here's predicts vs actual for this weekend (2/2 & 2/3). home team is listed first. wet weather this weekend led to some uncharacteristic play (this was true across the age groups) plus the u15 YNT camp was this last week.
Btw, thank you for the folks who provided the results and commentary. Always good to hear how it went.
For folks who are curious, Top Drawer has a blow by blow account of the u15 YNT scrimmaging LAG u16/17. Short version is that LAG roughed up the u15 YNT, with couple of u15 bright spots, per Top Drawer, being VV from LAG and ER from SD Surf.
Predict: Arsenal 1 v. SD Surf 5. Actuals: Arsenal 2 v. SD Surf 2. SD Surf was missing their attacking/central mid to the u15 YNT camp, Still, good on Arsenal for taking advantage, particularly since last time it was a 0-10 loss to SD Surf. First half looked exciting with a lots of back and forth and Arsenal's #6 putting in both goals.
Predict: FC Golden State 2 v. Pats 1. Actuals: FCG 6 v Pats 1. Per the game report, tight first half and Pats
scored first. But FCG picked up the intensity after that, scoring six. Looks like there was a key point around the 60 to 65th minutes where, with FCG up 2-1, three cards were given out ( two to Pats and one to FCG) and then FCG took the momentum. Pats were missing their 2nd leading scorer and, after FCG tied it up at the 51st minute, Pats subbed in their leading scorer late at the 53rd minute.
Any more color here? This game looks pretty interesting and not quite the 6-1 blow-out that was the final score.
Predict: LAGSD 1 v. LAG 4. Actuals: LAGSD 0 v. LAG 5. LAG was missing their leading scorer to the u15 YNT but it doesn't look like it mattered that much. LAG was up 4-0 at half.
Predict: LAG 4 v. Barca 1. Actuals: LAG 3 v. Barca 1. Pretty straightforward, expected result.
LAFC 3 v. Albion 1. Actuals: LAFC 2 v. Albion 1. LAFC was missing a defender and a forward to the u15 YNT. Still, LAFC is the #1 team in the country and has plenty of top players (regardless of what TopDrawer says...) and looks like it was a good effort by Albion with the game tied at half.
LAUFA 1 v. Strikers 2. Actuals: LAUFA 0 v. Strikers 3. Per the game report, LAUFA played a man down after receiving a red card at the 51st minute. Strikers scored all three goals after that point.