Why not Great Park?

[timbuck]

The reason is Great Park is managed by the City of Irvine. There is no league agreements to be had. The try to be Fair to everyone. But mostly only serve Irvine based clubs with residency requirements. SCDSL and CSL would love to have an agreement with the Great Park. They (City of Irvine) won't do it.

Silverlakes and So Cal will make agreements to fill their complex. They prefer to rent large amounts of field space, not one offs like the Great Park.

You sure about that part?
I'm sure Blues, Slammers, Pats and West Coast have some Irvine players on their rosters. But not enough to satisfy what most cities require for residency requirements.

 

[lafalafa]

CSL has its Premier games at Great Park, boys and girls. So far 5 games at Great Park. Grass fields. Imagine if we had one league where everyone could play there games locally.

Yet big majority of all the teams are from LA or other counties so there traveling longer distances to play in OC. Only a few premier teams are based in OC.

I like great park don't get me wrong but strange choice since basically few gets home game or anything near. At least the fields are nice for the price they pay for premier.

 

[Soccer]

You sure about that part?
I'm sure Blues, Slammers, Pats and West Coast have some Irvine players on their rosters. But not enough to satisfy what most cities require for residency requirements.

Yes Irvine clubs get the most field space at Great Park and are a higher priority when it comes to requests for games (weekends), the City then divides the space up equally amongst the other clubs, the organizations are last priority. CSL has a few one off days. One off days do not help consistency of a schedule for Discovery.

SCDSL is placing clubs at these venues that do not have fields Find your own fields for games and you can drive local. These clubs are still renting the field space at Silverlakes or SoCal. Without this option that SCDSL has, games would not be played. SCDSL does not get a dime for parking. Or profit from the clubs renting the field at these complexes. It’s just a choice of game or no game. Hopefully these clubs find field space in the Fall.

Practice space is easier to come by at Great Park, then game space. For fact. Look how many ECNL Games are scheduled in SD by OC Clubs.

 

[Eagle33]

Yet big majority of all the teams are from LA or other counties so there traveling longer distances to play in OC. Only a few premier teams are based in OC.

I like great park don't get me wrong but strange choice since basically few gets home game or anything near. At least the fields are nice for the price they pay for premier.

Back in the day all CSL Premier games were in UCI with $10 parking fee. It wasn't strange choice - it was a choice of using same venue for everyone, just like SCDSL using Silverlakes for Discovery league.

 

[crush]

Back in the day all CSL Premier games were in UCI with $10 parking fee. It wasn't strange choice - it was a choice of using same venue for everyone, just like SCDSL using Silverlakes for Discovery league.

It's amazing to look back and see how all this started. I love sports Eagle. I actually think I love sports more than anyone on this forum. I mean that 100%. I love competition to the fullest. However, when you get people who pay to play, pay to win, pay to make the lists and then pay to have articles written, that is not true grit and ganas cannot be produced. Whose your daddy in youth soccer might just be the most important connection and that is no fault to all the DDs. It's just the way it was

 

[Yak]

Back in the day all CSL Premier games were in UCI with $10 parking fee. It wasn't strange choice - it was a choice of using same venue for everyone, just like SCDSL using Silverlakes for Discovery league.

9 out of our 10 CSL Premier league games this season are at OCP. Pretty close to what you describe (but without the parking fee!).