Discovery/NPL Playoffs
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Venantsyo
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I don't think anybody will forfeit, but it definitely is a major inconvenience. Anyway, It looks like missing (several) days of school at 12 for soccer tournaments is an acceptable practice, so...
I am also curious on the Socal Champions League as well.
Kinda crazy...I guess they feel like they are a big tournament that requires teams to play on Fridays. LOL
With things like that, the scheduling in general for the entire season, and the amount of teams that dropped from State Cup they better figure it out soon!
I think what SoCal league was trying to do this year sounded great "on paper"- But the execution hasn't been great. I really hope they see the issues and make adjustments for next year. Sure - you can say "we were just coming out of covid/quarantine and didn't know what to expect."
But if you asked 1,000 youth players, parents and/or coaches, I dont think very many would have said:
-We need state cup to be played during the season.
-We want all of our games to be played in Oceanside, Del Mar or Norco (discovery league)
-We want big clubs to be able to place any player on any team each week regardless of ecnl, f1, etc (really any sized club can do this. but the big clubs have a massive advantage here)
-We want to pay for parking every game
-Want want to have the fall season continue into late March (for HS aged teams)
Check out the State Cup results page. http://www.socalstatecup.com/results-standings
I count 318 teams that have "dropped".
State Cup was "mandatory" for many age groups. I think it was $800 or $900 to register. And then if you forfeit, it was another few hundred to drop out.
I don't think anyone is getting rich off of this- but what a massive waste of money. (But at least the cool So Cal Canopies and field signage were on display. That surely makes kids better soccer players. And help referees!!!)
But if you asked 1,000 youth players, parents and/or coaches, I dont think very many would have said:
-We need state cup to be played during the season.
-We want all of our games to be played in Oceanside, Del Mar or Norco (discovery league)
-We want big clubs to be able to place any player on any team each week regardless of ecnl, f1, etc (really any sized club can do this. but the big clubs have a massive advantage here)
-We want to pay for parking every game
-Want want to have the fall season continue into late March (for HS aged teams)
Check out the State Cup results page. http://www.socalstatecup.com/results-standings
I count 318 teams that have "dropped".
State Cup was "mandatory" for many age groups. I think it was $800 or $900 to register. And then if you forfeit, it was another few hundred to drop out.
I don't think anyone is getting rich off of this- but what a massive waste of money. (But at least the cool So Cal Canopies and field signage were on display. That surely makes kids better soccer players. And help referees!!!)
Our team has a roster of 18. We might have 10 available for Friday. A few are trying to come back from Spring Break early to make it. (Just staycation to palm springs or san diego)
Seems stupid to cut a vacation short for these lame games
Soccerdad_562_
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My DD's team had a State/Super Cup game in Del Mar this past Saturday. We drove down there from the San Gabriel Valley (almost a 2 hour drive) and the other team never showed up. At least they refunded our $10 parking...
soccerchaffeur
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Our match is at 5 @ Silverlakes. Can't wait to navigate the 91 East on a Friday afternoon.
Venantsyo
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add to that it will be 100F at 3.15 when we play and you have yourself a lovely afternoon
Dirtnap
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Buddies daughter's game is at 4:00 Friday at Silverlakes. SMH... those kids are going to melt.
soccerchaffeur
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At least it'll be windy.
I'll have my kid standing in front of my air fryer to get prepared.
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The weather forecast looks better today then yesterday's 99 degree games. Supposed to be in the mid 80s. Just happy we won as part of the 1 vs 2 match up so we have the rest of the weekend off.
Good luck this weekend to all the remaining teams!!!!
Congrats on the win!
Does your coach or admin have any idea what the SoCal Champions League is? The website says the winner of #1 seed and #2 seed play for the championship and the "Winner is NPL Champion and qualifies for SOCAL Champions League"
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We are all kind of confused with this format. As far as I know, we qualify to go to Colorado in July for the US Club Soccer Nationals. At least that's what the PowerPoint picture shows on their website. And the winner of tomorrow's game gets to go also.
As for the SoCal Champions League, I got no club.
It is a strange format with the #1 and #2 seeds playing against each other first, never heard of that before.
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Now that we are a couple days past the NPL playoffs , maybe teams who qualified for the SOCAL Champions League have been told what they qualified for . Does someone know
what the “SOCAL Champions League” is ?