Oh nO! Does JL make a play for the E64 or RL2 teams next? Watch out Sporting USA San Diego your in the hot seat now, challenge incoming.??.100% if she won. 0% if she lost.
and Yea, they played at the Ontario Soccer Complex. The North won 1-0 with no goalie and only 2 subs since most of the girls left before the game.
Before this game, a handful of players did not show up for the last ECRL game due to the same instability they saw that would happen. Had they won that game, they would have made the ECRL playoffs.
Really sad when you think of the domino effect.
No, we are NOT moving forward. We need to drag this out as long as possible for our entertainment. I am making a motion that we move the challenge game to best 2 out of 3!I don't follow. The North was playing at a huge disadvantage with missing players caused by this "challenge" game. From what was stated, the winning team would retain the true ECRL spot. How did they lose? Congrats to the north! Now let's move forward!
My guess ECRL 2. That way all the offers that were given to players, stating ECRL, she can still say it’s ECRL. Probably was just a typo and forgot to add the 2Oh nO! Does JL make a play for the E64 or RL2 teams next? Watch out Sporting USA San Diego your in the hot seat now, challenge incoming.??.
Maybe cuz English is my second language but please explain how? i dont understand how a team with a FULL roster losing to a team with 1:NO GOALIE (assuming a field player had to play), 2:SHORT ON PLAYERS, 3: JUST CAME FROM A HIT OF NOT MAKING PLAYOFFS plus the instability the club gave these players/families. The only real winner here to be honest is coach MS, who might not get all the credit he deserves.When you think about it… North actually lost. The goal differential shows the main branch B team is only about as good as the affiliates’ A teams. This legitimizes the need to have this kind of competition.
$10 says (assume ECRL goes to North) both teams wind up being weaker than they were. The losers will be upset they didn't get the spot, perhaps relying on promises that were made, and the best players start looking elsewhere. The winners seem to be in some chaos anyway and the way they were treated convinces people the club isn't going to look out after them to rebuild effectively. Everyone comes away feeling mad and betrayed esp. given it was close.I don't follow. The North was playing at a huge disadvantage with missing players caused by this "challenge" game. From what was stated, the winning team would retain the true ECRL spot. How did they lose? Congrats to the north! Now let's move forward!
Agreed. But the South team will not move. The parents are too prideful and JL will blackball them.$10 says (assume ECRL goes to North) both teams wind up being weaker than they were. The losers will be upset they didn't get the spot, perhaps relying on promises that were made, and the best players start looking elsewhere. The winners seem to be in some chaos anyway and the way they were treated convinces people the club isn't going to look out after them to rebuild effectively. Everyone comes away feeling mad and betrayed esp. given it was close.
Agreed. But the South team will not move. The parents are too prideful and JL will blackball them.
I believe this was the 2nd game between the teams. The first went to the South 2-1 back in May. Maybe that's why JL asked for a "Challenge" game.
Incorrect! JL’s team played OC (Mission Viejo) in May and won 2-1..Agreed. But the South team will not move. The parents are too prideful and JL will blackball them.
I believe this was the 2nd game between the teams. The first went to the South 2-1 back in May. Maybe that's why JL asked for a "Challenge" game.
Thanks for the info!Incorrect! JL’s team played OC (Mission Viejo) in May and won 2-1..
You realize you can just not read these messages, right? Instead of trying to telll people what they should talk about.N.M from Redlands was named the new ecnl director . Anyone have any reaction from the new director ? Or does this have her blessing . ... if so everyone should move on and prepare for next season .
The issue has never been about who should have it and why?? The issue is how the club went about it.. especially when you have teams that had a good season, and to just pull the rug from underneath.. it just isn’t fair to the players and families.Looks like Sporting South 10’s and 11’s got ECRL SoCal, per a new instagram post. Plus JL commented on the post before this with the flag. Never dull moment in club soccer. lol.
Still I’m a bit mixed in this. I think it’s a good thing to have ECRL brought into the Temecula area as I brings more options. Yet more options just continue to dilute the talent pool. Everything just gets thinned out. Maybe it will gradually correct itself, who knows. Wish the girls playing, the best, wherever or whoever they decide to go to, regardless.
Just an update on this..The issue has never been about who should have it and why?? The issue is how the club went about it.. especially when you have teams that had a good season, and to just pull the rug from underneath.. it just isn’t fair to the players and families.
The challenge games, just shows that the club is not paying attention to its teams, as someone else mentioned on here.. there was a huge disadvantage for the north 10’s going into the game.. a 1-0 win looks like a competitive game, but in reality it wasn’t that close of a game.
As of now the North is 3-0 in the challenge games! You have to remember, these teams have been through a long season dealing with injuries and players leaving because of this challenge and finding other options other then Sporting and not be able to recruit players..
So yes, these teams that are challenging do have a shot, but there are many other things to consider as to who has the advantage..
Word on the street is NORTH sent "ringers" to play in these games- pathetic!Just an update on this..
The North went 5-0 on the challenge games..
Lets take a step back, most, if not all soccer clubs are run horribly from a child's/teen's perspective. A few may turn a profit but the misery they create is 10 fold...The way to solve for this isn’t by causing more chaos in your organization. There’s a reason clubs don’t do this…it causes huge instability in your teams and instability is a signal for parents to stay away. Where it has happened before where they separate the first team and second teams into different areas (not different hubs) it’s generally when it’s gone poorly for the club and they had to reorganize like laufa.
The true culprit is the letter leagues which serve to lock out the smaller clubs from access. The negative impact to consumers this has is illustrated by whats happening here. I’ve long held the theory that it’s legally problematic, particularly when like with mls next there doesn’t seem to be a rhyme or reason for why some clubs are in and others aren’t, particularly after what happened in Texas and the Red Bulls/lasc thing.
Word on the street is sporting north sent "ringers" for each game....These teams will be playing hard. No league consequences for red cards due to it basically being an internal scrimmage. Anyone want to take odds on how many players end up with serious injuries? Sporting could end up hobbling multiple teams under their umbrella.