National League

Good start by North Texas teams at day 1 of National League play in a very cold and windy North Carolina going 3-1-4.

15U
Solar Chelsea Red 02 Stricker Won  2-1
16U
Solar Chelsea 01 Elite Won 3-2
Solar Chelsea 01 Stricker Tied 0-0
17U
FC Dallas 00 Che Tied 0-0
18U
Dallas Texans 99 Red Lost 0-2
Solar Chelsea 99 Sawyer Won 2-0
FC Dallas 99 Premier - (Dymond) Tied 2-2
19/20U
Solar Chelsea Red 98/99 Tied 1-1

All these different leagues are frickin confusing with ecnl boys its just gonna get more complicated, what the heck is National League? never heard of it

Kickingit, you missed one. FCD Premier "98 lost 1-0 in the U19-20.

That age group is kind of messed up this year, with the defending National Champion Pipeline Black 98 going down 12-1 (not a typo) to Penn Fusion. CASL from North Carolina who is always strong went down 4-0. Strange things in the final year for this age group.

Ehlodog wrote:All these different leagues are frickin confusing with ecnl boys its just gonna get more complicated, what the heck is National League? never heard of it

National League is part of the US Youth Soccer National Championship series.  Top two finishers in each division get an automatic bid to the National Championships in July, which will be held in Frisco for the 2nd year in a row.  Other bids to the National Championships come from each of the four regional championships.  You earn a bid to the National League in one of several ways--winning regionals, winning Southern Regional Premier League, finishing first or second in the previous year in National League.  I'm sure there are other ways as well, especially since they expanded the league this year.

http://www.usyouthsoccer.org/programs/NationalLeague/

Have to admit I liked the format better when the National Championship was decided by the winners of each Region.

Those were some great times ET!!

Some of the games are livestreamed on youtube. Solar Stricker plays live at 4pm Eastern--3PM Central today.

Good luck Solar Stricker 01.

Awesome!

My bad, I did miss FCD Premier 98 on my original post. North Texas teams went 5-2-2 on Friday.

15U
Solar Chelsea Red 02 Stricker (2-0-0) Won 5-2
16U
Solar Chelsea 01 Elite (2-0-0) Won 2-0
Solar Chelsea 01 Stricker (0-1-1) Lost 0-2
17U
FC Dallas 00 Che (1-0-1) Won 6-0
18U
Dallas Texans 99 Red (0-2-0) Lost 0-1
Solar Chelsea 99 Sawyer (1-0-1) Tied 2-2
FC Dallas 99 Premier Dymond (1-0-1) Won 3-1
19/20U
Solar Chelsea Red 98/99 (0-0-2) Tied 0-0
FC Dallas 98 Premier Dymond (1-1-0) Won 4-0

Pretty disappointing showing for the U19s in National League. Both FCD Premier and Solar Red are done and can finish no better than 5th place in their divisions. Solar just couldn't score and tied too many games.

Summary after the Disney showcase:
15U
Solar Chelsea Red 02 Stricker (2-1-1) 3rd place, will play 3 more games in Las Vegas
16U
Solar Chelsea 01 Elite (4-3-0) 3rd place
Solar Chelsea 01 Stricker (2-2-3) 4th place
17U
FC Dallas 00 Che (4-2-1) 1st place
18U
Dallas Texans 99 Red (5-2-0) 1st place
Solar Chelsea 99 Sawyer (1-3-3) 5th place
FC Dallas 99 Premier Dymond (3-2-2) 2nd place
19/20U
FC Dallas 98 Premier Dymond (2-3-2) 5th place
Solar Chelsea Red 98/99 (2-2-3) 5th place

Only one team has games left to play in Las Vegas, Solar Chelsea Red 02 Stricker. After Las Vegas, some teams may move down from their current position.
Please note that only one team from each bracket will advance to the National Championships. Only three NTX teams have hope to reach (Solar Chelsea Red 02) or maintain (FC Dallas 00 and Dallas Texans 99 Red) the top position.

Congratulations to Solar Stricker 01's for winning the Disney Showcase!  In route they defeated Lobos Rush from Tennessee 2-1, the 1st team to clinch their spot in Nationals as well as a 3-1 win in the championship game against GSA Premiere of Georgia.