Re: 07 ECNL

by cenTex 26/05/21, 12:51 pm

Champions League outlook heading into the final weekends...

100% Solar 61 pts...One game left (DKSC)
90% FCD 37 pts...Three games left (Challenge, Albion, Texans)
70% Sting Royal 37 points...Two games left (Challenge, Albion)
40% DKSC 38 points...Two games left (Sting Black, Solar)

DKSC needs either a good result vs Solar or a lot of help from the Houston teams.

by LongBall 26/05/21, 04:38 pm

by cenTex 01/09/21, 11:48 am

Predictions for the season?

Tier 1 - Championship Contenders
Solar

Tier 2 - Champions League Contenders
FCD
DKSC
OK Energy

Tier 3 - Top Five Hopefuls
TSC
Texans
Sting Black
Albion
Challenge
Sting Austin

Tier 4 - Fighting for Results
Classics Elite
Sting Royal

by cenTex 04/10/21, 03:47 pm

Well that was easy (and boring). A third of the season is in the books and everything looks pretty much settled as predicted.

Anybody want to make the case for somebody other than Solar finishing first, or for anybody other than Energy, FCD, or DKSC finishing 2-4 (in some irrelevant order) and making Champions League playoffs?

by cenTex 18/01/22, 01:36 pm

https://www.ussoccer.com/stories/2022/01/under-15-womens-youth-national-team-to-hold-first-training-camp-under-new-head-coach-katie-schoepfer

Saw the U15 YNT camp is happening this week. Seven girls from Texas. All seven play with Solar (a few I don't quite recognize and also a few more Solar girls who I am kind of surprised didn't make it).

There are also a couple of girls from around the conference who I am also surprised aren't there. Given the quality of the 07 Texas ECNL Conference, seems Texas should have more than 7 of the 36 players.

by LongBall 19/01/22, 05:49 pm

Are parents allowed on the sideline? If not, I wonder how some of them will do with suddenly having to make her own decisions without daddy's smack talking and joysticking her every move.

by smugrr 20/01/22, 09:05 am

You would like to think at this level they know more than daddy about what they are supposed to do.

by mlwfrisco 20/01/22, 03:44 pm

You would hope so, but I still hear it from the U18/19 parents!

by smugrr 23/01/22, 10:02 am

Sad.

by cenTex 14/02/22, 01:53 pm

With the DKSC victory over Sting Black yesterday, that's pretty much a wrap on any drama for the age group. Four teams go on to Champions League play this summer. It'll be Solar, FCD, OK Energy, and DKSC.

Those are also the only 4 teams with a positive goal difference in the conference, and all are at +20 or better. That's a very wide gap that will be tough to close over the summer for all the teams in 5th or below who may be hoping to crack the top 4 next year. Lot of work to do.

by 07soccerdad 18/02/22, 02:20 pm

cenTex wrote:With the DKSC victory over Sting Black yesterday, that's pretty much a wrap on any drama for the age group. Four teams go on to Champions League play this summer. It'll be Solar, FCD, OK Energy, and DKSC.

Those are also the only 4 teams with a positive goal difference in the conference, and all are at +20 or better. That's a very wide gap that will be tough to close over the summer for all the teams in 5th or below who may be hoping to crack the top 4 next year. Lot of work to do.

Apart from Solar, most have called this age group incorrectly for years now, including you. I seriously doubt anyone will catch the top 2 even next year. Might distance themselves further actually, similar to other age groups. Time will tell..

by cenTex 18/02/22, 04:20 pm

07soccerdad wrote:
cenTex wrote:With the DKSC victory over Sting Black yesterday, that's pretty much a wrap on any drama for the age group. Four teams go on to Champions League play this summer. It'll be Solar, FCD, OK Energy, and DKSC.

Those are also the only 4 teams with a positive goal difference in the conference, and all are at +20 or better. That's a very wide gap that will be tough to close over the summer for all the teams in 5th or below who may be hoping to crack the top 4 next year. Lot of work to do.

Apart from Solar, most have called this age group incorrectly for years now, including you. I seriously doubt anyone will catch the top 2 even next year. Might distance themselves further actually, similar to other age groups. Time will tell..

I agree with you that FCD has broken away from the rest of the pack into a clear 2nd place, and I also think that is unlikely to change next year. Do you still think Solar is highly overrated and that FCD will surpass them?

by 07soccerdad 18/02/22, 04:26 pm

cenTex wrote:
07soccerdad wrote:
cenTex wrote:With the DKSC victory over Sting Black yesterday, that's pretty much a wrap on any drama for the age group. Four teams go on to Champions League play this summer. It'll be Solar, FCD, OK Energy, and DKSC.

Those are also the only 4 teams with a positive goal difference in the conference, and all are at +20 or better. That's a very wide gap that will be tough to close over the summer for all the teams in 5th or below who may be hoping to crack the top 4 next year. Lot of work to do.

Apart from Solar, most have called this age group incorrectly for years now, including you. I seriously doubt anyone will catch the top 2 even next year. Might distance themselves further actually, similar to other age groups. Time will tell..

I agree with you that FCD has broken away from the rest of the pack into a clear 2nd place, and I also think that is unlikely to change next year. Do you still think Solar is highly overrated and that FCD will surpass them?

I do not. And no, not yet..still a few pieces short.

by cenTex 18/02/22, 04:34 pm

cenTex wrote:Predictions for the season?

Tier 1 - Championship Contenders
Solar

Tier 2 - Champions League Contenders
FCD
DKSC
OK Energy

Tier 3 - Top Five Hopefuls
TSC
Texans
Sting Black
Albion
Challenge
Sting Austin

Tier 4 - Fighting for Results
Classics Elite
Sting Royal

Here were my final preseason predictions for this year... Pretty much spot on. What did i get badly wrong?

by cenTex 18/02/22, 04:39 pm

cenTex wrote:I'll go...

Solar
DKSC
Sting Royal
FC Dallas
TSC
Sting Dallas
Albion
Sting Austin
Challenge
Texans
Classics Elite
OK Celtic

Here were my final preseason predictions for the year before... Also spot on with the top 4 (just DKSC and FCD in the wrong spots). Seems I am actually pretty good this.

I keep overrating Sting Austin or Albion, but think they will also keep improving.

by LongBall 18/02/22, 05:24 pm

07soccerdad wrote:
cenTex wrote:
07soccerdad wrote:
cenTex wrote:With the DKSC victory over Sting Black yesterday, that's pretty much a wrap on any drama for the age group. Four teams go on to Champions League play this summer. It'll be Solar, FCD, OK Energy, and DKSC.

Those are also the only 4 teams with a positive goal difference in the conference, and all are at +20 or better. That's a very wide gap that will be tough to close over the summer for all the teams in 5th or below who may be hoping to crack the top 4 next year. Lot of work to do.

Apart from Solar, most have called this age group incorrectly for years now, including you. I seriously doubt anyone will catch the top 2 even next year. Might distance themselves further actually, similar to other age groups. Time will tell..

I agree with you that FCD has broken away from the rest of the pack into a clear 2nd place, and I also think that is unlikely to change next year. Do you still think Solar is highly overrated and that FCD will surpass them?

I do not. And no, not yet..still a few pieces short.

A few pieces? Is there a single player at FCD that would start for Solar 07? That isn't a knock on the FCD girls, but that Solar team has a YNT-quality kids coming off the bench. Youthsoccerrankings has FCD 6th in the country, but much closer to the 100th place team than to Solar. Apparently FCD 07 is a great team, but I dont think they are just a "couple pieces" away from "just yet" being able to surpass that Solar team.

by 07soccerdad 18/02/22, 05:31 pm

[quote="LongBall"]

07soccerdad wrote:
cenTex wrote:
07soccerdad wrote:
cenTex wrote:With the DKSC victory over Sting Black yesterday, that's pretty much a wrap on any drama for the age group. Four teams go on to Champions League play this summer. It'll be Solar, FCD, OK Energy, and DKSC.

Those are also the only 4 teams with a positive goal difference in the conference, and all are at +20 or better. That's a very wide gap that will be tough to close over the summer for all the teams in 5th or below who may be hoping to crack the top 4 next year. Lot of work to do.

Apart from Solar, most have called this age group incorrectly for years now, including you. I seriously doubt anyone will catch the top 2 even next year. Might distance themselves further actually, similar to other age groups. Time will tell..

I agree with you that FCD has broken away from the rest of the pack into a clear 2nd place, and I also think that is unlikely to change next year. Do you still think Solar is highly overrated and that FCD will surpass them?

I do not. And no, not yet..still a few pieces short.

A few pieces? Is there a single player at FCD that would start for Solar 07? That isn't a knock on the FCD girls, but that Solar team has a YNT-quality kids coming off the bench. Youthsoccerrankings has FCD 6th in the country, but much closer to the 100th place team than to Solar. Apparently FCD 07 is a great team, but I dont think they are just a "couple pieces" away from "just yet" being able to surpass that Solar team.
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by 07soccerdad 18/02/22, 05:47 pm

07soccerdad wrote:
LongBall wrote:
07soccerdad wrote:
cenTex wrote:
07soccerdad wrote:
cenTex wrote:With the DKSC victory over Sting Black yesterday, that's pretty much a wrap on any drama for the age group. Four teams go on to Champions League play this summer. It'll be Solar, FCD, OK Energy, and DKSC.

Those are also the only 4 teams with a positive goal difference in the conference, and all are at +20 or better. That's a very wide gap that will be tough to close over the summer for all the teams in 5th or below who may be hoping to crack the top 4 next year. Lot of work to do.

Apart from Solar, most have called this age group incorrectly for years now, including you. I seriously doubt anyone will catch the top 2 even next year. Might distance themselves further actually, similar to other age groups. Time will tell..

I agree with you that FCD has broken away from the rest of the pack into a clear 2nd place, and I also think that is unlikely to change next year. Do you still think Solar is highly overrated and that FCD will surpass them?

I do not. And no, not yet..still a few pieces short.

A few pieces? Is there a single player at FCD that would start for Solar 07? That isn't a knock on the FCD girls, but that Solar team has a YNT-quality kids coming off the bench. Youthsoccerrankings has FCD 6th in the country, but much closer to the 100th place team than to Solar. Apparently FCD 07 is a great team, but I dont think they are just a "couple pieces" away from "just yet" being able to surpass that Solar team.
[/quote

Longball - this is a great assessment, thank you! 07 ECNL - Page 5 1f633

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