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Post by USoCcer on Jul 23, 2019 9:48:36 GMT -5
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Post by papacoach on Jul 23, 2019 10:28:56 GMT -5
Thanks
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Post by atlfutboldad on Jul 23, 2019 10:40:38 GMT -5
Interesting, GA teams are disproportionately represented in Girls Piedmont. 5, 5, 6, 5, 3, 6. Representatives by club:
IAFC (4)
Impact (4)
CFC (4)
Roswell (3)
Rush (2)
MOBA (2)
Ambush (2)
HCU/AFUS (2)
SAF (2)
AFC (2)
Savannah (2)
Lanier (1)
I've seen AFC 05 Gold represented in NL Piedmont and the Athena brackets. I thought they were going all-in with NPL/SANPL?
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Post by Keeper on Jul 23, 2019 13:07:05 GMT -5
Looks like someone at ga soccer caught on & closed the site for Athena/Classic 👎🏻 |
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Post by paterfamilias on Jul 23, 2019 13:07:13 GMT -5
It appears that AFC has teams represented at every age group for NPL
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Post by papacoach on Jul 23, 2019 13:16:56 GMT -5
It appears that AFC has teams represented at every age group for NPL
Good luck to the 05 and 04 UFA Boys in NPL with Bryan Waltenberg  |
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Post by atlfutboldad on Jul 23, 2019 14:05:29 GMT -5
It appears that AFC has teams represented at every age group for NPL
I'm curious if they just bumped their red teams to gold or if some players will be playing in both leagues or if some players chose to stay on the teams in NL rather than NPL... |
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Post by oraclesfriend on Jul 25, 2019 17:25:31 GMT -5
It appears that AFC has teams represented at every age group for NPL
I'm curious if they just bumped their red teams to gold or if some players will be playing in both leagues or if some players chose to stay on the teams in NL rather than NPL... The page from Piedmont that I saw did not have the AFC lightning 05 girls, but 03 and older were there. There is no rule saying that you cannot do both. There are several NPL teams in Piedmont in nearly all age groups. Lake Norman is NPL. Wake FC is NPL and Triangle United is NPL. Of course AFC is as well. NPL this year said that they had to make NPL their "primary league." I guess if they forfeit NPL games due to a conflict then they will be kicked out?!? The Georgia rule about no US Club soccer teams basically got blocked, at least for now. There is nothing to stop the clubs from doing both except themselves or the parents. |
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Post by lsagoalie on Jul 25, 2019 19:27:56 GMT -5
Interesting, GA teams are disproportionately represented in Girls Piedmont. 5, 5, 6, 5, 3, 6. Representatives by club: IAFC (4) Impact (4) CFC (4) Roswell (3) Rush (2) MOBA (2) Ambush (2) HCU/AFUS (2) SAF (2) AFC (2) Savannah (2) Lanier (1) I've seen AFC 05 Gold represented in NL Piedmont and the Athena brackets. I thought they were going all-in with NPL/SANPL? Afc 05’is NOT in Piedmont Conference |
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Post by lsagoalie on Jul 25, 2019 19:28:48 GMT -5
It appears that AFC has teams represented at every age group for NPL
I'm curious if they just bumped their red teams to gold or if some players will be playing in both leagues or if some players chose to stay on the teams in NL rather than NPL... AFC 05 are NOT in Piedmont NL they wisely must have declined as they were not competitive in Piedmont NL last year finishing last of all GA teams and 8 out of 11 in the league. |
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Post by oraclesfriend on Jul 25, 2019 21:26:46 GMT -5
I'm curious if they just bumped their red teams to gold or if some players will be playing in both leagues or if some players chose to stay on the teams in NL rather than NPL... AFC 05 are NOT in Piedmont NL they wisely must have declined as they were not competitive in Piedmont NL last year finishing last of all GA teams and 8 out of 11 in the league. They finished 7th out of 12 teams and had 5 wins, 5 losses and 1 draw and a plus 1 goal differential. While obviously not a star I would say that is competitive. IMO a competitive match is generally within 2 goals (not always true but when you don't have the ability to watch each individual game that is a good estimate) and most of the games were within that score range. The three teams right above them had 5 wins, 6 wins and 6 wins. LSA had 7 wins. I really don't think that they deserved to not go back. They are a better team than some of the ones replacing them. However they may have made the choice not to return due to schedule congestion and cost. 11 piedmont conference games and 14 NPL games is a lot to fit into one season. |
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Post by atlfutboldad on Jul 26, 2019 1:04:23 GMT -5
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Post by weekendwarrior03 on Jul 26, 2019 7:23:00 GMT -5
The AFC 03 Gold team is the only exception I know of to the decision of switching top teams to NPL this upcoming season.
The AFC 03 gold team won the Piedmont In 2018-2019 season and thus were promoted to National League play for the upcoming season. Instead of giving up this earned top NL play slot, the 03 Gold team will instead compete in Piedmont season play and NL college showcases. NPL play was dropped off Gold schedule to whittle down the amount of games played in the fall season (29 games plus tourneys last year) and to probably appease the GA Soccer conflict peeps who like to spew about it here on the forum.
The former AFC 03 Red team will play NPL.
03 Gold and 03 NPL are two totally different teams with no player crossover.
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Post by fan on Jul 29, 2019 16:54:58 GMT -5
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Post by oraclesfriend on Jul 29, 2019 18:17:28 GMT -5
The AFC 03 Gold team is the only exception I know of to the decision of switching top teams to NPL this upcoming season. The AFC 03 gold team won the Piedmont In 2018-2019 season and thus were promoted to National League play for the upcoming season. Instead of giving up this earned top NL play slot, the 03 Gold team will instead compete in Piedmont season play and NL college showcases. NPL play was dropped off Gold schedule to whittle down the amount of games played in the fall season (29 games plus tourneys last year) and to probably appease the GA Soccer conflict peeps who like to spew about it here on the forum. The former AFC 03 Red team will play NPL. 03 Gold and 03 NPL are two totally different teams with no player crossover. You know last year UFA 02 Premier played NPL, did not play Piedmont, but did play the NL division. Was it not possible for AFC 03 to do that? |
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Post by atlfutboldad on Jul 29, 2019 23:39:58 GMT -5
49 teams in U13G. That's down from around 61 last fall. After 6 lost to SCCL-P, down 6 overall. (edited, confusing the 06's and 07's) 46 in U15G, down from 53 last fall. After 6 lost to SCCL-P, down one overall.
edit: its hidden again. It's like they're stealth releasing them then someone one here notifies people and they hide it again.
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Post by soccermaxx72 on Jul 30, 2019 15:15:04 GMT -5
I’m shocked there are as many teams in those brackets, I guess the prediction of the demise of Georgia soccer was overblown.
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Post by oraclesfriend on Jul 30, 2019 17:22:26 GMT -5
I’m shocked there are as many teams in those brackets, I guess the prediction of the demise of Georgia soccer was overblown. At U14 and up there are 21 teams outside of Georgia soccer. 2 DA, 4 ECNL, 3 NPL, 5 SCCL, 6 SCCL-P, and 1 DPL. How about I take away 1/3 of your revenue and see how you like it? It isn't dead and shouldn't be dead, but I think it will be big fish in one pond and little fish in another. This might also push even more mergers and acquisitions. |
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Post by sanesoccerdad on Jul 30, 2019 21:01:55 GMT -5
Anyone know when ECNL schedules are likely to be released?
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Post by blu on Jul 30, 2019 21:48:39 GMT -5
Most teams already have their ECNL schedules, not sure about when they will update the website
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Post by weekendwarrior03 on Jul 31, 2019 13:20:44 GMT -5
The AFC 03 Gold team is the only exception I know of to the decision of switching top teams to NPL this upcoming season. The AFC 03 gold team won the Piedmont In 2018-2019 season and thus were promoted to National League play for the upcoming season. Instead of giving up this earned top NL play slot, the 03 Gold team will instead compete in Piedmont season play and NL college showcases. NPL play was dropped off Gold schedule to whittle down the amount of games played in the fall season (29 games plus tourneys last year) and to probably appease the GA Soccer conflict peeps who like to spew about it here on the forum. The former AFC 03 Red team will play NPL. 03 Gold and 03 NPL are two totally different teams with no player crossover. You know last year UFA 02 Premier played NPL, did not play Piedmont, but did play the NL division. Was it not possible for AFC 03 to do that? Interesting point Oracle. Don't have an answer for that one other than maybe the US Club vs. USYS split is for real this year. |
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Post by atlfutboldad on Jul 31, 2019 13:55:10 GMT -5
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Post by ultimatedad on Jul 31, 2019 15:24:21 GMT -5
I think what you are referring to is the National Playoffs. The National League would include all teams in every region. Does anyone from UFA 02 have insight on this?
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Post by slickdaddy96 on Jul 31, 2019 17:06:39 GMT -5
I’m shocked there are as many teams in those brackets, I guess the prediction of the demise of Georgia soccer was overblown. At U14 and up there are 21 teams outside of Georgia soccer. 2 DA, 4 ECNL, 3 NPL, 5 SCCL, 6 SCCL-P, and 1 DPL. How about I take away 1/3 of your revenue and see how you like it? It isn't dead and shouldn't be dead, but I think it will be big fish in one pond and little fish in another. This might also push even more mergers and acquisitions. Not to mention the Big 6 have now started registering all of their Academy teams in US Club Soccer instead of GA Soccer and USYS. So the Big 6 are definitely making an effort to try to completely move away from GA soccer where possible. That is a lot of Academy teams and a lot of money lost. GA Soccer's own doing for not trying to fix things before it was too late. |
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Post by oraclesfriend on Jul 31, 2019 18:26:55 GMT -5
I think what you are referring to is the National Playoffs. The National League would include all teams in every region. Does anyone from UFA 02 have insight on this? I am not sure what they called it this past year. In the past when they had RPL that was like the Piedmont conference and then SRPL was like the boys higher tier and then NL was the best of the SRPL or other qualifiers. It was another way to qualify for the national playoffs besides winning your region (this is my understanding...please correct me if I am wrong here...I did not have any children old enough for this when it was the old way). This past year the NL teams were pulled from the previous years' highest placed RPL or SRPL (depending on age) team or other teams that did well in Regionals or National Playoffs that accepted the offer. UFA 02 was nearly the same team from the previous year (a few girls went up to DA) and accepted their offer. They were not required to play Piedmont Conference, but if they did not win or place in NL then they would have no other way to return (unless they did State Cup/Regionals/etc). They played in the NL against teams from other regions in the round robin format in a group of 8 (so 7 games over two long weekends). The winners of those groups can qualify for National Playoffs as well. So if I am understanding your question right, hopefully my answer makes sense to you. I am not a parent from this team but know the coach and some parents well and this was what they told me when I asked how they were playing in the NL. |
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Post by ultimatedad on Aug 2, 2019 13:29:31 GMT -5
So basicly after regionals there is a two tournament series to determine the US champions?
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Post by atlfutboldad on Aug 19, 2019 15:45:49 GMT -5
Brackets posted. Some schedules.
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