Coming up in a few weeks we have Silverlakes and Surf putting on their annual Thanksgiving showcases.
You can view their respective schedules here:
-Silverlakes - https://tgs.totalglobalsports.com/public/master.aspx?eid=1101
-Surf https://events.gotsport.com/events/default.aspx?EventID=74314
Using the Girls 2004 age group as a sample, some comments/observations:
Silverlakes:
1. Silverlakes Top Bracket (The Maybach bracket. Nothing says "Soccer is expensive like naming your bracket after a $200k car) has a mix of DA, ECNL, ECNL Regional League, DPL and maybe a few non-closed league teams. Mostly teams from So Cal, with a few nor cal and texas sprinkled in. 21 teams total. LAFC Slammers 05 ECNL team is playing up an age group in this division.
2. The Silverlakes Middle Bracket (AMG - still out of my price range) - Appears to be made up of teams from Flight 1/Gold/Premier type of levels. So Cal, Nor Cal, Arizona, Colorado, Texas. - 23 teams total
3. 3rd bracket (S-Class. meh - Peasants in their 3rd tier S-Class Mercedes) - Mix of Europa/Gold level teams. Mostly from So Cal. 12 teams total.
Surf
1. Top Bracket is "DA" - Seems that these are "league" games for the teams that are listed. LA Surf, SC Del Sol, OC Surf, UT Royal,SD Surf, and Blues. 6 teams total.
But not all DA teams from the region are playing at Surf. Real So Cal, Pats and Legends DA are playing at Silverlakes.
2. The non-DA group is made up of 12 brackets of 4 teams each. Mix of ECNL, DPL and "other" teams. Quite a few teams from Canada are making the trip. Other teams are from Wyoming, Arizona, New Mexico, Kansas, Utah, Colorado,
You can view their respective schedules here:
-Silverlakes - https://tgs.totalglobalsports.com/public/master.aspx?eid=1101
-Surf https://events.gotsport.com/events/default.aspx?EventID=74314
Using the Girls 2004 age group as a sample, some comments/observations:
Silverlakes:
1. Silverlakes Top Bracket (The Maybach bracket. Nothing says "Soccer is expensive like naming your bracket after a $200k car) has a mix of DA, ECNL, ECNL Regional League, DPL and maybe a few non-closed league teams. Mostly teams from So Cal, with a few nor cal and texas sprinkled in. 21 teams total. LAFC Slammers 05 ECNL team is playing up an age group in this division.
2. The Silverlakes Middle Bracket (AMG - still out of my price range) - Appears to be made up of teams from Flight 1/Gold/Premier type of levels. So Cal, Nor Cal, Arizona, Colorado, Texas. - 23 teams total
3. 3rd bracket (S-Class. meh - Peasants in their 3rd tier S-Class Mercedes) - Mix of Europa/Gold level teams. Mostly from So Cal. 12 teams total.
Surf
1. Top Bracket is "DA" - Seems that these are "league" games for the teams that are listed. LA Surf, SC Del Sol, OC Surf, UT Royal,SD Surf, and Blues. 6 teams total.
But not all DA teams from the region are playing at Surf. Real So Cal, Pats and Legends DA are playing at Silverlakes.
2. The non-DA group is made up of 12 brackets of 4 teams each. Mix of ECNL, DPL and "other" teams. Quite a few teams from Canada are making the trip. Other teams are from Wyoming, Arizona, New Mexico, Kansas, Utah, Colorado,