Prfc announcement

whatithink said:
The best tournament in the state is Presidents cup, run by Del Sol. RSL runs something like 6 tournaments, and they are nothing to write home about. Rising run 2. There's a big difference between running a tournament over 3 days versus a league over 3 months, as they have found out. They have had 2 years to make saaz into something and clubs seem to be exiting rather than joining. IMV, the break was all ego & control. The clubs could have changed ASA as they were the voting members, with the number of votes being relative to the number of teams you had. Maybe they didn't have the votes 🤔 and just threw their toys out of the pram.

The best boys teams in saaz should be desperate to get back into ASA as that would greatly widen the quality and quantity of their competition.

Girls side is hosed for both leagues anyway with 4 ECNL/GA teams in the state and 3 ECRL and 5 DPL teams, the rest is just rec with a large price tag, so one big rec league would work there (just don't tell the parents its rec 🤫 or they might stop being the ATM for the clubs).

Tuzos is a great feeder into the top programs and always have very good teams. If those top programs can't develop the players further then maybe its not on Tuzos. Then again, the number of players that make the very top level is miniscule, and that's taking MLS as the very top level which it isn't obviously.

Do you know how Premier got EA? A quick look at saaz and they are nowhere near good enough. To say that makes a joke of EA is an understatement ...
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What about futures cup? I play in SCDS Presidents Cup every year and enjoy it but IMHO I like the competion in futures cup more.
 
Youth_Soccer_Nerd said:
What about futures cup? I play in SCDS Presidents Cup every year and enjoy it but IMHO I like the competion in futures cup more.
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I remember during Covid going out to Phoenix and Bullhead City / Laughlin for tournaments. I believe even Surf Cup happened in Phoenix for a couple of years. We stayed at some hotel that had waterside and a lazy river. Then later in Paradise for league games. Everything was always well run and everyone had fun.

I'm 99% sure that I'll retire in Scottdale.
 
I hear it's a done deal that Rising and Arsenal are coming back to ASA. Minor change on the boys side for in-state play, but big impact on the girls side for in-state play. It will make for a better APL league for sure (duh-more teams playing in the same league will naturally tend to do that!).
 
FlintDempsey said:
I hear it's a done deal that Rising and Arsenal are coming back to ASA. Minor change on the boys side for in-state play, but big impact on the girls side for in-state play. It will make for a better APL league for sure (duh-more teams playing in the same league will naturally tend to do that!).
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Any word on RSL?
 
From a DOC at one of those clubs. I asked about RSL switching back to ASA and he didn't know. I asked several RSL coaches and they didn't know about Rising/Arsenal plans or their own club plans. I don't see how SAAZ stays viable with a couple big clubs leaving.
 
whatithink said:
Its some funny shite how BE is selling it!
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He sells everything. But.. that is how RSL became the monster club it is.

GPS monitoring is interesting... wonder for how many teams.
  • GPS monitoring will be available for every player U13 and above to gather all data points on player movement and performance. We do not provide this service below U13 because all sports scientists we speak with say those ages are too young, are not helpful, and are not as important. This will be the same system used by Real Salt Lake, the Utah Royals, and the Real Salt Lake Academy.
  • We are working to provide cognitive and personality tests for the players to see how they learn best, what motivates them, and what pathway allows them to learn and develop most successfully.
  • The clubs in the state are coming back together to play under one roof so that the competitive opportunities for all state-level teams are maximized. There will no longer be two leagues and associations in the state; we can all play together.
 
tjinaz said:
He sells everything. But.. that is how RSL became the monster club it is.

GPS monitoring is interesting... wonder for how many teams.
  • GPS monitoring will be available for every player U13 and above to gather all data points on player movement and performance. We do not provide this service below U13 because all sports scientists we speak with say those ages are too young, are not helpful, and are not as important. This will be the same system used by Real Salt Lake, the Utah Royals, and the Real Salt Lake Academy.
  • We are working to provide cognitive and personality tests for the players to see how they learn best, what motivates them, and what pathway allows them to learn and develop most successfully.
  • The clubs in the state are coming back together to play under one roof so that the competitive opportunities for all state-level teams are maximized. There will no longer be two leagues and associations in the state; we can all play together.
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This will be good for the royals 2012 ECNL team next year
 
tjinaz said:
He sells everything. But.. that is how RSL became the monster club it is.

GPS monitoring is interesting... wonder for how many teams.
  • GPS monitoring will be available for every player U13 and above to gather all data points on player movement and performance. We do not provide this service below U13 because all sports scientists we speak with say those ages are too young, are not helpful, and are not as important. This will be the same system used by Real Salt Lake, the Utah Royals, and the Real Salt Lake Academy.
  • We are working to provide cognitive and personality tests for the players to see how they learn best, what motivates them, and what pathway allows them to learn and develop most successfully.
  • The clubs in the state are coming back together to play under one roof so that the competitive opportunities for all state-level teams are maximized. There will no longer be two leagues and associations in the state; we can all play together.
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It is nice of him to admit that two leagues and associations did not maximize the competitive opportunities for all state-level teams. Now, if only RSL wasn't a core founding member of the crowd that did that :rolleyes:.
 
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