ECNL Playoffs

soccer dude said:
I still don't understand ever playing anyplace except southern CA. I love the Oceanside complex and Silverlakes and have never had a weather issue.
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I like both of those locations as well. I would certainly prefer the yearly location to be in So Cal.

The likely reason they move the locations around is that they have clubs from around the country. And those clubs don't always want to travel across the country every year to So Cal. I am sure those clubs argue loudly that the playoffs should move to different locations each year.
 
MarkM said:
Isn't this a high school senior team? Meaning that almost all will be in college in about 4 weeks. And if they were on the team, why wouldn't the club let them go? What you are saying makes no sense.
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Do you have kids who play or are you just on here to kill time? Wtf is a high school senior team? Players, legit players who are already in college or going to college in 3-6 weeks are either playing WPSL, UWS, or training on their own on doing their college packet. This BS wack ass club and their clown show doc pulled this because he don’t care about anyone other than himself. There are 04’s on this roster! In addition there are other 05,04 players back at home not on roster who could of been added, who could of played in this in order to be seen rather than some kids who wanted a vacation and to play with their old friends. At this point ANY GAMES ARE GOOD GAMES. Lots of kids who btw have paid thousands of dollars in fees to this club just need to be seen. And to your last point as to why the club wouldn’t let them go? Are you serious? Here’s a short answer. Cause people who run clubs and coach them are dicks. That’s why.
 
suzysoccer1 said:
Do you have kids who play or are you just on here to kill time? Wtf is a high school senior team? Players, legit players who are already in college or going to college in 3-6 weeks are either playing WPSL, UWS, or training on their own on doing their college packet. This BS wack ass club and their clown show doc pulled this because he don’t care about anyone other than himself. There are 04’s on this roster! In addition there are other 05,04 players back at home not on roster who could of been added, who could of played in this in order to be seen rather than some kids who wanted a vacation and to play with their old friends. At this point ANY GAMES ARE GOOD GAMES. Lots of kids who btw have paid thousands of dollars in fees to this club just need to be seen. And to your last point as to why the club wouldn’t let them go? Are you serious? Here’s a short answer. Cause people who run clubs and coach them are dicks. That’s why.
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I'm confused by your anger. You are upset that girls not even on a team don't get a chance to play on that team for a playoff event?

I may be wrong, but I think with the exception of Surf, there was really no WPSL or UWS in SoCal this year.
 
Desert Hound said:
Rash decision? These places have to be booked well in advance. Up until recently CA was not allowing tournaments such as this. So if you are planning a national event and at the time you are planning...CA is closed to this type of stuff you have to look elsewhere.
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Wondering...how was GA allowed to set up a national tournament last week in Oceanside? They were able to pull it off.
 
Desert Hound said:
Rash decision? These places have to be booked well in advance. Up until recently CA was not allowing tournaments such as this. So if you are planning a national event and at the time you are planning...CA is closed to this type of stuff you have to look elsewhere.
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I think they we’re too quick to make this change.When the change was made, SoCal was on the verge of reopening.
 
Desert Hound said:
And a few other observations.

The SW division this year doesn't seem to be as strong as in others. I refer across all age groups (with the exception of one of the younger groups).

The club that has performed the best in the part of the playoffs that count (Champions) is LAFC.
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I'm curious why this is the case? It seems like at the younger age groups the SW has always been very dominate but as the teams age, it is not the case? For example the 07 age group has 3 dominate teams competing but a few years ago you could have said the same for the 04 age group. These kids may bounce around but the talent typically stays on SW/So Cal. Is it more about the team vs the althlete as they get older? Are some top 04 kid's already college bound and focused elsewhere?
 
suzysoccer1 said:
Do you have kids who play or are you just on here to kill time? Wtf is a high school senior team? Players, legit players who are already in college or going to college in 3-6 weeks are either playing WPSL, UWS, or training on their own on doing their college packet. This BS wack ass club and their clown show doc pulled this because he don’t care about anyone other than himself. There are 04’s on this roster! In addition there are other 05,04 players back at home not on roster who could of been added, who could of played in this in order to be seen rather than some kids who wanted a vacation and to play with their old friends. At this point ANY GAMES ARE GOOD GAMES. Lots of kids who btw have paid thousands of dollars in fees to this club just need to be seen. And to your last point as to why the club wouldn’t let them go? Are you serious? Here’s a short answer. Cause people who run clubs and coach them are dicks. That’s why.
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College players are and have always been allowed to take part in end of year championships as long as they’re of age. That’s why there are age groups.

In fact, Blues had the UCLA star forward Reilyn Turner on their roster in Florida this week. (didn’t help them as they lost in PKs on the first day). Is she legit enough for you?

Legends got caught up on a technicality.

Stop being a child.
 
Vista 21 said:
I'm curious why this is the case? It seems like at the younger age groups the SW has always been very dominate but as the teams age, it is not the case? For example the 07 age group has 3 dominate teams competing but a few years ago you could have said the same for the 04 age group. These kids may bounce around but the talent typically stays on SW/So Cal. Is it more about the team vs the althlete as they get older? Are some top 04 kid's already college bound and focused elsewhere?
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I don't have any idea as to why.
 
KingMI said:
They are doing a 4 way Co-Champion for the u/13 group. It will not be rescheduled.
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There was plenty of field space this morning. Why ECNL didn't have the U13s at least play the semifinals is a bizarre decision.

I guess naming all four Co-Champs is better than just ignoring the age group (like they did this week in Florida and then again by not sending them to Virginia).
 
Lightning Red said:
The Surf 04 team was ravaged with injuries to many key players. Losing 3 Power 5 D1 payers isn’t easy to replace.
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A VERY common theme amongst the teams I know that went. We had 3 players not make the trip due to injury and 4 playing with injuries. Coach did a great job managing their minutes but it definitely made things more “interesting” as most of the injuries were to defensive players.
 
timmyh said:
There was plenty of field space this morning. Why ECNL didn't have the U13s at least play the semifinals is a bizarre decision.

I guess naming all four Co-Champs is better than just ignoring the age group (like they did this week in Florida and then again by not sending them to Virginia).
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In the past ECNL started at U14 so they didn't even have a U13 age at all.
 
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