here's standings thru this weekend (2/9 & 2/10):
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here's predicts for this weekend. home team is listed first.
Los Angeles
Real So Cal 0 vs LAFC 6. *could be a good opportunity for LAFC to play some 07s up and do some development*
TFA 4 vs. LA Premier 1
Legends 1 vs. FCG 2
LA Galaxy 1 vs. Pateadores 3 *game to watch* last two matches were 5-3 and 1-0, Pats both times. Would suspect LAG will be looking to bring it.
Santa Barbara SC 1 vs. LAUFA 2
San Diego
LAGSD 2 vs. Albion 1
SD Surf 3 vs. SDSC 1
Strikers 7 vs Nomads 0. *could be a good opportunity for Strikers to play some 07s up and do some development*
OC Surf 2 vs. Arsenal 2
Chula Vista 2 vs. Murrieta 4
wow. any additional color or commentary on how the game went?Pateadores 7 - LA Galaxy 1
wow. any additional color or commentary on how the game went?
The 06 kids that are not playing in favor of the 07's, are they injured or something?
Food for thought-Everyone is giving props to LAG for playing up 07's, could it be they have already written off the 06 team this season. Not at all saying some of those kids are not talented but they have struggled all season if it was true development wouldn't the 06's be getting a chance up at 05's and so on. Other than when the 05 players were suspended from the incident at YNT Camp the 06's are not being pulled up could it be because this year the 05's are successful after struggling last year and they like the wins (yep I said it - clubs, directors, coaches, parents players enjoy winning and the benefits that come with it). Pats don't play up there top 06's when there is a tough game.
We played against 05 LAG last season and they were strong.The 05’s struggled last year and the 06’s are struggling this year. The common denominator is MC.
Not all professional players make good coaches. Hat off to pats or a job well done they dominated the game from the blow of the whistle.
TFADA IG posted they won 5-1here's predicts vs actuals for this last weekend. home team is listed first.
Los Angeles
Predict: Real So Cal 0 vs LAFC 6. Actuals: Real So Cal 0 vs LAFC 3. Per game report, looks like it was close until about the 65th minute. One LAFC player went for a brace and likely was a tough match-up for RSC.
Also, per the game report, RSC did not have five players rostered. Not sure if these players have dropped or not. And, per the game report, LAFC did not have six players rostered, and was playing three players up. Again, not sure if these LAFC '06 players have dropped or are typically rostered.
Predict: TFA 4 vs. LA Premier 1. Actuals: Does anyone have the score for this match?
Predict: LA Galaxy 1 vs. Pateadores 3. Actuals: LA Galaxy 1 vs. Pateadores 7. Ouch. Will leave it to folks to read the thread above for details and commentary about this match. The LAG 06s are clearly on a downward trajectory, even accounting for playing 07s up, and, if what the LAG org did w/ the 05 player from the 2017-18 season is an indicator (LAG brought in 10 new 05 players from other academies for the 2018-19 season, and cut a corresponding number of kids from the 2017-18 05 squad), this doesn't bode well for the current 06 LAG families.
A quick note/two cents. While most academy parents should have an idea of what academy means, and how the academy teams make decisions about players, it's one thing to know this in the abstract, and another thing to experience it first hand with your 12 or 13 year old.
Progress in life is not a straight line and it's a very good, but very tough, lesson to learn. 99.9% of soccer cut/keep decisions - especially at the u12 thru u15 age - can be ridiculously subjective, regardless of what "expert" coaches say. Believe it or not, who is playing at u14 is a very poor indicator of who will be playing at u20 (only five of the 100+ kids called up to the u14 ynt national team five years ago made it to the current u20 squad that just won Concacaf, and three of those players were only initially ID'ed in the now defunct Futures Camp meant to ID and nurture late developers and kids born in the 2nd half of the year).
Remember, there are a fair number of other, probably better, options to keep playing at a high level, and even to keep playing at an academy level. And, also remember, school is way, way, way more important than soccer for 98% of the kids now playing u13 DA soccer.
Predict: Santa Barbara SC 1 vs. LAUFA 2. Actuals: Does anyone have the score for this match?
San Diego
Predict: LAGSD 2 vs. Albion 1. Actuals: LAGSD 2 vs. Albion 0
Predict: OC Surf 2 vs. Arsenal 2. Actuals: OC Surf 1 vs. Arsenal 3
Predict: Chula Vista 2 vs. Murrieta 4. Actuals: Chula Vista 1 vs. Murrieta 3
graciasTFADA IG posted they won 5-1
Food for thought-Everyone is giving props to LAG for playing up 07's, could it be they have already written off the 06 team this season. Not at all saying some of those kids are not talented but they have struggled all season if it was true development wouldn't the 06's be getting a chance up at 05's and so on. Other than when the 05 players were suspended from the incident at YNT Camp the 06's are not being pulled up could it be because this year the 05's are successful after struggling last year and they like the wins (yep I said it - clubs, directors, coaches, parents players enjoy winning and the benefits that come with it). Pats don't play up there top 06's when there is a tough game.[/QUOTE
I see the same thing whenever I go to a LAFC game. But they play their 06’s a lot with their 05’s and their 05’s sit out. I never see them play the 05’s up unless a 04 is with the National team. I wonder about development myself
here's predicts vs actuals for this last weekend. home team is listed first.
Los Angeles
Predict: Real So Cal 0 vs LAFC 6. Actuals: Real So Cal 0 vs LAFC 3. Per game report, looks like it was close until about the 65th minute. One LAFC player went for a brace and likely was a tough match-up for RSC.
Also, per the game report, RSC did not have five players rostered. Not sure if these players have dropped or not. And, per the game report, LAFC did not have six players rostered, and was playing three players up. Again, not sure if these LAFC '06 players have dropped or are typically rostered.
Predict: TFA 4 vs. LA Premier 1. Actuals: TFA 5 vs. LA Premier 1
Predict: LA Galaxy 1 vs. Pateadores 3. Actuals: LA Galaxy 1 vs. Pateadores 7. Ouch. Will leave it to folks to read the thread above for details and commentary about this match. The LAG 06s are clearly on a downward trajectory, even accounting for playing 07s up, and, if what the LAG org did w/ the 05 player from the 2017-18 season is an indicator (LAG brought in 10 new 05 players from other academies for the 2018-19 season, and cut a corresponding number of kids from the 2017-18 05 squad), this doesn't bode well for the current 06 LAG families.
A quick note/two cents. While most academy parents should have an idea of what academy means, and how the academy teams make decisions about players, it's one thing to know this in the abstract, and another thing to experience it first hand with your 12 or 13 year old.
Progress in life is not a straight line and it's a very good, but very tough, lesson to learn. 99.9% of soccer cut/keep decisions - especially at the u12 thru u15 age - can be ridiculously subjective, regardless of what "expert" coaches say. Believe it or not, who is playing at u14 is a very poor indicator of who will be playing at u20 (only five of the 100+ kids called up to the u14 ynt national team five years ago made it to the current u20 squad that just won Concacaf, and three of those players were only initially ID'ed in the now defunct Futures Camp meant to ID and nurture late developers and kids born in the 2nd half of the year).
Remember, there are a fair number of other, probably better, options to keep playing at a high level, and even to keep playing at an academy level. And, also remember, school is way, way, way more important than soccer for 98% of the kids now playing u13 DA soccer.
Predict: Santa Barbara SC 1 vs. LAUFA 2. Actuals: Does anyone have the score for this match?
San Diego
Predict: LAGSD 2 vs. Albion 1. Actuals: LAGSD 2 vs. Albion 0
Predict: OC Surf 2 vs. Arsenal 2. Actuals: OC Surf 1 vs. Arsenal 3
Predict: Chula Vista 2 vs. Murrieta 4. Actuals: Chula Vista 1 vs. Murrieta 3
thxSB 0 - LAUFA 4