so what do we think on these two games? The app says Eagles 0 - Beach 2 and Pats 1 - LAFC 2.
How’s the 2024-2025 season going?
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Interesting... I could see it going that way or Beach winning 1-0.
MyKidsDriver
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Put me down for both favorites winning 2-0
justasimplesoccermom
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Eagles v Beach dramatic draw 1-1Put me down for both favorites winning 2-0
Pats beat LAFC 1-0
Since we are now in league have they officially announced how many playoff teams make it for the ECNL Southwest league? Seems sketchy that’s not announced before league starts.
Fieldsofgold
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Thought it was the top 6 teams
I heard they were switching to 9
Looks like great weekend of soccer! Dominant 4-0 win for Legends. All other games seem to be close (based on scoreline). I thought Surf would win by 2 or more. HBK with narrow 1-0 win.
Fieldsofgold
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That would be even better considering so cal is top in the nation overall
Yeah it makes sense 9 in Southwest is right up there in the nation.
I heard Surf was missing 3 key players for this game. The ones that attended the USA national camp.
Only upset this weekend was pats over lafc?
I wouldn’t call it an upset. Pats did some good recruiting during the summer. They had some strong showings in their scrimmages too in August. Expect them to do well this year if they stay healthy.
yeah I was just going off of national rankings in the soccer app. Rebels beat Heat but they were only separated by about 10 spots in the rankings. Pats and LAFC were separated by 60 spots in the national rankings. All other favorites won. Lots of close games all around. Should be a fun season.
I was also basing it off the same logic, good win for Pats (my predictions were both incorrect, LOL).
Midweek tie, Pats over Blues?
yeah I don't understand that midweek game but should be a good one. Both teams are really going to want to win that one. Predictor says 2-0 Blues
seems rebels must have made some improvements as well as they are beating the projections. Are girls on the bubble with surf going there?
So many unknowns this early in the season. Given there's only 16 games this season, the margin for error for mid to bottom tier teams trying to make playoffs is very small. IMO, Top 4 should not change much, in no particular order (Surf, Koge, Legends, Slammers FC), 5-7 (Beach, Eagles, Legends SD). 8-9 will be a dogfight between the early surprisers (Rebels, LAFC, Pats, Blues). Would be very fun to watch how it unfolds!
We need more intel on who's moved to which teams.
4-9 is the fight. There's no reason to put any of those teams right now in a spot. 4-9 will fill out depending on how each team does each week as any of those teams could probably end up as #4. I don't see any of them cracking the top 3 unless there are some serious surprises. Who knows. Yes playing these teams once a year now is very strange. Odds are you will only play them once a calendar year in ECNL. Maybe twice if you meet in a round of 16 playoff or a final. Only other chance to meet up would be maybe a tournament but getting the top dogs all in one SoCal tournament will never happen.
I’m going 2-0 pats
Definitely! Especially disapointing for Surf playing the Blues this early in the season for the one and only league game, especially at the ‘11s and ‘12’s. Both clubs ranked 1 and 2, and sure enough both games end in a tie. The ‘10’s blues gave a good game to Surf in a 2-1 game with an asterisk, 3 players absent due to national camp. No chance at redemption until playoffs once your one game is played.