AYSO UNITED

[Grace T.]

Depends on what you are working on. Have tried Latino league, you don’t really have the freedom to mess around/ they actually want to win. Futsal is great but AYSO core is on real grass and full size goal. Again you have to handicap them to equal the playing field.

This is just human cones with extra steps. Might be unfair to the cones too depending on how it is executed.

This I don't understand (and maybe you can expand). As far as I thought, each league is an independent business entity, and could pick and choose whoever they wanted to include. I know leagues take applications, have a review process, and are admittedly biased about their selections, based on whatever criteria they choose. I'm unclear on why you think this would be legally questionable.

As a related aside, to the other point above, there would be some regional overlap if Culver City was admitted (although perhaps not true for many parents in practice, since both other clubs are 40+ minutes away from Culver City during practice times, with traffic). But if there are any legitimate legal concerns about "picking and choosing winners", in terms of accepted teams within regions, wouldn't admitting somewhat overlapping teams pretty much negate that argument? It seems to undermine that criticism, to me at least.

I was responding to which version is insane. The insane version is if the leagues are screening for competition and particular clubs are objecting on the grounds it might hurt their $$$. I agree if they admit overlapping teams it vitiates the insane version somewhat but then the question is what standards are they looking at. The bauble would just point to cronyism which is < insane than illegality (and if they get it the Pulisic connection seems to be to be a big factor, which also explained why Juventus or Bulls). But as zags has pointed out that area is pretty saturated. From a competition point of view its not just Juventus and Bulls but also Breakers, Santa Monica EA and Laufa (as well as others like Steel United in the past struggled in that area). Look at the draw: south there's the desert that is Inglewood and the airport...not a lot of money there...until you break into the beach regions north and south and Marina del Rey. As to traffic and 40 minutes, I don't think thats a legit rejoinder: we know how far people drive for letter league soccer....my son's girlfriend bestie drives 2 hours to her ECNL practice, and I remember talking to one parent whose kid was driving from San Gabriel to Oxnard for MLS.

 

[chipmonk]

Below you will find position of the current table for MLS. These Mickey Mouse clubs like LA Bulls and Juventus/LA Youth have no business being in MLS. At some point someone has to take note and how many years has LA Bulls now had MLS. SMH....good old boys club for sure....

I will add if Culver gets added to MLS2, they hands down would have access to the best resources amongst the 2 below. Grace is also right, the area will be saturated, something has to give.

MLS NEXT
LA BULLS 2013 - 20/23
LA BULLS 2012 - 9/22
LA BULLS 2011 - 20/20
LA BULLS 2010 - 6/20
LA BULLS 2009 - 16/20
LA BULLS 2007 - 20/20

MLS 2
LA BULLS 2013 - 17/18
LA BULLS 2012 - 18/18
LA BULLS 2011 - 12/18
LA BULLS 2010 - 14/18
LA BULLS 2009 - 16/20
LA BULLS 2007 - 14/20

MLS 2
JUVENTUS 2013 - 3/18
JUVENTUS 2012 - 16/18
JUVENTUS 2011 - 15/18
JUVENTUS 2010 - 13/18
JUVENTUS 2009 - 18/18
JUVENTUS 2007 - 15/18

The Bulls aren't really in the same area any more. Their fields are in the valley, but they still pull kids from West LA as the closest HG option. We'll see if Albion Santa Monica gets more of their MLS teams or not.