NCS to expand tournament field
by pinella
At least on the boys side, the North Coast Section, has announced that it will consider expanding the tournament this year from the standard 12-team format to 14 or 16 teams depending on the number of qualified teams that submit appropriate applications.
Basically, that means that there probably won’t be any byes for the top-seeded teams and that teams like Piner, Healdsburg and maybe even Montgomery might be included.
Expansion will also be considered on the girls side, but because the schools in Marin don’t play girls soccer in the fall, the field usually doesn’t offer as many qualified teams.
The NCS will not notify anyone of the final brackets until they are posted on the NCS website at approximately between noon and 1 p.m. Sunday.
Montgomery has a losing record they are not eligible.
by John
16 is the maximum not 18.
by John
Fairly shameful if this happens. You shouldn’t change the rules prior to the start of the playoffs. The teams have worked hard all year to get the bye, have their players rest up etc. That’s the reward for playing well throughout the year. If you remove the bye (and I’m not opposed to this if it is known at the start of the year) then upsets will happen and a team that might have won the tournament under the rules that they were playing to, now goes home with nothing. This is ethically wrong.
by Where's the Coverage
id say leave the NCS how it has been.
by Eh?
Montgomery does not have a losing record, 9-9-3(7-6-1 nbl) and I believe the criteria is a .500 record in league or overall.
by HEY JOHNNY
I think that carillo will get in
by Jose
NCS enacted a specific rule which allows the seeding committee to expand the field, but the rule wasn’t enacted until the middle of this season– so if you follow the NCS closely, you would have known that the Division I boys field could be expanded above 12 teams.
by Soccer Fan
As to McKinleyville, the solution is for NCS to place them in the small school division– raise the small school limit back to 700 or even 725 or 750. Then, instead of losing their first round playoff game by twelve goals, McKinleyville would only lose by three or four goals.
by Soccer Fan
Casa grande beat analy 1 to 0 yesterday making them 4th place in SCL which makes them go above 500 with a winning record i believe it is fair to go with a 12 NCS not 14.
by SCL
when will the playoff brackets be posted?
by que pasa?
Healdsburg will and should only make it if Casa goes first.
by NCS
Hey Bill! can you do as a favor please!?!?!
As soon as you find out who qualified for NCS from both boys and girls side can you post it on your blog!! Please!
Thank you.
by to bill
For example, Healdsburg has beaten casa twice compared to healdsburg one loss to casa. Overall Healdsburg is a young team compared to many other teams in the ncs. Healdsburg should go in because they have beaten Elsie Allen and Won the Prospecters Classic at Piner High. Should come out and see how small these kids are
by Soccer Fan
Still waiting on posting of brackets as of 2:30pm. From what I can tell from NCS website, 17 Division I boys teams applied (includes automatic qualifiers)– 5 from MCAL, 5 from SCL, 5 from NBL and 2 from HDNL “Big Four”. Unless I misunderstand the NCS info, McKinleyville did not apply to claim their automatic qualifying spot as HDNL “Little Four” champion; if so, kudos to them for understanding how bad a blowout they would suffer in the first round and letting another more deserving team get a spot.
by Soccer Fan
Brackets up as of 2:45pm. Boys Division I – a full 16 team bracket. Only applicant to not get a spot was Eureka of HDNL.
by Soccer Fan
Girls Division I — 11 team tournament. Only applicant to not get a spot was El Molino. (Did Elmo really apply? Did they have a winning record overall or in league?)
by Soccer Fan
Followup on girls Division I – teams need a .500 record overall, in league or against all Division I teams they played in order to be playoff eligible. NCS info shows only 12 teams applied and that one of them was Elmo.
by Soccer Fan
Girls Division III- as expected Sonoma Academy is No. 1 seed and St. Vincent is No. 2 seed. Interesting that SV’s first game (quarterfinal round) will be at Rancho even though SV has a brand new turf field. Only 10 teams applied, so all 10 made it into the field– 3 of them have .500 or worse records.
by Soccer Fan
Boys Division III — Sonoma Cty teams are S.Acad., Roseland and RV Christian. From Marin, M.Acad. (No. 1 seed) and Branson (No. 2 seed). Branson must play an away game in first round at St. Helena because they do not have a field with lights– NCS strongly prefers night games, even more so this year it appears. Calistoga is No. 4 seed– good field with lights so they get to host.
by Soccer Fan
If you are interested in the NCS seedings, they are posted on the NCS website. http://www.cifncs.org Go to sports and select soccer. Go to 2009 Bracket and pick your division. May the games begin…….
by NCS
on cifncs.org. On girls’ side, Montgomery is seeded 1, Casa 2, Maria Carrillo 3. Boys did expand to 16 teams, Healdsburg making it in with 15th seed.
by Brackets are up
Brackets up on the NCS website today
by fan
The division 1 brackets page… quite the tourney! Good luck to all. http://www.cifncs.org/sports/soccer/files/RESULTS/2009/FallsocIbracket09mas.pdf
by sonyman
I can’t believe that MCHS didnt get the number 1 seed? The girls beat Monty on Friday night, a game that was supposed to determine the winner of the NBL! What was the point of having players play for no reason. Carrillo girls have been robbed, I hope it doesn’t effect their chances to make it to the final.
by Stats
The point was to determine the NBL Champion and thus the automatic qualifying spot. Also, since the game ended in PK’s, the NCS regards it as a tie. So as far as NCS is concerned, MC tied Monty with MC as the home team– when visiting team gets a tie/draw, they can be regarded as having played better because they did not have home field advantage.
by Soccer Fan
to STATs: Players never play for “no reason”. It is certainly better for a team to have a hard match a week before tournament play than not having any scrimmage! Both teams have a bye so they are lucky in a way that they got that chance! Also, either you can beat any team that comes up or you can’t. Carrillo has played Petaluma and ususally comes out ahead. In terms of preparation, it is better to have that type of game before the finals than playing a team that can’t challenge as hard. It is those easy games where anything can and does happen!
by mchs
Hay Mchs you can count on Petaluma showing up we will try to give you guys a good tune up for the finals
by scl Dad