2005 DA Standings

here's predicts for this weekend. home team is listed first.

Los Angeles
LA Galaxy 2 vs Legends 1

LAFC 11 vs Santa Barbara SC 0
note: LAFC has hit their stride recently and won their last three games by a combined score 20-1. Algo had this one at 16-0. That's not going to happen (probably). Assuming LAFC plays their 05s (last time these teams met, LAFC played their 06s vs Santa Barbara's 05s), am calling this at 11-0. Still, any way one looks at it, going to be a long day for Santa Barbara.

LAUFA 3 vs TFA 1
Pateadores 4 vs FC Golden State 4

San Diego
Albion 4 vs Arsenal 0
OC Surf 6 vs SDSC 1
Nomads 1 vs SD Surf 2 *match to watch*
note: Nomads have been improving significantly over the course of the season and this match will be a good gauge to see how far they've come.

OC Surf 2 vs Albion 2
 
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Kante said:
LAFC 11 vs Santa Barbara SC 0
note: LAFC has hit their stride recently and won their last three games by a combined score 20-1. Algo had this one at 16-0. That's not going to happen (probably). Assuming LAFC plays their 05s (last time these teams met, LAFC played their 06s vs Santa Barbara's 05s), am calling this at 11-0. Still, any way one looks at it, going to be a long day for Santa Barbara.
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Rumor has it that LAFC is going to play their 05s against Albion's 04s tomorrow. If true, not sure how that would trickle down thru the younger age groups seeing that they all play Santa Barbara at home tomorrow. If so, kudos to TS and staff for creating a development-first opportunity for this weekend at least. This may be a first step in a direction LAFC wants to take their academy going forward, per a recent interview with TS where he suggested a fundamental shift from results to individual player and group development. We shall see.
 
Correct. 3-0 LAFC. All but 4 05s played up against Albion’s 04s. It did trickle down. Most of the 06 team played the 05 SB team. They won 9-2.
 
nbean3 said:
Correct. 3-0 LAFC. All but 4 05s played up against Albion’s 04s. It did trickle down. Most of the 06 team played the 05 SB team. They won 9-2.
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Good for LAFC....

Nice challenge for the 05s. There are probably a few other clubs in SoCal that could consider something similar. Maybe not the whole team, but several at a time.
 
here's predicts vs actuals for the last weekend. home team is listed first.

Los Angeles
predict: LA Galaxy 2 vs Legends 1. actuals: LA Galaxy 4 vs Legends 1
note: per the game report, it looks like LAG controlled most of this game with two early goals and then two more goals about midway thru the 2nd half.

predict: LAFC 11 vs Santa Barbara SC 0. actuals: LAFC 9 vs Santa Barbara SC 2
note: per the game report, LAFC rostered four 05s plus one 06 who regularly plays with the 05s, while Santa Barbara only rostered 12 players. For LAFC, AW and ZF went for braces.

predict: LAUFA 3 vs TFA 1. actuals: LAUFA 1 vs TFA 5
note: in retrospect, it was pretty clear that TFA - with all their players back - would come strong for this match, but, alas, went with what the algo said instead. For TFA, VM went for a hat trick. A good lesson that predicting future results based on past results needs to be supplemented by appropriately weighting key factors.

predict: Pateadores 4 vs FC Golden State 4. actuals: Pateadores 1 vs FC Golden State 5
note: insert same note here about predicting futures results based on past results. Pats have players back from injury and are better than they were, but they also benefited from some results that should have been discounted in the prediction eg, playing TFA minus some players and playing Santa Barbara after Santa Barbara played four games in Oceanside in the previous 24 hours. FCG is a strong team and the result seems reasonable.

Match looks like it was close in the first half with Pats getting an early goal and the score at 2-1 FCG at half. FCG came strong in the 2nd half for the win with MC getting a brace.

San Diego
predict: Albion 4 vs Arsenal 0. actuals: Albion 1 vs Arsenal 0
note: surprised by this outcome and would have thought Albion, given their improvement over time, would have scored more. last match btw these teams was 4-0 Albion. Well done on Arsenal for tightening up their defense.

predict: OC Surf 6 vs SDSC 1. actuals: OC Surf 1 vs SDSC 1
note: SDSC has had a tough year, averaging less than one goal scored every other game, and OC Surf can be tough. However, these teams look like they match up well so good on SDSC for getting a decent result as the season winds down.

predict: Nomads 1 vs SD Surf 2. actuals: Nomads 1 vs SD Surf 7
note: there's a certain machine-like quality to SD Surf where their system of play is just too much some times. This weekend against the Nomads looks like it was one of those times. thought the Nomads, given their improvement might more of a go here but, per the game report, it looks like they got swamped.

Seven different SD Surf players scored and the Nomads one goal was an early PK.

predict: OC Surf 2 vs Albion 2. actuals: OC Surf 0 vs Albion 1
note: Albion is a well-coached team with some solid players and consistently will grind out results. OC Surf added some players after the holiday break and had a bump in results but have since regressed to the mean.
 
Box2Box said:
Lots of blow outs. Still a big difference in talent level among teams.
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It seems that from March/April thru June, the teams really start to separate.

Would attribute this, to some extent at least, to differences in practice/training quantity and quality over the course of the season. For example, some teams practice the expected four days per week (per USSDA rules/regs) while others don't; some teams practice 120 minutes while other teams practice 90 minutes; some teams have conditioning expectations for the players, others don't; some teams spend time on video review, others don't.

net net, some teams practicing almost twice as much as other teams adds up. Would think that teams who have a (legit) complaint about lack of competition would get on USSDA to make sure all teams are doing what's expected. Seems like the adults involved should be able to have a direct conversation about this.
 
here's predicts for this weekend. home team is listed first.

Los Angeles
predict: LA Galaxy 6 vs Santa Barbara SC 0 note: could be good match for LAG to play some 06s up.

predict: Legends 2 vs FC Golden State 1 *match to watch* both teams have improved significantly over the course of the season and the Legends have - outside of the recent LAFC and LAG results - one of the best defenses in the country. Both teams match up well size wise. home field advantage gives this one to the Legends. Last time these teams met it was 2-0 FCG.

predict: LAFC 8 vs Pateadores 0 note: could be good match for LAFC to play some 06s up.

San Diego
predict: Albion 1 vs Strikers 3

predict: SD Surf 4 vs LAGSD 1

predict: Arsenal 1 vs Nomads 2

predict: Nomads 2 vs Albion 2 *match to watch* Both teams started out rough this season but also have improved significantly over the season despite the rough starts. Lots of local bragging rights here. Should be a fun match to watch. Last time these teams met it was 2-1 Albion.
 
Legends - 2
FCGS - 1

00:25 - FCGS 1-0

3:00 - FCGS injury - ball in face - down to 10 players

11:00 - FCGS back to 11 players

59:30 Legends 1-1 Header from DFK

75:30 - Legends 2-1 Split the defense for a 1v1 with keeper.

I don’t think FCGS had a decent shot on goal on the 2nd half.
 
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