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soccerstud said:
Game was played? USSDA Schedule has the game losted as postponed til July 1st?
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Yes game was still played. As of Thursday, it was listed correctly for Saturday, 1/26, on USSDA website. It may be an error that will probably be corrected during the weekday.

LAFC scored off a penalty in the box within the first few minutes of game. Nomads scored in second half off a corner kick. Both sides played very well.
 
here’s predicts vs actuals for this weekend (1/26 & 1/27). home team is listed first.

Predict: FC Golden State 3 vs LA Galaxy 3. Actuals: FC Golden State 0 vs LA Galaxy 2.

This was the surprise match of the day. The last time these two teams played, FCG beat LAG 4-1. Since that game, LAG has been improving significantly on the defensive side. Per the game report, LAG came out aggressive, scoring two goals relatively early and running up three yellow cards over the course of the game and one red card at the 60th minute.

Predict: LAUFA 4 vs Arsenal 1. (1/26) Actuals: LAUFA 3 vs Arsenal 2

Predict: Nomads 2 vs LAFC 6. (1/26) Actuals: Nomads 1 vs LAFC 1

Good result for the Nomads against TopDrawer’s #1 u15 team in the country. LAFC is averaging more than five goals scored per game, and to hold them to just one goal for 90 minutes is no mean feat. Also, the ability of the Nomads to bounce back, per the game report, from an early goal shows pretty strong resilience.

Predict: LAUFA 2 vs LAFC 6 (1/27) Actuals: LAUFA 1 vs LAFC 3
Predict: Strikers 5 vs Real SoCal 2. Actuals: Strikers 5 vs Real SoCal 0
 
here's predicts for this weekend (2/2 & 2/3). home team is listed first.

Arsenal 1 v. SD Surf 5 (SD Surf is #15 in the country per TopDrawer Dec '18)
FC Golden State 2 v. Pats 1 (FCG is #10 per Top Drawer Dec '18)
LAGSD 1 v. Nomads 3 (Nomads are #7 per Top Drawer Dec '18)
LAGSD 1 v. LAG 4
LAG 4 v. Barca 1
LAFC 3 v. Albion 1 (LAFC is #1 in the country per TopDrawer; Albion is #14)
LAUFA 1 v. Strikers 2

Note: Have been looking at TopDrawer rankings, and they seem a little off. here's how it probably looks more realistically for the socal teams for the teams playing this weekend. For the teams playing this weekend, how the socal order rank that makes more sense - per the general algo - than the TD ranking. TD rank is in parens.
  1. LAFC (#1)
  2. FCG (#10; reason FCG is ahead of LAG in ranking is more of a track record )
  3. LAG (not ranked by TD - that's ridiculous)
  4. SD Surf (#15)
  5. Strikers (not ranked by TD - not quite as ridiculous but still. could be higher with a great d - maybe 3rd in country - but losing VV to LAG took a toll on the O ...)
  6. Nomads (#7 - great D but O needs some work there)
  7. Albion (#14 - again, great D but needs work on O)
  8. Pats (not ranked which is probably fair; has a good O but needs work on D)
  9. LAUFA
  10. LAGSD
Tough to compare to other teams in the country but will work on it.

 
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Kante said:
here's predicts for this weekend (2/2 & 2/3). home team is listed first.

Arsenal 1 v. SD Surf 5 (SD Surf is #15 in the country per TopDrawer Dec '18)
FC Golden State 2 v. Pats 1 (FCG is #10 per Top Drawer Dec '18)
LAGSD 1 v. Nomads 3 (Nomads are #7 per Top Drawer Dec '18)
LAGSD 1 v. LAG 4
LAG 4 v. Barca 1
LAFC 3 v. Albion 1 (LAFC is #1 in the country per TopDrawer; Albion is #14)
LAUFA 1 v. Strikers 2

Note: Have been looking at TopDrawer rankings, and they seem a little off. here's how it probably looks more realistically for the socal teams for the teams playing this weekend. For the teams playing this weekend, how the socal order rank that makes more sense - per the general algo - than the TD ranking. TD rank is in parens.
  1. LAFC (#1)
  2. FCG (#10; reason FCG is ahead of LAG in ranking is more of a track record )
  3. LAG (not ranked by TD - that's ridiculous)
  4. SD Surf (#15)
  5. Strikers (not ranked by TD - not quite as ridiculous but still...)
  6. Nomads (#7 - great D but losing VV to LAG this year hurt the O. need work there)
  7. Albion (#14 - again, great D but needs work on O)
  8. Pats (not ranked which is probably fair; has a good O but needs work on D)
  9. LAUFA
  10. LAGSD
Tough to compare to other teams in the country but will work on it.
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VV went to LAG from Strikers....
 
Kante said:
here's predicts for this weekend (2/2 & 2/3). home team is listed first.

Arsenal 1 v. SD Surf 5 (SD Surf is #15 in the country per TopDrawer Dec '18)
FC Golden State 2 v. Pats 1 (FCG is #10 per Top Drawer Dec '18)
LAGSD 1 v. Nomads 3 (Nomads are #7 per Top Drawer Dec '18)
LAGSD 1 v. LAG 4
LAG 4 v. Barca 1
LAFC 3 v. Albion 1 (LAFC is #1 in the country per TopDrawer; Albion is #14)
LAUFA 1 v. Strikers 2

Note: Have been looking at TopDrawer rankings, and they seem a little off. here's how it probably looks more realistically for the socal teams for the teams playing this weekend. For the teams playing this weekend, how the socal order rank that makes more sense - per the general algo - than the TD ranking. TD rank is in parens.
  1. LAFC (#1)
  2. FCG (#10; reason FCG is ahead of LAG in ranking is more of a track record )
  3. LAG (not ranked by TD - that's ridiculous)
  4. SD Surf (#15)
  5. Strikers (not ranked by TD - not quite as ridiculous but still. could be higher with a great d - maybe 3rd in country - but losing VV to LAG took a toll on the O ...)
  6. Nomads (#7 - great D but O needs some work there)
  7. Albion (#14 - again, great D but needs work on O)
  8. Pats (not ranked which is probably fair; has a good O but needs work on D)
  9. LAUFA
  10. LAGSD
Tough to compare to other teams in the country but will work on it.
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You had no input on LAFC. O ,D ? Just asking
 
Can anyone confirm if the LAGSD/Nomads U15 game is still a go at Pine Ave park in this weather? Supposed to kick off at 4pm.
 
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.
 
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Fishme1 said:
You had no input on LAFC. O ,D ? Just asking
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Agree with Top Drawer that LAFC is rightly the #1 team in the country. They have the best offense on the West Coast by far, being statistically almost twice as good as the next best offense (Seattle Sounders) and almost 3x better than LAG which is the next best SoCal team. LAFC has the 2nd best defense on the West Coast, after Seattle, and just ahead of FCG.
 
Kante said:
Agree with Top Drawer that LAFC is rightly the #1 team in the country. They have the best offense on the West Coast by far, being statistically almost twice as good as the next best offense (Seattle Sounders) and almost 3x better than LAG which is the next best SoCal team. LAFC has the 2nd best defense on the West Coast, after Seattle, and just ahead of FCG.
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Thanks Kante. I love reading all your input.
 
3leches said:
Any truth to the rumor that there is a training center for the San Diego area next week ?
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The SD TC is on Feb 20th. Here's the link to the calendar - https://www.ussoccer.com/talent-ide...n-centers/ynt-identification-centers-calendar.

Have talked to a number of folks plus piecing some tea leaves together. It sounds like there's a different philosophy around the TC's this year.

Last year, with the 05s, they had two tracks at both TC's. It seemed like the first track/earlier session was youngers/kids on the bubble - i.e. high potential - and the 2nd later session was olders/kids they were pretty sure were good candidates for the ynt i.e. demonstrated talent .

This year, it seems like they're focused on just the olders/kids in the age group that they have high confidence in, and have heard that it's mostly the kids who were at the training camps in Jan who are being invited now to the training centers in Feb (SD) and March (LA).

If anyone has more/different info, am sure a lot of folks would be interested.
 
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How did the predictor v actuals turnout this weekend. The predictions are fascinating and enjoy watching the results roll in, and the commentary from the actuals.
 
I’m not familiar with the playoff format, I was noticing that LA Galaxy is just under strikers for the wildcard spot. Can Galaxy still take that wild card spot? Looks like they’ve been killing every team they play in 2019
 
R2564952 said:
I’m not familiar with the playoff format, I was noticing that LA Galaxy is just under strikers for the wildcard spot. Can Galaxy still take that wild card spot? Looks like they’ve been killing every team they play in 2019
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For U15, only the top team in each division + a wildcard. Only 8 teams go to the playoffs. The standings reflect the format used for U17 and U19 groups by default.

Small note at the top of the standings page reads...

Note: U-15 – 8 teams qualify for postseason (7 division winners plus 1 wild card based on the highest PPG)
 
Long story short, yes Galaxy is in for post season play. Sbf dad any insight on why your sons team is doing so well in 2019? New coach? Players?
 
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