Where are those 02 predictions?

Quite a bit of shakeup this year in 02. Any thoughts on how this year will go?

The President is working hard to make 02 soccer great again!

He is too worried fighting with Harley Davidson and China. Not even Trump can save Classic.

On paper, it looks like FCD Premier (new coach) and Castro (entirely new roster) are the top two teams. Will be interesting to see how these teams gel (or not) over the course of the season.

Solar South, Solar Sawyer and Ayses are also strong teams and have shown the ability to beat FCDP and Castro on a given day.

I heard that Odyssey reshuffled its entire (?) roster but looks like it added a few nice pieces.

Not sure about the Texans teams (FTW and Red) and the new Solar team (D3 champs?).

Cruz Azul can be tough on any day, although I believe they lost a lot of firepower (to Odyssey?).

Stricker & FCD’s top team departure created a huge a opening for the 1st & 2nd place spot. Odyssey’s mass exodus made the space even bigger.

I’m putting the top 5 as:
1. Solar Castro
2. Solar Dirty South
3. Ayses
4. Solar Sawyer
5. Dallas Texans Fort Worth


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GeauxBigBlue wrote:Stricker & FCD’s top team departure created a huge a opening for the 1st & 2nd place spot. Odyssey’s mass exodus made the space even bigger.

I’m putting the top 5 as:
1. Solar Castro
2. Solar Dirty South
3. Ayses
4. Solar Sawyer
5. Dallas Texans Fort Worth

Uhmmmm..... After last Saturday’s narrow victory over Cruz Azul (4-3), I’m
redoing my top 5:
1. Solar Castro
2. Ayses
3. Dallas Texans (Fort Worth)
4. Solar Sawyer
5. Odyssey

Blue, did you see any of these games? I saw where Castro won both Frontier League games and FCDP lost both of theirs. I thought the Classic League results were interesting.

donovansucks wrote:Blue, did you see any of these games?  I saw where Castro won both Frontier League games and FCDP lost both of theirs.  I thought the Classic League results were interesting.

I only watched a little of the Odyssey vs. Texans Red game on Field 7.
Odyssey moved the ball pretty well.
Solar South started off very strong in the 1st half (4-1), but Cruz Azul responded in the 2nd half with excellent saves by the keeper and lots of pressure. The tale of 2 halves.

One of Castro’s parents kept me up-to-date on their SRPL games.
They played very well.
The FCD SRPL loses were a shock.

Watched D2 FCD Gold Woodberry lose to FCD Red 2-0. Gold played a man down, due to a very questionable Red Card on their key player in the 1st half.

Texans Red took care of business over a Solar Williams team.
But, I’m told that Solar Williams was a D3 team last season?
The Stricker bye, correct?
Regardless, Texans Red won convincingly.

Finally finished up the Fall Season last Sunday.

1. Solar Castro (Most definitely the better team).
2. Solar South (Dem “Dirty South Boys play well, when they’re backed into a corner. But they shouldn’t put themselves in tat situation).
3. FC Dallas ( A very tough team. They can easily go on a scoring spree).
4. Dallas Texans Dallas (Great ball distribution. They handed Castro their only loss).
5. Dallas Texans Ft. Worth (Will probably finish 3rd or 4th)

GeauxBigBlue wrote:Finally finished up the Fall Season last Sunday.

1. Solar Castro (Most definitely the better team).
2. Solar South (Dem “Dirty South Boys play well, when they’re backed into a corner. But they shouldn’t put themselves in tat situation).
3. FC Dallas ( A very tough team. They can easily go on a scoring spree).
4. Dallas Texans Dallas (Great ball distribution. They handed Castro their only loss).
5. Dallas Texans Ft. Worth (Will probably finish 3rd or 4th)

^^^ looking at standings now, I say you called it! 4/5 ain't bad!

Next Fall season, the newly promoted Dallas Kicks will be in the top 5.
Solar Sawyer will be in the top 3.
Bold prediction? Yes.
But from what I saw in the last few Sawyer games, if this squad stays together, totally gonna happen.
Dallas Kicks is just flat out balling.
They beat Solar South, 2 months ago, in San Antonio’s college showcase tournament.

Blue, what happened to Kicks this weekend at the KSMD tourney? Were they missing players? 0-3? I would've thought they had a better showing.

donovansucks wrote:Blue, what happened to Kicks this weekend at the KSMD tourney?  Were they missing players?  0-3?  I would've thought they had a better showing.

It just wasn’t their week.
They will rebound and come back on fire.

Agreed...they will be a handful next season in D1.

Hopefully not too much of a handful.
When the Kicks beat Solar South in San Antonio, they played aggressively, and NEVER backed up or backed down from a 50/50 challenge. And their endurance, going into the 2nd half, was impressive.
They dominated D2 this season, and probably hit a bump.
So, Señor, my prediction stands.