2005 US Youth Soccer National Championships | July 26-31, 2005 @ Disney's Wide World of Sports Complex - Orlando, FL Representing US Youth Soccer Region I (East) Girls *Under-14 | Beadling (PA W) *Under-15 | PDA Power (NJ) *Under-16 | PDA Fury (NJ) *Under-17 | PDA Wildcats (NJ) *Under-18 | Bethesda Excel (MD) *Under-19 | Stars of Massachusetts (MA) Boys *Under-14 | Potomac Cougars (MD) *Under-15 | FC Greater Boston Bolts (MA) *Under-16 | FC Delco Black (E PA) *Under-17 | New Rochelle Raiders (E NY) *Under-18 | PDA Conquistadors (NJ) *Under-19 | Reston RFC (VA) *Advance to play in the US Youth Soccer National Championships -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Representing US Youth Soccer Region II (Midwest) Girls *Under-14 | Ohio Elite (OH S) *Under-15 | St. Louis Soccer Club (MO) *Under-16 | Michigan Hawks (MI) *Under-17 | Eclipse Select (IL) *Under-18 | KC Dynamo (KS) *Under-19 | Carmel United Commotion (IN) Boys *Under-14 | Chicago Magic (IL) *Under-15 | Campton Raptors (IL) *Under-16 | Vardar (MI) *Under-17 | Vardar (MI) *Under-18 | FC Milwaukee (WI) *Under-19 | Sockers FC (IL) *Advance to play in the US Youth Soccer National Championships -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Representing US Youth Soccer Region III (South) Girls *Under-14 | Edmond Soccer Club 91 Black (OK) *Under-15 | Dallas Texans 90 Red (TX N) *Under-16 | Greensboro SC Twisters Green (NC) *Under-17 | CASL Spartan Elite (NC) *Under-18 | Sting 87 Royal (TX N) *Under-19 | Dallas Texans Red 86 (TX N) Boys *Under-14 | Tulsa Soccer Club 91 (OK) *Under-15 | 89 CASL Elite (NC) *Under-16 | Solar 89 SC (TX N) *Under-17 | Dallas Texans Red 88 (TX N) *Under-18 | Dallas Texans Red 87 (TX N) *Under-19 | Atlanta Fire United (GA) *Advance to play in the US Youth Soccer National Championships -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Representing US Youth Soccer Region IV (West) Girls *Under-14 | Southern California Blues (CA S) *Under-15 | San Diego Surf (CA S) *Under-16 | Slammers FC (CA S) *Under-17 | Slammers FC (CA S) *Under-18 | Laguna Hills Eclipse (CA S) *Under-19 | Colorado Rush Nike (CO) Boys *Under-14 | So Cal United (CA S) *Under-15 | Nomads SC (CA S) *Under-16 | Arsenal FC (CA S) *Under-17 | Real Colorado National (CO) *Under-18 | Real Colorado National (CO) *Under-19 | Nomads SC (CA S) *Advance to play in the US Youth Soccer National Championships
Pick each bracket. 2 pts for correct pick, 1 point if your pick finishes 2nd. Bragging rights only, of course.
And I'll lead off, taking all region 4 teams except BU17, Dallas Texans, and BU19, Sockers. Good luck to all my fierce foreign (to Cali) enemies.
Well I'll take the bait...not QUITE as sure so cal=kings and queens of the soccer nation, but they do have lots of talent!! U14 Girls-Edmond SC Boys-Chicago Magic U15 Girls-PDA Boys-FC Greater Boston Bolts U16 Girls-Slammers Boys-Arsenal FC U17 Girls-Eclipse Boys-Vardar U18 Girls-Laguna Hills Eclipse Boys-DallasTexans U19 Girls-Dallas Texans Boys-Nomads Thats 2 titles for region I, 3 for region II, 3 for region III, and 4 for region IV.
Come Dr. D -- have some fun with it -- geez, we take everything so seriously in this country now a days! You want to know why we put importance on it? Because that is what we do as humans -- we catagorize things, we rank them...sure the arguement can be made that they are "just kids" -- but they bust their butts and deserve some accolades for playing hard.
Winning is the ultimate test of player development. Even winning when young. Calsouth won 1/3 of the titles last year, and looks ready to do about that again. It's graduates make up about 1/3 of the national team player pools. That's not just coincidence. I mean, we're developing them to win games. Fitness is the best real benefit, but winning internationally, that's the test of player development.
I'll give it a go. U14 Girls Ohio Elite U14 Boys Potomac Cougars U15 Girls San Diego Surf U15 Boys FC Greater Boston Bolts U16 Girls Slammers U16 Boys Arsenal FC U17 Girls Eclipse Select U17 Boys Dallas Texans U18 Girls Laguna Hills Eclipse U18 Boys Dallas Texans U19 Girls Carmel U19 Boys Sockers FC So, I got 4 Region IV, 4 Region II, 2 Region I, and 2 Region III
I should have used the instead of the . The winning vs development argument is one of the great topics on these boards. I'd play along except for ignorance of teams outside Region 1. Unless I want to be like the Illinois crowd and pick Region 1 teams for everything!
Without a doubt the development vs. winning will forever be debated -- but that is 1/2 the fun of sports -- debating! I will make some predicitions, too -- but I am one of those IL folks that only knows Region 2 teams -- I thought it was region 4 that had all the omniscient ones...