lol - this would be awesome for the NFl
The Vikings will be going into the playoffs with Joe Burrow
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lol - this would be awesome for the NFl
The Vikings will be going into the playoffs with Joe Burrow
What a crazy finish this weekend! Slammers was out of the playoffs and now in at the 6th spot, Pats getting the help and finish they need with The 4-0 win today and Phoenix coming in clutch with the 2-2 tie with Heat knocking Heat from playoffs and the North American cup! LA Breakers sliding into that 5th spot too with the help from KK’s leadership!
Congrats to all the teams who made it when people counted you out!
Soak it up!
Congrats to all the teams who made it when people counted you out!
Soak it up!
Not to be "that person" but...
I'd rather not go to playoffs if my kids team barely made the cutoff. This is because you're going to get bracketed against some superteam in the first round. Most likely you'll lose the first game and playoffs are over for you. I guess the consolation is that you'll be playing against equally "good" first round losers in consolation games.
It's just a lot of money and time to attend events ideally you'd want to get your money's worth. Maybe a velvet rope around all the playoff teams to keep them separate from the showcase games to help recruiters understand who they're there to see.
Nah… you are being that person… playoffs are a showcase too.. pats had never had a female team ever make playoffs in any age brackets until the 2010s just did it. Those kids are already playing against the potential national champions in regular season so I don’t think your point matters because that’s just a regular Saturday for these kids,
I'm sensing a little jealousy Carlsbad
Be honest, if City Carlsbad got the invite to ECNL last year and made playoffs for the first time, you would be a fired-up Papa bear gearing up for playoffs and getting your child extra prep work to be ready to take on any superteam, especially if your team was a bunch of locals from the area and with no ringers flying in from out of state to make a natty run. I do agree it's a lot of money but when you're invited and win natty, it makes the spend that much sweeter and easier to swallow. When you're not invited or lose early, of course that damn thing is way too expensive. It's all sour grapes every month thereafter when you work to pay off the CC each month for the playoff natty run, if your middleclass or below
Congrats on all the SoCal teams making playoffs and may the best SoCal Non super team win it all. I'll take a SoCal super team as my second choice to win it all.
No jealousy. I'd feel the same irregardless of the league. In general leagues will always want to highlight their top teams. (Tournaments do the same thing.) To highlight the top team they'll generally sead the "worst" teams against the best teams in the first rounds. What this means for the teams that just barely made playoffs is that it's going to be an uphill battle.I'm sensing a little jealousy Carlsbad
Congrats on all the SoCal teams making playoffs and may the best SoCal Non super team win it all. I'll take a SoCal super team as my second choice to win it all.
While it's nice to get the opportunity to get to play a superteam. It's hard to get excited about a situation that's statistically a 95% chance or above that you're going to lose.
With the Socal teams like Pats that just barely made the playoffs I agree with you. Even if they get seeded against some superteam from another part of the nation I'd give them a chance because of who they play during the season.
But other "just barelys" don't stand a chance. For them it's just going to be an expensive weekend that ends in the first round.
Underdogs with a chip on their shoulder live for the "uphill battle" bro. Add some ganas to that chip and anything can happen in the sport of girl's soccer. Let's stop with the nonsense, you would want Carlsbad in the mix in the top girl's league in SoCal. All top players want a chance to battle against any super team. Baker's Blues was one such team when my dd was on the SoCal youth pitch. The super teams of today are not like past super teams. I like local socal super teams if I were to be honest, I would never allow two ringers to steal play time from my local players. If I were coach, I would not allow it. In fact, that's the most stupid sports rule I've seen since the GDA forbid high school soccer for public school children. The rule to allow two super ringers to join for a natty run is insane & stupid, ECNL or no ECNL like GAL. I still feel that the ECNL Natty Champ for each age group should take on the GAL Natty Champ. Lastly bro, any real competitor that seeks revenge for being snubbed looks for their opportunities in sport. Many girls from some of the lower seed teams were snubbed, cut or faced insane political challenges and or pay for play competition that the middle class can't compete to insure child gets play time at these local super teams and with these rules of two ringers allowed to fly in for a natty run is more insane the more I think about it as I write my opinion on this subject, regardless of league.
, thoughts?My thoughts are to ask "just barely" club parents before and after they're knocked out in the first round what they think about playoffs.Underdogs with a chip on their shoulder live for the "uphill battle" bro. Add some ganas to that chip and anything can happen in the sport of girl's soccer. Let's stop with the nonsense, you would want Carlsbad in the mix in the top girl's league in SoCal. All top players want a chance to battle against any super team. Baker's Blues was one such team when my dd was on the SoCal youth pitch. The super teams of today are not like past super teams. I like local socal super teams if I were to be honest, I would never allow two ringers to steal play time from my local players. If I were coach, I would not allow it. In fact, that's the most stupid sports rule I've seen since the GDA forbid high school soccer for public school children. The rule to allow two super ringers to join for a natty run is insane & stupid, ECNL or no ECNL like GAL. I still feel that the ECNL Natty Champ for each age group should take on the GAL Natty Champ. Lastly bro, any real competitor that seeks revenge for being snubbed looks for their opportunities in sport. Many girls from some of the lower seed teams were snubbed, cut or faced insane political challenges and or pay for play competition that the middle class can't compete to insure child gets play time at these local super teams and with these rules of two ringers allowed to fly in for a natty run is more insane the more I think about it as I write my opinion on this subject, regardless of league.
Underdogs are great and I wish them all the best but reality and math aren't on their side.
Well, it's way harder now for the "just barely" made playoffs club parents to be underdog and take down Goliath. Now Goliath can have two top ringers to make sure the just barely made playoff teams get knocked out and no chance to hit Goliath in his dome with a little pebble and one shot to knock off super team. I hear your soul grapes loud and clear. I'm still paying even if it's on my cc to try and knock off the super team in first round playoffs. Where are the playoffs this year?
Call it what you want but there's no sour grapes from me. I've just been doing all this for a while + see through the smokescreens leagues and tournaments use to dazzle parents while reaching into their pockets.
It will be interesting to see if there's any fallout in ECNL if all playoff winners are recruiting nationally.
Any of the top teams can win it all but I'm going to take MVLA this year. I know they lost to Koge earlier in the year in the fall showcase but they are looking really sharp right now. Saw them against Penn Fusion in the last showcase and felt they were the dominant team (though I think they only won 1-0).
Fieldsofgold
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FYI: legends has a fly in
Fieldsofgold
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You need to get caught up, Legends 2010
has a fly in from Texas . Solar used to have a fly in . It’s just one player …. These singular players do not make or break any of these teams in my opinion.
If they don’t, then why bring them in? They must be good and impact a team to do it right?
CharlieMurfee
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Oh I didn't realize Pats barely made the playoffs. Were they not in the top 5 most of the entire year? I remember seeing them in a playoff spot most of the season. They definitely didn't perform as well in the second half as they did the first though and almost messed it up. I would say a team like Blues barely made it as they were not in a playoff spot all season until the end. Slammers and Breakers took their spots with an amazing second half. Surf/Koge/Legends were always locks although Legends started to have some questionable scores. Beach locked in early second half too with that win over Pats. We always said 4-8 was going to go to the last week of the season.
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ahh ok my bad. Does this superstar play regular season or just come in for showcases and playoffs? I don't know. The midfielder the Legends bring in for their big games makes a pretty big difference on their team.
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SoccerFan6
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A couple things to add:
1. @Carlsbad7 the ECNL playoffs have teams split into 12 groups of 4. you play each of the other 3 teams in a round robin, and the group winners plus four wildcards advance to the round of 16. So, although losing your 1st game would put you behind the 8-ball, in no way are you out of it.
2. For a team like the Pats, I think it is a huge accomplishment to make it into the playoffs. This is only the club's 3rd year in ECNL, so it's part of the growing process. I think back to Jordan's Bulls who made incremental steps in the late 80's before becoming a dynasty in the 90's. In no way will the Pats become a dynasty, just saying sometimes you need baby steps.
1. @Carlsbad7 the ECNL playoffs have teams split into 12 groups of 4. you play each of the other 3 teams in a round robin, and the group winners plus four wildcards advance to the round of 16. So, although losing your 1st game would put you behind the 8-ball, in no way are you out of it.
2. For a team like the Pats, I think it is a huge accomplishment to make it into the playoffs. This is only the club's 3rd year in ECNL, so it's part of the growing process. I think back to Jordan's Bulls who made incremental steps in the late 80's before becoming a dynasty in the 90's. In no way will the Pats become a dynasty, just saying sometimes you need baby steps.
Surf and MVLA were in the same 2010 group last year. Its also interesting that out of the 11 groups last year only 2 group leaders won their 3 group games. 8 had 2 wins and one of the group leaders only won 1 game! Wild stuff can definitely happen in group play at Champions League.
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Well that's good to hear. I wasn't paying attention very closely.
All I was pointing out is that usually no matter what league or tournament. Top teams tend to play the bottom teams first. If there's a potential second option for extending the action that's great.