D1 predictions for the final 4 games?

Well we're down to the last 4 games of the season.  
Will either DTS & or the Ayses find a way to climb out of 9th & 10th place?
The Ayses have put together a few wins in a row.
FCD Goncalves with a shocking win over #1 in the country LP Rush.
FDC Pino held LP Rush to a tie.
Ando & Sporting U played to a tie in a physical hard fought game.
LP Owen is still a tough out.  They've been right there in every game this season.
Solar keeps finding a way to win but with Pino & Goncalves surging, DTS who shocked them last season & Sporting U along with LP Rush still on the schedule we'll find out what they're made of.
Did I leave anyone out?

Anyone care to make some predictions for the end of the season?

FCD Goncalves will be relegated to D2 along with DTS....sad, but Pre-Academy will do in U13 again this year....just like it has in past years....

I'm not sure because I don't know much about Pre-Academy but I thought the kids playing PA were pretty much 100% dedicated soccer players.  If that's the case, the kids that are just pure athletes who can & want to play other sports wouldn't go to Pre-Academy.  Now from the soccer I've seen this year, it looks like a lot of these teams have kids that are complete athletes who happen to be playing soccer as another 1 of their sports.  Again I could be completely wrong.  On another note, I think the kids that came up or stepped up this year have done a pretty good job keeping things competitive even against those teams with dual rostered kids.  I guess we'll find out in July...right?  : )

Yes.

Dragon Nation wrote:I'm not sure because I don't know much about Pre-Academy but I thought the kids playing PA were pretty much 100% dedicated soccer players.  If that's the case, the kids that are just pure athletes who can & want to play other sports wouldn't go to Pre-Academy.  Now from the soccer I've seen this year, it looks like a lot of these teams have kids that are complete athletes who happen to be playing soccer as another 1 of their sports.  Again I could be completely wrong.  On another note, I think the kids that came up or stepped up this year have done a pretty good job keeping things competitive even against those teams with dual rostered kids.  I guess we'll find out in July...right?  : )

There are kids on PA and in Classic that play both soccer and other sports. The kids in PA probably have soccer as the #1 priority in case of conflicts but many do play other sports. That probably changes as they get to DA.

So LP Owen beat Sporting United tonight 2-0.  Does that help close the gap for LP Rush to win the season?  I think it does, I think LP Rush finishes on top.  Regardless of where they finish, shout out to Sporting United for where they are.

LP Rush controls their own destiny with 3 left to play (for them)

Wonder how the DT South / Solar Stricker game ended up tonight?

Update: 1-0 Solar wins.

Yep.
On a header from a corner kick.
Those Solar kids can jump and direct that ball.

Yep. Same thing happened during LP Owen / Solar game.

My prediction is that we won't finish the second half of the season until June and that all games will be played with flippers.

rescueman wrote:My prediction is that we won't finish the second half of the season until June and that all games will be played with flippers.

+1

I believe some of the older groups are going to finish their classic league games after the State Cup and agree that it feels like season is never going to end. The practice/game ratio is probably closer to what they are doing in Europe which is a ton of practicing and a lot fewer games.

Of course, in England if they canceled due to rain they would never play. Lol

CCM wrote:Of course, in England if they canceled due to rain they would never play. Lol

Dallas has had an average rainfall of 40.55 inches over the last 30 years, which is about average nationwide, and 4.90 inches 4.4 inches more than the average in Texas.

Annual precipitation averages for the entire UK are 133 days of rain or snow, totalling 885 millimetres (33.7 inches).

Well tell that to my boss that lives in London. That was a direct quote from him.

Anyway, not sure why you felt the need to post that....

CCM wrote:Well tell that to my boss that lives in London.  That was a direct quote from him.  

Anyway, not sure why you felt the need to post that....  

CCM nothing personal. i have always thought of england as a "wetter" place than dallas, myself. just decided to confirm that after seeing your comment. there are a lot of comparisons made to england/europe soccer on the forum and i try to learn about those when mentioned. after learning your boss is from london i "googled this.. lmao

"Despite its reputation as being a rainy city, London receives less precipitation (601 mm (24 in) in a year), than Rome, Bordeaux, Toulouse, and Naples."

Hope you feel my lol. just thought it was funny

I googled it too and saw that exact same quote. Lol

I believe in England they do see more rainy days then here in the DFW, they have more light/misty but frequent rain where here we get big storms that dump floods all at once so those numbers are probably misleading to a degree

omega striker wrote:I believe in England they do see more rainy days then here in the DFW, they have more light/misty but frequent rain where here we get big storms that dump floods all at once so those numbers are probably misleading to a degree

Exactly! Resulting in fewer field closures of in England I have witness many NTX games played in a downpour but fields become to wet for multiple games if down pour continues.

sorry have seen games in virgina and also oklahoma played in heavy rain on wet fields. Texas just closes fields too early

Come on Classic League!! Games cancelled today at Richland...seriously : ( Grass grows back for Gods sake!! I guess we'll just play every night next week & the kids can get home at 11:00 like we did last Wednesday night....ridiculous

soccerdadrandy wrote:

omega striker wrote:I believe in England they do see more rainy days then here in the DFW, they have more light/misty but frequent rain where here we get big storms that dump floods all at once so those numbers are probably misleading to a degree

Exactly! Resulting in fewer field closures of in England I have witness many NTX games played in a downpour but fields become to wet for multiple games if down pour continues.

this s so true and you have only lived in NTX for like what a year?

And today is such a beautiful day for soccer!

this s so true and you have only lived in NTX for like what a year? [/quote]

lol but driving in every other weekend for two games over three years, during soccer season(s) makes me an expert.