Lake Highlands DII & DIII

DIII had many changes with (teams going to new clubs to obtain byes & clubs giving byes to lower level teams) who are the 8-9 teams that will be in Lake Highlands? Will DIII be watered down since some teams got their byes without having earned them?
How about DII? Any prediction on if that division will be competitive since some teams didn't earn their byes but were given byes or promoted by their clubs?

Here is the list for DII I think:
Sting West
Sting Royal
Solar Royal (former Tx Spirit)
ASG Gold
Texans Red North
NTx Strikers
Solar Red. (former FWU)
FCD Red
Solar Blue

AgGermany wrote:Here is the list for DII I think:
Sting West
Sting Royal
Solar Royal (former Tx Spirit)
ASG Gold
Texans Red North
NTx Strikers
Solar Red. (former FWU)
FCD Red
Solar Blue

So is Solar Blue 3rd place D3 last year or Hurst United from last year ?
Or is Hurst United the mystery D3 entry as Solar some other color ?

Hurst United is now Solar White DIII no mystery.
Solar Blue was 3rd Place DIII.

AgGermany wrote:Here is the list for DII I think:
Sting West
Sting Royal
Solar Royal (former Tx Spirit)
ASG Gold
Texans Red North
NTx Strikers
Solar Red. (former FWU)
FCD Red
Solar Blue

Yes, this is DII as far as I know. I don't know much about what Solar Blue did over the summer, but they had a good run in the spring, I know they picked up one very good defender and they have been in DII previously, so I would think they will do o.k. But then again we need to play. Sting West kept almost the entire team and added depth, ASG afred well in Puma at U17 level, Sting Royal added depth, FCDR has been rising for awhile, The new Solar Red has added depth and had no significant losses, so I would say DII will have solid teams at first look. Given Sting West kept and added and came from DI I would think they will be very tough.

Usually a team with a bye can recruit based on the bye. This year though some of the byes were/are so under the radar that some may have missed them altogether.

I don't think DII will be like the last 2 years where the champion was the previous years DIII champion. It may happen but I don't think the ride will be as smooth. More competition at the top.

justfurkicks wrote:Usually a team with a bye can recruit based on the bye. This year though some of the byes were/are so under the radar that some may have missed them altogether.

I don't think DII will be like the last 2 years where the champion was the previous years DIII champion. It may happen but I don't think the ride will be as smooth. More competition at the top.

Sting West and Sting Royal will be the top two teams.

soccernuts wrote:2010/2011 LHGCL U16 Division II
Sting West – Coming down from DI, but returned the majority of their roster. In the Top Three.
Sting Royal – Finished seventh in DII at U14, then third at U15. Trending in the right direction. Returned the majority of their roster for U16. In the Top Three.
Solar Royal (formerly TX Spirit) – Finished second in DII at U14, then fourth at U15. Returned the majority of their roster for U16. In the Top Three.
ASG Gold – Finished fifth in DII at U14, then sixth at U15. (eight new players on the roster. Middle of the pack.
Solar Red (formerly FWUEG) – Finished third in DIII at U14, then first at U15 for promotion to DII. Limited roster changes due to 75% rule. In the Top Five.
Texans Red North – Finished eighth in DI at U14 and were relegated, then sixth in DII at U15. Not trending in the right direction. (10) ten new players on the roster for U16. Somewhere in the bottom four.
NTX Strikers – Finished third in DII at U14 and seventh at U15. Not trending in the right direction. Lost 7, added 4 new players to make a roster of 14. It might be a very long year. Somewhere in the bottom four.
FCD Red – Finished second in DIII at U14 and U15. Lost at least (3) three…impact players that made a difference. Somewhere in the bottom four.
Solar Blue – Good run of being in DII for the first four years, but finished eighth at U14 and were relegated to DIII. Finished third in DIII at U15. (7) seven new players on the roster. Somewhere in the bottom four.

2010/2011 LHGCL U16 Division III
Polaris – Might be the year…In the Top Two.
FC Dallas Blue – A few positive roster changes. In the Top Three.
Sting Silver – Top Five potential.
TFC Blue – Top Five potential.
FWFC – Coming down from DII, but suspect significant roster changes. This one’s a wait and see.
Sting West Royal – Finished #4 in DIII. Not a particularly good outing at Puma Cup.
Dallas Texans White – Finished #5 in DIII. (10) ten new players on the roster.
Solar White (formerly Hurst United Black) – Finished #9 in DIII.
Solar ????

soccernuts,
did solar end up with an extra team? in DIII?

I suppose 95 DIII will know on 11 August who the mystery team is...

strikeforce wrote:
soccernuts,
did solar end up with an extra team? in DIII?

It certainly appears that way. Solar had a DIII bye to work with....one that required a Bye Fee and Preliminary Roster submission prior to the QT. Otherwise, Solar forfeits the Bye and LHGCL would have filled that spot through the QT...or so the rules appear to indicate.
So who's the mystery team? I think you have to eliminate all of the teams that participated in the QT. Look to the remaining teams that participated in APL/PPL. How about a Sting White...did they disband, or move? How about a Hurst United Red...they're sister team moved to Solar and for a while Red were the new 95 Black on the Hurst website...now Hurst United is saying they will not have a 95 team. Did they disband, or move?

sting white disbanded. some girls moved to sting silver

Hypothetically if a club paid the bye fee but is not able to fill a team what then happens to the bye / open spot?

In reading past post it sounds like Texas spirit (now Solar DII team) may not have kept the number of players needed to take the bye with them if this is the case Texas Spirit Club would have the bye?
And back to the orginal question.
Sounding like DII may have a good competition level.
How does everyone feel about DIII aside from the unknow team. Does anyone see a wide range of skill between some on the teams?

strikeforce wrote:Hypothetically if a club paid the bye fee but is not able to fill a team what then happens to the bye / open spot?

In reading past post it sounds like Texas spirit (now Solar DII team) may not have kept the number of players needed to take the bye with them if this is the case Texas Spirit Club would have the bye?
And back to the orginal question.
Sounding like DII may have a good competition level.
How does everyone feel about DIII aside from the unknow team. Does anyone see a wide range of skill between some on the teams?

arguing one point.....Solar Royal (Texas Spirit) did have enough of the ladies to keep the bye. Spirit didnt keep the bye....the move was well thought out, considered, and understood by the coach and families involved and would not have been made without other considerations being made if needed.

Stay tuned..very interesting stuff coming after the meeting affecting DII and DIII teams..........cool stuff to talk about!! See you then!!

ok... lemme be the first to say WHAT... THE... F? That's all.

oh and as a side note, if sting west blue isn't in d3 this year, then give me a double WTF?

Pitchmon wrote:Stay tuned..very interesting stuff coming after the meeting affecting DII and DIII teams..........cool stuff to talk about!! See you then!!

So.....PITCH...mon

OK, Sting West Blue was given a DIII spot because Solar did not make a team for their bye. After hearing that, it was learned that FWFC was brought up to DII, not sure who left DII for that to happen? If that is true and it is, then there should be another DIII opening yes??? So again I will say interesting things at the meeting coming up and some good fodder for discussion when this all becomes clear.

The word is 2 d2 teams merged, opening d2 spot. FWFC next in line moves up, Sting W B, takes a d3 spot, so does that still leave one open? And with the team/club shakeups in May and June, it only logically makes sense that the league would shakeup the same in August? So... wait and see?

Crazy, crazy.....so if this is true, there should still be a D3 spot open and if so, wouldn't Andromeda also get into D3, since they have the next highest points from the QT? And, from all of this, the only team that has been able to sit on the sidelines, watch at all the commotion going on is Texas White Dallas....because they didn't have to requalify and weren't impacted by any of the team movements.....fun stuff.....the LHGCL meeting will either be interesting or disappointing depending on if this whole mess gets explained or swept away as "it is what it is"..... oh well, let's play some soccer already....

Pitchmon wrote:OK, Sting West Blue was given a DIII spot because Solar did not make a team for their bye. After hearing that, it was learned that FWFC was brought up to DII, not sure who left DII for that to happen? If that is true and it is, then there should be another DIII opening yes??? So again I will say interesting things at the meeting coming up and some good fodder for discussion when this all becomes clear.

Does anyone actually have a list of the D-II/DIII teams so we can sort this out?

Ok this is what I can figure out but I am not certain
D2
Solar Red -Earned bye formerly FWUEG (moved up from D3 had own bye)
FCD Red - Earned Bye (moved up from D3)
Sting West regulated down to D2
Sting Royal remain in D2
ASG remain in D2
TXNS Red North Remain in D2
NTX Stricker Remain in D2
Solar Blue D3 took the original Solar Red bye into D2
Solar Royal had bye as TX Spirit
D3
OPEN BYE ( was not filled by solar since solar blue had this bye and took the old solar reds bye to D2)
Sting Royal remains finished 4th
TXNS White remains finished 5th
FWFC Regulated down from D2 to D3
Solar White Regulated down to D3 but disbaned and Hurst United Black went to solar and took this bye)
Polaris in due to QT
FC Dallas Blue in due to QT
Sting Silver in due to QT
TFC Blue in due to QT
How and why would a team that was regulated down be put back up? would it not go to the next team with the most team points? This is totally crazy. Does anyone know or is it going to be a waiting game until Wednesday night?

soccerlove95 wrote:Ok this is what I can figure out but I am not certain
D2
Solar Red -Earned bye formerly FWUEG (moved up from D3 had own bye)
FCD Red - Earned Bye (moved up from D3)
Sting West regulated down to D2
Sting Royal remain in D2
ASG remain in D2
TXNS Red North Remain in D2
NTX Stricker Remain in D2
Solar Blue D3 took the original Solar Red bye into D2
Solar Royal had bye as TX Spirit
D3
OPEN BYE ( was not filled by solar since solar blue had this bye and took the old solar reds bye to D2)
Sting Royal remains finished 4th
TXNS White remains finished 5th
FWFC Regulated down from D2 to D3
Solar White Regulated down to D3 but disbaned and Hurst United Black went to solar and took this bye)
Polaris in due to QT
FC Dallas Blue in due to QT
Sting Silver in due to QT
TFC Blue in due to QT
How and why would a team that was regulated down be put back up? would it not go to the next team with the most team points? This is totally crazy. Does anyone know or is it going to be a waiting game until Wednesday night?

I think you might have meant relegated down rather than regulated down.

soccerlove95 wrote:Ok this is what I can figure out but I am not certain
D2
Solar Red -Earned bye formerly FWUEG (moved up from D3 had own bye)
FCD Red - Earned Bye (moved up from D3)
Sting West regulated down to D2
Sting Royal remain in D2
ASG remain in D2
TXNS Red North Remain in D2
NTX Stricker Remain in D2
Solar Blue D3 took the original Solar Red bye into D2
Solar Royal had bye as TX Spirit
D3
OPEN BYE ( was not filled by solar since solar blue had this bye and took the old solar reds bye to D2)
Sting Royal remains finished 4th
TXNS White remains finished 5th
FWFC Regulated down from D2 to D3
Solar White Regulated down to D3 but disbaned and Hurst United Black went to solar and took this bye)
Polaris in due to QT
FC Dallas Blue in due to QT
Sting Silver in due to QT
TFC Blue in due to QT
How and why would a team that was regulated down be put back up? would it not go to the next team with the most team points? This is totally crazy. Does anyone know or is it going to be a waiting game until Wednesday night?

Does anyone know if FWFC moved up?
Or which two teams combined?
WOW what a circus. LH rule of 75% team keeping the bye or it stays with the club sure cause confusion this year with all the changes. Wonder if LH rules will change for next year due to this?
Didn't the other age groups with more than 4 spots to give out have playoff for the extra spot?