SoccerGuru
SILVER ELITE
I agree 8-0 games are nothing to coaches who are trying to evaluate talent. They would rather see tight contests between higher ranked opponents. In regard to SoCal GDA and outside competition, if you use the SoccerWire rankings and if you run the scenario of the Top 10 SoCal teams (actually only 8 ranked in the top 100) vs The Top 8 Everyone else, here is how it breaks down…
Top Ranked SoCal team
Blues
Beach
Legends
Surf
LA Galaxy
Real SoCal
LA Galaxy SD
Albion
Top Ranked Everyone Else
Solar
Tophat
Real Colorado
FC Dallas
San Jose Earthquakes
St James Virginia
Lonestar
Cincinnati Development Academy
NC Courage
The results for SoCal teams, U15, U16, U17 and U18/19, competing against these top 8 ranked teams for this year’s DA Cup competition so far has SoCal teams with a record of 11-20-6 (W-L-D). Interesting observations: Blues haven’t played a Top 8 opponent outside of SoCal so far this season in the DA Cup competition at any age level. Surf fared the best with a 3-0-0 record, but each win had a one goal differential.
Sorry I am honestly not trying to be a troll here but what point are you trying to make?