Will they train in San Marino or La Canada?
LA Surf is born
- Thread starter Threeyardsback
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Wonder what happened to Dido?
cheaper2keeper
SILVER ELITE
TBD. I’m guessing the 04 and 06s will be at San Marino
Did Chavez come from SoCal?
cheaper2keeper
SILVER ELITE
Yes. He was the co-founder/DOC
soccerislife
SILVER
just heard an interesting story about this. i heard la premier had plans to join Surf for some time now. Surf had some reservations because la premier teams especially in the younger ages have not been very successful and prospects were slim. their had been rumors about financial troubles at socal academy so they approached Chavez about joining la premier and starting la surf. he did not think his parents would follow knowing la premier was involved so they came of with a plan to have Chavez announce socal academy and other smaller clubs creating la surf first and once parents were committed then la premier would announce their plans to join. i just about fell of my chair when i heard this.
cheaper2keeper
SILVER ELITE
He’s the unknown in this situation. Don’t know where he’s going but they’ll be lucky to have him.
With 120 teams now in the club they will need every good coach.
He probably jumped ship because their program wasn’t doing well across all the DA teams
That hasn't been a driving factor in what he's done as a coach up until this point. I fear he may have been excluded as part of this merger altogether.
Very true.
I hear Strikers ECNL.
Keeper3114
BRONZE
I'm surprised that they kept NG as the 03 coach and MD was he a DA coach already or was he from SoCal Academy?
cheaper2keeper
SILVER ELITE
MD was with Premier. He’s the WPSL coach and DA GK trainer.
SoccerFrenzy
SILVER ELITE
Looks like only Coach that came over from SoCal is Chavez
cheaper2keeper
SILVER ELITE
For DA...
Rumor (from parents) is Hazell 05 team will try to stay intact and be the DPL team.
SoccerFrenzy
SILVER ELITE
Interesting so they aren't interested in the DA huh?
That would make sense for LA Surf. Hazell is a strong team the current 05 la premier dpl team struggled may not of won a game.
cheaper2keeper
SILVER ELITE
Change is hard. Some are looking forward to HS soccer. There’s always the opportunity to play a few DA games during the season.
Mystery Train
GOLD
Funny because SoCal Academy (now LA Surf) was born largely from players and families who either got the shaft from LA Premier, or hated LA Premier with the heat of a thousand suns. Esteban also took great pride in building teams that outperformed those at LA Premier and I've heard he pretty much loathed Barry Ritson. The success of his older team (built with players LA Premier didn't respect or couldn't keep) is what got them on the map and got them the LA Surf affiliation. Also, Esteban's soccer philosophy (a'la Anson Dorrance) and what they preach at Premier is like mixing oil and water. Now LA Surf is absorbing LA Premier... but here's the catch: Barry gets to run the show! Those are going to be some awesome staff meetings. Nothing about this makes sense from an individual player's standpoint. It's lousy for the existing teams at both clubs. It's lousy for the coaches involved. The only thing this isn't lousy for is consolidating $$$$. Eliminating competition and creating fewer options for consumers. It's effing brilliant from that angle.
In other words, this whole episode is pretty much the most "club soccer-y" thing ever.
In other words, this whole episode is pretty much the most "club soccer-y" thing ever.