2018-2019 DPL Season

Kicker4Life said:
You’re adding afterthoughts that aren’t a part of the discussion in order further your Hateraide for DPL. .Dontou have some sort of daily “shit on DPL quota” you must meet?

I said nothing about the tournaments, we are talking about League Play. I just weighed in that during League Play, I find it to be an advantage of ECNL, DA and DPL that they play teams from outside the “Bubble”.

But you have to pull it into DPL specifics and twist it into a negative. To fit your anti-DPL commentary. I could see you holding on to the gate had your kid been wronged by their system, but you’ve admitted that your kids have aged out. So why? You used to bring value and comic relief to the forum. Now a Days its just DPL sucks this, DPL sucks that.... I kinda miss the old Fact.
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Desert Hound said:
I get a kick out of the DPL haters.

I will try to summarize.

- It will never happen. No club is going to offer something called DPL. etc etc.
- What? it is only 9 games? What kind of league is that. Leagues need to play more than 9 games.
- It is only 9 games and the competition sucks. Why bother?
- This year...rumor of fall and spring. What? now these players can't play in other leagues? That sucks. Now they are in a closed circuit.
- Now announced fall and spring 24 games including some nice showcases? Well that is not good. Playing the same teams all year (like DA and ECNL). So they can't play in other So Cal leagues? That sucks. DPL is terrible.
- Only a couple of showcases? (conveniently forgetting that these teams can sign up and play in other events outside what is currently being considered).
- Oh and as always...the DPL teams suck for the most part.

I may have missed a few in there. But that kind of summarizes the progression of the criticism of DPL...usually by the same few people as well.
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It is the usual few haters and the perimenopausal FACT hating on DPL. These people hate for personal reasons.

Some of us weren’t given a choice this year with this DPL. When you look at the SW ECNL teams and then the DPL teams, candidly there is some very good competition in both, probably more strong teams within the DPL. We shall see....

Significant upgrade in the DPL program this year as well. Same fields setup as DA with Trainers and video services at every game.

DA did hurt the DPL and ECNL players who planned to guest, like my daughter did last season. Now unless becoming a rostered PT player and give up HS in the fall season not possible to play however in the spring we shall see what is possible.
 
JoeZ said:
It is the usual few haters and the perimenopausal FACT hating on DPL. These people hate for personal reasons.

Some of us weren’t given a choice this year with this DPL. When you look at the SW ECNL teams and then the DPL teams, candidly there is some very good competition in both, probably more strong teams within the DPL. We shall see....

Significant upgrade in the DPL program this year as well. Same fields setup as DA with Trainers and video services at every game.

DA did hurt the DPL and ECNL players who planned to guest, like my daughter did last season. Now unless becoming a rostered PT player and give up HS in the fall season not possible to play however in the spring we shall see what is possible.
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Seriously, there is no comparing ECNL to DPL. Let it go and enjoy your league. I thought that argument had already been settled.:rolleyes: DPL is just a fancy term for B team.
 
shales1002 said:
Seriously, there is no comparing ECNL to DPL. Let it go and enjoy your league. I thought that argument had already been settled.:rolleyes: DPL is just a fancy term for B team.
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Overall, ECNL is better. No question. On an individual team level, there are DPL teams better than some ECNL teams. Think of most Surf B teams (DPL) compared to most Sharks A teams (ECNL).
 
SD_Soccer said:
Overall, ECNL is better. No question. On an individual team level, there are DPL teams better than some ECNL teams. Think of most Surf B teams (DPL) compared to most Sharks A teams (ECNL).
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My memory may be faulty but didn't surf teams handle the sharks last year? And last year those surf teams in ECNL were the B team. And up until 2 months ago those surf teams were ECNL until the sudden change to DPL.
 
So, I see the DA website updates scores, stats, cards, etc but the DPL site only shows. scores & cards. Anyone know if that's as good as is gets, or if they'll eventually follow suit?
 
Desert Hound said:
My memory may be faulty but didn't surf teams handle the sharks last year? And last year those surf teams in ECNL were the B team. And up until 2 months ago those surf teams were ECNL until the sudden change to DPL.
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Which proves my point that adding the initials DPL does nothing other than costing more. They are the same team they were last year regardless of the patch.
 
Serious question- Now that DPL will include many of the same features as DA games, trainers, video etc. how are clubs passing that cost on? As we know DA is costing clubs a lot of money and some clubs did not want the single age band due to cost, so now with DPL costing more who is footing the bill?
 
Desert Hound said:
My memory may be faulty but didn't surf teams handle the sharks last year? And last year those surf teams in ECNL were the B team. And up until 2 months ago those surf teams were ECNL until the sudden change to DPL.
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That's what he's saying. SD Surf's DPL teams are a rare exception in that they're better than many other clubs ECNL and DA teams. But families are obviously not happy about the lack of exposure compared to those leagues.
 
Fact said:
Which proves my point that adding the initials DPL does nothing other than costing more. They are the same team they were last year regardless of the patch.
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Not sure what the cost factor is here. Club fees are the same for ECNL vs DPL. Only difference is more travel costs and team fees for ECNL. Also doesn’t matter if they came from Scdsl, csl, DA, ECNL or some other league - Still not clear why people, especially those out of the game, want to ridicule whether a kid wears a DA,DPL or ECNL patch.
Why not be happy for all of them and wish every one of them all the best.
 
shales1002 said:
Seriously, there is no comparing ECNL to DPL. Let it go and enjoy your league. I thought that argument had already been settled.:rolleyes: DPL is just a fancy term for B team.
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Hahaha. Hey maybe next year your daughters club will be DPL
shales1002 said:
Seriously, there is no comparing ECNL to DPL. Let it go and enjoy your league. I thought that argument had already been settled.:rolleyes: DPL is just a fancy term for B team.
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According to some others same applies to ECNL. They are both good though candidly I do prefer the national exposure with ECNL. Just have to do ID camps when missing East Coast showcases.
 
JoeZ said:
Not sure what the cost factor is here. Club fees are the same for ECNL vs DPL. Only difference is more travel costs and team fees for ECNL. Also doesn’t matter if they came from Scdsl, csl, DA, ECNL or some other league - Still not clear why people, especially those out of the game, want to ridicule whether a kid wears a DA,DPL or ECNL patch.
Why not be happy for all of them and wish every one of them all the best.
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You are warped. I never said anything negative about kids.
Prove that club fees are the same for ECNL and DPL.

Just another one of your feeble attempts to make yourself
feel better about your kid playing DPL. If she has a good coach, gets playing time and enjoying the game and her team stop your nonsense.
 
SD_Soccer said:
Overall, ECNL is better. No question. On an individual team level, there are DPL teams better than some ECNL teams. Think of most Surf B teams (DPL) compared to most Sharks A teams (ECNL).
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Point taken. Surf would be the exception to the rule. If I were a Surf parent I would be pissed with the switcharoo they pulled. There are some individual teams without any designation that beat up on all the patched teams. But @JoeZ came with the “probably more strong teams within the DPL. ” Um NO!

Regardless of patch find what’s right for your DD.
 
Desert Hound said:
My memory may be faulty but didn't surf teams handle the sharks last year? And last year those surf teams in ECNL were the B team. And up until 2 months ago those surf teams were ECNL until the sudden change to DPL.
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Didn’t everyone handle Sharks last year??? They were new to the league. They get a pass.
 
JoeZ said:
Not sure what the cost factor is here. Club fees are the same for ECNL vs DPL. Only difference is more travel costs and team fees for ECNL. Also doesn’t matter if they came from Scdsl, csl, DA, ECNL or some other league - Still not clear why people, especially those out of the game, want to ridicule whether a kid wears a DA,DPL or ECNL patch.
Why not be happy for all of them and wish every one of them all the best.
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None of the responses to your post ridiculed the kids for where they play. My sense is that they are suggesting that (as has been said by others), DPL appears to be an acronym for Dumb Parents League because DPL parents that post seem to be fooled by the marketing telling them that DPL is on the level of ECNL.

Believe what you want. Good luck to your player this season. But don’t hide behind the kids after you wake a sleeping dog and get bit.
 
JoeZ said:
Hahaha. Hey maybe next year your daughters club will be DPL

According to some others same applies to ECNL. They are both good though candidly I do prefer the national exposure with ECNL. Just have to do ID camps when missing East Coast showcases.
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My DD would NEVER play DPL, and I’m pretty sure her club would never do it. I see through that kind of B.S. marketing. At this point it is about the exposure isn’t it? Don’t we want our DDs being seen in the best viable option in addition to the ID Camps? That’s why we do this.

I see why some people are doing it this year, because they were cheated out of what they initially paid for ,and were left with no options.
 
Kicker4Life said:
How do you ridicule a league as relentlessly as some of you do without implicating the kids who choose to play in it?
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I agree. The DPL was formed by the DA Clubs for a variety of reasons which can be debated until the end of time. DPL teams are traditionally DA Club Second teams (except at the ‘06 Age group as there is no DA) and kids play DPL for a variety of reasons...some don’t want to practice 4 days a week, some see it as a stepping stone to DA, some want to play other sports, some want to play high school soccer, or have other interests outside of soccer...OMG can you imagine a kid with interests outside of soccer????

It’s all good...I don’t understand the hate for an option that works for a bunch of kids. If the kids and parents are happy playing in a league/circuit that works for them why do people give a rip and waste time bashing it? Seems like a waste of time to me.
 
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