The DPL teams will play in CRL Academy. That was my understanding in the meeting.
CRL Academy
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jpeter
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U12 only for the boys.
Since ussda now starts at U13 CS has decided to jump the shark with the "Academy' moniker.
Cal South in famous or infamous for using marketing names to sell...like state or national cup which is just a fractional regional tournament so selling out a "academy" bracket, limiting competition, and giving some clubs preferential treatment is a new sneaky low but they will make more $$$ doing so they are happy to sell the illusions.
Mic Nificent
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Mic Nificent
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Clubs are making "ecnl2" teams. Or regional. And even taking on other clubs teams. 05s CDA Slammers Segovia is now LAFC Slammers ECNL2. 05s CDA Slammers Whittier is now Strikers ECNL2.
jpeter
PREMIER
Marketing gimmick the "name"of the game..what you see on the schedule is what it is for the season.
Same ole CRL but w/ more games in the summer, 6 for olders 3x in a row in the Aug heat. Rest of the games in winter (youngers) or the spring (olders).
10-11 games for single brackets and 7 for the double bracketed ones with a cup playoffs for the other games.
Thanks for your response. I understand how CRL works, I was just confused as to where this new "academy" supposedly fits in. I thought it was supposed to be comprised of DPL teams in a separate bracket. Yet I see a few DPL teams in a few of the age groups on the regular CRL schedule. Is the schedule from the CRL academy being published somewhere else? Just curious. Also if the academy is comprised of DPL teams does that mean that those teams play each other in the league in then again in CRL academy games? Seems kind of redundant to me, so I'm wondering if I'm not understanding it correctly.
jpeter
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U12 boys & girls appears to be only age this season that is not a normal bracket where winner moves on to regionals.
For u12 only two groups of 7 teams that play 6 games regular season plus some playoffs/cup to determine age group league champions
https://2019crlleagueseason.sportsa...mentguid=E89FAC52-8643-45C8-8A2A-AA11904DF59C
CRL schedules are not posted anywhere else that I know of.. what you see is what you get, Cal South is trying to fit in a marketing name "academy" with something that already was there basically. Ran the two groups in several age groups last season but reduced that to u12 for 19-20'
HappyBeast
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Have any teams received schedules yet? Specifically game times for August.
Can someone explain to me again why teams that already play each other during league play need to play 7 more games against the exact same teams in a separate closed league?
I could see it being a good idea if you had the DPL teams playing against the other teams that qualified to play in CRL.
I could see it being a good idea if you had the DPL teams playing against the other teams that qualified to play in CRL.
Messi>CR7
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The rules of the Matrix are beyond human comprehension.
Will the top couple teams from each CRL league play each other at the end? So two DPL teams and two other teams face off?
So that DPL teams who couldn't qualify for CRL on their own in the larger pool of teams that all qualified through the previous season (which some DPL teams did) or through the play-in have their own path to National League? An attempt to make DPL overall look more attractive to consumers? To give DPL some legitimacy? There are a few competitive DPL teams out there, but from what I've seen over the last couple of years against the DPL teams my DD has played against there are only 1 or 2 in her age group that have been competitive. Maybe it will become more competitive for the younger age groups as they're coming up, but I know for my older daughter the addition of all these extra leagues (DPL, ECNL2) and its watering down effects on ALL the leagues has created a complete sh*tstorm and I really hope that her and her teammates and peers can weather the storm and find their own paths to play in college if that's what they aspire to do.
I would just like to clarify that I am not bashing DPL or players who choose to play DPL, these are just my objective observations from the competition my DD's team has faced against DPL teams in the past.
The regular, I mean, "The Real" CRL brackets mostly have 12 teams (11 games) with the top 2 teams advancing.
The Academy brackets mostly have 8 teams (7 games) with the top team advancing.
Do you know how the finals will be determined with only 3 teams advancing?
...and please don't say the top 2 teams from the CRL bracket play each other with the winner facing the top team of the Academy bracket. That would be way too much home cooking for the DPL teams. And this is coming from a DPL parent who is NOT a fan of this "give me" Academy bracket for the DPL teams.
Don't quote me, but, last year DPL was supposed to be a home and away game against each team; it did not work out that way. Difficulty with scheduling all of the games (I do not know why but that was the situation). Last year there was no path to any kind of championship. This year DPL is essentially a fall league with 1 game against each team (home or away however the schedule works out). DPL CRL will play regular CRL for a chance to advance in whatever CRL qualifies you for (path to a championship). Do not know why DPL CRL is separate.