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Beach 06 was close. Finished 4th in league but did not have enough games to qualify. Covid restrictions kept them from going to final game in Las Vegas.GA Playoff groups are up. It's good to see a few So Cal Clubs represented.
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That sucks!
With Beach pulling out of GA there was no reason for GA to bend. Makes more sense for them to support/promote clubs that are staying.
I thought top 3 in each league qualified. What does number of games have to do with anything?
That could be right. All I know is what was told to us. Message from GA to to club to coach to team could have been or become unclear. Looking teams in playoff it does look like top 3. Beach had to forfeit last game because club did not allow teams to travel out of state. The teams there deserve to be there. And we will be rooting for them. It is just to bad that the players did get to make that decision.
I've heard the rumor but you know how rumors go - Once the ECRL season ended, Beach played their ECRL team in the final weeks of the GA. They won some lost some, had close games but have been told it was a different team. Apparently confirmed by an 06 parent who's DD is close friends and YNT peer of a Beach player.
Didn’t know my dd was actively playing GA. She never told me. Hmmm….
My kid is on the Beach 06 GA team. They did have some guest players at the end because players left the team and players were sidelined with injuries. I think two came from Beach 06 DPL team based in Long Beach and two from Beach 06 Discovery or Flight 1 teams in South Bay. No players came from the Beach 06 ECRL team. Some of the GA players had a chance to guest for the ECRL team, but not the other way. The team forfeited the final game. Of the eight games before that they won 7 and tied 1. Most games were close and won by just 1 goal. The team struggled before that. Over all it was a fun season and the kids were happy to play.
Just had to kill the rumor huh?!? I was looking forward to it growing to older girls from Beach playing down with fake birth certificates purchased from coach “BW”.Th
That may be the shortest rumor I’ve seen.
Ouch, that stings. To bad the BW was not a rumor.
Yup that fiasco remains infamous. What a mess that was!
I know. I was in the middle of it.
Damn, would have made a juicy rumor. Glad it isn't true.
I think the most important aspect for kids to the develop to play with mixed ages. Coaches should always invite older kids to practice with their teams. I had a 13year old play with my men's team and of course a few years later he became one of top players in high school. No licensed coach or youth organization or soccer academy can develop a player like the way you can develop a kid by having him or her play with older, faster and better players, which is really what street soccer did for kids, playing with mix ages...
