Now that Classic has finished the Qualifying Tournament, how quickly will PPL be able to post schedules for their Placement Tournament?

Another tournament, oh that's what I need. I didn't know there was another one after the Classic tournament.

When is that tournament?

This weekend.

The "Accepted Teams Information" has been posted...

Therecanonlybeone wrote:The "Accepted Teams Information" has been posted...

link?

http://www.pysa.org/PlacementTour.html

DadofDefense wrote:http://www.pysa.org/PlacementTour.html

Much oblige.

DadofDefense wrote:http://www.pysa.org/PlacementTour.html

It doesn't look like any of the teams are listed from this past weekend so I would think this will be updated. Right now there are 24 teams listed for 2001 Boys so I would think it would jump up over 30 when the teams from Round II join the list.

Only room for 10, is that right?

I just looked at last year's standings in PPL. The number of teams in the age groups divisions don't make a whole lot of sense to me.

00s had 11 teams in D1 and 10 in D2
99s had 10 teams in D1 and 18 in D2
98s had 11 teams in D1, 10 in D2, and 10 in D3
97s had 11 teams in D1 and 7 in D2

My son's team is a team that skipped qualifying and is going straight to Plano so I have been checking the site for detais etc over the past couple of weeks. Per PYSA if you register late you could be denied entry into the league or be placed in the lowest division. Have they held to this in the past? Will they hold to this policy this year. I know there is one team listed that was still playing last weekend...Ayses Gold. They were an accepted team for the placement tourney even though they were still in qualifying. They appear to be the only team to do so. However instead of PT (placement tourney I assume) next to their name now it says lowest (being placed in lowest division I assume). If PYSA holds true to late registration this could really screw up some teams that just got eliminated from qualifying bases on how Classic League does their qualifying tournament by only inviting top teams from top divisions from Plano and Arlington to challenge bottom D3 teams.

My son's team didn't qualify for Classic League this weekend. Our manager said that we got an automatic "bye" in Plano. I'm not sure which division the "bye" puts us in.

jack0fspeed wrote:My son's team didn't qualify for Classic League this weekend. Our manager said that we got an automatic "bye" in Plano. I'm not sure which division the "bye" puts us in.

What does that mean, "automatic 'bye'"?

I don't understand what a "bye" means.

newparent wrote:

jack0fspeed wrote:My son's team didn't qualify for Classic League this weekend. Our manager said that we got an automatic "bye" in Plano. I'm not sure which division the "bye" puts us in.

What does that mean, "automatic 'bye'"?

I don't understand what a "bye" means.

BYE means we don't have to play in the placement tournament to get into an upper division.

At U11 you can either play in the Placement Tournament, or skip it. If you don't play in the PT you will be placed in the lowest division. The number of divisions will be determined by the number of teams that register for the league.

Jack, you are playing Plano D1. All of the teams that made it to week #2 of the Classic League Qualifying and didn't make Classic were given a BYE and placement in D1 if thats where they wanted to be. I guess a team could choose to play D2 if they so desired.

Don't forget though that quite a few of those teams will have chosen to play Arlington so I'm sure there will be teams that do well in the Placement Games that will be in D1.

jack0fspeed wrote:

newparent wrote:

jack0fspeed wrote:My son's team didn't qualify for Classic League this weekend. Our manager said that we got an automatic "bye" in Plano. I'm not sure which division the "bye" puts us in.

What does that mean, "automatic 'bye'"?

I don't understand what a "bye" means.

BYE means we don't have to play in the placement tournament to get into an upper division.

Jack:

You better have your manager check this as this has not been the case in the past. Everyone can get into Plano, however in the past everyone at the U11 age group has had to qualify for D1. I know this is the way it has been done for the 99s and the 00s. Your manager needs to apply by either Tuesday or Wednesday.

Good Luck

FGFF wrote: Jack, you are playing Plano D1. All of the teams that made it to week #2 of the Classic League Qualifying and didn't make Classic were given a BYE and placement in D1 if thats where they wanted to be. I guess a team could choose to play D2 if they so desired.

This is not correct. Please read the rules.

•BYE’s will be issued in age groups U12-U19 to 50% of the teams in Division 1 with a maximum of 5 teams. This will only apply to the Division 1 teams that maintained N+1 and will be based on the combined standings from Fall to Spring of the previous year.

•U11's will be seeded based upon the best information available, i.e. tournaments since signing day, with a heavier emphasis placed on the qualifying tournaments for Classic and Lake Highlands.

afrankw wrote:

FGFF wrote: Jack, you are playing Plano D1. All of the teams that made it to week #2 of the Classic League Qualifying and didn't make Classic were given a BYE and placement in D1 if thats where they wanted to be. I guess a team could choose to play D2 if they so desired.

This is not correct. Please read the rules.

•BYE’s will be issued in age groups U12-U19 to 50% of the teams in Division 1 with a maximum of 5 teams. This will only apply to the Division 1 teams that maintained N+1 and will be based on the combined standings from Fall to Spring of the previous year.

•U11's will be seeded based upon the best information available, i.e. tournaments since signing day, with a heavier emphasis placed on the qualifying tournaments for Classic and Lake Highlands.

Well then how come they wouldn't accept my $200 for the placement tournament today and instead took a check for $100 telling me it was for our BYE, while telling me that all of the teams that made it to week #2 of the classic league tournament were automatically given a BYE and placed into D1???? 2 different people told me this. One over the phone and a different lady in person at their office while I registered our team. Then on my application they wrote D1 very large with a marker. Why do you think that is??

And then another manager told me they were told the same thing?? And then Jacks manager was told the same thing?

huh?

Sounds like they are making up the rules as they go along.

FGFF wrote:

afrankw wrote:

FGFF wrote: Jack, you are playing Plano D1. All of the teams that made it to week #2 of the Classic League Qualifying and didn't make Classic were given a BYE and placement in D1 if thats where they wanted to be. I guess a team could choose to play D2 if they so desired.

This is not correct. Please read the rules.

•BYE’s will be issued in age groups U12-U19 to 50% of the teams in Division 1 with a maximum of 5 teams. This will only apply to the Division 1 teams that maintained N+1 and will be based on the combined standings from Fall to Spring of the previous year.

•U11's will be seeded based upon the best information available, i.e. tournaments since signing day, with a heavier emphasis placed on the qualifying tournaments for Classic and Lake Highlands.

Well then how come they wouldn't accept my $200 for the placement tournament today and instead took a check for $100 telling me it was for our BYE, while telling me that all of the teams that made it to week #2 of the classic league tournament were automatically given a BYE and placed into D1???? 2 different people told me this. One over the phone and a different lady in person at their office while I registered our team. Then on my application they wrote D1 very large with a marker. Why do you think that is??

And then another manager told me they were told the same thing?? And then Jacks manager was told the same thing?

good questions, why are the Ayses 01 Gold on the accepted team list, when they played in the second round. Is anyone from the Ayses around?

afrankw wrote:

FGFF wrote:

afrankw wrote:

FGFF wrote: Jack, you are playing Plano D1. All of the teams that made it to week #2 of the Classic League Qualifying and didn't make Classic were given a BYE and placement in D1 if thats where they wanted to be. I guess a team could choose to play D2 if they so desired.

This is not correct. Please read the rules.

•BYE’s will be issued in age groups U12-U19 to 50% of the teams in Division 1 with a maximum of 5 teams. This will only apply to the Division 1 teams that maintained N+1 and will be based on the combined standings from Fall to Spring of the previous year.

•U11's will be seeded based upon the best information available, i.e. tournaments since signing day, with a heavier emphasis placed on the qualifying tournaments for Classic and Lake Highlands.

Well then how come they wouldn't accept my $200 for the placement tournament today and instead took a check for $100 telling me it was for our BYE, while telling me that all of the teams that made it to week #2 of the classic league tournament were automatically given a BYE and placed into D1???? 2 different people told me this. One over the phone and a different lady in person at their office while I registered our team. Then on my application they wrote D1 very large with a marker. Why do you think that is??

And then another manager told me they were told the same thing?? And then Jacks manager was told the same thing?

good questions, why are the Ayses 01 Gold on the accepted team list, when they played in the second round. Is anyone from the Ayses around?

We were told not to apply until after the tournament as they didn't want to hold a bunch of checks or give a bunch of refunds to all the teams that made Classic League which is understandable. No disrespect intended but maybe Ayses was pessimistic about their chances and applied anyways? Who knows. But that's also a good question. And in your defense, we read the same things you did. After having those two conversations today with them I just figured they made a change over the weekend and after playing in tournaments 3 of the last 4 weekends I was happy to hear we were getting a break!!!

Does anyone know how many division there will be in U11? How many teams per division?

Does anyone know why Plano went from a weekend qualifying tournament as they have in the years past to a week long schedule with many games being played mid week?

I emailed PSA regarding qualifying for Division 1 in the U14 boys group.

I received a reply that states that 19 teams will be in Division 1.

They are taking the top 3 teams from each of the 4 brackets and 2 wildcards (in addition to the 5 BYE teams).

This is quite different from the 11 in D1, 10 in D2 and D3 from last year.

TEK2000 wrote:I emailed PSA regarding qualifying for Division 1 in the U14 boys group.

I received a reply that states that 19 teams will be in Division 1.

They are taking the top 3 teams from each of the 4 brackets and 2 wildcards (in addition to the 5 BYE teams).

This is quite different from the 11 in D1, 10 in D2 and D3 from last year.

I know the same question has been sent in for U 13 and no response has been received.

U 13 will have 10 teams in DI. There will be 21 teams playing for 6 spots.

The winner of each of the 5 brackets and one wildcard will qualify for DI.

http://www.planoyouthsoccer.org/PDF/Comp%20Forms/Placement_Guide.xls

U11 Boys

19 teams in Division 1
All teams that played the second weekend of the Boys Qualifiing Tournament will receive a Bye into Division 1.
This could be up to 11 Byes.
8 Spots open to the PT Tournament.
4 Brackets.
Top 2 from each bracket will be place into Division 1.


U12 Boys

19 teams in Division 1
4 Byes.
15 Spots open to the PT Tournament.
5 Brackets.
Top 3 from each bracket will be place into Division 1.


U13 Boys

19 teams in Division 1
4 Byes.
15 Spots open to the PT Tournament.
5 Brackets.
Top 3 from each bracket will be place into Division 1.


U14 Boys

19 teams in Division 1
5 Byes.
14 Spots open to the PT Tournament.
4 Brackets.
Top 3 from each bracket will be place into Division 1.
And 2 wild cards.


U11 Girls

19 teams in Division 1
2 Byes.
17 Spots open to the PT Tournament.
7 Brackets.
Top 2 from each bracket will be place into Division 1.
And 3 wild cards.


U12 Girls

19 teams in Division 1
7 Byes.
12 Spots open to the PT Tournament.
5 Brackets.
Top 2 from each bracket will be place into Division 1.
And 2 wild cards.


U13 Girls

19 teams in Division 1
5 Byes.
14 Spots open to the PT Tournament.
6 Brackets.
Top 2 from each bracket will be place into Division 1.
And 2 wild cards.


U14 Girls

10 teams in Division 1
5 Byes.
5 Spots open to the PT Tournament.
3 Brackets.
Top 1 from each bracket will be place into Division 1.
And 2 wild cards.

jack0fspeed wrote:http://www.planoyouthsoccer.org/PDF/Comp%20Forms/Placement_Guide.xls

U11 Boys

19 teams in Division 1
All teams that played the second weekend of the Boys Qualifiing Tournament will receive a Bye into Division 1.
This could be up to 11 Byes.
8 Spots open to the PT Tournament.
4 Brackets.
Top 2 from each bracket will be place into Division 1.


U12 Boys

19 teams in Division 1
4 Byes.
15 Spots open to the PT Tournament.
5 Brackets.
Top 3 from each bracket will be place into Division 1.


U13 Boys

19 teams in Division 1
4 Byes.
15 Spots open to the PT Tournament.
5 Brackets.
Top 3 from each bracket will be place into Division 1.


U14 Boys

19 teams in Division 1
5 Byes.
14 Spots open to the PT Tournament.
4 Brackets.
Top 3 from each bracket will be place into Division 1.
And 2 wild cards.


U11 Girls

19 teams in Division 1
2 Byes.
17 Spots open to the PT Tournament.
7 Brackets.
Top 2 from each bracket will be place into Division 1.
And 3 wild cards.


U12 Girls

19 teams in Division 1
7 Byes.
12 Spots open to the PT Tournament.
5 Brackets.
Top 2 from each bracket will be place into Division 1.
And 2 wild cards.


U13 Girls

19 teams in Division 1
5 Byes.
14 Spots open to the PT Tournament.
6 Brackets.
Top 2 from each bracket will be place into Division 1.
And 2 wild cards.


U14 Girls

10 teams in Division 1
5 Byes.
5 Spots open to the PT Tournament.
3 Brackets.
Top 1 from each bracket will be place into Division 1.
And 2 wild cards.

That is amazing! I called the PYSA office at 2:24 and was told what I put in the prior post. The person told me they were actually reading from some official document. A couple hours later and this comes out. WOW!