No team in Vegas Cup from SoCal is worth talking about.
Then why bring it up?
No team in Vegas Cup from SoCal is worth talking about.
LOLThen why bring it up?
Just curious...you think anyone is worth talking about?LOL
I bet you really think you sound intelligent.
LOL
I bet you really think you sound intelligent.
I don't usually engage with members under 40 posts, but I'll make you the exception for this one.Clearly, not half as much as you do, but continue ignoring my original question.
I don't usually engage with members under 40 posts, but I'll make you the exception for this one.
Okay.
I was merely laughing @the meaningless tournament. You're the one who wants to talk about it and now you're mad because I won't.
Looks like the cal south teams had a tough time in the gold flight at vegas cup. Pats LA won the silver elite...shut out the last 4 opponents. They were denied entry to the gold level.
Seven SoCal teams in Vegas Cup Gold flight, only one of them won more the one game, ouch.
You talk to bums when they blurt shit out?Haha! Well, color me honored. I'm not mad, far from it; just curious since you brought it up. I don't think I read anyone else mention the tournament, except for you. Based on that, I suppose your comment was meant to be as meaningless as Vegas cup. Kinda like the bum that hangs out outside the local liquor store and occasionally blurts random things.
Vegas Cup has been weakened by 1) DA League, which pulled out a lot of the top SoCal teams and 2) CRL which pulled out probably all of the rest of the top SoCal teams.
The fact is DA is watering down all the tournaments including Surf. I wouldn't even want to bring my kid to a DA tournament and pay for a hotel all week to play 1 game per day, especially if most of the teams in the tournament are from SoCal, because he will play them in DA League.
DA is a 2 team league. Everyone else would come in second at all the other leagues and tournaments. Oxnard and CDA are better than the rest of the DA teams. DA. Great way to spend a couple hundred a year and your son play half the games the rest of the SoCal kids are playing. If you're not at galaxy. You're wasting your time and a lot of money
Oxnard is a good, big, fast team that is much better on defense than offense. It's a huge stretch to say that Oxnard would be the third best team in DA League. I have never heard anyone else say this. No disrespect to Oxnard, but not once when I watched Oxnard play did the thought cross my head, "This could be one of the top teams in SoCal at this age group." I assessed Oxnard as a good, solid team and think they would do OK in the DA League.
CDA Slammers has the talent to match up with the best DA teams. The GSA dads here will give me holy hell, but I think CDA Slammers matches up very well against GSA, because GSA has struggled against teams with both speed and physicality in the past. I think CDA and Galaxy are the two best teams in the age group, and it would be a great match with the result dependent upon reffing, with GSA a close third.
I think you underestimate the benefits of DA League, especially the quality of the coaching and the emphasis on team and individual passing and receiving skills as opposed to direct connections to physically mature players, but since you seem happy with your situation, in your case ignorance is bliss.
I also agree 100% with the DA philosophy of fewer games and more rest time and practice time. My son has more time and energy to practice on skills, less time traveling and playing games vs. weak teams in a watered down league and tournaments that he gets very little out of. He has improved a lot in areas where, he was quite frankly, shit for several years.
Don't know much about Real SoCal, but last year's Strikers beat last year's GSA and everyone else en route to tearing their way to State Cup. This year's Strikers lost their right winger (who was their best offensive player), their best center mid, and top notch GK due to the age change, they were moved to 02 academy team. They also lost quality defensive player and their replacement right winger, whose a very skilled and fast player, is recovering from a serious injury and has not been in top shape or form.Big fair weather fish in a small pond syndrome. Seen this repeat several times over the years.
Just look at the Strikers or Real SoCal,. Strikers took NC and far west and RSC was near the top in league winning tournments prior to this DA year. Last time I looked both where in the bottom half of the table in the da league. Coaching, formations, requirements changed and they had to "relearn" how to play properly, making up for lost time. This is similar to what would happen if those other teams played DA IMO. I doubt any of them would fair any better than the Strikers have. Good for those two teams taking in the long term rather then looking to win at all costs now, but too bad they didn't do that sooner.
GSA, Galaxy and some of the other teams or players don't have to relearn, adapt to a new coach, or style of play because they have been doing this all along.[\quote]
What???
This year's Galaxy is a whole new team. Most of the players starting for Galaxy are new to Galaxy. They have a new coach, new players and they play a different, higher energy, direct more physical style than last year's Galaxy.
Last year's Galaxy was a mid tier flight 1 team, they were nowhere close to winning SCDSL flight 1 division.
For you to say Galaxy has been doing this all along when over 50% of the team is new and has a new coach and new style of play shows you really don't know at all the teams and talent in this age group.
Don't know much about Real SoCal, but last year's Strikers beat last year's GSA and everyone else en route to tearing their way to State Cup. This year's Strikers lost their right winger (who was their best offensive player), their best center mid, and top notch GK due to the age change, they were moved to 02 academy team. They also lost quality defensive player and their replacement right winger, whose a very skilled and fast player, is recovering from a serious injury and has not been in top shape or form.
You are attributing the Strikers drop in standings to move to the DA League and change in style of play while ignoring the huge impact of the loss due to age, injury or players changing teams of 5 talented players, 3 of which (the 02 winger, GK and center mid) were among the top players at their position in the league.
Last year's Strikers did not have issues moving the ball. They were clearly the best team in the 8/02-8/03 age group. This year's 03 Strikers is a different team because it's a different age group and they lost a lot of talent.
So losing's 3 players is a lot of talent but they retained what 11? Stretching a bit or maybe to much realiance on too few players? Again a perfect example of the bigger fish in the small pond. When things changed what happen? Oh I know let's see if we can "re- learn" to move the ball around now, text book example.
I've seen the Strikers play last season 02/03, they dont play the same syle or formation as the ussda team does now after and the scouting reports came ou
Every team is new this year,. Galaxy has like 10 returning players and the ones added played for teams will silmar pocession styles.