I don't think anyone is hating on LAFC or any other team. As you said, it turns out that there were other DA teams. LAFC was different though. The other DA teams were generally pre-existing teams entered with their old names (e.g., FC Golden State PDA or Arsenal Pre-Academy), with I think only one (West Coast FC) putting DA in their names. Some of those were not really the DA teams either (e.g., LA Galaxy SB Pre-Academy I was definitely not the USSDA squad, although it had some players who will be on that DA squad). Most of the DA teams may have had different players, but they generally had a core of players who played with that team all year or who played with that club on some team last year. Moreover, by entering under their former name, it is a reminder that DA, which doesn't permit DA teams to compete in open divisions against non-DA teams in multiple games per day tournaments leading to trophies, doesn't actually start until August and therefore this is no different than a normal season where an old team can recruit some new players for the spring tournaments. LAFC, by contrast, is a brand-new all star DA team. The players came from all over and there was no core that played together as a team last year. Thus, there was no pretense that it is just the continuation of a non-DA team playing in a normal tournament. It is a pure DA team and therefore entering it into an open tournament felt like an attempt to get around the USSDA philosophy barring such competitions. Moreover, LAFC was clearly better funded than any other team at the tournament and it made no attempt to hide that fact. They brought four coaches, including their full-time GK coach who warmed up the goalkeepers before each game, and had all four coaches on the bench for each team's games. There was definitely an attempt to fly the LAFC flag, with gear everywhere. There was a Man City feel to it -- even if the other DA teams are fully or partially funded for the players it seemed clear that LAFC was spending more on its players than any other club there. In these circumstances, it's not surprising that LAFC would attract a bit more scrutiny than the other DA teams.