Tierrasanta A I

The SDCLA finishes the season with a championship round for the top 8 teams in Div I and a Consolation round for the next 8 seeded teams (seeds 9-16).  These playoffs will commence Tuesday May 27  with semi-finals on May 29 and the finals on May 31.  The games on May 27 and 29 will be at the site of the higher seeded team except as noted below.

In addition, the SDCLA also has all star games on May 31 for four groups: Div I A for the top 20 seeded teams, Div I B for the remaining teams in Div I, and Div III Group A for the top 20 seeded teams and DIII Group B for the remaining teams in DIII.

The site for the finals and all star games on May 31 will be at Mira Mesa High School.  This year the Div III all star games will be played on the upper grass field at Mira Mesa High and the Div I games will be played in the Stadium. 

The playoffs for the top 8 teams will match up in the first round based on seedings with #1 vs. #8, #2 vs. #7, etc.  The playoffs for the consolation round may take geography into consideration for the first and second round so there may not be a precise matching of seeds as being used in the championship round.  If the higher seeded team cannot host the game on the specified date then the lower seeded team will host the game.  Changing the game date is not an option. 

The all star game is organized by allocating a number of players to each team based on their final seeding.  Each team will then select which of their players will participate in the all-star game.  Each game will be organized with approximately 30 players to each side.  In the Div I A group, I am expecting that the teams will be allocated up to 4 players for the top teams down to 2 players for the lowest seeded teams (#13 through #20).  For Div I B the range will likely be 3 players for top seeded teams to 1 player for the lower seeded teams and for Div III the range will likely be from up to 4 players for top seeded teams to 2 players for the lower seeded teams.  The allocation of players will be announced May 24 by 6pm.  Each team will then need to notify me by the end of day Wed May 28 of the players selected, their position and whether they will attend the all star game.  This list is needed for organizing the rosters.  They will also receive all star t-shirts the day of the game.  Please do not send me requests to add additional players beyond your allotment.  Please make sure your all star selections can actually attend the game. 

The coaches for the all star games are determined as follows: 

This year I would like coaches to volunteer for coaching in the all star game.  I will want at least two coaches for each side (probably 3) in the game.  I will select the coaches for each team from the list of volunteers in order of the seeding of the team they represent.  If someone volunteers and their team makes the championship round, they will be excused from the list because they are not likely going to want to coach after the championship game. The primary responsibility of the coaches is to get them organized for the game and do their best to get players a fair amount of playing time.  I would like to have volunteers submit their names by May 26.  I will notify the coaches selected by May 28.