2006 DA

Here's predicts vs actuals for this weekend (3/9 & 3/10). Home team is listed first.

Los Angeles:
Predict: LAFC 4 vs LAUFA 0. Actuals: LAFC 1 vs LAUFA 0. This one is interesting. LAFC had two '07s rostered (not unusual) and the game report said they scored early. Any one else have more color/commentary on this one?

Predict: TFA 6 vs . LAG 2. Actuals: TFA 2 vs. LAG 2. Per forum reports, thanks tres leches and SBFdad, this one sounds like it was little chippy/emotional with one injury (maybe broken collar bone to a leading scorer for TFA) and then not high quality play after. The later u14 game had a lot of drama and maybe some of that started w/ the u13 match. Any first person accounts/thoughts on this?

Predict: Legends 2 vs Santa Barbara SC 2. Actuals: Legends 2 vs. Santa Barbara SC 1. Per game report, sounds like a close game. Legends scored at the 20th minute, Santa Barbara tied it up late but then Legends scored one more for the win.

Predict: FC Golden State 2 vs. LA Premier 2. Actuals: FCG 3 vs LA Premier 0. Per game report, FCG got all three in the first half. interesting match-up since LA Premier won the last match 6-1 playing at LA Premier. FCG is a much better defensive team playing at home, and it showed this weekend.

San Diego:
OC Surf 1 vs. SD Surf 3 - Does anyone have the results for this match?
LAGSD 3 vs. Chula Vista 1 - Does anyone have the results for this match?

Predict: Nomads 1 vs. Arsenal 4. Actuals: Nomads 2 vs Arsenal 3. Per game report, sounds like interesting match. Nomads went up 2-0 in the first half with a player - maybe taking advantage of a matchup - scoring a brace, but Arsenal came back in the second half, scoring their three goals in a ten minute period. Any commentary?

Predict: Strikers 3 vs. Albion 0. Actuals: Strikers 5 vs Albion 3 Per game report, looks like a fun match to watch. Albion scored first early with Strikers tying it up minutes later. Albion went ahead again at the 27th minute, but Strikers again tied it up minutes later, and Albion had the last word in the first half with a goal right before halftime so 3-2 Albion at the half. Striker then shutout Albion in the second half while scoring three more for the win. Two Strikers had a brace.
 
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here's predicts for this weekend (3/16 & 3/17). home team is listed first.

Los Angeles
LA Premier 3 vs Legends 2
LAUFA 1 vs FCG 2
Pats 4 vs Santa Barbara SC 1
LA Galaxy 4 vs. Real SoCal 1.
The recent tie last weekend against TFA notwithstanding, LA Galaxy u13 has been on sustained decline since the 1-6 loss to TFA after the showcase.

Not sure what's going but they've been getting worse on both sides of the ball. Some of it is due to being willing to play some 07s playing up but the decline is bigger than just that.

So, it will be interesting to see which LAG team shows up against Real SoCal, the LAG team that lost 1-7 to the Pats at the beginning of March, or the LAG team that tied TFA 2-2 last weekend.

TFA 0 vs LAFC 3 *game to watch*
TopDrawer ranks TFA as the #1 u13 team in the country and LAFC at #3. here's the keys to the game.

1) TFA plays surprisingly poorly (relatively speaking) at home - especially on D - and has been getting worse over time while LAFC only has a small drop-off playing away. This looks like one of the biggest factors in this weekend's match

2) Reportedly, TFA's top scorer - presumably FJ - was injured in this last weekend's match against LA Galaxy. Wasn't at the match so don't know for sure but if he isn't ready to go against LAFC that will be tough. Last time these teams met, TFA won 3-2 with FJ scoring a brace. Having said that, TFA has a number of options who can score goals.

3) LAFC clearly has the goal of being the #1 team in the country at all age groups. This is their weekend to show what they got.

The algo had the match at 1-2 LAFC, but am a calling it 0-3 LAFC due to #1 thru #3 above.

Legends 2 vs. LA Galaxy 4 see note above about LAG

San Diego
SD Surf 2 vs Strikers 0 *game to watch*
TopDrawer ranks the Strikers at #6 in the country, and doesn't rank the SD Surf in the top 25, which is odd. So, SD Surf will have something to prove this weekend.

The two teams match up well, and the last time these teams played it was 1-0 SD Surf. The Strikers don't play as well away as they do at home and the SD Surf has only allowed one goal in their last seven games. The algo says 2-1 SD Surf but am calling it at 2-0 SD Surf.

OC Surf 1 vs LAGSD 2
SDSC 4 vs. Nomads 1
Arsenal 2 vs. Albion 1
 
Kante said:
here's predicts for this weekend (3/16 & 3/17). home team is listed first.

Los Angeles
LA Premier 3 vs Legends 2
LAUFA 1 vs FCG 2
Pats 4 vs Santa Barbara SC 1
LA Galaxy 4 vs. Real SoCal 1.
The recent tie last weekend against TFA notwithstanding, LA Galaxy u13 has been on sustained decline since the 1-6 loss to TFA after the showcase.

Not sure what's going but they've been getting worse on both sides of the ball. Some of it is due to being willing to play some 07s playing up but the decline is bigger than just that.

So, it will be interesting to see which LAG team shows up against Real SoCal, the LAG team that lost 1-7 to the Pats at the beginning of March, or the LAG team that tied TFA 2-2 last weekend.

TFA 0 vs LAFC 3 *game to watch*
TopDrawer ranks TFA as the #1 u13 team in the country and LAFC at #3. here's the keys to the game.

1) TFA plays surprisingly poorly (relatively speaking) at home - especially on D - and has been getting worse over time while LAFC only has a small drop-off playing away. This looks like one of the biggest factors in this weekend's match

2) Reportedly, TFA's top scorer - presumably FJ - was injured in this last weekend's match against LA Galaxy. Wasn't at the match so don't know for sure but if he isn't ready to go against LAFC that will be tough. Last time these teams met, TFA won 3-2 with FJ scoring a brace. Having said that, TFA has a number of options who can score goals.

3) LAFC clearly has the goal of being the #1 team in the country at all age groups. This is their weekend to show what they got.

The algo had the match at 1-2 LAFC, but am a calling it 0-3 LAFC due to #1 thru #3 above.

Legends 2 vs. LA Galaxy 4 see note above about LAG

San Diego
SD Surf 2 vs Strikers 0 *game to watch*
TopDrawer ranks the Strikers at #6 in the country, and doesn't rank the SD Surf in the top 25, which is odd. So, SD Surf will have something to prove this weekend.

The two teams match up well, and the last time these teams played it was 1-0 SD Surf. The Strikers don't play as well away as they do at home and the SD Surf has only allowed one goal in their last seven games. The algo says 2-1 SD Surf but am calling it at 2-0 SD Surf.

OC Surf 1 vs LAGSD 2
SDSC 4 vs. Nomads 1
Arsenal 2 vs. Albion 1
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San Diego Surf beat Irvine Strikers 2-0. Game was controlled by Surf. Strikers parents were out of control after the first goal went in. Two Striker’s parents were booted from the field for dropping numerous F Bombs at the refs, Surf parents and children. Class-less act...... sad.
 
here's predicts vs actuals. Home team is listed first. FYI. am consistently trying to incorporate home/away effect (when there's time) in the predicts and it seems like it's tightening up the accuracy of the predicts.

Los Angeles
Predict: Pats 4 vs Santa Barbara SC 1. Actuals: Pats 1 vs Santa Barbara SC 0. Pats were missing two players who contribute offensively. Santa Barbara also had a couple of kids out. Surprised that this was relatively competitive with the game report saying that the Pats scored their one at the 54th minute. Santa Barbara may be getting better defensively but the Pats game may also have been an outlier.

Predict: LA Galaxy 4 vs. Real SoCal 1. Actuals: LA Galaxy 2 vs. Real SoCal 2.

Predict: TFA 0 vs LAFC 3. Actuals: TFA 0 vs LAFC 5. This was a game to watch this weekend. TFA's DBA was the player out for this match, presumably from last week's injury vs LAG. He's typically good for more than 1.5 goals per game. TFA kept it close in the first half with the score 0-1 LAFC at end of half, but it looks like LAFC took advantage of what may have been a match-up advantage with four goals in the 2nd half including a brace by AO.

Of note, TFA's coach - WD (about whom there was some alleged controversy following the TFA-LAG dust-up for both u13 and, particularly u14, ) - was not listed by the game report as being present at either the u13 or u14 matches.

There's a new u13 sheriff in town with LAFC likely to rise to the #1 spot. Looking forward to the next LAFC vs TFA match on April 28th in, uh, Salem, Oregon(?).

Predict: Legends 2 vs. LA Galaxy 4. Actuals: Legends 2 vs. LA Galaxy 3.

San Diego
Predict: SD Surf 2 vs Strikers 0. Actuals: SD Surf 2 vs Strikers 0. This one was a match to watch this weekend.

here's commentary from SmashEm-G (thank you!):

"San Diego Surf beat Irvine Strikers 2-0. Game was controlled by Surf. Strikers parents were out of control after the first goal went in. Two Striker’s parents were booted from the field for dropping numerous F Bombs at the refs, Surf parents and children. Class-less act...... sad."

Having said that, the game report states that both goals were PK's and SD Surf was playing at home. Have no idea how the game went - and more comments are very welcome - but will say - IMHO - that the refs this year have on occasion provided a solid home field advantage at the u13 and u14 levels. This may not have had anything at all to do w/ the SD Surf vs Strikers outcome though.

TopDrawer had ranked the Strikers at #9 in the country in the March rankings (down from #6 in Feb), and still doesn't rank the SD Surf in the top 25, which is odd. presumably SD Surf - if they keep playing the same - will move up in April.

Predict: SDSC 4 vs. Nomads 1. Actuals: SDSC 4 vs. Nomads 1. Any additional commentary on this one? Was surprised by SDSC's lack of offense. Per game report, SDSC scored about midway thru the 1st half, and the it looks like a defensive battle until the Nomads tied it up in the last five minutes.

Predict: Arsenal 2 vs. Albion 1. Does anyone have results for this one?
 
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Kante said:
here's predicts vs actuals. Home team is listed first. FYI. am consistently trying to incorporate home/away effect (when there's time) in the predicts and it seems like it's tightening up the accuracy of the predicts.

Los Angeles

Predict: TFA 0 vs LAFC 3. Actuals: TFA 0 vs LAFC 5. This was a game to watch this weekend. TFA's DBA was the player out for this match, presumably from last week's injury vs LAG. He's typically good for more than 1.5 goals per game. TFA kept it close in the first half with the score 0-1 LAFC at end of half, but it looks like LAFC took advantage of what may have been a match-up advantage with four goals in the 2nd half including a brace by AO.

Of note, TFA's coach - WD (about whom there was some alleged controversy following the TFA-LAG dust-up for both u13 and, particularly u14, ) - was not listed by the game report as being present at either the u13 or u14 matches.

There's a new u13 sheriff in town with LAFC likely to rise to the #1 spot. Looking forward to the next LAFC vs TFA match on April 28th in, uh, Salem, Oregon(?).
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Interesting note on the TFA-LAFC game: WD did not coach TFA this game as the game report correctly noted. The UCLA Men's Head Coach (currently on leave due to some off the field issues in the mainstream news) coached TFA for this game. I think he also coached the TFA 05's. I also understand a number of TFA 06's played up due to missing players from prior week's incident.
 
Zacrob said:
Interesting note on the TFA-LAFC game: WD did not coach TFA this game as the game report correctly noted. The UCLA Men's Head Coach (currently on leave due to some off the field issues in the mainstream news) coached TFA for this game. I think he also coached the TFA 05's.
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Does this mean there are spots available on TFA for those that can afford a little money under the table...?
 
TFA-LAFC
it's my personal opinion that TFA's game is a bit one-dimensional: fast breaks or long/through balls to their star offensive player. Absent this dimension, the score of this match isn't surprising to me. LAFC seems to work the ball around the midfield quite well, and has several offensive players and midfielders who can put it in the net.
disclaimer: I'm not associated w either team
 
TFA-LAFC
It's just an observation but TFA only two loses seems to be when TFA's WD is not in attendance. The importance of his presence at games is something that shouldn't be overstated. As for being one-dimensional you can't clearly make that statement off of one game , that's too small of a sample size. This has been the team we all have been trying to beat for the last 3 years since WD has had this team. Every team makes adjustments and 99% of the team can't really compete against them so in my personal opinion TFA is still the best but LAFC seems to be the only team that can compete against them. April match should be really interesting to see and it will be the game to watch.
disclaimer: I'm not associated w either team
 
Not to harp on the Galaxy 07 playing up or Galaxy team not doing good, but genuinely curious on what the 06 players who are no longer playing do? Do they just go to practice and miss game day? Do they go down to one of their F1 teams? Can they earn back a roster spot?
 
SOCCerJunKIE said:
As for being one-dimensional you can't clearly make that statement off of one game , that's too small of a sample size
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Not sure why you assume a sample size of one. However, given a sample size of one and no informative priors, the best estimate is that sample. Anyway, I've seen eight of their games this season, and it's my unprofessional opinion that they're pretty one dimensional. That's not to slam them, because obviously they've been effective. Perhaps they haven't needed to exercise any other dimensions in the eight games that I've seen. Who knows. It's just my opinion, and I'm not surprised by the loss to LAFC.
 
here's predicts for this weekend (3/23 & 3/24). home team is listed first.

Los Angeles
LA Premier 4 vs LA Galaxy 3
LAUFA 1 vs Real SoCal 1
TFA 6 vs Santa Barbara SC 1
Legends 1 vs Pats 3
FCG 0 vs LAFC 4

San Diego
Albion 1 vs SDSC 2
LAGSD 1 vs SD Surf 3
OC Surf 1 vs Strikers 3
Arsenal 3 vs Chula Vista 2
Nomads 1 vs Murrieta Surf 5
 
SOCCerJunKIE said:
TFA-LAFC
It's just an observation but TFA only two loses seems to be when TFA's WD is not in attendance. The importance of his presence at games is something that shouldn't be overstated. As for being one-dimensional you can't clearly make that statement off of one game , that's too small of a sample size. This has been the team we all have been trying to beat for the last 3 years since WD has had this team. Every team makes adjustments and 99% of the team can't really compete against them so in my personal opinion TFA is still the best but LAFC seems to be the only team that can compete against them. April match should be really interesting to see and it will be the game to watch.
disclaimer: I'm not associated w either team
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WD should not be around children.
 
here's predicts vs actuals for this weekend (3/23 & 3/24). home team is listed first. there were several results that should have been anticipated but were not. am going to take a look at the algo for next week and hopefully things tightened back up.

Los Angeles
Predict: LA Premier 4 vs LA Galaxy 3. Actuals LA Premier 4 vs LA Galaxy 1

Predict: LAUFA 1 vs Real SoCal 1. LAUFA forfeited at halftime due to lack of trainer

Predict: TFA 6 vs Santa Barbara SC 1. Actuals: TFA 12 vs Santa Barbara SC 0. Did not see this one coming. Per the game report, two goals in the first five minutes. 6-0 at half. 12-0 final. Ouch.

Predict: FCG 0 vs LAFC 4. Actuals: FCG 0 vs LAFC 3

San Diego
Predict: Albion 1 vs SDSC 2. Actuals: Albion 2 vs SDSC 8. Another one that came out of the blue. Looks like there may have been a match-up issue for Albion with two SDSC players - CL and ES - going for hat tricks.

Predict: LAGSD 1 vs SD Surf 3. Actuals: LAGSD 1 vs SD Surf 2

Predict: OC Surf 1 vs Strikers 3. Actuals: OC Surf vs. Strikers 6

Predict: Arsenal 3 vs Chula Vista 2. Actuals: Arsenal 3 vs Chula Vista 0

Predict: Nomads 1 vs Murrieta Surf 5. Actuals: Nomads 1 vs Murrieta Surf 3
 
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