stop crying gold bracket means you play against the best teams
all the teams are good if you want to be selective in your bracket go to silver
you might be better off . SOCCER23

no beef with the gold bracket. If you are in the top 20 you are playing those teams in classic league play anyway so you might as well get used to it. 2 of the teams just caught a break this time...

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I'm curious why they did not keep the top 20 together in the gold division. Seems like they could have found a way to make that happen as well and brought a little more balance to both the gold and silver divisions. I'm guessing the 3 teams playing that are ranked between 11-20 are feeling a bit lonely in gold and the other 2 playing in silver are licking their chops.[/quote]


That decision was, at least in part, made by each individual team/club. When registering for the tournament teams were asked what level of competition they wanted to play against, 1-5 with 5 being the highest. This was part of the registration form. Maybe some of those D1 teams selected 5 (Tejanos, Liverpool and Toros) and maybe some of them selected 3 (NT Strikers and Odyssey), I don't know. But, I do not fault the PLD officials for splitting up the D1 teams because I think that was the team's choice. The issue is really why the Gold Division brackets are so lopsided. Even if you were to throw NT Strikers and Odyssey into the Gold Division and make 14 teams in gold and 12 in silver, that doesn't explain the Gold Division Bracket A.

D1#10 wrote:stop crying gold bracket means you play against the best teams
all the teams are good if you want to be selective in your bracket go to silver
you might be better off . SOCCER23

someone please explain this to D1#10. I can't seem to get thru. go99? indy? whatthe? gababa? anyone?

No one is "selecting" teams in their bracket. That is what the tournament officials are supposed to do. I don't know what you mean. Look at the Silver Division--it seems to be accurately seeded. But, I guess that it would have been ok with you to put Odyssey, NT Strikers, Hurst, FCD, Chivas and Longview all in Group C?

The point is, when you pay money for these tournaments ($575 per team) the seedings should make sense. The Gold Division seedings do not make sense.

soccer23 wrote:

D1#10 wrote:stop crying gold bracket means you play against the best teams
all the teams are good if you want to be selective in your bracket go to silver
you might be better off . SOCCER23

someone please explain this to D1#10. I can't seem to get thru. go99? indy? whatthe? gababa? anyone?

No one is "selecting" teams in their bracket. That is what the tournament officials are supposed to do. I don't know what you mean. Look at the Silver Division--it seems to be accurately seeded. But, I guess that it would have been ok with you to put Odyssey, NT Strikers, Hurst, FCD, Chivas and Longview all in Group C?

The point is, when you pay money for these tournaments ($575 per team) the seedings should make sense. The Gold Division seedings do not make sense.

At least that would have been consistent. Hard to tell what they were thinking here.

from 1 - 10 what would you rate fc Dallas east (spencer) and dfw tejanos
what are their strengths and weakness 10 being the highest never seen them play.
and that celtic 2000 ?

D1#10 wrote:from 1 - 10 what would you rate fc Dallas east (spencer) and dfw tejanos
what are their strengths and weakness 10 being the highest never seen them play.
and that celtic 2000 ?

Not sre what you're getting at comparing FCD East to Tejanos. FCD East is further along in their development than Tejanos. Spencer is one of the best coaches I have seen at this age group. His FCD East team has improved season after season consistently. Their possession game is excellent and their attack is very organized. IMO, their biggest weakness is that their defenders can be beaten 1 on 1 by good forwards.

Tejanos is quit a bit behind them in all of these areas.

BTW, I agree with all of the posts saying that Bracket #1 is screwed up, but it has worked out as a rematch of the Kyle Owen Classic where TFC Wells, Bandits and Wizards all played each other.

I know TFC Wells and Bandits are looking forward to this rematch as all their games with Wizards were very close!

This will also settle once and for all if Solar Red belongs in the same tier as these other 3 teams this season.

Good luck to ALL!!

was not comparing just wanted to know about our competition for the tournament
you must be fc dallas parent . I did hear good things about your coach form previous player.
So one on one with the defense thanks

D1#10 wrote:was not comparing just wanted to know about our competition for the tournament
you must be fc dallas parent . I did hear good things about your coach form previous player.
So one on one with the defense thanks

So if I'm an FCD parent, you must be a Liverpool parent, right? If so, sorry to say, but the info above won't help you.

Three of the four teams from bracket A have a good chance to advance to the quarters and considering the level of play needed for the bracket games they all should be playing at a high level. I for one am looking forward to some good matchups after most of the lopsided qt games. Wizards, Bandits and Wells weren't deeply challenged in qt games, so bring it on.

Indy, I doubt that D1#10 is a liverpool parent since liverpool played tejanos in qt.

No not a liver pool parent but you right earbucket finally ready for a high level tournament , and then we have an idea were our teams stand in the classic D1

D1#10 wrote:No not a liver pool parent but you right earbucket finally ready for a high level tournament , and then we have an idea were our teams stand in the classic D1

You can tell he is not a Liverpool parent, Liverpool is one word and the L should be a capital letter.

Probly from the out of town team from Ark since they just signed up and are asking about teams everyone already knows about.

Edit: or maybe from the Toros since they are asking about the Celtic team too.

R1 wrote:Probly from the out of town team from Ark since they just signed up and are asking about teams everyone already knows about.

Edit: or maybe from the Toros since they are asking about the Celtic team too.

Speaking of which . . . nobody ever answered my question from the other day. Who is Broken Arrow HFC Arkansas 01? Anyone ever heard of this team? Do they have any business in the Gold division? Maybe this new guy can answer it. D1#10?

No idea on Broken Arrow
prediction
1st bandits
2 Wizards
3 FC Dallas
4 Toros

is red better than orange?

earbucket wrote:Three of the four teams from bracket A have a good chance to advance to the quarters and considering the level of play needed for the bracket games they all should be playing at a high level. I for one am looking forward to some good matchups after most of the lopsided qt games. Wizards, Bandits and Wells weren't deeply challenged in qt games, so bring it on.

Indy, I doubt that D1#10 is a liverpool parent since liverpool played tejanos in qt.

They should advance to the QF but think they take the points away from each other and somebody else will play instead on Sunday afternoon.

The German wrote:

earbucket wrote:Three of the four teams from bracket A have a good chance to advance to the quarters and considering the level of play needed for the bracket games they all should be playing at a high level. I for one am looking forward to some good matchups after most of the lopsided qt games. Wizards, Bandits and Wells weren't deeply challenged in qt games, so bring it on.

Indy, I doubt that D1#10 is a liverpool parent since liverpool played tejanos in qt.

They should advance to the QF but think they take the points away from each other and somebody else will play instead on Sunday afternoon.

There is this rule in the tourney rules.

If, in the Quarterfinals or Semifinals (when there are no Quarterfinals), the predetermined pairings result in two opponents from the same bracket, realignment of the pairings will be made by the Tournament Director.

With that rule whoever the wildcard from Bracket 1 will play 1 seed of Bracket 2 rather than from bracket 1. so, i'd go with

Bracket 1-W: Wiz v. WC1: Toros, Liverpool or Okie team

Bracket 2-W: FCD-P v. WC2: TFC-Wells

Bracket 3-W: FCD-E v. Bracket 2-R: Solar

Bracket 1-R: Bandits v. Bracket 3-R: Tejanos


Semis-- Wiz v Bandits and Wells v Solar

Finals--Wells v Bandits with Wells winning it.

In that scenario, 3 of the 4 bracket A teams make the semis.

OK, I'll give my prediction (looking for the upset here):

Bracket 1-W: Bandits v. Toros

Bracket 2-W: FCD-P v. TFC-Wells

Bracket 3-W: FCD-E v. Bracket 2-R: Solar

Bracket 1-R: Wizards v. Bracket 3-R: Tejanos


Semis-- Bandits v Wiz and TFC v FCD East

Finals-- Bandits v FCD East with FCD East winning it.

In my opinion, The Plano Labor Day tournament for the 00 teams are all playing for second place. The top 00 team is playing in the Texans Friendlies. .

SoccerNutz07 wrote:In my opinion, The Plano Labor Day tournament for the 00 teams are all playing for second place. The top 00 team is playing in the Texans Friendlies. .

well it will have to remain an opinion for the time being. Too bad they are not playing since 7 of the top 10 are there. Would have been interesting to see all of the top teams duke it out.

SoccerNutz07 wrote:In my opinion, The Plano Labor Day tournament for the 00 teams are all playing for second place. The top 00 team is playing in the Texans Friendlies. .

No one in the PLD is playing for second place. They are all playing for first place, one gold division first place and one silver division first place. Your team/club chose to sit this one out. Don't come on here and suggest that everyone is playing second fiddle to Gall's team. If you wanted to be considered as "first place" then you should have signed up for the tournament. What a load of . . . !! Your "opinion" is irrelevant in this regard and you should keep it to yourself if you are not playing.

SoccerNutz07

Hence the reason why when my son was being recruited by the so called #1 team this summer we did not move. The arrogance of the parents and the then coach and now coach is sickening.

For second place?? The best teams will be at the tournament instead of scrimmage sessions. Very arrogant indeed.

soccer23 wrote:

SoccerNutz07 wrote:In my opinion, The Plano Labor Day tournament for the 00 teams are all playing for second place. The top 00 team is playing in the Texans Friendlies. .

No one in the PLD is playing for second place. They are all playing for first place, one gold division first place and one silver division first place. Your team/club chose to sit this one out. Don't come on here and suggest that everyone is playing second fiddle to Gall's team. If you wanted to be considered as "first place" then you should have signed up for the tournament. What a load of . . . !! Your "opinion" is irrelevant in this regard and you should keep it to yourself if you are not playing.

Wow, you people are so sensitive. If we are all keeping our opinions to ourselves, why need this forum. I don't even have a dog in this hunt nor I am a DT. How I came to this conclusion was because I observed some of the top 00 teams playing in the past. My objective is to get you guys all pissy was succeeded. Whether you like it or not, I think DT Gall 00 team is still the best. If you don't like it, prove it.

SoccerNutz07 wrote:

soccer23 wrote:

SoccerNutz07 wrote:In my opinion, The Plano Labor Day tournament for the 00 teams are all playing for second place. The top 00 team is playing in the Texans Friendlies. .

No one in the PLD is playing for second place. They are all playing for first place, one gold division first place and one silver division first place. Your team/club chose to sit this one out. Don't come on here and suggest that everyone is playing second fiddle to Gall's team. If you wanted to be considered as "first place" then you should have signed up for the tournament. What a load of . . . !! Your "opinion" is irrelevant in this regard and you should keep it to yourself if you are not playing.

Wow, you people are so sensitive. If we are all keeping our opinions to ourselves, why need this forum. I don't even have a dog in this hunt nor I am a DT. How I came to this conclusion was because I observed some of the top 00 teams playing in the past. My objective is to get you guys all pissy was succeeded. Whether you like it or not, I think DT Gall 00 team is still the best. If you don't like it, prove it.

None of us are sensitive. Just all tired of listening to that same line. And no one believes that "don't have a dog in this hunt" line.

Impossible to prove it when they don't show up for the tournament. Call Gall and tell him to come play in the tournament instead of scrimmaging this weekend.

[quote="SoccerNutz07"][quote="soccer23"]

SoccerNutz07 wrote:. If you don't like it, prove it.

...he says, from the sidelines. Not to be offensive, but the only conclusion I can distill from your remarks, is that you are an idiot.

quote="SoccerNutz07"]In my opinion, The Plano Labor Day tournament for the 00 teams are all playing for second place. The top 00 team is playing in the Texans Friendlies. . [/quote]

Whether you like it or not, I think DT Gall 00 team is still the best. If you don't like it, prove it.[/quote]

Soccer Nutz, I think you stepped in your own bear trap on this one. This is the first chance for all of the top 00 teams to play each other and just about everyone is there except DT Gall. Whoever wins PLD will have braggin' rights for now. Competition there is slightly better than your friendlies...

[quote="earbucket"][quote="SoccerNutz07"]

soccer23 wrote:

SoccerNutz07 wrote:. If you don't like it, prove it.

...he says, from the sidelines. Not to be offensive, but the only conclusion I can distill from your remarks, is that you are an idiot.

Typical first year in select soccer reaction. If you can't handle other's people opinion, why not ignore it.

Thanks for all your wisdom wise old SoccerNutz. If you can let me know how the rest of Classic turns out over the next 8 years it will save me alot of time on the weekends. Let me know how your son plays this weekend in the 99 division Texan Friendlies you robot! I must pay $3500/yr, and pay more to play against myself every wknd, because this is the only way to do it kind of thinking. I also like how you tried to throw us all off by saying that you have no dog in the hunt, we were all thrown off by that. Its almost weird then if you have no dog but get on a board and tell everyone how great an 11yr old team is..Dude that is weird!