I'll take the Baton....
My dd played Legends Temecula Valley after Arsenal South and that was one of the most fun years. Coach Heather was amazing. It's too bad the top girls can;t stay and win won for the area. I put Murrieta in there as well and maybe some top players from Sun City or Anza. The only way to pull it off is if all the flight 1 players stayed together and played together for the betterment of the city. I would nominate Coach Heather and her dad. Seriously, excellent example for little girls and does not "yell" at girls.
Soccer was the best from U11 thru U13. This is when winning at the highest level is the best and most fun so you guys have three good years to get into rankings and winning championships. My dd teams won State Cups, Far West and the The National Championship. Plus 2 real Surf Cups Championships when Surf Cup was the Best of the best and only had one division, called the Best Division! Plus we gave up zero goals in the SCDSL and we won CRL and beat everyone, including the best of NoCal from Deza. I can brag because I'm bragging about my dd and her teammates accomplishments. The jealousy from some dads and moms is what caused soccer to go down the tubes the last few years at the olders.
Rush, thanks for the great pic! Clearly she gets her good looks from you as your wife probably still has hers! In all seriousness, youth soccer continues to morf. Not sure it is better or worse, but it is different for sure. Throw in travel restrictions, inflation, etc. it takes more and more commitment from the entire family to support kids trying to play at the top levels. Great advice from Tad Bobak years ago were to 1, adapt and 2, be flexible and 3, review 1&2.My last Throwback Thursday at the fabulous forum fellas. I will share some classic pics from dads cell phone today so the new people can get the truth directly from me and not some dad saying I am full of shit or a Doc telling me I spend too much time online. I guess they were saved by drop box
First of many Surf Cups Trophies
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She wrote amazing Sr paper on being "Fearless." She get's her looks from her mother 100% and the Eye of the Tiger from me. Soccer is worse now because were now putting little girls in Flights. Horrible to do, moo. All the coaches loved her except one Doc. That is water under the bridge and he will continue thinking it's his way or the highway and if you don't obey his way and pay for his privates then your dd is out and not fearless anymore at soccer all because he thought he was the Guru and he knows all the coaches and he writes recommendations, good or bad. I saw so many D1 coaches shaking hands and he let us know he knows them all. He also let it be known that he will also talk crap about you precious little Angel if he thinks your dd is a problem for coach. Total middleman control and that is my gripe. My dd will tell you that Tad was the best coach regarding the mental part of the game. Tad taught adversity and he also warned me of what this is truly about and he was 100% right. Thank you Tad for being honest. He gave me some good advice.
Surf is #1 Dad. Solar has more work to do. I would also put blues #2. Solar is #3 like they were in the past.
Based on what matches? I haven’t seen Solar since last August, but they looked pretty dominant at Surf.
FYI, that was an all star solar team that combined players. They were fantastic, but as this post has previously noted, borrowed players effect resuits that don’t necessarily align with the level of the team, only the team with those ‘ringers’
100%. Surf is #1
Arsenal used to round up ringers in Texas and even here and they won. They had talent locally but their big wins always had guest players. Araenal dads would argue their case but the forum let them know that is not the way to be #1. Solar has ringers as well. One guest Striker can be the difference.
I agree they created a stronger team by combining the best of two squads.
If so, I can’t wait to play them again if they come to Surf Cup. I have no idea how they put their teams together but that would be logical. They are a powerhouse club with huge numbers of players funneling to the top team. Of note is the U15? National team has three Solar midfielders. That is amazing.
2015 California State Champions: Some chase medals and some win medals!
Is Surf Cup the begging to see who is #1 for the 2022-2023 season? That's how we gaged. Just curious.
What a team!
Just wait bro, it's get's even better and I piss off even more parents and Docs in 2016-2018. I want to write a book about my experience
