Here we go again TimBucktwo. Who cares who the venues are tied to as long as the teams don't have to travel far to play games. Doesn't that make the relationships beneficial all the way around? Or would you rather drive to Bakersifield so that no one gets your $10 for parking in Southern Cal? Relationships are what makes the world go-round. Good and bad. If scdsl has relationships with Silverlakes, Oceanside and Del Mar who cares? Great Park is great, and super expensive. Trust me our club knows and I've got the team fees to prove it. So what are you whining about now? What do you think you are bringing to everyone's attention that everyone doesn't already know?
Me thinks this is all about to change.
Come to think of it, I may need to go back and look at that video again you might be rightNope, your eyes deceive you. If kids were wearing the same uniform that was merely coincidence.
I actually didn't realize the the presentation was in the 1st post. It looked like a banner ad to me. Sorry about that.
I think better competitive options in a league is better for the players. The NorCal vs SoCal completion is great for the players that get to comets in that. A more evolved State Cup format for less money is great for the players And the parents especially when those games are closer to home. More games, more touches on the ball, more college exposure for those aged players, more coaching education which makes better coaches makes the players, more opportunities in a PDP program that doesn’t cost the players to participate like it costs them now, top division games that play for something other than just the winner of a top division.
Aside from State Cup - why couldn't SCDSL make some of these changes under CalSouth? (Generally curious- I'm done stirring shit for the night)
Because Cal South hasn’t been good at anything for a long time. They had their chance. They haven’t served their customers in a long time. They take the money and offer very little in return. NorCal made this move a few years ago and now there is no USYS in NorCal. Why? Because they offered a better program, for less money and were successful at it. Which all benefits the players, and the clubs those players play for.
IMO - discovery NPL will be better quality teams than ECRL (Beach and Legends are the exceptions and should be ECNL next year). Most ECRL teams are average teams but since they can play in scdsl State Cup they can prove themselves to the contrary. And Discovery NPL seems to have a better way to playoffs and college showcases than ECRL but we will see how ECRL evolves.
I think it’s the overall savings per team which equates to some amount for the player but also the added value of the other programming that won’t cost the players anything and less travel, more competition and more opportunity.
I think my list was wrong to call tracks, more like Club alignment.
. Except this has been in the works since things were going well. Wasn’t quite devolved over night or over Covid. Plus financially when it comes to Cal South theres a lack of transparency of where the money goes. Although even if it is about money if someone can do it bigger and better for the same price which that’s what this is then why not.
Sorry but Not a good take. The last 10 years State cup hasn’t been one of any teams top 3 tournaments on their schedule let alone the real deal. This new state cup guarantees a minimum of 5 games and each round you advance its brackets so 3 more games guaranteed each additional round. Your also missing that it’s now a real state championship because Nor Cal is included in the tournament which makes it larger than Cal South’s event. Also you’ll see the CSL and Presido teams start to flow to the SCDSL state Cup since it’s still an open event. Not that it makes a big difference since most existing state cup champions come from SCDSL anyways. Scdsl was started by leaving CSL for a whole mess of reasons. No way should they merge.
Great Park is also included
