2018-2019 DPL Season

SocalPapa said:
The league's founders and cheerleaders like you seem to be counting on that.
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I have never been a cheerleader of/for DPL. I am curious as to how it develops, but you will not find posts of mine talking about how great DPL is.

From an AZ perspective we are rather diluted now with 2 DA, 2 ECNL and 2 DPL teams per age group. A total of 2 teams per age group which was what it was up until the end of this past season was about right. That said...again from an AZ perspective it is better to have a DD playing on one of these teams and playing So Cal teams vs playing in an AZ league due to the level of competition.
 
Since DP's are now called PT's is the DPL going to change its name to PTL? Seriously the new rules announced last week prohibiting PT players from playing HS should have all the DPL member clubs worried since the whole premise of DPL is that DPL is the equivalent of ECNL except that DD's on DPL teams can get called up to play DA. Now with the rule change, if a DD on a DPL team player gets called up as a PT, she can't play high school soccer. I guess now on every DPL team there will be two groups of girls - PT and HS.
 
cerebro de fútbol said:
Since DP's are now called PT's is the DPL going to change its name to PTL? Seriously the new rules announced last week prohibiting PT players from playing HS should have all the DPL member clubs worried since the whole premise of DPL is that DPL is the equivalent of ECNL except that DD's on DPL teams can get called up to play DA. Now with the rule change, if a DD on a DPL team player gets called up as a PT, she can't play high school soccer. I guess now on every DPL team there will be two groups of girls - PT and HS.
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At least it's not confusing.
The realist in me thinks the timing of all of this is just a coincidence.
The conspiracy theorist in me thinks that the SCDSL Flights being released prior to DA making this PT Player announcement stinks a little. Not sure if SCDSL or DA is the culprit or the victim though. Ultimately, it sucks for kids that thought they were getting one thing and now it might be different.
Here's what I say - If your kid is good enough to make a DA team (or ECNL team if they only have ECNL) and will get lots of playing time - Play DA. If your kid is on the bench or a DPL player - I think you should find the best coach that is closest to your house and enjoy the ride regardless of flight or name on the jersey.

Edit: Let me add that if your kid has dreams of playing DA but didn't make the cut this year - Go back and tryout again the following year. Kick ass. Chase that dream. But don't think the dream gets easier because you are on the DPL team.
 
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timbuck said:
Quick glance at a few 05 and 04 teams and it looks like a lot of Sunday games.
Does this mean that these players can guest with DA, SCDSL or Coast teams within their club on Saturdays?
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Also - It appears that there is a break in games from November 25th until March 3rd. What happens during this 3 month gap?

Full DA teams do not have this break.
 
24 game season. Plays same opponents on a weekend as DA. Sometimes same day sometimes the next day. DPL takes the same Arizona trip for our club as the DA. DPL plays league games at Silverlakes Thanksgiving. This is a much better schedule than last year.
 
Kicker4Life said:
No...DPL can not guest in SCDSL but Can with DA.
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Do you know if that's an official rule? Just curious why DPL wouldn't be able to guest in SCDSL since DPL is CalSouth registered like SCDSL rosters. And as I understand it, for DPL to guest with DA they would have to be identified as PT which comes at the cost of foregoing HS. Right?
 
equipo said:
Do you know if that's an official rule? Just curious why DPL wouldn't be able to guest in SCDSL since DPL is CalSouth registered like SCDSL rosters. And as I understand it, for DPL to guest with DA they would have to be identified as PT which comes at the cost of foregoing HS. Right?
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SCDSL rules require a player to be registered on their team to play. They don't allow players not registered on their team to play and Cal South only allows you to register to one team. It works for DA and ECNL only because they are not controlled by Cal South.
 
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