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Post by USoCcer on Jul 21, 2020 10:31:59 GMT -5
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Post by mistergrinch on Jul 21, 2020 10:40:19 GMT -5
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Post by USoCcer on Jul 21, 2020 10:43:06 GMT -5
I think they had it for younger ages groups previously. Isn't this the answer for clubs not in SCCL but didn't qualify for Piedmont? I believe it stands for GA Premier League
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Post by 2316 on Jul 21, 2020 11:36:25 GMT -5
Thanks for that update regarding the brackets. Does anyone know if the boys ECNL and girls ECNL schedules have been posted, do not see them on their websites? Thanks
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Post by mightydawg on Jul 21, 2020 11:43:20 GMT -5
Looked at some of the girls brackets, there is some brutal travel criss crossing the state.
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Post by atlfutboldad on Jul 21, 2020 11:48:22 GMT -5
What the blank? GA Soccer brackets are up BEFORE SCCL and ECNL brackets and schedules are posted?
Ok, I'm starting to buy into the idea that SCCL is in over their heads.
Also...why isn't there GPL at every age group for girls? If there is an A, just rename it GPL and B to A and so on...
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Post by USoCcer on Jul 21, 2020 11:49:17 GMT -5
No kidding...Tifton, Savannah, Effingham...That's a lot of miles
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Post by atlfutboldad on Jul 21, 2020 11:55:49 GMT -5
No kidding...Tifton, Savannah, Effingham...That's a lot of miles The Athens parents are going to get sick of traveling to Savannah, Warner Robbins, Macon, etc real quick. |
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Post by mightydawg on Jul 21, 2020 12:13:03 GMT -5
Look at 13 gpl, No team within 40 miles of one another
P1 CFC Red Star 08 G Elite-GPL Columbus
P2 Savannah United 08G Premier Savannah
P3 Georgia Storm 08G Elite Douglasville
P4 MSC 2008 Girls Elite Macon
P5 IAFC '08 Girls Elite Flowery Branch
P6 Georgia Impact SC 08G Elite Kennesaw
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Post by oraclesfriend on Jul 21, 2020 12:14:20 GMT -5
Some of these age groups only have around 20 teams so not surprising that they have to travel around the state to get decent match ups. I have to say I am sad to see some of the brackets with only 6 teams though it does even things out to play home and away.
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Post by USoCcer on Jul 21, 2020 12:25:15 GMT -5
A couple of other things I find interesting in looking at these brackets is....where did all of these soccer clubs come from? Maybe I just never paid attention, but there are a ton of club names that I don't recognize...
Also, some of the teams kept their same names...There are instances where a team name contains Classic III - East yet they are in the Classic 1 bracket. There is a ton of promotion going on to fill the void left by the SCCL and SCCL-P teams
I wonder how competitive some of these brackets are going to be?
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Post by atlfutboldad on Jul 21, 2020 12:34:48 GMT -5
I know at our age group you have some C teams from the spring now playing in A. There are some teams missing from that group, which makes me guess they will have GPL at all ages. With all these clubs leaving, there have had to be some budget and salary cuts at GA Soccer.
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Post by baller84 on Jul 21, 2020 15:24:48 GMT -5
Look at 13 gpl, No team within 40 miles of one another P1 CFC Red Star 08 G Elite-GPL Columbus P2 Savannah United 08G Premier Savannah P3 Georgia Storm 08G Elite Douglasville P4 MSC 2008 Girls Elite Macon P5 IAFC '08 Girls Elite Flowery Branch P6 Georgia Impact SC 08G Elite Kennesaw That doesn't look right. IAFC is at Arizona Avenue downtown, Impact is out of Badger Creek in Canton I believe. Those teams that make NL won't have more travel in spring. But it does look competitive. |
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Post by baller84 on Jul 21, 2020 15:27:00 GMT -5
The top half for the U13 boys will be a real battle for NL.
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Post by oraclesfriend on Jul 21, 2020 15:29:07 GMT -5
Look at 13 gpl, No team within 40 miles of one another P1 CFC Red Star 08 G Elite-GPL Columbus P2 Savannah United 08G Premier Savannah P3 Georgia Storm 08G Elite Douglasville P4 MSC 2008 Girls Elite Macon P5 IAFC '08 Girls Elite Flowery Branch P6 Georgia Impact SC 08G Elite Kennesaw That doesn't look right. IAFC is at Arizona Avenue downtown, Impact is out of Badger Creek in Canton I believe. Those teams that make NL won't have more travel in spring. But it does look competitive. The cities listed used to be the coach's hometown, not the team location. I don't think that has changed. |
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Post by baller84 on Jul 21, 2020 15:36:45 GMT -5
What the blank? GA Soccer brackets are up BEFORE SCCL and ECNL brackets and schedules are posted? Ok, I'm starting to buy into the idea that SCCL is in over their heads. Also...why isn't there GPL at every age group for girls? If there is an A, just rename it GPL and B to A and so on... Correct on SCCL-P, it may take awhile. Will be interesting to see how SCCL manages the different clubs and levels. Also turns out the coaches have those GA brackets. Some look different and there are more GPL divisions. |
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Post by atlutd17 on Jul 21, 2020 15:48:14 GMT -5
No kidding...Tifton, Savannah, Effingham...That's a lot of miles The Athens parents are going to get sick of traveling to Savannah, Warner Robbins, Macon, etc real quick. Some age groups on the girls have quite the travel while other groups look consolidated. But what's the alternative if that's where the best competition available in the state is? Also looks like the road to NL now passes through GPL. And Augusta has returned to GA Soccer, good teams but doesn't help with travel. |
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Post by lottachops on Jul 28, 2020 23:03:29 GMT -5
In reality, there is not a lot of travelling in GA Soccer if the schedule is done correctly and the coach or manager doesn't make tons of changes. I have been a select team manager for 3 years now and we only have to travel 2-3 times per season.
For example, GA Soccer works to eliminate single games on a weekend when travelling. Atlanta/Athens teams travelling to Savannah would usually play Savannah on Saturday, then Effingham or another local team on Sunday. If you do that twice in a season, it's not so bad. Same for when Savannah teams travel to Atlanta/Athens. The odd ball game or 3rd trip is if their are an odd # of teams in the bracket, but even then, there are ways around that if your team wants to modify their schedule a little.
If you wanted to play 3 games in a weekend in Atlanta, you could move the 3rd trip game to a Friday night of one of the other two trips to Atlanta, so you would have a Friday night, Saturday, then Sunday game. I have even had a team schedule a morning game and evening game on Saturday with one on Sunday to alleviate that 3rd trip across state. It's all what the team wants to do and of course this is travel soccer. Some teams will travel 5-6 hours or more to tournaments, 4 hours isn't bad especially if you can take in some sites in the cities you are visiting.
Now with all that said, I have also seen coaches and manager really crap up their schedule because they messed up black out dates, they coach multiple teams, or they just don't want to play certain teams at the beginning of the season. They would reschedule many games and make their team travel 4-5 times across the state. This is not the intention of GA Soccer when they are putting the original schedules together. They work hard to keep travel minimal, but there will always be some because of teams in other parts of the state.
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Post by baller84 on Jul 29, 2020 10:06:33 GMT -5
In reality, there is not a lot of travelling in GA Soccer if the schedule is done correctly and the coach or manager doesn't make tons of changes. I have been a select team manager for 3 years now and we only have to travel 2-3 times per season. For example, GA Soccer works to eliminate single games on a weekend when travelling. Atlanta/Athens teams travelling to Savannah would usually play Savannah on Saturday, then Effingham or another local team on Sunday. If you do that twice in a season, it's not so bad. Same for when Savannah teams travel to Atlanta/Athens. The odd ball game or 3rd trip is if their are an odd # of teams in the bracket, but even then, there are ways around that if your team wants to modify their schedule a little. If you wanted to play 3 games in a weekend in Atlanta, you could move the 3rd trip game to a Friday night of one of the other two trips to Atlanta, so you would have a Friday night, Saturday, then Sunday game. I have even had a team schedule a morning game and evening game on Saturday with one on Sunday to alleviate that 3rd trip across state. It's all what the team wants to do and of course this is travel soccer. Some teams will travel 5-6 hours or more to tournaments, 4 hours isn't bad especially if you can take in some sites in the cities you are visiting. Now with all that said, I have also seen coaches and manager really crap up their schedule because they messed up black out dates, they coach multiple teams, or they just don't want to play certain teams at the beginning of the season. They would reschedule many games and make their team travel 4-5 times across the state. This is not the intention of GA Soccer when they are putting the original schedules together. They work hard to keep travel minimal, but there will always be some because of teams in other parts of the state. You're spot on. Ga Soccer was pretty decent with scheduling. Irony was, we had better and more balanced schedules from GA Soccer than RPL by a mile. Goes back few years but RPL was a disaster to put it mildly. You're also right on some unorganized coaches and teams. Manager used to get emails all the time bc other team had a coaching conflict or something, was ridiculous. |
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Post by mistergrinch on Jul 29, 2020 11:29:16 GMT -5
In reality, there is not a lot of travelling in GA Soccer if the schedule is done correctly and the coach or manager doesn't make tons of changes. I have been a select team manager for 3 years now and we only have to travel 2-3 times per season. For example, GA Soccer works to eliminate single games on a weekend when travelling. Atlanta/Athens teams travelling to Savannah would usually play Savannah on Saturday, then Effingham or another local team on Sunday. If you do that twice in a season, it's not so bad. Same for when Savannah teams travel to Atlanta/Athens. The odd ball game or 3rd trip is if their are an odd # of teams in the bracket, but even then, there are ways around that if your team wants to modify their schedule a little. If you wanted to play 3 games in a weekend in Atlanta, you could move the 3rd trip game to a Friday night of one of the other two trips to Atlanta, so you would have a Friday night, Saturday, then Sunday game. I have even had a team schedule a morning game and evening game on Saturday with one on Sunday to alleviate that 3rd trip across state. It's all what the team wants to do and of course this is travel soccer. Some teams will travel 5-6 hours or more to tournaments, 4 hours isn't bad especially if you can take in some sites in the cities you are visiting. Now with all that said, I have also seen coaches and manager really crap up their schedule because they messed up black out dates, they coach multiple teams, or they just don't want to play certain teams at the beginning of the season. They would reschedule many games and make their team travel 4-5 times across the state. This is not the intention of GA Soccer when they are putting the original schedules together. They work hard to keep travel minimal, but there will always be some because of teams in other parts of the state. You're spot on. Ga Soccer was pretty decent with scheduling. Irony was, we had better and more balanced schedules from GA Soccer than RPL by a mile. Goes back few years but RPL was a disaster to put it mildly. You're also right on some unorganized coaches and teams. Manager used to get emails all the time bc other team had a coaching conflict or something, was ridiculous. if I recall - this is exactly why SCCL exists |
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Post by baller84 on Jul 30, 2020 17:14:50 GMT -5
You're spot on. Ga Soccer was pretty decent with scheduling. Irony was, we had better and more balanced schedules from GA Soccer than RPL by a mile. Goes back few years but RPL was a disaster to put it mildly. You're also right on some unorganized coaches and teams. Manager used to get emails all the time bc other team had a coaching conflict or something, was ridiculous. if I recall - this is exactly why SCCL exists Yes of course and it's a good league somewhere between old RPL and Classic 1. That and less travel since 2018 when it started, along with few financial and logistical perks for the club  ... And -between us  - big clubs no longer need to bring ECNL players down to their 2nd or 3rd teams for State Cup to get in R3PL (spots were based on SC semifinalists until 2016 or 17). ECNL play with ECNL, SCCL play with SCCL, and so on. You have the tournaments for the interesting comparisons. |
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- big clubs no longer need to bring ECNL players down to their 2nd or 3rd teams for State Cup to get in R3PL (spots were based on SC semifinalists until 2016 or 17). ECNL play with ECNL, SCCL play with SCCL, and so on. You have the tournaments for the interesting comparisons. 