What's your best guess as to when trainings will resume?

I don't think any of those other places are requiring masks while exercising for the kids, are they?


Yeah, but that effectively ruins it for any of the free cities inside LA County. Kids is Pasadena and Burbank aren't going to have any one to play against. And the same as the $15 minimum wage, they'll feel enormous pressure to conform to the larger LA County, as usual.

For the Ventura border communities such as Simi it would be hard, for example, because they'll have effectively lost any nearby teams and will need to commute north to Venutra and Santa Barbara. Same for the OC, with commuting down to Newport. For the orgs like ENCL or Coast, hard to see how they could organize things with LA missing since that's such a big block.

For ECNL, there is barely any LA to miss. There aren't actually any ECNL teams in the city of LA, and there's only one in the greater LA metro area, LA Breakers in Santa Monica. If you count RSC, 2. So there are 12 ECNL teams that could be training and ready to play in other counties while LAB and RSC are still locked down.
 
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I seriously doubt the effectiveness of a cloth mask in doing anything but make people feel like they are participating.

It slows the velocity if your breath, and catches some of the outgoing water droplets.

Imagine the mosquitoes have to ride on golf balls. some golf balls get through. some don’t.
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Yes, 2 out 1245 in one study showed people getting the virus outdoors. The main issue isn't "water droplets" in the air. Its people with poor immune systems and touching contaminated objects. That's why the vast majority of hospitalizations in New York were people at home and in nursing homes.
 
It slows the velocity if your breath, and catches some of the outgoing water droplets.

Imagine the mosquitoes have to ride on golf balls. some golf balls get through. some don’t.
Yes, 2 out 1245 in one study showed people getting the virus outdoors. The main issue isn't "water droplets" in the air. Its people with poor immune systems and touching contaminated objects. That's why the vast majority of hospitalizations in New York were people at home and in nursing homes.
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The studies I have seen implicate shared airspace, and closed buildings with HVAC in particular.

Certainly seems that outdoor is safer and can be opened up before indoor.
 
I hearing similar things from my network. I purchased wet suits for my kid and I to start surfing for outdoor recreation but I’m a little scared now.

Its is simple. This virus is political.

If Trump wins in November certain governors will say the second wave is wiping out their states and the pandemic is back 10 fold. Closures and lock downs will be back.....now if he loses some how, covid19 will be contained in a 2 week period with numbers reported lower then in April.
 
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For ECNL, there is barely any LA to miss. There aren't actually any ECNL teams in the city of LA, and there's only one in the greater LA metro area, LA Breakers in Santa Monica. If you count RSC, 2. So there are 12 ECNL teams that could be training and ready to play in other counties while LAB and RSC are still locked down.
Almost half the league is in LA or riverside counties: Beach, Breakers, GS, Arsenal, LA surf, Legends, RSC, etc.

Those clubs might have to wait another 90 days or so for public facilities usage . Maybe some private places could open up for them?
 
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Almost half the league is in LA or riverside counties: Beach, Breakers, GS, Arsenal, LA surf, Legends, RSC, etc.

Those clubs might have to wait another 90 days or so for public facilities usage . Maybe some private places could open up for them?
LA county. Not the city of LA.
 
LA county. Not the city of LA.

The restrictions for that county goes through July, stay at home orders & soccer practice don't mix unless they go somewhere else perhaps going to be at while for all those clubs. WLA and the breakers are the only ones that have to deal with the City of LA , the rest have their own cities to be concerned with.
 
Its is simple. This virus is political.

If Trump wins in November certain governors will say the second wave is wiping out their states and the pandemic is back 10 fold. Closures and lock downs will be back.....now if he loses some how, covid19 will be contained in a 2 week period with numbers reported lower then in April.
So, you think the entire world shut down to prevent Trump from being re-elected? Why would people in Asia, Australia, & Europe shut down and hurt themselves because a few governors allegedly don’t like Trump?
 
Its is simple. This virus is political.

If Trump wins in November certain governors will say the second wave is wiping out their states and the pandemic is back 10 fold. Closures and lock downs will be back.....now if he loses some how, covid19 will be contained in a 2 week period with numbers reported lower then in April.
Stop! This is a soccer thread not political, take this somewhere else!
 
As huge as the city of LA is it is not a soccer powerhouse so to speak. Most top clubs in the LA area are based not in LA city.

Now if some all encompassing mandate comes down from LA county that goes on for months that's another thing.

The county has now backed up Garcetti. They allow an exception for individual exercise when you are alone but if you are around other people including a beach and even if outside you have to wear a mask. That's it for soccer while that rule is in effect.
 
Grace your pessimism is truly a treat. :( Are you aware that Cal South said two days ago that they are having a National Cup for the U19 age group this summer? That counters your empty declarations.
 
My best guess in LA practices will start up Aug 1st with social distancing policies. CAL south might have to move the Fall season to Spring. All this could change overnight if they find an effective treatment for it
 
Football practice & play will be the first test cases. If/when that happens and the results will influence soccer in a big way. If football goes smoothly should be no problems for soccer. If schools run summer sports programs that's a positive sign.

There are so many intertwined things with youth soccer from the state, counties, cities, schools, sanctioning bodies, insurance, fields it's difficult to predict when things change but I'm optimistic and there are solutions like alternating the amount of players at the same timeframe, etc.
 
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I saw a whole team practicing last night in South oc.

Doesn’t surprise me.

Too many people think they can’t possibly be part of the problem.

So 1000 people hold small get togethers that “clearly don’t spread the virus.” 990 of them are right. 10 are wrong. Those 10 events infect 100 more people, and set all of us back.

This is why LA and OC are still growing at 3-4% per day.
 
I saw a whole team practicing last night in South oc.

Yeah, I've seen this twice in the last week with a football team and a small soccer pod training. I get the frustration (I'm there with everyone) but seems like a big risk including fines, lawsuits if someone [I know it's unlikely] gets sick, pulling of permits [since as far as I know no Socal city is issuing them for pracitces], a loss of the club's insurance, and sanctions by CalSouth. There's a lot of PT going around SoCal too, but that world has always been a little more loose.
 
Founders Park in Ladera Ranch has had a boys team practice for the last 3-4 weeks. Maybe 12-13 years old. Maybe 14 year olds with some small kids. Hard to tell. They have been practicing 2-3 times per week. Way to go coach. Children learn by example, we can break the rules as long as we don't tell anyone or hurt anyone and besides, we are all healthy says the coach. If for no other reason than the ethics of it, it has been a poor decision. Signs have been posted and still they came.
 
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