Mr. Mac
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I know it won't happen..but what if one bracket goes undefeated against the other? That would be some BS to go undefeated and not advance while an 0-3 team moves forward.
NATIONAL CUP O5 2018
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Here is an example from CRL play-in at G06.
Bracket “A” played “B”. The second place team in “A” did not qualify despite out performing the bracket “B”top team.
https://2017crlyplayintourney.sport...mentguid=6EDE785F-AC48-4678-992F-5BF35FE11463
futboldad1
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Was there no wildcards? If so that RSC team should've advanced.
No. Only top finisher. It was an example to show that cross play can be problematic. I agree RSC should have been given the spot.
Mr. Mac
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Wow. Brutal.
But there are wildcard so despite saying that 3 team brackets suck, they could have the advantage and need to really be concerned about goal differential even if they win all games.
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The 3 team brackets will be playing 3 games so it's all good. It's just weird that the teams will not be playing the teams in their own bracket.
futboldad1
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Maybe I'm misreading but how do you figure that? Win all three games and you finish first and are automatic. The three team brackets will now have equal opportunity to advance as a second place WC as the four team brackets. That's where GD will come into play, no?
Mr. Mac
SILVER ELITE
Because theoretically, you could have 2 or even 3 undefeated teams in one bracket.
Yup! Creates a bit of a mess.
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sdklutz
SILVER ELITE
More revenue
If my memory is correct this is the 3rd year in a row (don't know about before that) where National Cup only has 1 game per day. Whether this is about the girls or parking revenue is debatable. I don't enjoy the drive, but I think 1 game a day produces better soccer. Good luck to all the teams.
Its not a "revenue" thing for Cal South, but increases the overall expenses because Cal South pays for fields by the day. More days = more costs in theory. What it does do is allow Cal South to better manage the facilities it uses and even out the tournament season to be more efficient without as many peaks and valleys.
The facilities do potentially get more parking revenue because there are more teams coming that day.
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That is strange since the Boys 05 National Cup is also at Silverlakes on the same weekend, but the boys do squeeze the 1st round into 1 weekend.
Don't complain they might move us to Apple Valley or Lancaster. Will not the most convenient I'' go there multiple times over the frozen windy hell.
* meant "While not the most convenient
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Oh I agree. Multi trips to Silverlakes is much better then a long weekend elsewhere.
We are so use to traveling to SL it feels like we are on auto-pilot. It's a quick 60 minutes, if there ever was.