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Pitch pop said:
Possibly.... but I think you are reaching. They could dual card at anytime. Don’t need to have a tryout for that. They are trying to fill two separate teams first and foremost. They may offer kids a choice between the two teams based off of needs. Holley has the current Blues ECNL 03 team and Rogers will be bringing his Strikers ECNL 03 team over. That’s 30+ current ECNL kids competing for spots on one ECNL team next year. You do the math on that. I’m guessing that they will try to convince some of those kids to play for the DPL. Only problem is that a majority of kids from both teams play high school.... DPL doesn’t allow high school play.
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Ah, right, the HS play rule would be the problem. I don't think AR is bringing his 03 Strikers ECNL team over though.
 
SocalPapa said:
Ah, right, the HS play rule would be the problem. I don't think AR is bringing his 03 Strikers ECNL team over though.
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I got that info from a parent on his team. No spots guaranteed but the thought is a majority of his ‘03 ECNL team will be trying out for next years Blues ‘03 ECNL team. They are not staying with Strikers ‘03 ECNL next year. That ECNL team will be a new team, under a new coach, out of a new location, from my understanding.
 
Pitch pop said:
Possibly.... but I think you are reaching. They could dual card at anytime. Don’t need to have a tryout for that. They are trying to fill two separate teams first and foremost. They may offer kids a choice between the two teams based off of needs. Holley has the current Blues ECNL 03 team and Rogers will be bringing his Strikers ECNL 03 team over. That’s 30+ current ECNL kids competing for spots on one ECNL team next year. You do the math on that. I’m guessing that they will try to convince some of those kids to play for the DPL. Only problem is that a majority of kids from both teams play high school.... DPL doesn’t allow high school play.
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All the same rules for the DPL Pilot - no outside competition. This means no dual cards.
 
Pitch pop said:
I got that info from a parent on his team. No spots guaranteed but the thought is a majority of his ‘03 ECNL team will be trying out for next years Blues ‘03 ECNL team. They are not staying with Strikers ‘03 ECNL next year. That ECNL team will be a new team, under a new coach, out of a new location, from my understanding.
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HOLD ON!!! Abner left Strikers to go to Blues and took his 03 team with him????? When did this happen and why? Oh wait, that has nothing to do with the DA. Dang it.
 
C.A.M. said:
All the same rules for the DPL Pilot - no outside competition. This means no dual cards.
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That is correct, I misspoke. Technically no dual cards. However, I know of few ECNL kids that played with their clubs DA team this year. I think they are allowed a certain amount of games before they must be rostered, correct?
 
C.A.M. said:
HOLD ON!!! Abner left Strikers to go to Blues and took his 03 team with him????? When did this happen and why? Oh wait, that has nothing to do with the DA. Dang it.
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No but the DPL discussion does, since it’s under the DA umbrella and that’s where the conversation started. Just clarifying a few things......Bitter much?
 
Pitch pop said:
That is correct, I misspoke. Technically no dual cards. However, I know of few ECNL kids that played with their clubs DA team this year. I think they are allowed a certain amount of games before they must be rostered, correct?
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Actually.... they aren't by the rules. So we won't put people on blast here. I"m sure that was vs Legends too. Damn, there I go again.

Point is only DPL kids are supposed to be able to come through the system, but......

If a club doesn't have DPL players from the lower teams (DA considers all other teams lower teams) that receive the same type of coaching it would be allowed. For Blues this would have been ECNL as it considered it on par with DPL for the 2nd tier of soccer in the country.
 
Pitch pop said:
Possibly.... but I think you are reaching. They could dual card at anytime. Don’t need to have a tryout for that. They are trying to fill two separate teams first and foremost. They may offer kids a choice between the two teams based off of needs. Holley has the current Blues ECNL 03 team and Rogers will be bringing his Strikers ECNL 03 team over. That’s 30+ current ECNL kids competing for spots on one ECNL team next year. You do the math on that. I’m guessing that they will try to convince some of those kids to play for the DPL. Only problem is that a majority of kids from both teams play high school.... DPL doesn’t allow high school play.
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Wrong. DPL is only not allowing HS for the 03's. It appears to be okay for all other age groups.
 
Mystery Train said:
I hate to confuse this any further, but DPL does allow HS play. DA doesn't. At least as far as I know. So is this DPL or DA '03 pilot?? LOL

Nevermind. I don't care. :D
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Too late.... should have deleted the post then. DPL Pilot 03 follows all the DA rules including no high school.

Basically US Soccer is saying..

We know you guys are gonna go extra heavy on 02s this year and we don't want to lose all the 03s we just assimilated and tortured into the system and tell them they are pure crap to us now go away if you can't make the combo team. Please stay and be 2nd tier citizens with us instead of ECNL.

Dose of reality - this isn't really a bad idea while at the same time is a terrible idea. The 03s need their own age group again just like the 04s do. The 02s got done wrong this year and probably should have their own age group and all three should be DA. Not sure how long this should go on, but maybe for a few years until kids really come through the system at U12 and get to mature under the curriculum and regulations. It wouldn't have hurt anyone's pride to do it this way and the players who need to age up would generally do it in the clubs that allow that. This way is actually demeaning or a case of cold reality dished out on frozen plates.
 
C.A.M. said:
Too late.... should have deleted the post then. DPL Pilot 03 follows all the DA rules including no high school.

Basically US Soccer is saying..

We know you guys are gonna go extra heavy on 02s this year and we don't want to lose all the 03s we just assimilated and tortured into the system and tell them they are pure crap to us now go away if you can't make the combo team. Please stay and be 2nd tier citizens with us instead of ECNL.

Dose of reality - this isn't really a bad idea while at the same time is a terrible idea. The 03s need their own age group again just like the 04s do. The 02s got done wrong this year and probably should have their own age group and all three should be DA. Not sure how long this should go on, but maybe for a few years until kids really come through the system at U12 and get to mature under the curriculum and regulations. It wouldn't have hurt anyone's pride to do it this way and the players who need to age up would generally do it in the clubs that allow that. This way is actually demeaning or a case of cold reality dished out on frozen plates.
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Ah, makes perfect sense. I mean, in that none of this really made any sense to begin with...but I get it now.
 
G03_SD said:
How many DP players can be rostered and played in a DA game? ENCL for U14-17 you can have 2 max.
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For this year a club can have 12 DP's across the 01/02 and 00/99 age group or 6 DP's for the 03's. They can play up to 6 games and there is no limit to their use in any single game.
 
The OC Surf posting on coach assignments seems to imply that DPL will no longer be running the 03 pilot and it will be a true DA pilot. I arrive at this conclusion since they have separate coaches named for the 03 DA Pilot and the 03 DPL team. I know our team announced the DA coaches for next year and has a 02 coach/team and a 03 coach/team. They have not announced the DPL coaches yet.
 
Overtime said:
Are they altering the sub rules to more than 3 instances per game?
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I believe that is the international rule and what the DA will stick to. If FIFA changes their rules, we are set to follow. Remember top priority is to find which kids play best in the International Setting on our National team.
 
Pitch pop said:
I got that info from a parent on his team. No spots guaranteed but the thought is a majority of his ‘03 ECNL team will be trying out for next years Blues ‘03 ECNL team. They are not staying with Strikers ‘03 ECNL next year. That ECNL team will be a new team, under a new coach, out of a new location, from my understanding.
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Wow, that's an embarrassment of riches even for the Blues. AR's 2003 ECNL team and the Blues' 2003 DA team are both legit National Championship contenders in their respective leagues.
 
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