer's u13 march rankings but that will likely change after losing to LAFC 5-0. Two significant coach-related incidents have affected TFA but it's hard to see how much. on the flip side, the Pats are very good but not quite excellent, as evidenced by the recent 2-6 loss to LAFC. TFA and the Pats have split results, with each winning away, and the Pats ahead in the aggregate 5-4. Given that Pats are playing at home, and some trends are going in the wrong direction for TFA, am calling this one for the Pats 3-2. Should be a good, emotional match.

LAUFA 2 vs LAG 1
LA Premier 0 vs LAFC 6.
note: could be a good match to have some 07 LAFC'ers playing up.
Santa Barbara SC 3 vs Legends 2


San Diego
Albion 1 vs SDSC 3
Murrieta Surf 2 vs LAGSD 2
Nomads 1 vs OC Surf 3
Chula Vista 0 vs SD Surf 5 note: could be a good match to have some 07 SD Surf players playing up.
Arsenal 1 vs Strikers 4
Murrieta Surf 2 vs SDSC 2
Strikers 6 vs Nomads 1 note: could be a good match to have some 07 Strikers playing up.
SD Surf 4 vs Albion 0
Pats 4 TFA 5, do not let the score mislead you, it was 5-1 before the intern TFA coach made questionable substitutions. If you ask the TFA parents, the TFA squad had to play against 2 teams one in white kits and the other wearing yellow shirts. Pats first goal came off a questionable pk after conceding 2 goals in the 1st half then letting 3 more in after the pk. Credit Pats for playing until the very end and making a game of it. With all the turmoil at the TFA camp plus injuries, it's good to see this squad's resiliency after losing focus on the LAFC match and having to respond to 3 different coaches in the last 4 weeks it looks like the players are getting their bearings back in order and understanding their roles.
 
Pats 4 TFA 5, do not let the score mislead you, it was 5-1 before the intern TFA coach made questionable substitutions. If you ask the TFA parents, the TFA squad had to play against 2 teams one in white kits and the other wearing yellow shirts. Pats first goal came off a questionable pk after conceding 2 goals in the 1st half then letting 3 more in after the pk. Credit Pats for playing until the very end and making a game of it. With all the turmoil at the TFA camp plus injuries, it's good to see this squad's resiliency after losing focus on the LAFC match and having to respond to 3 different coaches in the last 4 weeks it looks like the players are getting their bearings back in order and understanding their roles.
Good to hear. Is WD gone for the season? friend of a friend shared game video and it looked like the issue he was accused of was a non-issue. even the LAG coach seemed to be saying to the refs that there was no issue.
 
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Here's predicts vs actuals for 4/6 and 4/7. home teams are listed first.

Los Angeles
predict: FCG 2 vs Real SoCal 1. actuals: FCG 0 vs RealSoCal 3. Nice one here by RSC. They got one early and kept momentum throughout the match.

predict: Pats 3 vs TFA 2. actuals: Pats 4 vs TFA 5. note: had this one as a * match to watch *. here's solid commentary from legit_play (thx):

"Pats 4 TFA 5, do not let the score mislead you, it was 5-1 before the intern TFA coach made questionable substitutions. If you ask the TFA parents, the TFA squad had to play against 2 teams one in white kits and the other wearing yellow shirts. Pats first goal came off a questionable pk after conceding 2 goals in the 1st half then letting 3 more in after the pk. Credit Pats for playing until the very end and making a game of it. With all the turmoil at the TFA camp plus injuries, it's good to see this squad's resiliency after losing focus on the LAFC match and having to respond to 3 different coaches in the last 4 weeks it looks like the players are getting their bearings back in order and understanding their roles."

predict: LAUFA 2 vs LAG 1. actuals: LAUFA 0 vs LAG 0. note: this is the first 0-0 tie of the whole season

predict: LA Premier 0 vs LAFC 6. actuals: LA Premier 2 vs LAFC 7. This one looks it could have been a lot worse w/ ZF for LAFC getting a hat trick in the first half. LAFC only played two 07s.

predict: Santa Barbara SC 3 vs Legends 2. actuals: Santa Barbara SC 3 vs Legends 3. Thought Santa Barbara might have their first(?) win of the season here. They had a new player go for a brace. He's got 5 goals in 8 games and is their leading scorer.


San Diego
predict: Albion 1 vs SDSC 3. actuals: Albion 3 vs SDSC 2. per the game report, looks like a fun match. SDSC went up early, with a goal at the 5th minute, but had an own goal to tie it up. Albion put the score at 2-1 right before half and then went up 3-1 at the 59th minute. SDSC put in the effort to come back and had one at the 63rd minute but it wasn't to be. Albion also got a little chippy (as chippy as Albion gets...) with two yellows right around the 70th minute.

predict: Murrieta Surf 2 vs LAGSD 2. actuals: pending

predict: Nomads 1 vs OC Surf 3. actuals: Nomads 0 vs OC Surf 1. interesting result. any commentary?

predict: Chula Vista 0 vs SD Surf 5. actuals: Chula Vista 0 vs SD Surf 5. note: SD Surf did not play any 07s for this match.

predict: Arsenal 1 vs Strikers 4. actuals: Arsenal 0 vs Strikers 4

predict: Murrieta Surf 2 vs SDSC 2. actuals: Murrieta Surf 1 vs SDSC 2

predict: Strikers 6 vs Nomads 1. actuals: Strikers 7 vs Nomads 0. note: Strikers did not play any 07s up for this match.

predict: SD Surf 4 vs Albion 0. Actuals: SD Surf 1 vs Albion 0
 
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here's predicts for the coming weekend (4/13 & 4/14). home teams are listed first.

Los Angeles
Pateadores 2 vs LA Premier 2 *match to watch* note: two good teams playing. should be fun to watch.

Real SoCal 2 vs LA Galaxy 3 *match to watch* note: Real So Cal has added some goal scoring firepower with ZS who is now their 2nd leading goal scorer with 6 goals in only 10 games. Despite what the algo says this match could be RSC's to win.

TFA 4 vs FC Golden State 1

LAFC 6 vs Legends 0 note: could be a good match for LAFC to play some 07s

San Diego
Albion 0 vs SD Surf 3

LAGSD 3 vs OC Surf 1

Murrieta Surf 5 vs Nomads 1

SD Surf 3 vs Murrieta Surf 1
 
Interesting article on the LAFC website regarding plans for next year DA. Would apply to all age groups but since my son is '06, I post it here. But it looks like LAFC will be playing about half of every age group up one year next season. I have posted the applicable questions below but if you want to read the full article, you can access it here: https://www.lafc.com/post/2019/04/11/state-academy-qa-lafc-academy-director-todd-saldana

"What's In Store For The Academy Next Season?

Saldaña: [The U15s] will be U17s next year. Technically, we don’t have 2003s. Which is what that true age group would be next year. But our plan is, because we’ve invested so much in that group, we will use predominately that team in U17 next year. So the Tony Leones, the Dylan Prestos, the guys that have been in the national team camps a little bit, and guys that need a challenge will be playing against a year older all the time. It jumps an age group. But we’re going to use the players that we’ve invested in and worked with over the last couple of years that are 2004s. They’ll be playing a year up next year. We’re still looking to find some special 2003s that we can add to the team. Guys that we think have a chance of being first team, that have professional potential.

Is The Jump In Competition The Thing Your Most Excited About For Next Season?

Saldaña: It’s going to be huge. As we got a little way into the Development Academy, we realized that we are going to need to be playing up. In each age group, probably close to 50 percent of the players will be playing up an age group. For it to be the kind of challenge we want every week, our roster is going to have to be young. There have been some people, and even some MLS clubs, saying the competition in DA isn’t enough. But we can use the league anyway that we see fit. It’s good competition and its within range of Southern California. We don’t have to travel as much as we might, especially with these young players. We can use the league the way [we] think is best by playing up. So, this is natural for us. It is jumping an age group and automatically there will be a challenge every week with our players playing up. And it’s that group we’ve had for a few years. It’s nice to step up with a group we feel very confident can compete at that level.

But again, I will still say, we’re getting ready to play Generation adidas Cup against Mexican clubs and we have plans to bring in clubs from outside the area, MLS and international teams, this summer again to play against our players to try to keep challenging them that way. And then, the fact that we will have a lot of our rosters playing up next year, it will change the dynamic of every week’s game. We’ve gone into every week this year feeling it’s pretty likely we are going to score goals and have a lot of success. We’ll start going into games with our players being challenged, having to solve more problems, figuring out how to get out of situations, dealing with a more physical player, and maybe a more mature player at times.

Having that every week is definitely the next step for our players."
 
here's predicts vs actuals for the weekend (4/13 & 4/14). home teams are listed first.

Los Angeles
predict: Pateadores 2 vs LA Premier 2. Actuals: Pateadores 1 vs LA Premier 3. per the game report, LA Premier was up 3-1 at half w/ KCC getting a brace in the first 20 minutes. Solid win for LA Premier.

predict: Real SoCal 2 vs LA Galaxy 3. Actuals: Real SoCal 2 vs LA Galaxy 1. per the game report, RSC got one early to grab the initiative and it was 1-0 RSC at half. LAG tied it up right after start of 2nd half but RSC went ahead for good at the 63rd minute for the 2-1 win. LAG kept ZS quiet from a goal scoring pov, but RSC still out pulled a solid win. LAG had two 07's rostered for the game.

predict: TFA 4 vs FC Golden State 1. Actuals: TFA 4 vs FC Golden State 2

predict: LAFC 6 vs Legends 0. Actuals: LAFC 9 vs Legends 0. note: had this one called out as a good opportunity for LAFC to play some 07s up and LAFC three 07s on the game roster. However, it looks like it got away early from the Legends with LAFC up 6-0 at half.

San Diego
predict: Albion 0 vs SD Surf 3. Actuals: Albion 1 vs SD Surf 4

predict: LAGSD 3 vs OC Surf 1. Actuals: LAGSD 1 vs OC Surf 0. per the game report, OC Surf held tough with it 0-0 at half. Things got a little chippier in the 2nd half, with one yellow for each team. LAGSD scored the winning goal in the 53rd minute.

predict: Murrieta Surf 5 vs Nomads 1. Actuals: Murrieta Surf 3 vs Nomads 1. per the game report, Nomads scored first and it was tied 1-1 at half. But Murrieta took it away in the 2nd half for the 3-1 win

predict: SD Surf 3 vs Murrieta Surf 1. Actuals: SD Surf 4 vs Murrieta Surf 1
 
Any observations from the Galaxy cup? How good are Sevilla?
Sevilla is a great team, as expected. They played very disciplined and smart soccer. Plus they have highly skilled kids at each position. Probably nothing new, but they played very well against Sporting KC, which is strong physically and very talented.
 
Sevilla is a great team, as expected. They played very disciplined and smart soccer. Plus they have highly skilled kids at each position. Probably nothing new, but they played very well against Sporting KC, which is strong physically and very talented.

given that you just registered here, were you here from out of town for the tournament? What did you think of the socal teams?
 
What an opportunity to view Sevilla, a highly talented team playing against our So-Cal teams this last weekend! Strikers came out and competed at a high level yesterday which was a very exciting game to watch. Strong performance Strikers, way to represent So-Cal Soccer!
 
given that you just registered here, were you here from out of town for the tournament? What did you think of the socal teams?
Not from out of town, just new to this site. Frankly, I think the Cup didn't do a great job at balancing the teams across the groups. I now this can be tough to do for large tournaments, but not for smaller ones like LA Galaxy Cup. For example, one group had Sevilla, Sporting KC, LA Galaxy, and Surf SD. The second group had Strikers, FC Sporting Madrid, Real Salt Lake AZ II, and Legends. They probably should have split the top teams more evenly between the groups. In my opinion the best two teams were Sevilla and Sporting KC, but they didn't face each other in the finals. Strikers are a very good team and played excellent, so I don't want to take anything away from them, however, every group 1 team beat the group 2 team, so I'm just not certain it was balanced very well.
 
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