Preseason DA Rankings

cowboy said:
Just a top ten:

1. Surf-They will win the league at this point;
2. Slammers-They havent hit their best stride yet;will they with the new coach?;
3. Blues-Solid core in the middle with the mids and defense;
4. Legends-Easy schedule to commence year; see if the team gels when playing better competition (lost to slammers in showcase);
5. Del Sol-Man handled Beach; will see if consistent; especially with alot of travel.;
6. Beach-they will return as a threat for many teams; matchups sometimes don't workout;
7. LAGSD-4 points with smoking mirrors; see if it lasts through a long year;
8. WCFC-bad luck and draw has them with 2 losses to start; knock the ball around with the best;
9. Albion-early points is a postive with an excellent coach; might be better later in year?
10. Real So Cal- Should have the experience with tough games, i would be surprised if not in the top ten later in the year.
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Alot of parity for the top ten teams and shows in a alot of close games; Ive seen some great soccer in this league though; for what is worth at this point here is a top ten list;
1. Surf-Shaky #1 as they have played in close games, SOS (strength of schedule) is weak so far;
2. Slammers-Hearing rumors that they may have the big 2 players play at some point this season;
3. Blues- Most consistent, play excellent together; close to moving them up to #1;
4. LAGSD-team SOS and results have moved them up to this spot.
5. Legends- SOS of schedule has been extremely easy; first test they tied the #7 team.
6. LAGSB-Easy SOS but did play the #2 team close; they could go off the list or up the list once play more difficult teams
7. WCFC-SOS probably the hardest out of the gate; had a nice tie to some posters #1 ranked team (legends);
8.Albion- Similar to WCFC SOS; result a tie to my #1 team, so they could be #7, time will tell.
9.Del Sol-Man handled Beach; but as i thought their results are real inconsistent
10. Beach-inconsitent team, don't know what to think so far.
 
Week 4 Rankings
(Record and Goals For/Against)

1. Blues (3-0; 7, 0) -- Only perfect team deserves the top spot. They have impact players on offense and defense that really make a difference.
2. Surf (2-0-1; 7, 3) -- Barely beat a scrappy LA Premier team. I think they are the best team, but they need to show it.
3. Slammers (2-0-1; 5,3) -- Nice win over a good Galaxy team. The lurking players could move them to the top.
4. Galaxy SD (2-0-1; 8,3) -- Undefeated with big win over Sol. The first time I saw them play, I knew they would compete.
5. Legends (2-0-1; 13, 2) -- Big drop with tie to West Coast. Their wins are against the bottom teams.
6. Galaxy (3-1; 12,7) -- Surprise team of the division. This team can score. Close loss to Slammers and big win vs Eagles.
7. Albion -- (2-1-2; 3,6) -- Tie against Beach cements their spot as better-than-expected middle of the pack team.
8. West Coast (0-2-1; 2, 5) -- This team can beat anyone on any given Sunday (or Saturday).
9. SC del Sol (1-2; 9, 10) -- Slaughter against Beach seems like aberration.
10. Beach (2-1-1; 6,7) -- Want to rank them above Sol, but hard to do this week given the loss. Substitution pattern seems strange.
11. Real So Cal -- (1-2; 2,3) -- Get the win they needed over Eagles. Barely. . .
12. LA Premier (0-3; 2, 10) -- You know things are rough when you are happy to lose 1-0. Still, team could beat Real or Sol and jump up.
13. Pateadores (0-3; 0, 7) -- Another week, another loss. At least they get Eagles eventually.
14. Eagles (0-4; 1, 14) -- This team is awful. They would lose to most B teams. At least they are in first in negative goal differential.
 
It appears that one of the strikers being revered on Slammers is on the roster at Legends now if I'm not mistaken..an '04?
 
DA Soccer said:
Week 4 Rankings
(Record and Goals For/Against)

1. Blues (3-0; 7, 0) -- Only perfect team deserves the top spot. They have impact players on offense and defense that really make a difference.
2. Surf (2-0-1; 7, 3) -- Barely beat a scrappy LA Premier team. I think they are the best team, but they need to show it.
3. Slammers (2-0-1; 5,3) -- Nice win over a good Galaxy team. The lurking players could move them to the top.
4. Galaxy SD (2-0-1; 8,3) -- Undefeated with big win over Sol. The first time I saw them play, I knew they would compete.
5. Legends (2-0-1; 13, 2) -- Big drop with tie to West Coast. Their wins are against the bottom teams.
6. Galaxy (3-1; 12,7) -- Surprise team of the division. This team can score. Close loss to Slammers and big win vs Eagles.
7. Albion -- (2-1-2; 3,6) -- Tie against Beach cements their spot as better-than-expected middle of the pack team.
8. West Coast (0-2-1; 2, 5) -- This team can beat anyone on any given Sunday (or Saturday).
9. SC del Sol (1-2; 9, 10) -- Slaughter against Beach seems like aberration.
10. Beach (2-1-1; 6,7) -- Want to rank them above Sol, but hard to do this week given the loss. Substitution pattern seems strange.
11. Real So Cal -- (1-2; 2,3) -- Get the win they needed over Eagles. Barely. . .
12. LA Premier (0-3; 2, 10) -- You know things are rough when you are happy to lose 1-0. Still, team could beat Real or Sol and jump up.
13. Pateadores (0-3; 0, 7) -- Another week, another loss. At least they get Eagles eventually.
14. Eagles (0-4; 1, 14) -- This team is awful. They would lose to most B teams. At least they are in first in negative goal differential.
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Standings from the DA website:
http://www.ussoccerda.com/sam/standings/ss/schedule.php?containerID=Mzk5OTcwMA==&v=3
 
pewpew said:
It appears that one of the strikers being revered on Slammers is on the roster at Legends now if I'm not mistaken..an '04?
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I noticed that as well. Interesting that a player can change so quickly from a DA team to another DA team. I guess all it take is an "ok" from the club DOC's. Is that really all it takes to switch GDA clubs?
 
Sandypk said:
Standings from the DA website:
http://www.ussoccerda.com/sam/standings/ss/schedule.php?containerID=Mzk5OTcwMA==&v=3
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The DA standings on the website are misleading because they include out of league games against an unbalanced out of league schedule. For instance, Surf and SD Galaxy have not gotten to play an easy out of league team while LA Premier has no wins again league teams, but looks middle of the pack because it has 2 wins against weak out of league teams. To meaningfully compare the teams in the league, I think you need to take out the out-of-league games.
 
DA Soccer said:
The DA standings on the website are misleading because they include out of league games against an unbalanced out of league schedule. For instance, Surf and SD Galaxy have not gotten to play an easy out of league team while LA Premier has no wins again league teams, but looks middle of the pack because it has 2 wins against weak out of league teams. To meaningfully compare the teams in the league, I think you need to take out the out-of-league games.
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It will all even out in the end. I would think that performance is more important than the score with almost every team being retooled. There sure are a lot of teams....
 
Sandypk said:
I noticed that as well. Interesting that a player can change so quickly from a DA team to another DA team. I guess all it take is an "ok" from the club DOC's. Is that really all it takes to switch GDA clubs?
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It's always like that. Whenever the rules need to be bent they get bent. That's why getting US Soccer involved is crazy. Every rule/guideline that they create they will gladly alter/ignore when it suits them.
 
cowboy said:
Alot of parity for the top ten teams and shows in a alot of close games; Ive seen some great soccer in this league though; for what is worth at this point here is a top ten list;
1. Surf-Shaky #1 as they have played in close games, SOS (strength of schedule) is weak so far;
2. Slammers-Hearing rumors that they may have the big 2 players play at some point this season;
3. Blues- Most consistent, play excellent together; close to moving them up to #1;
4. LAGSD-team SOS and results have moved them up to this spot.
5. Legends- SOS of schedule has been extremely easy; first test they tied the #7 team.
6. LAGSB-Easy SOS but did play the #2 team close; they could go off the list or up the list once play more difficult teams
7. WCFC-SOS probably the hardest out of the gate; had a nice tie to some posters #1 ranked team (legends);
8.Albion- Similar to WCFC SOS; result a tie to my #1 team, so they could be #7, time will tell.
9.Del Sol-Man handled Beach; but as i thought their results are real inconsistent
10. Beach-inconsitent team, don't know what to think so far.
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1. Surf-sleeping giant awoken against slammers;
2. Blues-Co #1;
3. Slammers; may slide further;
4. LAGSD-assuming they beat up the Pats (no score posted);
5. Legends-scored 3 goals in the last 10 min to beat #9
6. West Coast-handled RSC fairly easy;
7. LAGSB-played easy SOS; have 9 points though;
8. Albion-off
9. Del Sol-let a nice win slip away; ouch.
10. Beach-off
 
cowboy said:
1. Surf-sleeping giant awoken against slammers;
2. Blues-Co #1;
3. Slammers; may slide further;
4. LAGSD-assuming they beat up the Pats (no score posted);
5. Legends-scored 3 goals in the last 10 min to beat #9
6. West Coast-handled RSC fairly easy;
7. LAGSB-played easy SOS; have 9 points though;
8. Albion-off
9. Del Sol-let a nice win slip away; ouch.
10. Beach-off
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Albion wasn't off they played CA Thorns and won 2-1
Legend's is definitely #1... most talented l, deep group of girls I have seen play.
 
ccg said:
clarification
Albion DA 04 - won CA Thorns 2-1
Albion DA 03 - lost to CA Thorns 1-2
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My bad.. thought this was the 04 thread..
yes 04's won and 03's lost.. that being said the 03's played right after and they seemed off.. they are an awesome team and have a lot of talented girls and I think they will be higher on this list as the season progresses..
 
Defendthegoal said:
My bad.. thought this was the 04 thread..
yes 04's won and 03's lost.. that being said the 03's played right after and they seemed off.. they are an awesome team and have a lot of talented girls and I think they will be higher on this list as the season progresses..
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Thorns got an own goal in the 04 game? You normally don't see that at this age and level of play. Hope to see some improvement from them, since they definitely have good coaching.
 
Defendthegoal said:
My bad.. thought this was the 04 thread..
yes 04's won and 03's lost.. that being said the 03's played right after and they seemed off.. they are an awesome team and have a lot of talented girls and I think they will be higher on this list as the season progresses..
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Thorns got an own goal in the 04 game? You normally don't see that at this age and level of play. Hope to see some improvement from them, since they definitely have good coaching.
 
chargerfan said:
Thorns got an own goal in the 04 game? You normally don't see that at this age and level of play. Hope to see some improvement from them, since they definitely have good coaching.
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If you were at the game which you obviously were not you would know that the game wasn't even close.. Albion could have easily won by at least 5.. You really are hoping that Albion does poorly obvious in your other posts and messages.. As far as the coach yes she was an amazing player and did amazing things for soccer but I would take our coach any day over her
 
Week 5 Rankings
(Record and Goals For/Against -- In league games only)


1. Blues (4-0; 12, 0) -- Shows they are class of league with 5-0 win over LA Premier. Only perfect team.
2. Surf (3-0-1; 10, 4) -- Nice 3-1 win over last week's number 2 team.
3. Galaxy SD (3-0-1; 9,3) -- Still undefeated. I have been on their bandwagon since day 1.
4. Slammers (2-1-1; 6,6) -- No shame in loss to superior surf team.
5. Legends (2-1-1; 17, 5) -- Barely squeak by del Sol, but they still lead the league in goals.
6. Galaxy (3-1; 12,7) -- Off
7. West Coast (1-2-1; 5, 6) -- Nice win over struggling Real.
8. Albion -- (2-1-2; 3,6) -- close loss to tough out of league Thorns team.
9. SC del Sol (1-3; 12, 14) -- 26 goals in 4 games. Their games certainly are exceeding.
10. Beach (2-1-1; 6,7) -- Off again. Strangest league schedule.
11. Real So Cal -- (1-3; 3,6) -- Definitely a bottom 4 team.
12. LA Premier (0-4; 2, 15) -- 0-4 with a -13 goals seems bad, but they've had to play Blues, Surf, and Legends. Potential to get some wins and move up.
13. Pateadores (0-4; 0, 8) -- Another week, another loss. Only team without a goal.
14. Eagles (0-4; 1, 14) -- They can't get a break as they had to play the top out of league team (Placer). Where's Burlingame when you need them.
 
Lazy Sunday and geeked out running some numbers on strength of schedule, comparing the records of each team's opponents in the GU15 DA SW Conference. Came up with the following, which includes all this weekend's games, from toughest schedule to lightest so far. Eventually, everyone will end up with the basically the same strength of schedule, so this is only a snapshot now. I only looked at games between the teams here in the SW Conference and ignored games against NorCal teams.

1. LA Premier (avg of opponents' points from W-L-T record per game played by LA Premier is 12.00)
2. SC Del Sol (11.40)
3. West Coast FC (11.40)
4. Albion (10.80)
5. Pateadores (10.60)
5. Eagles (10.60)
7. LAFC Slammers (9.60)
8. San Diego Surf (4.40)
9. Real So Cal (3.80)
10. LA Galaxy SD (3.40)
11. Beach FC (3.00)
11. Legends (3.00)
13. So Cal Blues (2.40)
14. LA Galaxy (1.75)

You can roughly compare team defenses against the quality of their competition by dividing a team's goals allowed by their opponents' points total. Defensive record of teams based on this scale, starting from strongest, goes like this:

1. So Cal Blues (goals against divided by opponents' points from W-L-T record is 0.00)
2. West Coast FC (0.14)
3. Pateadores (0.17)
3. LAFC Slammers (0.17)
5. Albion SC (0.22)
6. LA Galaxy SD (0.24)
7. SC Del Sol (0.30)
7. LA Premier (0.30)
9. San Diego Surf (0.32)
9. Real So Cal (0.32)
11. Eagles SC (0.43)
12. Legends (0.47)
12. Beach FC (0.47)
14. LA Galaxy (0.71)

And you can roughly compare team offenses against the quality of their competition by multiplying a team's goals for by their opponent's points total and dividing it by games played. Offensive record of teams based on this scale, starting from strongest, goes like this:

1. SC Del Sol (goals for multiplied by opponents' points from W-L-T record divided by games played is 138.00)
2. West Coast FC (91.20)
3. Legends (66.00)
4. LAFC Slammers (57.60)
5. Albion SC (54.00)
6. San Diego Surf (52.80)
7. So Cal Blues (50.40)
8. LA Galaxy SD (40.80)
9. LA Premier (36.00)
10. Beach FC (24.00)
11. LA Galaxy (21.00)
12. Real So Cal (15.20)
13. Eagles SC (10.60)
14. Pateadores (0.00)

Of course, there's lies, damned lies, and statistics, and this is probably a gargantuan waste of time, but it shows that some of the teams with bad W-L-T records have played some awfully tough competition and may not be as bad on defense or offense as you might think (e.g., Pateadores' defense looks really strong in light of their tough competition, although their offense is woeful; Eagles has been scored on a ton, but when you look at the toughness of their competition, they come out looking about the same quality on defense as Legends or Beach; SC Del Sol has scored a decent amount of goals against some tough competition). Okay, now feel free to heap on the ridicule for me having spent the last 90 minutes of my weekend with this stuff...
 
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