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Post by futdad on Apr 15, 2024 18:36:17 GMT -5
Sorry for all my questions, just learning, your tips and opinions help! Would this be worth joining a team for Fall? Travel/$? Anyone seen these teams play and can provide a comparison vs RL or SCCL C? Only see 8 teams for U14 boys, not sure if that matters system.gotsport.com/org_event/events/31205/schedules?group=252232Thanks! |
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Post by randomparent on Apr 16, 2024 8:33:46 GMT -5
Sorry for all my questions, just learning, your tips and opinions help! Would this be worth joining a team for Fall? Travel/$? Anyone seen these teams play and can provide a comparison vs RL or SCCL C? Only see 8 teams for U14 boys, not sure if that matters system.gotsport.com/org_event/events/31205/schedules?group=252232Thanks! No one can answer this question if its worth it because no one understands what your goals are. |
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Post by gtreferee on Apr 16, 2024 8:50:06 GMT -5
Referee here with no skin in the game on any leagues reputation/standing. Having reffereed all three leagues (only SAPL during their playoffs) the level between SAPL and SCCL-C feels very similar with RL being a bit higher IMO. Better teams from one league would beat weaker teams from other leagues as per usual in the USSF alphabet soup. SAPL has generally more travel than SCCL but less than RL (not sure how that changes with realignment in ECNL next year).
So I'd just consider travel/cost vs. level of play and what makes the most sense for your situation. Also with all these leagues teams switch between them every year so who knows what they look like next year.
Finally, make sure whatever choice you go for your child is going to enjoy it and the expected commitment level. Good Luck!
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Post by mamadona on Apr 16, 2024 17:46:31 GMT -5
No direct experience with SAPL but from what I've seen, I'm not keen. The quality of teams does not seem great and there are some games several hours away. Some divisions have a small number of teams - it seems kinda boring to play the same ones all the time. If you join a club that has SAPL, that team will be better than the SCCL team though. So it might be best to join a club that doesn't have SAPL if you want to play SCCL. If your kid can make an ECRL team that would be more worth the travel imo.
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Post by newguy on Apr 16, 2024 20:02:57 GMT -5
Reckless speculation to follow. At a really quick glance UFA seems to be the only one that does NPL and SCCL-C and beyond that it’s pick a league. More travel with NPL or play against bigger local clubs in SCCL-C. My guess is from a quality standpoint they aren’t far apart.
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Post by futdad on Apr 16, 2024 20:28:36 GMT -5
Helpful, thank you. This gives me some info/context to work with (vs not knowing anything at all) that I can explain to myself and my kiddo.
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