ManCity Tournament Schedule

Technician72 said:
You can add your player to the guest player pool so they can find them, another route to go would be to reach out to Surf and see if they know of any teams that require a guest player.
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Posting here on the forum that you're looking to have your player guest tends to work as well.
 
Technician72 said:
You can add your player to the guest player pool so they can find them, another route to go would be to reach out to Surf and see if they know of any teams that require a guest player.
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I did not see any guest player link on the surf website, do you know where to add player to guest player pool?
 
It is odd that not 1 Albion team is playing. How did that happen? They have several teams, especially at the younger ages that are
more worthy than the San Diego teams choosen.

Also lots of Force and Rebels teams eventhough they are not the strongest teams in San Diego. Is there a new bromance? Maybe they helped Surf get back in Presidio? What politics am I missing?
 
My 06 son just got their schedule today. I’m hearing that this tournament is now being used as a qualifier to get into Surf Cup so that may be the reason for seeing some more quality teams participating this year.
 
SPChamp1 said:
My 06 son just got their schedule today. I’m hearing that this tournament is now being used as a qualifier to get into Surf Cup so that may be the reason for seeing some more quality teams participating this year.
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It’s been that way since it’s inception. At least on the girls side.
 
SPChamp1 said:
My 06 son just got their schedule today. I’m hearing that this tournament is now being used as a qualifier to get into Surf Cup so that may be the reason for seeing some more quality teams participating this year.
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Quality teams? What a crock. The boys side is seriously missing the best teams from SoCal including Albion and the out of area teams are not that strong. On the girls side it looks like they are favoring Surf affiliates and 2 local clubs (Force and Rebels) probably due to some politics.
 
Fact said:
Quality teams? What a crock. The boys side is seriously missing the best teams from SoCal including Albion and the out of area teams are not that strong. On the girls side it looks like they are favoring Surf affiliates and 2 local clubs (Force and Rebels) probably due to some politics.
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lol@Albion

Stop your whimpering they're not all that.
 
Here is my issue with Man City Cup. They are clearly sending a message that they are trying to grow the boys side of the tournament. There are 23 Boys flights and 14 girls flights. They drastically paired down the brackets on the girls side with a lot of 12 team flights. Some of the teams admitted on the girls side are big question marks. For example I know that in the G04 age group Freedom FC did not get in:

http://home.gotsoccer.com/rankings/team.aspx?teamid=1033976

This Freedom FC team has a decent body of work over the last year and just qualified for CRL 2 weekends ago and in my opinion belongs in a top level tournament which Man City boasts it is. This team was rejected from Man City Cup.

G04 top flight
https://events.gotsport.com/events/results.aspx?EventID=65056&GroupID=745100&Gender=Girls&Age=14

Flight 1 teams with question marks are:

https://home.gotsoccer.com/rankings/team.aspx?TeamID=896729 **What has this team done to deserve top flight or entry for that matter??**
https://home.gotsoccer.com/rankings/team.aspx?TeamID=1138264 **Seems as though a partnership with SD Force and Surf has formed**

In flight 2 these two teams have no business participating in HIGH LEVEL event, even if its flight 2.

https://home.gotsoccer.com/rankings/team.aspx?TeamID=672038 **Affliate**
https://home.gotsoccer.com/rankings/team.aspx?TeamID=1251353 **Zero body of work but LAG**

This is just one age group and I think you could probably make the case that this happened in a lot of different age groups. The balance is shifting in SoCal and its becoming less about the game and results but more about the relationships. This has always been prevalent in club soccer but I hope that one day we can get back to dropping the acroynms, dropping what league you play in or who you are affiliated with and just get back to the best teams play in the best tournaments.....
 
What’s the deal with 7:45am start times for the early games??
That’s too gotdamn early!
Some people will be driving before the sun is up and not one single child is used to playing this early. Too early for proper nourishment and/or to take a proper crap.
Don’t let so many damn teams in the tournament if that’s the problem.
Just plain BS.
 
all the snobby experts with their own agendas are chiming in. fact is, the level of play is good, much better than most. but what would i know, i'm just a dumbass referee that sees thousands of games a year. .
 
Good tournament but may have jumped the shark this year. In a couple of the boys flight 1 brackets there is a brand new club that has been destroyed in a mediocre spring league. However, the team is affiliated with an international soccer player. They will get smoked in their games, likely by double digits, which is not fun for either team. Many other curious choices that were clearly not based on merit which is unfortunate. Cerritos is probably a better option this year. No agenda just facts.
 
zags77 said:
Here is my issue with Man City Cup. They are clearly sending a message that they are trying to grow the boys side of the tournament. There are 23 Boys flights and 14 girls flights. They drastically paired down the brackets on the girls side with a lot of 12 team flights. Some of the teams admitted on the girls side are big question marks. For example I know that in the G04 age group Freedom FC did not get in:

http://home.gotsoccer.com/rankings/team.aspx?teamid=1033976

This Freedom FC team has a decent body of work over the last year and just qualified for CRL 2 weekends ago and in my opinion belongs in a top level tournament which Man City boasts it is. This team was rejected from Man City Cup.

G04 top flight
https://events.gotsport.com/events/results.aspx?EventID=65056&GroupID=745100&Gender=Girls&Age=14

Flight 1 teams with question marks are:

https://home.gotsoccer.com/rankings/team.aspx?TeamID=896729 **What has this team done to deserve top flight or entry for that matter??**
https://home.gotsoccer.com/rankings/team.aspx?TeamID=1138264 **Seems as though a partnership with SD Force and Surf has formed**

In flight 2 these two teams have no business participating in HIGH LEVEL event, even if its flight 2.

https://home.gotsoccer.com/rankings/team.aspx?TeamID=672038 **Affliate**
https://home.gotsoccer.com/rankings/team.aspx?TeamID=1251353 **Zero body of work but LAG**

This is just one age group and I think you could probably make the case that this happened in a lot of different age groups. The balance is shifting in SoCal and its becoming less about the game and results but more about the relationships. This has always been prevalent in club soccer but I hope that one day we can get back to dropping the acroynms, dropping what league you play in or who you are affiliated with and just get back to the best teams play in the best tournaments.....
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My apologies I was focusing on the boys side and did not pick up on how the girls got the shaft with a lot less brackets.

Also I know that they do not consider league play and Gotsoccer ranking when picking teams and seeding them. But they SHOULD be looking at game results. I looked at results of teams in the girls 04 including CRL results. That Stars team got killed last year against Surf and Nots which is now in Flight 2 as Southwest????? SGV Surf also did not do well again SW in CRL. Same coach must be same team? Can you request a flight to sandbag? Force did not do well in CRL last year.

I would say play Cerritos next year and Legends in November but I am sure everyone with their short term memory will again be here complaining come Surf Cup and Thanksgiving.
 
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