Preseason DA Rankings 04

MakeAPlay said:
https://www.topdrawersoccer.com/club-soccer-articles/girls-dev-acad-weekly-standout_aid42815

Some serious blowouts. Not that there weren't blowouts in ECNL but I certainly don't remember this many...
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One of the complaints with the boys DA is the uneven competition; Top 2-3 teams normally the MLS ones have a bunch of 5+, 4, 3 nil games.

When those same teams go play on a bigger scale with the MX or international teams in tournaments they struggle somewhat, just not used to the consistent higher level competition. When you play for 10 months, 30+ games but only have a half dozen or so that are really close it shows eventually most of the time.

With all these closed leagues included ECNL I don't see how competition can be even close for the majority, spread out too far and wide but eventually things will settle in a bit more as teams get more experience.
 
younothat said:
One of the complaints with the boys DA is the uneven competition; Top 2-3 teams normally the MLS ones have a bunch of 5+, 4, 3 nil games.

When those same teams go play on a bigger scale with the MX or international teams in tournaments they struggle somewhat, just not used to the consistent higher level competition. When you play for 10 months, 30+ games but only have a half dozen or so that are really close it shows eventually most of the time.

With all these closed leagues included ECNL I don't see how competition can be even close for the majority, spread out too far and wide but eventually things will settle in a bit more as teams get more experience.
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I agree with you. Unfortunately on the girls side the net effect is to water down the competition.
 
Anyone else seeing their club pull the best 04 players up to play with the 03 team on a consistent basis? Our best player played up last week and 4 or 5 starters will be pulled up from our team this weekend. Seems like a good opportunity for some of the better players to test themselves against the olders plus no standings for the 04 group anyway. I believe October is the first month teams can bring in discovery players also.
 
splinter said:
Anyone else seeing their club pull the best 04 players up to play with the 03 team on a consistent basis? Our best player played up last week and 4 or 5 starters will be pulled up from our team this weekend. Seems like a good opportunity for some of the better players to test themselves against the olders plus no standings for the 04 group anyway. I believe October is the first month teams can bring in discovery players also.
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Kinda sucks for the team your playing this weekend (lol).

Good for the girls getting pulled up. With the subbing rule being what it is, makes you wonder how much playing time there is to go around and how the '03's who will potentially lose playing time will feel about it.
 
Kicker4Life said:
Kinda sucks for the team your playing this weekend (lol).

Good for the girls getting pulled up. With the subbing rule being what it is, makes you wonder how much playing time there is to go around and how the '03's who will potentially lose playing time will feel about it.
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Our 03 team has a small roster and I believe there are already a few 03 studs playing up. I have heard that the National team scouts have said they feel the top girls should be playing up and that the majority of the girls pulled in to the national pool all play up. Maybe MAP or someone else can confirm if this is true.
 
splinter said:
Anyone else seeing their club pull the best 04 players up to play with the 03 team on a consistent basis? Our best player played up last week and 4 or 5 starters will be pulled up from our team this weekend. Seems like a good opportunity for some of the better players to test themselves against the olders plus no standings for the 04 group anyway. I believe October is the first month teams can bring in discovery players also.
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Most programs have players playing up here and there (from small rosters/injuries etc) not just socal but nocal too.
 
splinter said:
Our 03 team has a small roster and I believe there are already a few 03 studs playing up. I have heard that the National team scouts have said they feel the top girls should be playing up and that the majority of the girls pulled in to the national pool all play up. Maybe MAP or someone else can confirm if this is true.
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Playing up is good if the player can make an impact. No reason to hold back a unicorn.
 
splinter said:
Anyone else seeing their club pull the best 04 players up to play with the 03 team on a consistent basis? Our best player played up last week and 4 or 5 starters will be pulled up from our team this weekend. Seems like a good opportunity for some of the better players to test themselves against the olders plus no standings for the 04 group anyway. I believe October is the first month teams can bring in discovery players also.
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Thats a lot of players to bring up for 1 game especially when your only allowed 5 subs.... Would you rather your DD play a full game at 04' or play sparingly at 03'??
 
1. Surf (1)
2. Legends (3)
3. LAGSD (4)
4. Slammers (10)
5. Blues (8)
6. Del Sol (6)
7. Beach (7)
8. Real So Cal (2)
9. West Coast (5)
10. LA Premier (13)
11. LA Galaxy (11)
12, Eagles (9)
13. Albion (14)
14. Pats (12)
 
JoeBieber said:
1. Surf (1)
2. Legends (3)
3. LAGSD (4)
4. Slammers (10)
5. Blues (8)
6. Del Sol (6)
7. Beach (7)
8. Real So Cal (2)
9. West Coast (5)
10. LA Premier (13)
11. LA Galaxy (11)
12, Eagles (9)
13. Albion (14)
14. Pats (12)
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You went completely sideways after 3... did you use a dartboard or maybe 2014 results?
 
JoeBieber said:
1. Surf (1)
2. Legends (3)
3. LAGSD (4)
4. Slammers (10)
5. Blues (8)
6. Del Sol (6)
7. Beach (7)
8. Real So Cal (2)
9. West Coast (5)
10. LA Premier (13)
11. LA Galaxy (11)
12, Eagles (9)
13. Albion (14)
14. Pats (12)
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Too much parody to rank teams at this point, but I don’t see Blues that high of you factor in record and strength of schedule. 2-2 with a loss to a WC and LA Premier.

Be interesting to do a 3pt system and see where the #’s put everyone.
 
MakeAPlay said:
Unfortunately on the girls side the net effect is to water down the competition
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Agree. I almost wonder if it is a "good thing" at some level? Clubs that could never 'really' compete (Nevada, Arizona, some SoCal) now might get a chance to bring home a trophy even though it's basically illusory? The psychological effect has to have a positive result?
 
Here's another - There will be changes as we go....

1. Surf/Legends
3.LAGSD
4.Slammers
5.Del Sol
6.West Coast
7.Beach
8.RSC
9.Blues
10.LA Galaxy
11.LA Premier 12.Eagles 13.Albion 14.Pats
 
JoeBieber said:
I'm excited to see your rankings!
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No rankings from me but if I were to do rankings I'd check scores and competitive results. You have Del Sol at 6 with 5-0 and 4-0 losses and really only one good result. You have the Blues at 5, 4 spots ahead of team that beat them 3-0. WC at 9 is funny, with only one bad result, 4-2 against Legends, their other loss 3-2 vs. the #1 team in the nation and beating RSC and Blues with a 1-1 game against your #3 team( now add a 3-3 draw against your #1 team, Surf, from yesterdays game).

I get it, rankings have subjectivity but facts and results should lead.
 
Lightning Red said:
"3" Point System - DA Standings U14 (wk 7)
All DA games included - not just Southwest



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Why does Pats seem to struggle on the girls side so much? Seems they have quality coaches. Are they just not able to recruit the right female players? Do they play a nice looking game but just aren't able to score? Now that they have DA (and didn't have ECNL before) will they start to see an upswing? Are they fragmented with all of their city affiliates and aren't able to grab a strong player from a lower flighted team?
 
timbuck said:
Why does Pats seem to struggle on the girls side so much? Seems they have quality coaches. Are they just not able to recruit the right female players? Do they play a nice looking game but just aren't able to score? Now that they have DA (and didn't have ECNL before) will they start to see an upswing? Are they fragmented with all of their city affiliates and aren't able to grab a strong player from a lower flighted team?
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Pat' s U-littles are mostly flight 3 and some 2. Look at the rest of the DA bracket. Most of these clubs have strong flight one U-littles and then just promote large amount to their DA program. With Pats and LA Premier not the case. Many are from outside clubs to fill DA spots. With a baseball analogy most organizations do better with a strong farm system. There are exceptions but majority have a strong younger development program.
 
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