Thanksgiving Showcases

newwavedave said:
Maybe they should call it, "The Surf Cup 500" That's a lot of coaches :)
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So did a lot of coaches show up? Looking online both tournaments had a lot of coaches listed, but many of the typical big name schools were missing.
 
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So did a lot of coaches show up? Looking online both tournaments had a lot of coaches listed, but many of the typical big name schools were missing.
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No clue, I was on a cruise :) 500 is very impressive regardless of the weather. U15 and above can't complain. Surf Cup Sports has the best "grass" in the country!!!! I love their grass :)
 
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So did a lot of coaches show up? Looking online both tournaments had a lot of coaches listed, but many of the typical big name schools were missing.
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For the older boys college showcase the turnout has been very low / disappointing so far. We had 6 scheduled to see our Friday game but it was canceled. Saturday morning only saw one coach out of the eight. The fields where so wet you count'nt really move the ball around, 45 min total game didn't help either as enough playing time was hard to come by especially for subs. At least we where good at outside shooting and put some numbers up.

For a college showcase I would give this one 3 out 10 being generous but there is always today's 45 min game.
 
recycled tires can’t be good for anyone. Have you seen players with black sweat running down their face from the stuff? Where is the environmental outcry by all the libs? Oh wait....it is environmentally friendly because it’s being repurposed at the expense of players health.
 
lafalafa said:
For the older boys college showcase the turnout has been very low / disappointing so far. We had 6 scheduled to see our Friday game but it was canceled. Saturday morning only saw one coach out of the eight. The fields where so wet you count'nt really move the ball around, 45 min total game didn't help either as enough playing time was hard to come by especially for subs. At least we where good at outside shooting and put some numbers up.

For a college showcase I would give this one 3 out 10 being generous but there is always today's 45 min game.
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Our experience was a little different for our 03 Heat squad. Saturday we had a couple D1 schools and 9 or 10 D3 and a couple NAIA's. We had six coaches at our Sunday match 3 D3 and 3 D1. Not the best format but better than not playing at all. Seemed like the players came out with urgency and intensity as the halves were only 23min. One side of the field was always better than the other in the sense of it being dryer and the other side a swamp.
 
vegasguy said:
Our experience was a little different for our 03 Heat squad. Saturday we had a couple D1 schools and 9 or 10 D3 and a couple NAIA's. We had six coaches at our Sunday match 3 D3 and 3 D1. Not the best format but better than not playing at all. Seemed like the players came out with urgency and intensity as the halves were only 23min. One side of the field was always better than the other in the sense of it being dryer and the other side a swamp.
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We had 12 coaches come out on Sunday so that was nice. Lots of teams had trouble scoring, many nill scores recorderd. They where trying to drain one field at the expenses of others on Sunday still and ended up swamping fields in play until enough people yelled at them to stop. Oceanside might have the worst drainage problem i've seen. The base just doesn't drain water or something days later they're still standing water there.

Knowing this there was a lot of pissed off out of towners who didn't understand how such a big tournament could treat teams like they did.

Our manager straight up told them we won't return unless they have other alternative backup fields like the polo fields in del Mar available during winter time in case it gets wet again.
 
lafalafa said:
We had 12 coaches come out on Sunday so that was nice. Lots of teams had trouble scoring, many nill scores recorderd. They where trying to drain one field at the expenses of others on Sunday still and ended up swamping fields in play until enough people yelled at them to stop. Oceanside might have the worst drainage problem i've seen. The base just doesn't drain water or something days later they're still standing water there.

Knowing this there was a lot of pissed off out of towners who didn't understand how such a big tournament could treat teams like they did.

Our manager straight up told them we won't return unless they have other alternative backup fields like the polo fields in del Mar available during winter time in case it gets wet again.
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My girls team played 2 full games at polo fields. The higher numbered fields were in better shape than the lower numbered fields. Over all this weekend was a washout for sure. Who knows what next year brings.
 
I think we got a bit spoiled with very dry winters a few years ago and now everyone thinks we should expect it to be dry around here from November through February.
I hope that State Cup goes off as planned for everyone this year. But expect that either State Cup or some tournament in January will get messed up because of rain.
Pretty safe bet that Vegas Cup in January won't get rained out (but that tournament has plenty of other issues)
 
Pretty safe bet that Vegas Cup in January won't get rained out (but that tournament has plenty of other issues)
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Please expand. I like the tournament just fine but I am here in Vegas.
 
Mandatory hotel stays / minimums.
Strange scheduling (7pm game followed by an 8:30 am game the next day).
it can be cold and windy.
Competition is usually solid, but sometimes you’ll drive all the way to Vegas to play a club located in your same city.
 
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