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happy9 said:
Let's hope the seasons are a go, they all have teams to play on, and depending on their ages, that college programs can scout the 21s and 22s.

Big rosters are great for clubs, not so great for players. I know there are injuries to consider but carrying rosters that are too big fosters bad team chemistry.

I would say power up California - come up with a safe and responsible way to have a season. There are tournaments being held in Texas, Utah, and New Jersey (of all places). Teams are attending pre season mini camps in Oklahoma. AND, this statement is not designed to spur a stupid, waste of time political discussion.

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In our current state I think it's actually easier to have tournaments than a league season. When you have a tournament, teams play at their own risk for a weekend and that's that. NBA bubble is essentially a prolonged tournament but obviously with infinitely more resources on testing.

It's really difficult to plan a full league season. Let's say in week #1 Team A plays Team B, and in week #2 Team A plays Team C, and Team B plays Team D. What happens to week #3 if someone on Team A tested positive? Four games would possibly need to be re-scheduled. MLB with all their resources can barely keep a season going. Miami played only 3 games so far while Atlanta in the same division already played 10 games.

As far as kids getting dropped mid-season, our clubs' player contracts (two different clubs) actually spelled out something like ".........you will join Coach Smith's League XYZ team in the 20xx season...........and player will not be dropped during the season for a more talented player........"
 
Messi>CR7 said:
In our current state I think it's actually easier to have tournaments than a league season. When you have a tournament, teams play at their own risk for a weekend and that's that. NBA bubble is essentially a prolonged tournament but obviously with infinitely more resources on testing.

It's really difficult to plan a full league season. Let's say in week #1 Team A plays Team B, and in week #2 Team A plays Team C, and Team B plays Team D. What happens to week #3 if someone on Team A tested positive? Four games would possibly need to be re-scheduled. MLB with all their resources can barely keep a season going. Miami played only 3 games so far while Atlanta in the same division already played 10 games.

As far as kids getting dropped mid-season, our clubs' player contracts (two different clubs) actually spelled out something like ".........you will join Coach Smith's League XYZ team in the 20xx season...........and player will not be dropped during the season for a more talented player........"
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When people say “League play”, we know that 1/3 of the games will be cancelled and not rescheduled.”. We know that our team might play 10 games and might play 2. We know the league champion will be a joke. And we know the refs will often be siblings, dads, and coaches instead of more neutral referees.

But even 2 games is more than we’ve had since March. It sounds like a good deal right now.

And that’s way better than holding a tournament and reading an LA times headline saying “thousands exposed to coronavirus at youth soccer tournament.”
 
dad4 said:
When people say “League play”, we know that 1/3 of the games will be cancelled and not rescheduled.”. We know that our team might play 10 games and might play 2. We know the league champion will be a joke. And we know the refs will often be siblings, dads, and coaches instead of more neutral referees.

But even 2 games is more than we’ve had since March. It sounds like a good deal right now.

And that’s way better than holding a tournament and reading an LA times headline saying “thousands exposed to coronavirus at youth soccer tournament.”
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Can't disagree there, any opportunity to politicize will be taken. Shame on them. In the meantime, Texas and New Jersey hold large tournaments. From all appearances (and some personal reporting from the one in NJ), the events were run efficiently and safely. Attendance wasn't as big as usual, but enough quality teams showed for the tournament to have value. Apparently parents were able to put mask politics aside and enjoy a not so business as usual youth weekend soccer tournament - One parent only in attendance. At least they were able to get footage, which is what colleges coaches are asking for right now.

I think the irony is incredible - Texas and New Jersey, you couldn't come up with two states more further apart politically that are able to achieve a result that seems so hard to do in the state of California.

In the mean time, AZ is on track to begin their season as scheduled.
 
happy9 said:
Can't disagree there, any opportunity to politicize will be taken. Shame on them. In the meantime, Texas and New Jersey hold large tournaments. From all appearances (and some personal reporting from the one in NJ), the events were run efficiently and safely. Attendance wasn't as big as usual, but enough quality teams showed for the tournament to have value. Apparently parents were able to put mask politics aside and enjoy a not so business as usual youth weekend soccer tournament - One parent only in attendance. At least they were able to get footage, which is what colleges coaches are asking for right now.

I think the irony is incredible - Texas and New Jersey, you couldn't come up with two states more further apart politically that are able to achieve a result that seems so hard to do in the state of California.

In the mean time, AZ is on track to begin their season as scheduled.
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Way to keep things half full Happy. I super appreciate it and it gives me some hope that some kids can play outside of Cali. I dedicate this song to you Happy :)

 
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