They also got waxed by a Tulsa team who waxed that Solar team.Kevin the 3-legged dog said:
Well my daughters team just got waxed by a Solar team in elite friendlies.
This post brought back some classic league memories.PatAg said:I'm not as clued in on how it works from about 2010 on, but it used to play at Richland College where they have about 20 full size fields. It used to be the top league, but I think FC Dallas has probably organized their own thing that took it over.Ghost of Andrew Eaton said:
Can someone explain the Classic league in Dallas?
Each age bracket would have 2 divisions, and you would have essentially a play in tournament for teams to join the league every year. It had promotion and relegation, and a certain number of teams would have to play teams to stay in every year.
There were a couple other leagues in the DFW area that also had a pretty decently high level of play, from the teams that didn't qualify for the Classic League.
Then there would also be tournaments throughtout the year, that teams from any league could play in.
High School soccer teams could still have a lot of talent, depending on how close players lived near each other, but the quality of the games didn't compare to the Classic League.
It's been a big miss by the USSF that it's only been recently that players from Dallas, and Texas in general, weren't a bigger part of the National teams. Who knows how many good players are missed, there just arent enough scouts.
I also know that if all the major colleges in Texas had D1 Mens teams, they would be a force in the NCAA tournament. As it stands now, you either have to somehow get recognized by out of state colleges, play at SMU, or be fine with playing at D2 or D3 colleges. (a lot of them are private and expensive as well). A&Ms club teams always had a lot of talent on it when I was there, and I imagine it was that way before and after as well.
TheMasterplan said:This post brought back some classic league memories.PatAg said:I'm not as clued in on how it works from about 2010 on, but it used to play at Richland College where they have about 20 full size fields. It used to be the top league, but I think FC Dallas has probably organized their own thing that took it over.Ghost of Andrew Eaton said:
Can someone explain the Classic league in Dallas?
Each age bracket would have 2 divisions, and you would have essentially a play in tournament for teams to join the league every year. It had promotion and relegation, and a certain number of teams would have to play teams to stay in every year.
There were a couple other leagues in the DFW area that also had a pretty decently high level of play, from the teams that didn't qualify for the Classic League.
Then there would also be tournaments throughtout the year, that teams from any league could play in.
High School soccer teams could still have a lot of talent, depending on how close players lived near each other, but the quality of the games didn't compare to the Classic League.
It's been a big miss by the USSF that it's only been recently that players from Dallas, and Texas in general, weren't a bigger part of the National teams. Who knows how many good players are missed, there just arent enough scouts.
I also know that if all the major colleges in Texas had D1 Mens teams, they would be a force in the NCAA tournament. As it stands now, you either have to somehow get recognized by out of state colleges, play at SMU, or be fine with playing at D2 or D3 colleges. (a lot of them are private and expensive as well). A&Ms club teams always had a lot of talent on it when I was there, and I imagine it was that way before and after as well.
There were three "leagues" with their own separate divisions as well. Classic League at Richland. Plano Premier? And then there was a third one that I can't quite remember where it was played. I think that was played in Mansfield or Weatherford or Euless or something. It's been a long time.
Thanks for that. I couldn't dig much else up and that is good stuff.BigJim49 AustinNowDallas said:
Ross Stewart '48 is the father of Girls and Women's Soccer in Texas. In the late sixties he formed the "Dingalings"
girls soccer club U12 of Richardson before Sting or Solar. He took them to out of state tournaments until other teams were formed in North Dallas. He was later President of the North Texas Soccer Assoc.
And arranged for Coach G to interview for A&M Women's soccer coach even though the deadline for
interviews had passed!
