2005 DA Standings

here's predicts for this weekend (10/19). home team is listed first and games are listed in home team alpha order. 05 ynt was called up this week and is Poland. Since 7 of FC Dallas' starting 11 made up a third of the team, it didn't affect SoCal and SoCal adjacent teams that much but a couple of key players were not available.

SoCal
predict: Albion 3 vs Arsenal 0 Actuals: Albion 2 vs Arsenal 1 (thx justneedaname!)

predict: Crossfire 1 vs Barca 2 Actuals: Crossfire 2 vs Barca 1
note: Last match btw these teams was 1-1 at Barca. per Husky13 (thx!), "Barca did not start Miles, Massimo, Brooklyn or Gabi. Some of those kids came on mid second half and Barca clawed one back to get within 2-1. Barca had the better of the possession second half, but never really dangerous in the attacking third (only goal came from a long outside shot), and Crossfire created better chances in the attacking third."

predict: LAGSD 0 vs SD Surf 1 Actuals: LAGSD 1 vs SD Surf 1
note: sounds like a good match. Any more commentary?

predict: LA Galaxy 3 vs LAUFA 0 Actuals: LA Galaxy 8 vs LAUFA 2
note: Although LAUFA started the scoring with an early goal, sounds like LAG dominated (thx Soccerdad179!) w/ DR getting four goals of LAG's eight on the day. JO is still not rostered, and DT was also out for the match. New LAG academy director SMS was in attendance.

predict: Real Salt Lake 4 vs Pateadores 1 Actuals: Real Salt Lake 7 vs Pateadores 0

predict: Real SoCal 1 vs LAFC 2 Actuals: Real SoCal 0 vs LAFC 2 (thx BJ18!)
note: interesting result. RW wasn't at the match due to ynt call-up but LAFC still had a fair amount of firepower. any more commentary? (can also dm me if public commentary is not optimal)

predict: Strikers 3 vs Nomads 1 Actuals: Strikers 4 vs Nomads 0

predict: TFA 2 vs FC Golden State 2 Actuals: TFA 2 vs FC Golden State 2 (thx Advantage!)
note: interesting result. any more commentary? (can also dm me if public commentary is not optimal)any more commentary here?

Non-SoCal
predict: Seattle Sounders 3 vs Vancouver 0 Actuals: Seattle Sounders 5 vs Vancouver 1
predict: San Jose Earthquakes 3 vs Sacramento Republic 1 Actuals: San Jose Earthquakes 1 vs Sacramento Republic 1
predict: Silicon Valley SA 2 vs De Anza 1 Actuals: Silicon Valley SA 2 vs De Anza 1
predict: Breakers 1 vs Ballistic 4 Actuals: Breakers 1 vs Ballistic 7
note: Breakers generally aren't a tier 1 Norcal team but the Breakers goalie was called up to the YNT.
 
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here's predicts for this weekend (10/26). home team is listed first and games are listed in home team alpha order.

SoCal
Arsenal 1 vs SVSA 3
Barca 2 vs Real SoCal 1 - match to watch
Crossfire Premier 2 vs Strikers 2 - match to watch
LAGSD 2 vs Nomads 2 - match to watch
LAFC 0 vs San Jose Earthquakes 0 - match to watch
Pateadores 1 vs FC Golden State 7
Real Salt Lake 2 vs Albion 0
San Diego Surf 1 vs LA Galaxy 1 - match to watch
TFA 6 vs LAUFA 2

Non SoCal
De Anza 2 vs Portland Timbers 0
De Anza 1 vs Seattle Sounders 4
Sacramento Republic 0 vs Seattle Sounders 6
Sacramento Republic 0 Portland Timbers 1
 
Crossfire 4-1 over Strikers. Game not really close, Xfire dominated possession and created many more opportunities.
 
Kante said:
San Diego Surf 1 vs LA Galaxy 1 - match to watch
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SD Surf 3-2 LA Galaxy. Surf looked better than expected, considering the departures from last season. From a neutral's perspective, I've got to say that Galaxy's back line seemed absurdly high. Surf did well to capitalize, Surfs forward looked really strong and ready to play, running at the back line of galaxy several times. Some seemed like very smart players and they connected the defense to the attack. From a galaxy perspective, striker looked really dangerous going forward, and Galaxy tried to play a good brand of football. In the end, they were unlucky not to get something out of the game, but kudos to surf for a smart and well executed gameplan. Does anyone know how the DA cup works exactly...what happens after it is over?
 
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Whoever has the most points from each DA cup group and passes as first in there group goes to winter cup where there is only 32 teams remaining and the group winners there go to spring cup where the champions are determined.
 
futbol1412 said:
TFA 5 vs LAUFA 2
tfa had control of the game and had many opportunities.
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I saw a different game.
I attended to see my old teammates. game was pretty even. laufa also got chances to score.
first half was dominated by TFA in the most part, 3-0 was very impressive, I thought that laufa was gone by then. but second half LAUFA came out to play and get the game back, they played better than TFA , defending and attacking. when the score was 3-2 and LAUFA on top, TFA was forced to fake injuries to consume the clock in 3 occasions like 10 minutes were wasted, in fact the 4th and last goal was kicked away from goalie's hands (ref didn't see it, he was watching his watch) i didn't see the 5th goal. I thought the final score was 4-2.
 
Emilio Castro said:
I saw a different game.
I attended to see my old teammates. game was pretty even. laufa also got chances to score.
first half was dominated by TFA in the most part, 3-0 was very impressive, I thought that laufa was gone by then. but second half LAUFA came out to play and get the game back, they played better than TFA , defending and attacking. when the score was 3-2 and LAUFA on top, TFA was forced to fake injuries to consume the clock in 3 occasions like 10 minutes were wasted, in fact the 4th and last goal was kicked away from goalie's hands (ref didn't see it, he was watching his watch) i didn't see the 5th goal. I thought the final score was 4-2.
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My son was the one who scored the 4th goal for TFA. He actually toe poked the ball and the goalie came out and collided with my son. Luckily my son is 5’10” 150 lbs and was able to stay on his feet . When the ball bounced off the keeper, my son was able to get the ball and took the shot and he scored. I’m trying to post the video but I’m a rookie at the forum and it’s not allowing me .

I was not present, but from what I heard, our strikers missed a ton of goals. Some parents told me that we had at least 15 clear chances to score but we just weren’t able to put them away.
 
Futbolero5891 said:
My son was the one who scored the 4th goal for TFA. He actually toe poked the ball and the goalie came out and collided with my son. Luckily my son is 5’10” 150 lbs and was able to stay on his feet . When the ball bounced off the keeper, my son was able to get the ball and took the shot and he scored. I’m trying to post the video but I’m a rookie at the forum and it’s not allowing me .

I was not present, but from what I heard, our strikers missed a ton of goals. Some parents told me that we had at least 15 clear chances to score but we just weren’t able to put them away.
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Again, I think I saw another game
1. I saw 4-2, you guys saw 5-2
2. 15 clear chances to score? really? woow, something is wrong with those forwards man!!
3. Somebody like you who did not attend the game is describing it with this level of detail?
Not my intention to to take any credit away to TFA, it is impressive to see how a un-assembled team is getting back decently, I really enjoyed watching them. Its just that I don't like and don't support the exaggerations, there is no need for that. be proud of the good work and learn from the bad time too.

I am sorry if my comment took your son's goal away. Looking at his records, he really needs that goal.
 
Emilio Castro said:
Again, I think I saw another game
1. I saw 4-2, you guys saw 5-2
2. 15 clear chances to score? really? woow, something is wrong with those forwards man!!
3. Somebody like you who did not attend the game is describing it with this level of detail?
Not my intention to to take any credit away to TFA, it is impressive to see how a un-assembled team is getting back decently, I really enjoyed watching them. Its just that I don't like and don't support the exaggerations, there is no need for that. be proud of the good work and learn from the bad time too.

I am sorry if my comment took your son's goal away. Looking at his records, he really needs that goal.
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1. It was 4-2. I never said it was 5-2 the person who said that was the person that commented before you.

2. You are right something was wrong with our strikers Saturday. My son played for LAUFA for the past two years and some of the parents from LAUFA were also texting and telling me similar info as the TFA parents. People see different things, some said TFA missed 10 others 12 and others up to 15 goals. I’m not sure I WAS NOT THERE.

3. The only thing I described with detail was my son’s goal because, I have the video from different angles and that’s why I was able to describe it with such detail.

4. Don’t worry about your comment you are free to speak up and you are entitled to your opinion. my son has 4 goals so far and he is the lead scorer in his team, So I’m not worried, he is developing just fine. As you know it’s not easy to score playing at this level.
 
Advantage said:
going to see old teammates...:rolleyes:
Pretty low to talk about a kid likethat..
someone can use those 4 goals
to go see a 6p game on a saturday night and not being your team.. and come here and talk smack
must not have nothing to do....
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Thanks for the support bud :) I appreciate it! I understand this kid Emilio is 14-15 years old and some kids at that age think being disrespectful is a cool thing. I have worked with middle school kids for the past 13 years so I should know.
 
here's predicts vs actuals for this last weekend (10/26). apologies it's late. was working on predicts for the 07 and 06 showcases, and had to tinker w/ the algo to get it to compare teams from different groups.

home team is listed first and games are listed in home team alpha order.

SoCal
predict: Arsenal 1 vs SVSA 3 / actuals: Arsenal 0 vs SVSA 2

predict: Barca 2 vs Real SoCal 1 / actuals: Barca 4 vs Real SoCal 0
notes: Barca lost the previous match 1-2 so changes were made, and six players picked significantly more minutes this time around. of note, FD - a 2006 - played the full 80, TD - from last year's TFA - went the full 80 (about 50 more minutes than last time) and JB - from last year's NE Revolution - also went the full 80 (about 30 more minutes than last match). with a large number of players who were new to each other this season, it was always going to take Barca a bit to find their footing. The 4-0 win over RSC may indicate a positive trend.

re: RSC, after a strong start to the season, RSC has had a couple of tough matches. from game reports, it looks like there may be a big drop in quality from their starting xi to their bench, and that this may have contributed to the 0-4 result vs Barca. it's a long season, with a number of West Coast teams having big/physical players, and if this quality concern is the case, it doesn't bode well for RSC.

predict: Crossfire Premier 2 vs Strikers 2 / actuals: Crossfire Premier 4 vs Strikers 1
note: after their u19 team was relegated to tier 2 by USSDA (most speculate that relegation had less to do w/ the club/team quality and more to do w/ the fact that Crossfire has a lawsuit pending for Yedlin solidarity payments that were made by Tottenham to MLS, but not passed along to Crossfire) they've got a bone to pick/point to prove this year.

And it looks they've initially proven that point with their u15, u17 and u19 teams all winning their DA Cup groups against difficult competition.

re: Strikers, they lost two key players - SR is now the leading scorer for LAFC and FJ signed w/ the OC Blues and was recently called up to the 05/u15 YNT - and are still very good but not quite great, and, aside from a solid 5-1 win over RSC, haven't q


predict: LAGSD 2 vs Nomads 2 / actuals: LAGSD 2 vs Nomads 2
predict: LAFC 0 vs San Jose Earthquakes 0 / actuals: LAFC 4 vs San Jose Earthquakes 0
predict: Pateadores 1 vs FC Golden State 7 / actuals: Pateadores 4 vs FC Golden State 4
predict: Real Salt Lake 2 vs Albion 0 / actuals: Real Salt Lake 4 vs Albion 0
predict: San Diego Surf 1 vs LA Galaxy 1 /actuals: San Diego Surf 3 vs LA Galaxy 2
predict: TFA 6 vs LAUFA 2 / actuals: TFA 4 vs LAUFA 2

Non SoCal
predict: De Anza 2 vs Portland Timbers 0 / actuals: De Anza 2 vs Portland Timbers 2
predict: De Anza 1 vs Seattle Sounders 4 / actuals: De Anza 1 vs Seattle Sounders 3
predict: Sacramento Republic 0 Portland Timbers 1 / actuals: Sacramento Republic 4 Portland Timbers 2
predict: Sacramento Republic 0 vs Seattle Sounders 6 / actuals: Sacramento Republic 2 vs Seattle Sounders 1
 
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