ECNL Playoffs

[LASTMAN14]

The San Diego Showcase is for U13/U14 teams (they are optional showcases), so college coaches will not attend this young age group. The Phoenix one is right after the college regular season ends. Teams in the NCAA tournament typically send a coach or two to the event while the rest of the staff prepares for the NCAA tournament.

You have great info. But your Debbie Downer.

 

[soccer4us]

MVLA 1-0 winners over Slammers.

 

[LASTMAN14]

05
LAFC 4 vs PDA 2 in double OT

 

[ecsoccermom]

Any 06 updates?

 

[Lightning Red]

Any 06 updates?

Surf beat Solar in PK’s

 

[Lightning Red]

MVLA 1-0. U17’s

 

[NorCal]

After a very difficult year, congrats to all for getting back to into the swing of things and being able to play the great game of soccer. It was really nice to see the fields packed with players, fans and college coaches again.

U17 -
MVLA ‘04 is a very special team both on and off the field, one that doesn’t come around very often. They went through an extremely tough path (Michigan Hawks, Concorde Fire, Solar FC…) and was able to win the All-California final 1-0 over LAFC Slammers this morning. 2-Time ECNL National Champions (with a 3rd place as well)!!!

 

[NorCal]

 

[futboldad1]

Any 06 updates?

Surf vs KC Athletics in tomorrow's final.....both advanced on PKs......let's go Surf! I've been getting play by play texts from my friends there....let's do this

 

[futboldad1]

California, especially SoCal, dominating even after a covid year with high school mixed in....... best region in the country with finalists in every age group at National Finals!

08 LAFC Slammers beat Eclipse on PKs


07 Solar beat Blues 3-1


06 Surf vs Athletics KC 7/19


05 LAFC Slammers beat PDA 4-2 in extra time


04 MVLA beat LAFC Slammers 1-0

 

[Surf Zombie]

Of the twenty teams that made the final four in the U13-U17 age groups there was a good mix of usual suspects plus smaller clubs that had a team make a deep run into the playoffs.

LAFC Slammers (4), Solar (4), So Cal Blues, Surf, Eclipse Select, PDA & MVLA.

San Juan SC
Jacksonville FC
KC Athletics
World Class
Richmond United
Tampa Bay United
United Futbol Academy

 

[futboldad1]

06 Champs KC Athletics 2-1 over Surf……surf leading until late but own goal off a fk made it 1-1 then KC added another for the W…. Heart breaker but congrats KC Athletics

 

[Soccer43]

Clearly both MVLA and LAFC are talented but having seen all four of the U17 final four in FL, neither of the CA sides look as strong as either Solar or UFA. You may see those two in the final ... if the draw works well

sometimes hard to put predictions in writing - guess this didn't come to fruition as it was an MVLA-LAFC final.

 

[kickingandscreaming]

sometimes hard to put predictions in writing - guess this didn't come to fruition as it was an MVLA-LAFC final.

It's not easy to compare teams that haven't played each other by watching them play independent games. Even if they both played the same team, comparisons aren't as easy as it may seem due to how the team's strengths and weaknesses match up.

I'll add this as it was interesting despite the relatively small sample size. For the U17s, I looked at the YSR before the playoffs started. The final 8 (quarterfinals) included the teams ranked 1-6, 15 (LAFC), and 16 (Ohio Elite). The teams ranked 7 and 8 were in groups with higher-ranked teams with the higher-ranked team qualifying.