Last Spot for D1

According to my crazy math only 1 spot remains with 3 teams having a shot for it.
Feet 24 pts with 2 games left vs. FCD Blue and Waco Blast
Fever 23 pts with 1 game vs Solar Red
FCD South 22 pts with 1 game vs FC Premier

If Feet wins one of its two games its in or if Fever loses and FCD lose or tie their last game.
Fever can get in with a win against Solar Red and need Feet to lose or tie both their last games. Fever can also get in with a tie vs Solar Red and Feet losses in both games because they have head to head tie breaker over Feet.
FCD South can get in with a win and Fever loss and Feet lose both games. FCD South can also get in if they win and Fever loses and Feet loses one game and ties one game
but then it would come down to goal against tie breaker because FCD South and Feet tied their head to head game.

Fun games to go watch. So much on the line. I know one thing once you go down divisions it isn't easy to climb out. There are no guarantees your gonna bounce right back into D1.

FC Blue came out of nowhere and moved up quickly. Basically made it tough for South and the others to fight for that last spot.

mcik17 wrote:
but then it would come down to goal against tie breaker because FCD South and Feet tied their head to head game.

This is not true.

In deciding who earns the bye between teams tied in points, head-to-head is considered - as the one and only tie breaker. If teams are even in their head-to-head play, a playoff game will be scheduled to determine who gets the bye.

A playoff is much more fair. Worth going to see that if it happens.

02Dad wrote:

mcik17 wrote:
but then it would come down to goal against tie breaker because FCD South and Feet tied their head to head game.

This is not true.

In deciding who earns the bye between teams tied in points, head-to-head is considered - as the one and only tie breaker. If teams are even in their head-to-head play, a playoff game will be scheduled to determine who gets the bye.

Did not know that....Thats what I get for not reading the rules! Thanks for sharing.

FC Dallas South ...... still alive!!! Keeping fingers crossed!!!

goalgetter wrote:FC Dallas South ...... still alive!!! Keeping fingers crossed!!!

An FCD South win will force a playoff game with Feet for last spot.

Thump!!! They lost to FC Premier (the other Premier) 2-1. A team that only won one game all season and allowed more than 70 goals? Unbelievable. This team early on bragged about having the best defense in the league.

Proves that under pressure, it can be anyone's game. FC Premiere is going down to D3, but hey, they certainly left D1 on a high note. These girls are still only 11 years old afterall. Random upsets will happen. This one is seriously surprising, however. With that said, congratulations to all of the D1 teams that made it. I think the line-up is strong and the fall will be a new adventure.

Tho I know most people don't think so, I wonder if FCD South and Fever might have greater long term success than a team like Defeeters might. Pretty good chances that South and Fever will win a lot of games and have a funner year next year. Feet makes it into D1 with the lowest goal differential of the 10 that made it. Goals are gonna be hard to come by. My gut says it is good for a team to have a happy season near the top of a table. We will see how Saints do next year as an example of happy group moving up to the next level.

hombre wrote:Tho I know most people don't think so, I wonder if FCD South and Fever might have greater long term success than a team like Defeeters might. Pretty good chances that South and Fever will win a lot of games and have a funner year next year. Feet makes it into D1 with the lowest goal differential of the 10 that made it. Goals are gonna be hard to come by. My gut says it is good for a team to have a happy season near the top of a table. We will see how Saints do next year as an example of happy group moving up to the next level.

With a theory like that you may as well take the bottom 5 in D1 and stick them in D2. Outside of the top 2 teams this is how many goals each team scored against the TOP TEN teams.

FCD-Blue, Sting, Andro, Dynamo, and Feet only have a 1 to 2 goal differential when looking at their outcomes playing the top ten.


Texans South- 14 goals
Solar Red- 11 goals
Gio- 10 goals
FCD Blue- 6 goals
Sting- 6 goals
Andro- 5 goals
Dynamo-5 goals
Feet-4 goals

That is obviously not a big difference in goals scored through a full season of play. Each of these teams need a little help on offense.

Well with a theory like Urajoke's one can argue that the top 2 teams only scored 3 goals on Rezaie. Furthermore one couldn't score on Fever, a D2 team, mind you. DT South couldn't either. Go figure

Very good point Referee. It looks like all the teams have something to work on. Not just the bottom half.

If you look at the results, the Texans have not scored more than 3 goals on anybody since Nov 10 vs Dunstan on the season. That's more than 5 months. They barely beat Andromeda last Sunday at the last minute. Teams are catching on. Match ups, match ups.

Urajoke wrote:

hombre wrote:Tho I know most people don't think so, I wonder if FCD South and Fever might have greater long term success than a team like Defeeters might. Pretty good chances that South and Fever will win a lot of games and have a funner year next year. Feet makes it into D1 with the lowest goal differential of the 10 that made it. Goals are gonna be hard to come by. My gut says it is good for a team to have a happy season near the top of a table. We will see how Saints do next year as an example of happy group moving up to the next level.

With a theory like that you may as well take the bottom 5 in D1 and stick them in D2. Outside of the top 2 teams this is how many goals each team scored against the TOP TEN teams.

FCD-Blue, Sting, Andro, Dynamo, and Feet only have a 1 to 2 goal differential when looking at their outcomes playing the top ten.


Texans South- 14 goals
Solar Red- 11 goals
Gio- 10 goals
FCD Blue- 6 goals
Sting- 6 goals
Andro- 5 goals
Dynamo-5 goals
Feet-4 goals

That is obviously not a big difference in goals scored through a full season of play. Each of these teams need a little help on offense.

You can also look at how many wins or ties the bottom four got against teams finishing in the top ten this season:

Sting Rez - 2 wins
FCD Blue - 1 tie
Andro - 1 win and 1 tie
Feet - 2 wins

Urajoke wrote:

hombre wrote:Tho I know most people don't think so, I wonder if FCD South and Fever might have greater long term success than a team like Defeeters might. Pretty good chances that South and Fever will win a lot of games and have a funner year next year. Feet makes it into D1 with the lowest goal differential of the 10 that made it. Goals are gonna be hard to come by. My gut says it is good for a team to have a happy season near the top of a table. We will see how Saints do next year as an example of happy group moving up to the next level.

With a theory like that you may as well take the bottom 5 in D1 and stick them in D2. Outside of the top 2 teams this is how many goals each team scored against the TOP TEN teams.

FCD-Blue, Sting, Andro, Dynamo, and Feet only have a 1 to 2 goal differential when looking at their outcomes playing the top ten.


Texans South- 14 goals
Solar Red- 11 goals
Gio- 10 goals
FCD Blue- 6 goals
Sting- 6 goals
Andro- 5 goals
Dynamo-5 goals
Feet-4 goals

That is obviously not a big difference in goals scored through a full season of play. Each of these teams need a little help on offense.

…..Interesting point that these teams need a little help on offense.

However, I believe that the overall key is that the Defense of nearly all of the D1 teams improved over the course of the season. My theory is that a teams who will be successful next season will excel in defense during regular play and on set pieces. Here is some anecdotal data to back up the theory:

LHCL ‘01’s in U11 Season (19 Games):
The Top 4 teams gave up < 10 Goals
The D1 Top 10 Scored 390 Goals (as a group)
The D1 Top 10 Gave up 141 Goals

LHCL’01’s U12 Season (19 Games):
Only 1 D1 Team gave up <10 Goals
The D1’s Scored 230 Goals (as a group)
The D1’s Gave up 230 Goals (as a group)

LHCL ’02 U11 Season (19 Games):
The Top 2 teams gave up <10
The D1 Top 10 Scored 403 Goals (as a group)
The D1 Top 10 Gave up 156 Goals


In know that many of the Top teams in their U11 season scored against “lesser” teams. However, in the end the teams who were able to consistently play defense were able to challenge for D1 spots. Fever proved that point this season.

Urajoke,

I believe the team's name is Solar Chelsea Gio; or you can ID them as the Top Solar team for LH D1.

Keyser Soze wrote:Urajoke,

I believe the team's name is Solar Chelsea Gio; or you can ID them as the Top Solar team for LH D1.

Keyser Soze,

No disrespect intended. They are the top team and anyone reading the rankings sees that. Should be proud. Good team. Reference to Gio was simply as they are known in the 02 soccer world and can't imagine it ruffles the feathers of the coach since that's his first or last name as I understand it.

Standing ovation to Solar Chelsea Gio for an outstanding season and showing the 02 soccer world they are indeed the #1 SOLAR 02 girls team. Hard working girls.

If you say so. Tell that to Solar Red after they beat Gio today 2-0. This is what happens when one starts bragging prematurely. Rubs other teams the wrong way.

Plus now Red just tied FC Grubb 0-0.
I'd like to say that Red is the number one Solar team but I'm afraid they might lose tomorrow vs Solar Stark.