2013 - 2014 D1 and D2 rankings

This will be a challenging year to rank the teams especially D1 since so many boys left for PA.

Boys U13 D1
DALLAS TEXANS SC 01B RED DALLAS (CRAFT)  
DALLAS TEXANS SC 01B SOUTH (ADAMES)  
FC DALLAS YOUTH 01B (CHE)  
FC DALLAS YOUTH 01B PREMIER (PINO)  
FORT WORTH FC 01B WHITE (GUENDOUZI)  
LIVERPOOL FC AMERICA 01B CHAMBERS (PEDROSO)  
SOLAR CHELSEA SC 01B RED (SMITH)  
SPORTING UNITED S.C. 01B (VIDELA)  
TEXAS LIGHTNING 01B BLACK (SAMPAIO)  
WIZARDS FC 01B (BURCIAGA)  


Boys U13 D2
ANORANZAS 01B (MARTINEZ)  
COPPELL FC 01B (NAGGAR)  
DALLAS TEXANS SC 01B NORTH (GLOTZBACH)  
FC DALLAS YOUTH 01B BLUE (CHE)  
FC DALLAS YOUTH 01B WEST (KANG)  
FC DALLAS YOUTH 01B WHITE (KHASTEHDEL)  
LIVERPOOL FC AMERICA 01B CALLAGHAN (RAVESTIJN)  
LIVERPOOL FC AMERICA 01B KEEGAN (ROCKE)  
NTX STRIKERS 01B BLUE (JERSI)  
SOLAR CHELSEA SC 01B (PARTAIN)

Texans, FCD & Solar D1 teams have been gutted by PA. In a positive sense, since the top guns selected for PA will have more rigorous, frequent, and intense training with peers that are at a similar level. Overall, the top talent at the clubs will continue to be developed. The cost, is the D1 teams won't be as strong. It's a good trade-off for these clubs.

The wildcards;
- how many PA players will be dual-rostered
- of the PA players dual-rostered; will the teams exclude the '00 born kids, will they exclude the PA starters, etc.

Texans and FCD have a lot of depth because of the number of 01 players on the clubs. So they were able to back-fill the losses without much pain. Solar will be ok, but they don't have the same level of depth as Texans and FCD.

The independents will get their "licks" in early in the season. But Texans, FCD and Solar will recover within a month or so. Not to the same degree as before, but they won't drop in quality as much as people think.

Tx Lightning and Sporting United will get off to a sprint. Liverpool will be a darkhorse contender.

Also to consider, this is the first year the 01 boys can qualify for the Dallas Cup. So the Fall portion of the season will be CRITICAL to the teams fighting for a chance to earn a coveted slot into the most prestigious youth tournament in the United States.

The Surf Cup might argue about that prestigious statement?

Soccerinsanity wrote:The Surf Cup might argue about that prestigious statement?

not really the surf cup isn't an 'international" tourney like the "Dallas Cup" so just basically west side of the USA  

omega striker wrote:

Soccerinsanity wrote:The Surf Cup might argue about that prestigious statement?

not really the surf cup isn't an 'international" tourney like the "Dallas Cup"  so just basically west side of the USA  

Dallas Cup is just a stop over for the Cali teams to come and kick the crap out of NTx teams and then on to the Surf Cup for some real competition.

All 8 quarterfinalists in the '01 division at the Surf Cup last week were California teams. Not a surprise for a Cali-centrist tournament. It's indeed a very good tournament. But not too many '01 teams from outside California ventured to San Diego for the tourney.

http://home.gotsoccer.com/rankings/event.aspx?EventID=30462&GroupID=269976

FC Golden State Academy sends squads to the Dallas Cup, so we will likely see the '01 Surf Cup champ at the 2014 Dallas Cup.

The only '01 team I saw on the Surf Cup schedule that had any cross-over with NTX teams in the past year is Colorado United White. This team lost 0-1 to FWFC White in May at the Real Colorado Cup. They also lost to FCD Premier 01, 1-3, at the 2012 edition of the Real Colorado Cup.  The Colorado squad had an one-and-two record at the Surf Cup, getting spanked by the Cali teams and only beating the team from Washington. It does kinda reinforce the point that California teams tend to dominate competition outside the state. FCD El Paso from STX was 0-3 in group play.

 

Rooneyhasplugs wrote:

omega striker wrote:

Soccerinsanity wrote:The Surf Cup might argue about that prestigious statement?

not really the surf cup isn't an 'international" tourney like the "Dallas Cup"  so just basically west side of the USA  

Dallas Cup is just a stop over for the Cali teams to come and kick the crap out of NTx teams and then on to the Surf Cup for some real competition.

hahahaha  Dallas cup is still an international tourney and still the bigger tourney

PG-Boy wrote:All 8 quarterfinalists in the '01 division at the Surf Cup last week were California teams. Not a surprise for a Cali-centrist tournament. It's indeed a very good tournament. But not too many '01 teams from outside California ventured to San Diego for the tourney.

http://home.gotsoccer.com/rankings/event.aspx?EventID=30462&GroupID=269976

FC Golden State Academy sends squads to the Dallas Cup, so we will likely see the '01 Surf Cup champ at the 2014 Dallas Cup.

The only '01 team I saw on the Surf Cup schedule that had any cross-over with NTX teams in the past year is Colorado United White. This team lost 0-1 to FWFC White in May at the Real Colorado Cup. They also lost to FCD Premier 01, 1-3, at the 2012 edition of the Real Colorado Cup.  The Colorado squad had an one-and-two record at the Surf Cup, getting spanked by the Cali teams and only beating the team from Washington. It does kinda reinforce the point that California teams tend to dominate competition outside the state. FCD El Paso from STX was 0-3 in group play.

OMG PG-BOY is back!!!

predicting outcomes for these matches the first month will be a nightmare...... 

For prediction purposes we will get a better understanding after the PLD tourney.