Socal Soccer League Total number of teams comparison 2022 2023

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Below are the Club chapters that lost the most teams and those that gained the most.

Total number of teams comparison 2022 2023 by club chapter

Top 20 Decline
2022 Count​
2023 Count​
+/-​
Legends FC (CA)
129​
106​
-23​
California Rush Soccer Club
41​
22​
-19​
Laguna United FC
62​
50​
-12​
Rangers FC
48​
36​
-12​
Xolos Academy FC
17​
5​
-12​
Los Angeles Soccer Club
34​
27​
-7​
Los Angeles Bulls Soccer Club
22​
16​
-6​
AYSO United SoCal South Bay
29​
23​
-6​
AYSO Matrix 11-S
19​
14​
-5​
DMCV Sharks
40​
35​
-5​
East County Surf Soccer Club
63​
58​
-5​
Fallbrook Villa FC - FYSL
18​
13​
-5​
Strikers FC North
37​
32​
-5​
Mission Viejo FC
18​
14​
-4​
Murrieta Soccer Academy
33​
29​
-4​
AYSO United SoCal San Diego
12​
8​
-4​
Olympicos Soccer Club
8​
5​
-3​
Strikers FC - CM/NB
6​
3​
-3​
AYSO United SoCal North County
19​
16​
-3​
AYSO United SoCal Pacific
15​
12​
-3​
Pateadores Soccer Club NB
51​
48​
-3​

Top 20 Positive Growth
2022 Count​
2023 Count​
+/-​
LA Breakers FC
19​
41​
22​
LA Surf Soccer Club
61​
81​
20​
Sporting Slammers FC
6​
24​
18​
Sporting California USA
56​
72​
16​
AYSO Matrix
46​
60​
14​
City SC Temecula
53​
66​
13​
Steel United California
8​
20​
12​
City SC - San Marcos
71​
82​
11​
ELI7E FC
19​
30​
11​
ALBION SC Central Cal
21​
31​
10​
Chula Vista FC
24​
34​
10​
Claremont Stars Soccer Club
14​
24​
10​
Inland Surf
5​
15​
10​
San Diego FORCE FC
48​
58​
10​
Tiffiny's International Soccer Organization
13​
23​
10​
Valley United SC
15​
25​
10​
Antelope Valley Futbol Club
7​
16​
9​
Atlante San Diego FC
28​
37​
9​
Empire SC
19​
28​
9​
Strikers FC Orange
31​
40​
9​
Pateadores Soccer Club IRV
42​
51​
9​
Pateadores Soccer Club South County
21​
30​
9​
 
Wow very good info.

Shows the clubs that do Socal + number of teams at each club + if they're adding or losing teams yoy.

This directly relates to the size of the potential player pool each club has available to pull from when they hit GA, ECNL, etc.

It also shows which clubs get recruited from (large amount of Socal but no ECNL, GA) and which clubs primarily recruit (small amount of Socal but do well in GA, ECNL)

ECS Legends and Sharks stood out because they're losing Socal teams. All the other big clubs look to be adding Socal teams or staying roughly even.

Also North San Diego and Temecula clubs seem to be adding a lot of Socal teams.
 
Carlsbad7 said:
Wow very good info.

Shows the clubs that do Socal + number of teams at each club + if they're adding or losing teams yoy.

This directly relates to the size of the potential player pool each club has available to pull from when they hit GA, ECNL, etc.

It also shows which clubs get recruited from (large amount of Socal but no ECNL, GA) and which clubs primarily recruit (small amount of Socal but do well in GA, ECNL)

ECS Legends and Sharks stood out because they're losing Socal teams. All the other big clubs look to be adding Socal teams or staying roughly even.

Also North San Diego and Temecula clubs seem to be adding a lot of Socal teams.
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I was surprised by the low number of chapters that actually lost teams.
There are 150 chapters in the full list and only 32 lost one team or more.
 
There are a lot of reasons a club would lose teams in socal. A team could do extremely well and the whole team left and went to a MLS next club. Or a team does well and enters EA a year earlier. I wouldn't look too much into this information.
There is a club on the "gained teams" list, I know for a fact, they will take anyone who shows up to their tryout.
 
Jamisfoes said:
I wouldn't look too much into this information.
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Dismissing data out of hand and generalizing doesn't serve anyones best purposes.
I also know a couple clubs on that negative list that are really poorly run.
People need to have data and that can spark them to do their own research.
 
Carlsbad7 said:
Wow very good info.

Shows the clubs that do Socal + number of teams at each club + if they're adding or losing teams yoy.

This directly relates to the size of the potential player pool each club has available to pull from when they hit GA, ECNL, etc.

It also shows which clubs get recruited from (large amount of Socal but no ECNL, GA) and which clubs primarily recruit (small amount of Socal but do well in GA, ECNL)

ECS Legends and Sharks stood out because they're losing Socal teams. All the other big clubs look to be adding Socal teams or staying roughly even.

Also North San Diego and Temecula clubs seem to be adding a lot of Socal teams.
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SD North County - Albion SD North (San Marcos) and City San Marcos are showing growth in several areas.

ALBION SC North | Home

albionscnorth.org albionscnorth.org

IG: @albionsc_north

City SC San Marcos | San Marcos Based Youth Soccer Club Offering Recreational & Competitive Programs

cityscsanmarcos.com cityscsanmarcos.com

IG: city_sc_sanmarcos

Seems like Albion Temecula/Empire Surf and City Temecula are also showing big growth in several areas.
 
Dramatic increases are usually the result of mergers and acquisitions/affiliations

For example, LA Breakers is the biggest increase because it entered into an affiliation with FC Long Beach, with the latter changing its name to LA Breakers Long Beach, but the two organizations will remain separate. Breakers couldn't possibly increase that much in their actual West LA location. They already have a big problem with consistent practice space since they lost the VA location a few years ago.

Presumably, the attraction for FC Long Beach is access to ECNL playing opportunities.

www.labreakersfc.com

LA Breakers FC partners with FC Long Beach as New Chapter Organization

LA Breakers FC and FC Long Beach proudly announce a new partnership, with FC Long Beach becoming a chapter of the LA Breakers FC beginning June 2023. The two organizations will continue to operate independently as 501(c)3 charitable organizations, but will partner on club values and philosophy; co
www.labreakersfc.com www.labreakersfc.com
 
For what it’s worth, Rangers FC have moved all their top boys teams to ECRL and the top girls teams moved to DPL. That’s 12 teams right there..
 
What about teams that completely left SoCal League (or were kicked) and teams that joined for the very first time?
 
I also heard this year that they aren't allowing players to be dual registered in other leagues. I know a bunch of the clubs that dropped some teams were doing that in the various letter leagues, so if they're following the rules, they have to drop some.
 
For that reason, it would be best to see the annual gains and losses of teams per club over a 10-year period. Along with annotations, that would help to identify and interpret trends.

D8958 said:
Dismissing data out of hand and generalizing doesn't serve anyones best purposes.
I also know a couple clubs on that negative list that are really poorly run.
People need to have data and that can spark them to do their own research.
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EA2 is also expanding this fall. EA clubs who in the past had their second teams play in Socal are moving them to EA2.
 
FidelGonzales said:
For that reason, it would be best to see the annual gains and losses of teams per club over a 10-year period. Along with annotations, that would help to identify and interpret trends.
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The comparison isn't structured to figure out if Headline club Brand X is bigger and has grown faster and is therefore better then club Brand Y.
Its more designed to give possible leads in to who might be running a good program at a club location.

10 years ago the majority of the locations on the list didn't even exist.
 
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