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How did Slammers RL get into an NL showcase?
How’s the 2024-2025 season going?
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The playoff picture for 2010's is definitely going to go down to the wire and be decided on 5/10. Been some wild scores so far this second half. These high school breaks have really changed these teams around.
Top performing RL teams can petition to play in NL showcases. For example, Legends 09 is playing in North Carolina NL showcase in May.
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Top 1/3 of Southwest RL teams would likely be just as competive as the NL teams if they were added to the NL league. Fact is, there is more Tier 1 talent in SoCal than there are ECNL teams, a lot more. ECNL could expand SoCal by 4 clubs, and not skip a beat. This is how you know that other factors are at play beside player performance.
Its cool ECNL is doing this now but before there was no way an RL team would get an NL showcase. There were some pretty dominate RL teams out there in the years passed from Southwest.
They’ve been doing this for years for RL. Rule was if you were a finalist for national playoff in Virginia you’d be able to go to NL showcases. Now they’ve expanded it a little for top performing teams and it’s been mostly teams from California.
MVLA RL 2010s did it in Spring ‘23. Slammers this year. It’s been a thing across all age groups.
All 3 Slammers 08 RL, 2007 Legends RL and 2009 Legends RL went to Phoenix Fall ‘24
2006 slammers RL Phoenix Fall ‘23 just to name a few.
When we were first transitioning to 11v11 and choosing between ecnl and rl, one of the selling points the coach gave our team at the time was exactly this, you could play in NL showcases if you performed well. This got a lot of that team to stay together when we formed where girls were good keeping the group together because they could help guest with the NLs and play with the team they’ve been with for 3-4 years in 7v7 and 9v9 where their playtime was pretty much secured.
Unfortunately, some people are more interested in chasing the patch instead of staying together and being cohesive, understandably.
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futboldad1
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Agreed also...here is the updated list...I think the top 3 are clear, spots 5 to 10 are really close...LAFC got smashed this weekend and have a lot of coach changes, Slammers and Breakers tied and Beach and Blues tied too....the closing weeks of the season will tell the final tale...and then there is tryout madness just around the corner
1.)KOGE
2.)SURF
3.)LEGENDS
4.)BEACH
5.)LAFC
6.)SLAMMERS
7.)BREAKERS
8.)BLUES
9.)PATS
10.)HEAT
futboldad1
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FWIW the rankings app which tracks longer has it similar but a little different...Agreed also...here is the updated list...I think the top 3 are clear, spots 5 to 10 are really close...LAFC got smashed this weekend and have a lot of coach changes, Slammers and Breakers tied and Beach and Blues tied too....the closing weeks of the season will tell the final tale...and then there is tryout madness just around the corner
1.)KOGE
2.)SURF
3.)LEGENDS
4.)BEACH
5.)LAFC
6.)SLAMMERS
7.)BREAKERS
8.)BLUES
9.)PATS
10.)HEAT
1.SURF
2. KOGE
3. LEGENDS
4. BEACH
5. BREAKERS
6. SLAMMERS
7. LAFC SCY
8. BLUES
9. EAGLES
10. PATS
(City GA would be ranked 10 ahead of Pats fwiw)
Koge are 2 time natty champs...Surf need to get one to be at number 1 imho.....
100%. It's all about the natty
While this is true from the rankings app perspective. City SC would be higher if they had more local games against highly ranked clubs. When you consistently play highly ranked teams you get in a rhythm + understanding about what it takes to play at that level. City only gets to play big GA clubs like Tophat 2x a year. Other than that they play local clubs who aren't ranked as highly.
Options to get around this are friendlies or playing against boys teams. But that involves time and effort. FWIW City does play friendlies against Socal ECNL clubs and tends to do fairly well but these aren't recorded in the ranking app + parents don't discuss very much because both groups like the games and want them to continue.
Interesting scenarios from 5-8.Agreed also...here is the updated list...I think the top 3 are clear, spots 5 to 10 are really close...LAFC got smashed this weekend and have a lot of coach changes, Slammers and Breakers tied and Beach and Blues tied too....the closing weeks of the season will tell the final tale...and then there is tryout madness just around the corner
1.)KOGE
2.)SURF
3.)LEGENDS
4.)BEACH
5.)LAFC
6.)SLAMMERS
7.)BREAKERS
8.)BLUES
9.)PATS
10.)HEAT
5. Pats (21 points): 3 games left vs SD Surf, Legends and Legends SD: My guess is max 3 points (W1-L2-D0). Total 24 points.
6. LAFC (22 points): 2 games left vs Blues and Breakers: My guess is max 3 points (W1-L1-D0). Total 25 points.
7. Blues (20points): 3 games left vs LAFC, Rebels and Heat Surf: My guess is max 4 points (W1-L1-D1): Total 24 points.
8. Heat Surf (19 points): 3 games left vs Legends SD, Blues and Phoenix: My guess is max 4 points (W1-L0-D1). Total 24 points.
9. Slammers (19 points): 2 games left vs Sporting and Legends: My guess is max 3 points (W1-L1-D0): Total 22 points.
10. Rebels (16 points): 4 games left vs Beach, Legends, Blues and SD Surf: My guess is 0 points (W0-L0-D0): Total 16 points.
11. Breakers (17 points): 3 games left vs Legends SD, LAFC and Arizona Arsenal: My guess is 6 points (W2-L1-D0): Total 23 points.
Playoffs:
1. HBK
2. Surf
3. Legends
4. Beach
5. LAFC
6. Blues
7. Pats
8. Heat Surf
9. Breakers
10. Slammers
11. Rebels
Just my humble opinion...
I have pats earning 1 point putting them at 22 points on the season. Last time they played SD Legends, Pats lost 1-2. I think this game ends as a tie unless pats offense figures out how to turn to goal and take more shots on frame.
I agree with the rest of your predictions, pretty spot on.
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