I've been impressed with most of the coaches my daughter's school has played against over the 4 years. Big improvement when the divisions were changed. Most of the negatives I heard about didn't really surface. I'm glad she did it and a little more sad that it's over soon than I am that club pretty much is.
2016-1017 GIRLS HIGH SCHOOL SOCCER THREAD
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I have as well. There was one particular opposing team coach I thought was a tool, and then he got fired mid-season.
Reading these posts makes the decision about DA even more difficult. My dd will be a freshman next year. Most of her teammates want to play HS soccer next year and may be forgoing the DA to play in HS. I think the "no HS soccer" rule will impact the DA more than clubs realize. Most girls look forward to finally getting to play with their friends in HS. As a parent, I'm fine with whatever my dd wants to do next year. But, will the DA be worth missing the HS experience?? Who knows....
Has your Club DA stated no high school? Thought I read US Soccer was going to phase it out with next year's Freshman class being the last to have the opportunity to play both all four years. May also be a Club-by-Club mandate, especially if they have control of the purse strings.
Most DA clubs haven't disclosed very much at this point. I have heard rumors, but nothing set in stone yet.
Gotta believe GDA will want this transition from ECNL to be as painless as possible initially. I expect/assume a weaning off period rather than cold turkey in regards to their high school mandate.
Dos Equis
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The DA application laid this out pretty clearly, though I am not sure if anything has changed since.
Current HS players can finish their HS careers. During HS season they are not allowed to participate in the Acadamy if they play HS. However, the DA season continues during HS seasons, games will be scheduled, and every club is expected to be able to field a full roster for each DA game.
Bottom line, the DA rosters are limited to 23, they need to have around 18 players available to play in the DA games during HS seasons (in case injuries happen), so in theory a club could allow around 5 players per team to play HS during the transition period, but no more.
In my opinion, Pats are smart to simply prohibit it and avoid the potential issues this US Soccer transition policy creates.
Edison beats Dana hills in PKs after tying 2-2
Plays Moorpark to tie (again) and (again) beats them in PKs. Moorpark smartly coached with some real athletes...parks bus and counters strong on turnovers.
Edison meets Sunset league rival in Aliso Cup final looking for a repeat championship.
Plays Moorpark to tie (again) and (again) beats them in PKs. Moorpark smartly coached with some real athletes...parks bus and counters strong on turnovers.
Edison meets Sunset league rival in Aliso Cup final looking for a repeat championship.
NoGoal
DA
Moorpark's head coach is an Eagles ECNL coach. The team has a few ECNL players; 1 committed to Columbia, 1 to Hawaii and another to Washington St.
Surfref
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Your DD HS coach is a good coach and a nice guy. Also a referee.
LadiesMan217
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Interested, did Dana Hills play kick ball or real soccer?
I have no idea what the difference is
The usual definition of "kick ball" is what the coach told you about the other team after you kid's team lost.
Kicknit22
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Just curious what the forum has to offer on this subject. This past weekend, in the first HS pre-season tournament, I witnessed the strangest overtime format for soccer that I have ever seen;
(4)- 5 minute overtime periods, golden goal.
- Each time plays down one player for each period
So, 10 v 10 for the first 5m, then 9 v 9 for the next 5m, then 8, Then 7. If tied after this, PK's.
Never heard of anything like this. Seemed like the Refs were making things up as they went along, but were told that most HS tournament overtime formats are run this way.
Looking for feedback. Is this true?
(4)- 5 minute overtime periods, golden goal.
- Each time plays down one player for each period
So, 10 v 10 for the first 5m, then 9 v 9 for the next 5m, then 8, Then 7. If tied after this, PK's.
Never heard of anything like this. Seemed like the Refs were making things up as they went along, but were told that most HS tournament overtime formats are run this way.
Looking for feedback. Is this true?
Surfref
PREMIER
Evidently you were at a Barons tournament final. As far as I know they are the only tournament that uses this screwy format.
LadiesMan217
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If I'm understanding correctly, the divisions are for CIF Playoff purposes. It doesn't change the league itself and isn't really that much different than years past--some teams in each league are going to be much better than others, but when it's time to go to CIF they will play teams that are "more equivalent" in skill. Or to put it more simply: league is determined by where the school is located; division is determined by the "ranking" or skill level of the team.
Had a pretty good conversation last week in San Jose with a gal that scored a pretty famous goal in 1999 and a guy with a funny accent that used to work with some US women. Both thought the High School experience was very valuable and there is far more to it than just the soccer aspects.