DIGC Predictions & Prognastications

Packrabbit wrote:Another Easter, another DIGC... or in the '00 group, better know as Solar Cup.  As usual, the tournament scheduling and bracketing is interesting! Holy cow, can any reasonable person possibly predict these bracket outcomes and quarter finalists?!

Does anyone know if Solar will be using ecnl players as guest?

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GO TEXANS!!

U15
Flight A
Dallas Texans ECNL U15 -
PSC Girls Green 2000 (Canada)  
Solar Chelsea 00G (TX)  
Sting 00 Flanagan (TX)  

I'm going out in a limb, and predict the Texans 1st, then PSC. I will be at the Texan matches, I hear the Texans will be serving cocktails to any of the 30 scouts present at halftime.

Flight B
Andromeda 00 (TX): Friday: 11:30 (pat) & 4:45 (brown)
D'Feeters Soccer Club ECNL U15 (TX)  
Pats GU15 AV/MV Swindle (CA): Friday 11:30 (andro) & 6:30 (feet)
Sting Royal 00 Brown (TX): Thursday: 1:15 (feet) & 8 pm (pat)

Pats, WELCOME TO TEXAS and THANK YOU FOR COMING!! ...Please standby for announcement from your DIGC Captain:

Attention Flight B passengers (not named Feet), we are currently experiencing 'scheduling difficulty'. Please take and put on the hanging mask (remember-place mask over your face, then pull the rubber band over your head, and adults should secure themselves first, then children). Once Masks are securely in place, you 3 passangers will (please) need to exit your seat and proceed to the latrine in rear of the aircraft.  Enter the lavatory on the left (Fury and Aztecs will be in the one on the right)and close the door...

Once again, thank you for traveling to North Texas!

Obviously, there wasn't wasnt enough room in the lavatory for any of big NTX clubs. For those inclined to be positive minded-- If Andro and/or the Pats were somehow able to persevere, how ready could they be for their QF Saturday morning at 11am, and another match at 5pm?

Predictions:
1. Feet.
2. with this schedule, I don't think anyone will advance to QF.
3. TD Note: for next year, you might need to start that search for another out-of-town team a little earlier, and enlarge the scout goodie bag.

Flight C
Dallas Sting ECNL U15 (TX)  
FC Dallas 00G Blue (TX)  
NYSA Fury 2000 Green (OK): Thursday 11:30 & 6:30
lady aztecs fc00 (TX): 11:30 & 6:30

Texans didn't do sting any favors with this bracket...This will be a fun bracket to watch, but being the favorite will not be fun, especially when the other three non-ECNL teams play physical soccer and each will be looking to get famous beating an ECNL team.
1. Sting
2. If not for scheduling, I would favor Fury, so I am going with FCD...

Flight D
Dallas Texans North '00G  
STING CENTRAL '00 (Parker) (TX)  
Seleccion De Nuevo Leon (Mexico)  
Solar Gold '00 (TX)  

Interesting matchups! I suspect DTN may have a long week. Gotta like Nuevo León--No way a team survives DFW customs and NOT win their bracket!. Parker and Smith's teams always play each other tough and it comes down to the wire. A tie between these team may cost each other a QF spot.

1. Mexico
2.  How this for a pick: Sting Parker gets the 2nd spot, but think SG beats Central.

Flight E
Fever United 00G Penn (TX)  
Mustangs FC 00 Bussey (TX)  
Oakwood Soccer Club (CT)  
Solar Chelsea Elite 00 (TX)  
1. Oak wood
2. Solar

This will be a competitve bracket. Don't know much about oak wood, so ill give the out-of-town team the benefit of doubt, but I wouldn't bet real money against the bus or the fever ...

Finals: Feet vs Mexico...

dadof3 wrote:
I see a Texans/Feet final.  I will take Texans this year...but I think it is a little more wide open with fewer ECNL teams in the field.  The ECNL squads will be looking for football scores to avoid each other until the finals if possible...but that can't happen with 3 of them...Mexico, Canada, and Cali the wildcards...could battle to take it all or disappear after the group...Pulp, Parker, others could find a way to SFs if the cards fall right.

backofthenet wrote:I think (1) it's an ok tournament that will be a good tuneup for shaking off the rust before league play begins; (2) high school playoffs and conflicts will alter team rosters for this event so there won't be much to "measure"; (3)I'm guessing the quality of the tournament will be strong in younger ages moving forward with less interest in the older groups.

Having said all of that, the weather should be nice and I hope the girls stay safe and enjoy the atmosphere. Aside from that, not really that enthralled with outcomes (see #1).

Packrabbit wrote:I had the opportunity to watch some good '00 matches yesterday!

DTX-Ecnl vs PSC:
DTX was very business-like in dispatching PSC. The score was fairly indicative of the match. PSC fought the good fight, but DTX was just stronger, faster and more skilled. I do give credit to PSC for keeping it to 3 scores.

Solar Elite vs Oakwood:
Only caught part of this match, so I relied on some outside info...Solar appeared to have a somewhat augmented roster. A convincing win, Solar should be fresh for the next match.

Nuevo León vs DTN:
Both teams very competitive in a back and forth match... León finish 2 opportunities and DTN didn't convert theirs. León's attacks were just more organized than DTN's.

Mustangs Vs Fever:
Well fought physical match, both teams played well and both GK made some great saves.  Fever stuck first, but the mustang ground out 2 points in the 2nd half. Much more physical match than the León and DTN match. This went back and forth, and Fever had some really solid chances in the second half to tie, but just didn't put one away. Seemed like 5 minutes at one end, then 5 at the other. Both teams fought hard.

Had to watch the SG/SP & Feet/Andro Matches in Simo-cast:

Feet vs Andro:
I intended to watch 10-15 minutes of this match and the same SG-SP... IMO, it was one of the best matches of the day.   Instead iof the predicted, business-like Feet victory, a soccer match broke out! Very entertaining-hard fought match, with drama worthy of the UT, UTEP, TCU, etc scouts in attendance to watch the Feet's victory.

After weathering the initial Feet flurry, it was obvious the Andro team just didn't plan on "just surviving" this match. It's defense frustrated the Feet offense for 3/4 of the match, and until the feet scored later in the 2nd half (feet outside mid got to the back post, who tapped in a beautiful, downfield cross) , it appeared an upset was in the making. Alas, the Feet's dug deep and prevailed: after Andro's furiously attempt to tie the score late, the Feet scored 2 in closing minutes. The right team won, but the final outcome was not forthcoming until the last 5-10 minutes. I cock my ears to both teams. Got a question for someone...Feet/Andro started BEFORE us and ended AFTER us...we played 40s, did they play 45s?? Heard it was super close and physical, but I was preocupied.

SG vs SP: very entertaining match; I caught the part of  Sting's score play at start of 2nd half... Beautiful shot to upper 90... Sting appeared to have some guess players, but most teams do during this tournament.  Both teams had "slow rollers" across the net scoring opportunties that weren't converted, but the right team probably won. Regardless, it was a good match and i not be surprised to see both these team in QF's. The SP goal was a nice finish from VERY close on a great cross that SG couldn't keep out. SP definitely the better team in the first half and could have scored a couple. After the goal in second half, SG created more chances and could have tied it multiple times, but didn't finish one off through great GK, missing just wide or high, hitting crossbar. Could have been tied, but wasn't. Always a tight match with them, hats off!

I also want to send out prayers to the Andro MF who appeared to suffer a severe arm injury in the 1st half...Saw that there was commotion, and heard an injury, but didn't know about that...Best wishes to a speedy recovery.

InaB wrote:Did the finals game get cancelled?