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Post by shaka on Apr 25, 2020 16:22:49 GMT -5
Tophat officially GAL. 2 teams in every age group. U13 & up
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Post by Goalkeeper Dad on Apr 25, 2020 16:44:17 GMT -5
Tophat officially GAL. 2 teams in every age group. U13 & up Where did you see this? |
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Post by shaka on Apr 25, 2020 16:58:17 GMT -5
Tophat officially GAL. 2 teams in every age group. U13 & up Where did you see this? Not published yet but an email was sent from TG to families at the club |
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Post by Goalkeeper Dad on Apr 25, 2020 17:00:42 GMT -5
Guess just to the top club teams. Unfortunately I did not receive one
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Post by shaka on Apr 25, 2020 17:17:03 GMT -5
Guess just to the top club teams. Unfortunately I did not receive one Email was forwarded to me but I assumed it just went out to former DA families. Would make sense for DPL to be the 3rd team but haven't seen anything confirming that |
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Post by Goalkeeper Dad on Apr 25, 2020 17:29:51 GMT -5
Guess just to the top club teams. Unfortunately I did not receive one Email was forwarded to me but I assumed it just went out to former DA families. Would make sense for DPL to be the 3rd team but haven't seen anything confirming that Thanks Shaka. I was fortunate enough to have someone send me a copy. Now we wait to see what happens with DPL and SCCL |
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Post by shaka on Apr 25, 2020 17:40:07 GMT -5
Email was forwarded to me but I assumed it just went out to former DA families. Would make sense for DPL to be the 3rd team but haven't seen anything confirming that Thanks Shaka. I was fortunate enough to have someone send me a copy. Now we wait to see what happens with DPL and SCCL U welcome GK dad. Hope u get the info u need & more importantly I hope you like what you hear and eventually experience in the fall |
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Post by interestedspectator on Apr 25, 2020 17:53:50 GMT -5
Thanks Shaka. I was fortunate enough to have someone send me a copy. Now we wait to see what happens with DPL and SCCL U welcome GK dad. Hope u get the info u need & more importantly I hope you like what you hear and eventually experience in the fall I still do not think They will have a DPL . They won’t have enough players especially in the older age groups Who want to do the travel |
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Post by footyfan on Apr 25, 2020 18:05:02 GMT -5
Another thread is saying FC Alliance to SCCL, so it may be that the travel will increase either way goalkeeper dad. Good luck.
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Post by Goalkeeper Dad on Apr 25, 2020 18:12:42 GMT -5
Another thread is saying FC Alliance to SCCL, so it may be that the travel will increase either way goalkeeper dad. Good luck. Isn't FC Alliance in Chattanooga? That's just a day trip like when we had to go to CESA in SCCL Only overnight trip was AL when we played BUSA and Vestiva Hills |
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Post by interestedspectator on Apr 25, 2020 18:14:40 GMT -5
Another thread is saying FC Alliance to SCCL, so it may be that the travel will increase either way goalkeeper dad. Good luck. Isn't FC Alliance in Chattanooga? That's just a day trip like when we had to go to CESA in SCCL Only overnight trip was AL when we played BUSA and Vestiva Hills FC alliance is Knoxville. All sccl club based are EITHER home or away this coming year not both |
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Post by atlfutboldad on Apr 25, 2020 18:36:21 GMT -5
they will need to add another 2 clubs then to get a reasonable 12 games.
A bit disappointing really. It's nice to play your rivals twice. But home-and-away was an impediment to the league growth.
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Post by footyfan on Apr 25, 2020 18:37:07 GMT -5
Another thread is saying FC Alliance to SCCL, so it may be that the travel will increase either way goalkeeper dad. Good luck. Isn't FC Alliance in Chattanooga? That's just a day trip like when we had to go to CESA in SCCL Only overnight trip was AL when we played BUSA and Vestiva Hills I guess I wasnt sure what too much travel meant to you. Glad it is not too far. |
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Post by soccerfan07 on Apr 25, 2020 18:40:06 GMT -5
Guess just to the top club teams. Unfortunately I did not receive one I thought you mentioned in a previous post daughter was 03 DPL goalie? You should’ve got an email since it would impact you. |
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Post by Goalkeeper Dad on Apr 25, 2020 18:42:56 GMT -5
Guess just to the top club teams. Unfortunately I did not receive one I thought you mentioned in a previous post daughter was 03 DPL goalie? You should’ve got an email since it would impact you. Was going to tryout for DPL but her coach who helped us get on SCCL last year asked her to play for him at SCCL this year. She got the chance to go to the DA goalie training once per week. We were told she is DPL capable and would have gotten a long look if she tried |
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Post by soccerfan07 on Apr 25, 2020 18:51:20 GMT -5
I thought you mentioned in a previous post daughter was 03 DPL goalie? You should’ve got an email since it would impact you. Was going to tryout for DPL but her coach who helped us get on SCCL last year asked her to play for him at SCCL this year. She got the chance to go to the DA goalie training once per week. We were told she is DPL capable and would have gotten a long look if she tried Ah ok! Hopefully TH gets some info out to everyone soon. |
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Post by soccernoleuk on Apr 25, 2020 18:57:03 GMT -5
Does anyone here think Tophat might have trouble filling all these travel teams given the current situation in the world with COVID-19? I'm sure people won't have much of an issue with regional travel, such as anywhere it is feasible to drive. However, taking multiple trips all over the country by plane in the next few months seems like a big ask from a club at the moment.
Just curious.
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Post by soccermaxx72 on Apr 25, 2020 19:05:33 GMT -5
Tophat officially GAL. 2 teams in every age group. U13 & up The end of an era for the King |
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Post by shaka on Apr 25, 2020 20:50:51 GMT -5
Does anyone here think Tophat might have trouble filling all these travel teams given the current situation in the world with COVID-19? I'm sure people won't have much of an issue with regional travel, such as anywhere it is feasible to drive. However, taking multiple trips all over the country by plane in the next few months seems like a big ask from a club at the moment. Just curious. No schedule has been sent out yet. If multiple trips via plane are required it would be very difficult to fill teams, especially 2 per age group |
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Post by Goalkeeper Dad on Apr 25, 2020 21:09:47 GMT -5
According to what I see it looks like it maybe the same as ECNL looks like 3 trips to Florida and 1 to NC for league games. Look like the NC trip will be for 1 game and their would be 1 game weekend down by Panama Beach.
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Post by 04gparent on Apr 25, 2020 21:49:28 GMT -5
According to what I see it looks like it maybe the same as ECNL looks like 3 trips to Florida and 1 to NC for league games. Look like the NC trip will be for 1 game and their would be 1 game weekend down by Panama Beach. No one can say what travel will be like until the last two conferences are announced... However, we can all speculate. Who knows when and if there will be tryouts, but it will be a zoo that's for sure. I was hopeing they were in just to watch the sidelines when they play the Atl based teams. Unfortunately I will need to find popcorn for some other games. Maybe they will all be in Tourney's together now that the DA is gone and teams can play in tourneys. |
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Post by Lady Soccer Whistledown on Apr 25, 2020 22:20:32 GMT -5
According to what I see it looks like it maybe the same as ECNL looks like 3 trips to Florida and 1 to NC for league games. Look like the NC trip will be for 1 game and their would be 1 game weekend down by Panama Beach. No one can say what travel will be like until the last two conferences are announced... However, we can all speculate. Who knows when and if there will be tryouts, but it will be a zoo that's for sure. I was hopeing they were in just to watch the sidelines when they play the Atl based teams. Unfortunately I will need to find popcorn for some other games. Maybe they will all be in Tourney's together now that the DA is gone and teams can play in tourneys. Maybe you will see the Tophat GAL in some local Atlanta tournaments and they can play each other then |
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Post by fanatic21 on Apr 26, 2020 0:03:51 GMT -5
According to what I see it looks like it maybe the same as ECNL looks like 3 trips to Florida and 1 to NC for league games. Look like the NC trip will be for 1 game and their would be 1 game weekend down by Panama Beach. Not sure how you can say the travel will be similar when ECNL has 5 Georgia teams and an Alabama team. A home and away with each of those will be 9 metro Atl games and 1 in AL about 2 hours away. Then home and away with the FL teams, so 6 in FL (3 trips) and 6 home. That's 16 games close to home and 6 in Florida. Additionally, 1 of the ECNL fixtures is in Jacksonville, so only about 5 hour drive. With only 1 other local team (TH other team), if TH plays the same number of games (22), GAL would probably have to do almost double the travel. |
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Post by justwatching on Apr 26, 2020 0:12:19 GMT -5
According to what I see it looks like it maybe the same as ECNL looks like 3 trips to Florida and 1 to NC for league games. Look like the NC trip will be for 1 game and their would be 1 game weekend down by Panama Beach. Not sure how you can say the travel will be similar when ECNL has 5 Georgia teams and an Alabama team. A home and away with each of those will be 9 metro Atl games and 1 in AL about 2 hours away. Then home and away with the FL teams, so 6 in FL (3 trips) and 6 home. That's 16 games close to home and 6 in Florida. Additionally, 1 of the ECNL fixtures is in Jacksonville, so only about 5 hour drive. With only 1 other local team (TH other team), if TH plays the same number of games (22), GAL would probably have to do almost double the travel. Travel will probably be similar because GAL will be fewer games |
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Post by fanatic21 on Apr 26, 2020 0:31:40 GMT -5
Gotcha. So travel percentage will be significantly higher, but the overall travel, not much. About how many games will they likely play? As I mentioned I think ECNL will play around 22 which is a reasonable number for a full year. The GAL map on another thread showed 8 teams in SE. A home and away with each is only 14. For full year that seems a bit light. Probably okay for HS age if they are allowed to play HS, but for U13 and U14 that seems like too few. Has that question been answered somewhere? Will GAL players be allowed to play HS.
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Post by rifle on Apr 26, 2020 7:29:37 GMT -5
Fractured pyramid that puts profit ahead of competition... sucks for the players.
Clubs who won’t schedule academy games against other clubs because the “adults” are pissed... sucks for the players.
At some point, does anyone think good leadership will steer soccer to a useful direction? Because I don’t see it.
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Post by girlsoccer on Apr 26, 2020 8:00:00 GMT -5
Gotcha. So travel percentage will be significantly higher, but the overall travel, not much. About how many games will they likely play? As I mentioned I think ECNL will play around 22 which is a reasonable number for a full year. The GAL map on another thread showed 8 teams in SE. A home and away with each is only 14. For full year that seems a bit light. Probably okay for HS age if they are allowed to play HS, but for U13 and U14 that seems like too few. Has that question been answered somewhere? Will GAL players be allowed to play HS. GAL players can play high school. |
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Post by 04gparent on Apr 26, 2020 8:27:24 GMT -5
Fractured pyramid that puts profit ahead of competition... sucks for the players. Clubs who won’t schedule academy games against other clubs because the “adults” are pissed... sucks for the players. At some point, does anyone think good leadership will steer soccer to a useful direction? Because I don’t see it. Rifle I agree. Maybe, just maybe ECNL will become an open platform. This is what USSF and ECNL should have pushed for the first time. Now with USSF out of the picture we should look to ECNL to do this. I dont blame clubs that can not get into ECNL creating a platform for their players. Hopefully a pyramid based on Pro / Rel at the club level can be created. |
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Post by Goalkeeper Dad on Apr 26, 2020 8:33:47 GMT -5
Gotcha. So travel percentage will be significantly higher, but the overall travel, not much. About how many games will they likely play? As I mentioned I think ECNL will play around 22 which is a reasonable number for a full year. The GAL map on another thread showed 8 teams in SE. A home and away with each is only 14. For full year that seems a bit light. Probably okay for HS age if they are allowed to play HS, but for U13 and U14 that seems like too few. Has that question been answered somewhere? Will GAL players be allowed to play HS. I was talking about the travel for the older age girls (Sorry I have an older player)but I do agree for the younger age that will increase the travel. If ECNL play 22 games plus tournaments for the older girls that will be a lot of games in a 4;month time frame. GAL will be 14 games plus tournaments. Allow for some free weekends. Interested in seeing what ECNL will do |
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Post by rifle on Apr 26, 2020 8:45:20 GMT -5
Fractured pyramid that puts profit ahead of competition... sucks for the players. Clubs who won’t schedule academy games against other clubs because the “adults” are pissed... sucks for the players. At some point, does anyone think good leadership will steer soccer to a useful direction? Because I don’t see it. Rifle I agree. Maybe, just maybe ECNL will become an open platform. This is what USSF and ECNL should have pushed for the first time. Now with USSF out of the picture we should look to ECNL to do this. I dont blame clubs that can not get into ECNL creating a platform for their players. Hopefully a pyramid based on Pro / Rel at the club level can be created. With the possible (eventual) demise of the Clearly broken US soccer federation, maybe US club can come to the rescue. |
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