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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]So PSG, Atletico Madrid, and Manchester City were not successful in the tournament. Manchester City was dominated every game. Why are they not held to the sane standard as these American teams? Where are you idiots now?[/quote]

DP.  I tried to watch the actual games rather than just relay on the scores because scorelines don't always reflect actual level of play.  I couldn't find all of them, and some were mixed in with the boys' games in 8 hours of footage.

Man City's performance was definitely lackluster.  They were clearly behind all the other teams.

Atletico Madrid though was about the same as the rest.  They lost by 1 the first day.  They won the second day over Concorde Fire (#1 of the SE ECNL conference).  They tied the 3rd day against one of the ECNL all stars teams and the ICC team won in PKs.  Most of the teams were similar to each other.  Athletic Madrid, the ICC teams, and PDA were all similar in quality. Some slightly better, and some slightly worse, but overall, they were similar in their ability to hold possession, the technical level, and so on.

I couldn't find any PSG games, but given they barely won 1 and lost solidly other two, I'll say they didn't perform well.

I didn't see a team as good as the Barca team over all.  It was clearly the most technical team, the best at possession and tactics, and they were good at ball winning and defending without it being solely a muscle contest (like in some games, a player often simply pushed another player off the ball.  I couldn't find the Atletico Madrid versus Concorde Fire game, so i don't know how good either team did or didn't look against each other.

I didn't realize it at first but should have.  All the American teams are ECNL or ECNL all star teams. It's because of the timing.  The DA teams were in the middle of their winter showcase.  So while the Barca team was the best team there, it didn't play all the top teams in America.  It played top ECNL teams and players.  It'd be more interesting if it played for example FC Dallas or a DA all star team.  Would the outcome be the same?  [/quote]

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