I would love to say never me but that would not be the truth.
Who made the final? I see what your saying, and this is normal to put the home teams in easier brackets. Once the top 3 GU9 teams were placed in the same bracket at state cup many years ago, and it was allegedly a blind draw. 2 of those teams made the SC final. (Blues won)
Top bracket was just a showcase, so just 3 games, no final but MVLA beat the other top 2 teams in the bracket.
| Team | MP | W | L | D | GF | GA | GD | PTS | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Beach FC G2014 LB S. Diaz | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 9 | 9 |
| 2 | Slammers FC G2014 IS | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 6 |
| 3 | Rebels SC G14 Pre-ECNL | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 4 |
| 4 | CDA Slammers HB G14 Elite Crowley | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | -1 | 4 |
| 5 | BOCA OC G2014 Academy | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 3 |
| 6 | Slammers FC Pre-ECNL G14 Boatman | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 15 | -15 | 0 |
vs Slammers. Beach won the first one 1-0
| Match # | Time | Home Team | Results | Away Team | Location | Division |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1241 Final | May 27, 2024 11:30 AM PDT Scheduled |
| - | 
| Girls 2016 Spo |
Why did they change fields out to Silverlakes? Especially on a holiday weekend with so much traffic!
Match # Time Home Team Results Away Team Location Division 1241
FinalMay 27, 2024
11:30 AM PDT
Scheduled- Girls 2016 Spo
Another rematch with slammers winning the first, and have 0 goals against
Boys were at Silverlakes all weekend, I guess they wanted awards ceremony in one place. I wish they could have kept the girls at Great Park for their finals! We have to drive out to SilverLakes from South OC for a 2pm final today. Gonna take us hours to get home. Excited for my kids first final though!
Ah, yes -- the full tournament experience!
Grass is doing remarkably well for end of season…well goalboxes excluded….forgot how bad the traffic can be there. 1/2 hour in at 11 and if you come in from north or west gridlocked so you have to wait even more
The 9v9 fields at the Great Park were garbage. Mostly dirt and and the one my daughter played on all weekend sloped down on one side with the goal at the bottom.
It’s the same on the boys end, especially tournaments. Referee shortages so they take who they can get (not everyone wants to blow their entire weekend being a ref for the pittance) and multiple games over and over so it’s hard to stay focused on that line let alone care. At Cerritos saw one ref just lie down the second game during an injury break. Second day there was no rhyme nor reason to the calls: pk for an obvious dive but a real foul was a no call…obvious offsides not called and ref trailing behind the line but then parents complain and a no offside called as offside…no rhyme or reason…but even the brackets on the boys side didn’t make a whole lot of sense (an mls next team in the mix, ea teams in the lower division, Latino rec team in the upper division). The best attitude to go in there is that it is what it is….
I definitely hear you. Been at this for a few years now and I feel like the quality of the reffing continues to deteriorate. Have typically approached as it is what it is. I guess it has seemed harder and harder if it feels it has deteriorated further. Went to legends tournament and Refs were okay. Not great but not terrible. Surf refs on the other hand are getting to be just downright awful. Will hopefully be moving up to ECNL or GA next year for league so hopefully will get better refs. I have also noted that on the girls side as they age up teams/clubs are not as aggressive to going to every tournament. Is that a correct? Just trying to avoid injuries? This is in relation to seeing less blues, surf, beach, rebels Ecnl in the olders like say copa America.
Less about trying to avoid injuries than the clubs trying to save money and the parents not caring (since an additional trophy that doesn’t mean anything is worthless) and the players having other things to do…if the teams are good they’ve just been through the regional and national playoffs…if bad they are reorganizing at this time. Same with thanksgiving. Late Summer is different since it serves as pre scrimmage season.
Worse reffing i have ever encountered in 16 years of being exposed to youth soccer.
Why stay?
