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I know that these teams are going to fight it out. Out of Mann's 4 goals given up, none were against their starting goalie. It is going to be a great playoff. I would like to know why Dorman is expected to be good in the next few years. They have all CFC club girls and they could not even come close to competing with CESA's top teams. I'm not putting them down but I have heard some pretty bold statements from Dorman parents about they could compete in the ECNL.



Think some ones numbers are off or not up to date. Based on the current score board
#1 JLMann gave up 7 goals, 2 twice, and 1 in region play
#2 Wando gave up 4 goals, none in region
#3 FM gave up 3 goals, 1 in region play
#4 DF gave up 21 goals, not worth going into detail
#5 Wade H gave up 9 goals, " "
#6 Dorman gave up 19 goals, " "

Clearly there is a drop off after the 1st three. How many anyone's starting/backup goalie gave seems to be not worth discussing just like how many goals the top teams scored likely they could run it up to 20 in many games if they desired. Will be interesting when the high scoring teams run into the no give away D's! Should be some good games ahead!

As for the Dorman thing well, region 2 was tough enough with Dorman, Wade Hampton, Riverside, Mauldin and now ya wanna throw Mann in the mix! Wow! I am guessing no one in region 2 is looking forward to seeing Mann twice a season!

From what I have seen comparing club to school teams is not really a good idea. To many factors, time, money, school zone affect the club/school mix. It works when you talk about groups of school in one area vs. another but school to school..... Just like the we got X number of future Div. 1 players on our team, ask yourself how many girls want to go to college to play soccer vs. get a specific education. I have seen many Div. 1 possible players decide school(college) was more important than soccer in the long run. Not knocking those who want to play on after high school, just pointing out that many players who could choose that route go another way and judging the strength of a program by how many play Div. 1 IMHO not a valid measure. Good Luck in your first round game.

Last edited by The Chief; 05/08/14 12:06 AM.