I'm getting lots of folks asking me about the USL. Cops have pretty much said, "dont get us involved." I will never share where the games are being played, way too many snitches. This also has nothing to do with club. This is free soccer. Q. AZ, get the bus together and let's get two games for you before Winter arrives. Can I get someone from Poway? Where is Del Mar? Oceanside? Rancho Ber nar dough.......South Bay? Come one guys, get a team and let's ball. BTW, I dropped 6 x 6 and not just going 11 v 11. I also have refs. I spoke to LA Sherriff last week and he said his son plays soccer and he just laugh it off as______________________________. I told him it's not funny and he agreed and said _______________________________
SOCCER POSTS ONLY... Can this be done?
- Thread starter Footy30
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Not a fan of 3 games in 3 days. The DA (and now likely the GA) limited play to 2 games every 3 days at showcases. The downside is an extra days worth of expenses for the traveling families. You still played 3 games while at a showcase, but your stay was longer - no less than 5 days worth of travel for a showcase.
It's time to ball bro. Club has too many liabilities and let's be frank, way too many snitches. USL is the way to go. I got fields in _________________and __________________. All free too. Free parking
All we have to do is find goats who want to play and pay ref fees. Get a team bro and lets get the girls some play time. Tech, get IE team brah. Tech FC? Crush FC? Kicker4life FC and many more? No club affiliations at all. The avatar can sponser the team as well? No lime or yellow shirts or red shirts, just black shorts and white shirt. Put a penny around them. No pack packs, just goat ready to ball.the extra hotel day is still cheaper than PT.
It's certainly feasible. Politically it may be hard for AZ and maricopa county to not cancel Surf. I fully expect other mitigation measures go into effect this week. I don't think we'll see a "shutdown" but certain aspects of the AZ economy may be paused (bars, reduced capacity indoor dining, etc).
No big deal for soccer parents - you can still go and get takeout and adult calming beverages and enjoy them on the patios of most hotels. Half priced bottles of wine for everyone.
Desert Super Cup is still on for thanksgiving weekend. If they cancel at the last minute, that would be a nail in the coffin for Surf ( I think).
Chalklines
GOLD
yes but its everything away from the fields you are forgetting about. How many parents will just stay at the hotel with their families and not go out and intermingle? It just takes one selfish parent and its over and im not even touching on if that parent has multiple kids playing on different teams at the club.
90% of club parents have no common sense. After being on this board you could even say its scientifically proven.
Please provide link. Isn't true unless we see small dots and squiggly vertical lines.
I think Kicker is suggesting playing some local games, without hotels.
I think it’s in the guidelines that were supposed to be released, but got squished by the current spike. Local games in orange, within your county or neighboring counties. OC does very well in this system, if you look at a map and think about it.
I suspect AZ will go into some sort of pause, which should coincide with the natural break in youth sports. Surf will be collateral damage. That very well may damage the fragile minds of these 90 percenters that you speak of.
Until then, like today, CA license plates will be taking up all of the to go food pick up parking spots - which is not a bad thing.
oh canada
GOLD
totally agree...2 games would be enough. by the time the third game comes around the play quality deteriorates significantly. In past years, it seemed like the scouts agreed as most of them bailed by the end of the weekends.
Desert Hound
DA
That is the part that sucked. 5 days in FL, etc.
DA also had a tendency to schedule the week before finals in Dec as well. So instead of a 3 days weekend and missing a day, the kids missed most of the week.
supposed to be driving out Friday for this but fully expect word to come out early this week about cancellation.
I’m mixed right now. I fully expect that if they play, it will be the only games until next season (summer) as I dont expect high school/club to do anything beyond this next week.
Flip side, I don’t want my family or others getting sick.
kickingandscreaming
PREMIER
I agree - it's a balance. I question how much value is gained by that 3rd game in 3 days. Honestly, I'd prefer 2 games in 3 days with a day off in between. There is a reason colleges and professionals don't do it. Quality not only degrades, but injuries also increase.
kickingandscreaming
PREMIER
The DA absolutely did not GAF about any activities outside of DA soccer - school included. It was annoying.
kickingandscreaming
PREMIER
Ha! we'll get on their radar one of these days, @dad4, right?
youthsportsugghhh
SILVER ELITE
For sure -- Travel Monday, acclimation day Tuesday, Play Wednesday, Play Thursday, off Friday, Play Saturday -- Travel Saturday, Recover Sunday -- Finals week!!
Their effort to "professionalize" things didn't make everyone happy. It's a balancing act. As parents, we will never be 100% happy.
It's like the parents that complain about small rosters then turn around and complain that their player isn't getting enough playing time when rosters are full. Can't win for losing.
youthsportsugghhh
SILVER ELITE
yep -- my response was agreeing that they didn't a rat's tail about things outside of soccer. There is also the argument that it prepares the girls for life after high school with travel and academic priorities, but then those girls are also playing multiple days in a row. There were several things that the DA did that seemed counter productive to keeping the idea afloat especially on the girls side, not limited to the time and travel dedication for some locations/teams.
At this point the only reason to play games, tournament or scrimmage, is purely for fun. Its a great reason, but if we think its prepping our kids for a competitive season or much development we may be delusional. I hope I'm wrong but the 20-21 season is likely done. I just don't see us playing in CA before summer, and long after first round of tryouts for 21-22.
kickingandscreaming
PREMIER
It’s a tough conversation if you commit to a tournament or showcase. At the U13 level, I asked the coach to pick one of futsal or the scrimmage game that was scheduled on the same day. That was taken well.