DA Cup Competition for 2019/2020

Seriously- anyone have an idea how that selected teams in top division. I heard MLS wanted there DA teams in the top bracket hence why Portland, Quakes and LA Galaxy are in the top bracket. Damn you mls teams!
 
gotothebushes said:
Seriously- anyone have an idea how that selected teams in top division. I heard MLS wanted there DA teams in the top bracket hence why Portland, Quakes and LA Galaxy are in the top bracket. Damn you mls teams!
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IDK. It struck me as odd that LA Galaxy San Diego is in the red bracket and LA Galaxy is in the blue bracket.
 
I'm guessing Portland Thorns heard about the absurdity of these groupings and just said, "no thanks". A cup competition is contrary to the D in DA after all. US Soccer keeps standings, so they could make these groupings more accurate by age group. But that would take a little more work, of course.
 
oh canada said:
I'm guessing Portland Thorns heard about the absurdity of these groupings and just said, "no thanks". A cup competition is contrary to the D in DA after all. US Soccer keeps standings, so they could make these groupings more accurate by age group. But that would take a little more work, of course.
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Thanks oh Canada. Makes sense to me!
 
MacDre said:
I was under assumption that LA Galaxy San Diego was just a subsidiary of LA Galaxy. So it seems odd to me that the “main branch” of LA Galaxy would be in a lower bracket than their subsidiary.
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Not really, SD the more established historically competitive program that changed names from Carlsbad. LA Galaxy girls a relative newcomer still trying to find their level and build a program.
 
MacDre said:
I was under assumption that LA Galaxy San Diego was just a subsidiary of LA Galaxy. So it seems odd to me that the “main branch” of LA Galaxy would be in a lower bracket than their subsidiary.
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San Diego is a “Franchise” so to speak. Like LA Surf and OC Surf.

Brackets were determined by Club Ranking across all age groups. I don’t know how they calculated it but I’d assume some sort of average. Per the website:

“Clubs are divided into two tiers, Tier 1 and Tier 2, then divided into regional groups. Tier 1 will be composed of 24 top-performing clubs and the number of Tier 2 clubs is dependent on Academy membership for the 2019-20 season.”
 
jpeter said:
Not really, SD the more established historically competitive program that changed names from Carlsbad. LA Galaxy girls a relative newcomer still trying to find their level and build a program.
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So where did LAG get their players and coaching staff?
 
Kicker4Life said:
San Diego is a “Franchise” so to speak. Like LA Surf and OC Surf.

Brackets were determined by Club Ranking across all age groups. I don’t know how they calculated it but I’d assume some sort of average. Per the website:

“Clubs are divided into two tiers, Tier 1 and Tier 2, then divided into regional groups. Tier 1 will be composed of 24 top-performing clubs and the number of Tier 2 clubs is dependent on Academy membership for the 2019-20 season.”
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LAGSD finished ahead of LAG in all “3” DA age groups last season where records and standings were kept. (U15/16-17/18-19).
 
I never try and guess on how brackets are created but I put together a spreadsheet on last year’s numbers for the entire GDA. The DA Cup brackets are not just based on previous performance but are also dictated by region, only so many red bracket spots per region. Also, some clubs either dropped GDA or chose, for whatever reason, not to participate in the DA Cup. The spreadsheet has 4 tabs, last years results (PPG) for U15, U16-U17, U18-U19. It also has a summary page which has Rank (Club rank based on average PPG from 2018-2019 season) and the DA Cup bracket. Red and Blue shading shows the teams in the separate overall brackets. The forum doesn't allow to upload an Excel file directly so I was forced to put it into a zip. If you want to see it in another format let me know.
 

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ChalkOnYourBoots said:
This just seems like a clean way to introduce a two tier system, and acknowledge that most clubs in GDA are not remotely competitive compared to the top clubs. That is important to USSF if the goal is to stop the continued defection of top clubs to ECNL.

Anyone else notice something a bit different in the regional map in the link? Did GDA announce they were combining the SE and Atlantic divisions? The magi seems to suggest that. That should make Tophat and a couple of NC clubs happy.

How does this idea sit with teams in SoCal, aren't clubs 3-6 kind of indistinguishable? I guess the idea of competition is cool... but how many clubs in that 3-6 ranking might rather avoid subjecting themselves to this kind of relegation?
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No clue what alternate universe you live in... but most GDA teams at this point would whole handily beat any ECNL team or other team in any league. Other than GB and the Blues at 01/02...I would love to know who YOU think could beat the DA champion from any other age group last year..,complete idiotic statement...
 
DPLLove said:
No clue what alternate universe you live in... but most GDA teams at this point would whole handily beat any ECNL team or other team in any league. Other than GB and the Blues at 01/02...I would love to know who YOU think could beat the DA champion from any other age group last year..,complete idiotic statement...
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PDA or LAFC Slammers across multiple age groups to name but two...

Both leagues have powerhouses, weaklings and middle of the road teams. Stop with the "this league is best" crap, please.
 
Just look at the latest and results at Surf and Silverlakes . Plenty of GDA teams lost to ECNL teams- we have already established at the older ages, with families that have experience with ECNL, there are plenty of amazing players in ECNL and at the younger ages, with the propaganda and the YNT pressure more elite players have moved to GDA. Doesn’t mean that the GDA is superior- this is becoming a tired argument and wondering why so many have to keep trying to make that argument - maybe to convince themselves.
 
DPLLove said:
No clue what alternate universe you live in... but most GDA teams at this point would whole handily beat any ECNL team or other team in any league. Other than GB and the Blues at 01/02...I would love to know who YOU think could beat the DA champion from any other age group last year..,complete idiotic statement...
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Mvla 04’s are pretty good!!
 
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