G2004 League Cup Preview (Round 2)

A few more scores slowly trickling in. Current list of pool winners so far:

Pool AO: IE Surf Premier RB
Pool AP: Plays Sunday Nov 13th
Pool AQ: CCU Socal Academy
Pool AR: BYSC Corona United << Tie breaker edge over South Bay United
Pool AS: Plays Sunday Nov 13th
Pool AT: Plays Sunday Nov 13th
Pool AU: Either Simi Valley (SEN) or IE Surf Lara (depends on score of Simi Valley vs Apple Valley game)
Pool AV: Coachella Valley Desert Storm
Pool AW: Plays Sunday Nov 13th
Pool AX: OC Premier Orange
Pool AY: Either Celtic Harps or Greater LB Mamnoon (depends on score of Greater LB vs FRAM Taylor game)
Pool AZ: Claremont Stars Black
Pool BA: Oxnard United
Pool BB: ??? ??? ???
Pool BC: Claremont Stars 5 V Two (all three teams went 1-1-0, wins #3 tiebreaker of goal differential, +1/0/-1)
(BYSC Corona White 2-0 over Claremont 5 v Two)
(Hollywood 2-0 over BYSC Corona White)
(Claremont 5 v Two 3-0 over Hollywood)

TB #1: All three teams are even.
TB #2: Hollywod drops out with 3 GA.
TB #3: Claremont tops BYSC Corona White with 1 better goal differential
Hollywood blew it by giving up that third goal. Otherwise we go all the way to CSL ID# assuming there were no cautions.

Tie Breaker is:
1. Head to Head.
2. Least amount of goals allowed.
3. Goal differential.
4. Most shut out wins.
5. Least amount of penal points. Send-off = three (3) points /Double Yellow = two (2) points / Caution = one (1) point.
6. The team with the lowest CSL 4 digit team number in even years; and highest CSL 4-digit team number in odd years will be awarded the
final tie-breaker.
 
Here is the rest of the round 2 pool play League Cup write ups. There are four more pools playing this Sunday, due to the rain outs from a few weeks ago.

Pool AS
Location: Lancaster Complex
Date: SU NOV 13

Teams:
Fram Ferren (Silver-Elite North, 7-3-2, GF: 32, GA: 14, Rank #87)
Heavy favorites to win this pool.

California Elite SC (Silver North, 4-6-2, GF: 29, GA: 24, Rank #121)
Better not take Thousand Oaks Challenge team lightly.

Thousand Oaks FC - AC (Bronze Beta, 9-1-3, GF: 46, GA: 9, Rank #163)
Could easily see them grind out a second place finish in this pool.

Prediction: 1) Fram Ferren, 2T) California Elite, 2T) Thousand Oaks FC - AC
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Pool AT
Location: Ventura Community Park, Ventura
Date: SU NOV 13

Teams:
UIFC Venom (Silver-Elite South, 6-3-2, GF: 23, GA: 17, Rank #48)
Venom will make mince meat out of this pool. They are always an exciting team to watch, if not for their athleticism and high press then for their rowdy sideline, coach and players. They have amassed 7 yellow cards and their coach was given an ejection recently but should be back from her two game suspension in time for League Cup.

Ventura FC Strikers (Silver Alpha, 2-7-2, GF: 10, GA: 28, Rank #143)
Their defense is porous and the offense putters. They could easily lose 8-0 to Venom. Their saving grace will be the short 25 minute halves. Their coach subs about every three minutes. Maybe the constant interruptions will keep the score closer.

Sol (Bronze Alpha, 5-5-1, GF: 18, GA: 10, Rank #166)
Will also get hammered by Venom but I could easily see them beating Ventura FC by a 1-0 score.

Prediction: 1) UIFC Venom, 2) Sol, 3) Ventura FC Strikers

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Pool AW
Location: Great Park South Lawn, Irvine
Date: SU NOV 13

Teams:
IE Surf MB/SB West (Silver-Elite South, 5-0-6, GF: 27, GA: 15, Rank #35)
This is a tough pool to win. Both the Silver-Elite South and Silver South are tough leagues and both IE Surf and Legacy are near the top. IE Surf probably wins this pool, but the game against Legacy will be a good one.

Legacy FC (Silver South, 8-1-2, GF: 31, GA: 8, Rank #51)
In a league dominated by NHB Black, Legacy put up the second best goal differential in their league. They should be able to handle a pretty good Bronze team in Valencia Challenge, but will have to play the game of their life to play even with IE Surf West. The game will be intense and the Legacy coach who has seen two ejections in league play could see his third this weekend.

Valencia United - AC (Bronze North, 5-3-3, GF: 28, GA: 18, Rank #160)
A really good AYSO Challenge team, but their run stops here.

Prediction: 1) IE Surf MB/SB West, 2) Legacy FC, 3) Valencia United - AC

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Pool AP
Location: Great Park South Lawn, Irvine
Date: SU NOV 13

Teams:
Fullerton Rangers White (Gold, 6-5-1, GF: 18, GA: 10, Rank #22)
Probably co-favorites along with IE Surf Premier RB to win it all. The Rangers find themselves in an interesting pool. You would think this pool would be a cake walk and the game against Spartans definitely will be. They cannot take the bronze team from the new club FC England for granted. I think FC England will give them a scare in a shortened 50 minute game.

YASC Spartans FC (Silver South, 0-9-2, GF: 6, GA: 42, Rank #180)
It will two and out for Spartans FC.

FC England (Bronze West, 8-2-0, GF: 32, GA: 4, Rank #123)
They have glided under the radar for most of league play. They had two hiccups at the beginning of the season but have been dominant since. If Fullerton Rangers can't score against them in the first 15 minutes of the game then you never know.

Prediction: 1) Fullerton Rangers White, 2) FC England, 3) YASC Spartans FC
 
Current Brackets.

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