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Post by fan on Nov 15, 2013 9:49:35 GMT -5
Do some U14 teams move to that league in the spring? How many and how are they determined?
Do U15 and older teams just play in that league in the fall? Are they determined by State Cup?
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Post by jash on Nov 15, 2013 10:24:10 GMT -5
I'd like to know this from someone who is really knowledgeable myself. I'll add it to the FAQ if someone can write it up succinctly.
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Post by spectator on Nov 15, 2013 10:40:24 GMT -5
Do some U14 teams move to that league in the spring? How many and how are they determined? Do U15 and older teams just play in that league in the fall? Are they determined by State Cup? RPL (Regional Premier League) is set up to give the top teams from states the opportunity to play other top teams. Typically each state gets at least two teams to submit although in the East Region, Georgia and Florida usually submit four teams because SC and NC only submit two. It's always an even number because two teams will travel together over a weekend to play two other teams - one on Saturday and one on Sunday. A team must earn and keep their RPL spot - it's not club based like ECNL. The winner of State Cup automatically gets an RPL berth the next year. The other teams must finish with a strong record or good placement in State Cup to keep their spots - so the RPL picture can change year over year. From U15 up, RPL teams only play each other and do not participate in Classic 1 or Athena A regular play in Fall. They do play State Cup in Spring. At U14, the fall placement in Classic 1 or Athena A determines who will be the Georgia RPL teams. Top two finishers are guaranteed RPL - if Georgia gets the four spots then the third and fourth finishers will also be GA RPL teams. In Spring at U14, the 2-4 RPL teams move out of Classic/Athena and more teams will move up to fill those spots. At Athena, where there are Athena A-F teams in Fall, by Spring it looks like there's enough movement to consolodate it to only Athena A-E so more than four teams will move up in the lower brackets. Typically there is no relegation downward from Fall to Spring. Hope this helped. |
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Post by soccerpapi on Nov 15, 2013 18:03:46 GMT -5
Good write up Spectator... One slight addition (to confuse the issue even more) - as of this year (name changes).. - What used to be known as RPL now goes by PLE (Premier League East) - What used to be known as SPL (Southern Premier League) now goes by RPL (Regional Premier League). As stated above, PLE (Premier League East) qualifications is made up of region-3 east states GA, FL, NC, SC (4, 4, 2, 2 earned/allotted to each respective State for a total of 12-team league) from region-3 east. The top two finishers of PLE earned a spot in RPL the following season where they compete against the top two winners from Premier League Central (AL, AR, LA, MS, TN) and Premier League West (Ok, TX North, TX South) teams. RPL (formerly SPL) league winner earn a spot in the US Youth National League division (playing at 2 of 3 showcase events throughout the year - CASL, Disney, Vegas in the NL division) against teams from region 1, 2, 3, 4 that have also earned their respective spots from their region play into the National League. Here are some links that may help: Premier League - regioniii.usyouthsoccer.org/premier_league/Home/National League - www.usyouthsoccer.org/programs/NationalLeague/As Spectator pointed out, with the US Youth Soccer model, spots are "earned" on a per team basis vs. "granted" to the club via application process as is done in ECNL (girls) which is governed by US Club Soccer as it tries to mirror itself more after USSF development academy (DA) program on the boys side. Hope did I not add more confusion (did not mean to)... It's big business, hence lots of leagues w/probably more to come  |
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