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Schedules are posted

It is ridiculous that they did not drop or move teams between levels based upon fall results. Look at U12 Premier girls...#13/13 team goes 0 wins and 2 goals scored. Wouldn't they be better served playing in the lower division?

Guess not. And for good measure, lets give them the following Spring schedule:
they get to play #1, #2, #3, #5, #6, #7, #9, and #10.

This "Premier" division should have been whittled down to 8 teams. The games may have been a little more competitive.

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It is ridiculous that they did not drop or move teams between levels based upon fall results. Look at U12 Premier girls...#13/13 team goes 0 wins and 2 goals scored. Wouldn't they be better served playing in the lower division?

Guess not. And for good measure, lets give them the following Spring schedule:
they get to play #1, #2, #3, #5, #6, #7, #9, and #10.

This "Premier" division should have been whittled down to 8 teams. The games may have been a little more competitive.

totally agree. They could have spilt that division into 2

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totally agree. They could have spilt that division into 2

It's my understanding that teams are supposed to request to move up or down. If no request is made then teams will likely stay where they are at. I would like to see more divisions then they are using right now. It seems like they are trying not to offend anyone by dropping them to a lower division.

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It's my understanding that teams are supposed to request to move up or down. If no request is made then teams will likely stay where they are at. I would like to see more divisions then they are using right now. It seems like they are trying not to offend anyone by dropping them to a lower division.

Any predictions on outcomes of any of the age brackets?

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U-11 girls

1. Salmon Creek (Fall Champs at 10-0-1)
2. USA Vapors (came on Strong to win the Directors Cup)
3. THUSC (super talent here but needs to prove they can beat the top teams)
4. FC Portland Navy (Struggled in the Directors Cup but could finish anywhere in the top four)
5. EMFC Athletica (came on strong after a slow start in the Fall, beat FC in Directors)
----------there's a drop off here---------------------
6. Eastside (have played top teams tough)
7. Willamette United (faded after a great start in the Fall, still very dangerous)
----------another gap here------------------------------------
8. LOSC Spirit (need to find some offense to have a chance)
9. Sherwood (really hurt themselves by not playing in the Premiere last Fall)
10. Sothside Fury (need to find some defense, allowed most goals against in Fall)
11. Westside Fuego (played everyone close, they could be a dark horse)
12. Aloha Express (Welcome to Premiere, prove me wrong here)

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It is ridiculous that they did not drop or move teams between levels based upon fall results. Look at U12 Premier girls...#13/13 team goes 0 wins and 2 goals scored. Wouldn't they be better served playing in the lower division?

Guess not. And for good measure, lets give them the following Spring schedule:
they get to play #1, #2, #3, #5, #6, #7, #9, and #10.

This "Premier" division should have been whittled down to 8 teams. The games may have been a little more competitive.

Because of fields and schedules if a team is playing in State Cup they are automatically in Premier division. Now, an argument could be made as to why the #13 team is choosing to play State Cup. That is a team management decision. Not a league decision.

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It is ridiculous that they did not drop or move teams between levels based upon fall results. Look at U12 Premier girls...#13/13 team goes 0 wins and 2 goals scored. Wouldn't they be better served playing in the lower division?

Guess not. And for good measure, lets give them the following Spring schedule:
they get to play #1, #2, #3, #5, #6, #7, #9, and #10.

This "Premier" division should have been whittled down to 8 teams. The games may have been a little more competitive.

I agree, and this is why Oregon will always struggle to develop teams that compete with the best WA teams. There is no reason for Sherwood and Onyx to be playing the 9th-13th teams. This does nothing to help them get better and prepared to face good competition.

Look up North, 8 teams and only 8 teams in the top division. If you want in, you need to play your way in from Div 2. This makes most all games competitive and challenging, where Oregon's are not.

I am sorry, but we have too many teams playing "Premier" that are anything but Premier.

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I agree, and this is why Oregon will always struggle to develop teams that compete with the best WA teams. There is no reason for Sherwood and Onyx to be playing the 9th-13th teams. This does nothing to help them get better and prepared to face good competition.

Look up North, 8 teams and only 8 teams in the top division. If you want in, you need to play your way in from Div 2. This makes most all games competitive and challenging, where Oregon's are not.

I am sorry, but we have too many teams playing "Premier" that are anything but Premier.

Wow, Onyx and Sherwood teams are tooo gooood to play 9-13th teams. OPL,listen up! they're wasting their time on these mediocre teams. C'mon!

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Wow, Onyx and Sherwood teams are tooo gooood to play 9-13th teams. OPL,listen up! they're wasting their time on these mediocre teams. C'mon!

I have to agree to many teams and you can replace Onyx and Sherwood with the next 4 or 5 teams and 9-13 are still very bad!! It is also a waste of time for both teams when a 1 plays a 13!

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Why are we wasting time?

Wow, Onyx and Sherwood teams are tooo gooood to play 9-13th teams. OPL,listen up! they're wasting their time on these mediocre teams. C'mon!

Everyone let's get on the ball here. OPL was strong at first when they said that they would only make as big a premier group as was competitive. It sure looks like they went the other way. Now I know it will start a firestorm of hate, but if we pulled back into OYSA we would have twice as many total teams, and this would allow us to build more brackets, and hopefully keep the competition for all high.

My understanding is if you play in one of the OYSA mini-springs you can be eligible for the real State Cup, not the wannabe one.

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Everyone let's get on the ball here. OPL was strong at first when they said that they would only make as big a premier group as was competitive. It sure looks like they went the other way. Now I know it will start a firestorm of hate, but if we pulled back into OYSA we would have twice as many total teams, and this would allow us to build more brackets, and hopefully keep the competition for all high.

My understanding is if you play in one of the OYSA mini-springs you can be eligible for the real State Cup, not the wannabe one.

And what has so greatly changed about OYSA that would warrant everyone coming back? Just because OPL has too many teams in premier we should just leave and go back to OYSA?

Call it 'the real state cup' if you want but I would rather have my kids play against quality teams then win 'the real state cup' uncontested.

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Everyone let's get on the ball here. OPL was strong at first when they said that they would only make as big a premier group as was competitive. It sure looks like they went the other way. Now I know it will start a firestorm of hate, but if we pulled back into OYSA we would have twice as many total teams, and this would allow us to build more brackets, and hopefully keep the competition for all high.

My understanding is if you play in one of the OYSA mini-springs you can be eligible for the real State Cup, not the wannabe one.

only the HS age teams would be eligible for State Cup. u14 and down are not.

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And what has so greatly changed about OYSA that would warrant everyone coming back? Just because OPL has too many teams in premier we should just leave and go back to OYSA?

Call it 'the real state cup' if you want but I would rather have my kids play against quality teams then win 'the real state cup' uncontested.

Aren't we heading down exactly the same road? If 6 out of 13 teams in the "premier" league are competitive I question your statement about playing against quality teams. I believe the bracketing has happened this way because the mid 7 fought to not be dropped down. If you increased the total number of teams It would give you a better chance of having a strong 7-8. Also if all of the OPL teams are the best teams in Oregon they should be in the top bracket, correct? They would be playing the same teams wouldn't they? Except now their hard work could actually turn into something more...