Goats FC History?

MicPaPa said:
...says the guy who still can't let it go. Funny how that works.
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We all thought you let it go last week. Yet you’re still here. At least come up with a few thoughts of your own. Don’t regurgitate my post with a few words moved around here and there. Try being original.
I know it’s a big ask....
 
Does OG stand for “original gangster” or “original goat”?? Lol
I have an idea. Let’s get these little girls “cuts” like bikers wear. Goats FC patch on the back. “Prospect” rocker on the bottom for the 10yr olds that haven’t quite “put in work” on the pitch just yet. Top it off with a “1%” patch. Strike fear into the hearts and minds of those 10yr old “organic” teams as they walk onto the pitch to warm up at that “top tournament.”
On second thought never mind. Some snowflakes would get butthurt over the joke. I can think of at least two right now. ;)
 
Had an 04 and 05 daughter with GOATS. Both were made up solely of posters. One won a tournament one did not both were fun. DD's talked to their one time teammates when they competed vs them in future games. I still talk to some parents and still have a GOATS shirt that the girls have chuckled at when I've worn. Good times
 
ladoctorr said:
Had an 04 and 05 daughter with GOATS. Both were made up solely of posters. One won a tournament one did not both were fun. DD's talked to their one time teammates when they competed vs them in future games. I still talk to some parents and still have a GOATS shirt that the girls have chuckled at when I've worn. Good times
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Do CalSouth sanctioned tournaments require club affiliated teams?
 
Basketball travel teams do this all the time. They don't even have player cards. You hope you aren't playing kids 2-3 years older. Sometimes they grab a couple kids off of another team just in time for a game. Guess it didn't hurt my daughter playing against(and usually losing to them) as she made Varsity as a freshman in basketball. Play against quality to get better.
 
Luis Andres said:
Great thread. Personally for me love the idea of the Goat team going into a big tournament. Sort of reminds me of the soccer street team concept usually playing in poor neighborhoods of South America being invited to play against the big club teams and making noise in the tournament.
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That's a nice sentiment Luis, makes for a great success story.
But, trust me these are not poor underdog kids from poor unprivileged neighborhoods with poor unprivileged parents. In fact, you'd be hard pressed to find any average players invited to participate.

Again, nice idea for truly poor and unprivileged kids.
 
MicPaPa said:
That's a nice sentiment Luis, makes for a great success story.
But, trust me these are not poor underdog kids from poor unprivileged neighborhoods with poor unprivileged parents. In fact, you'd be hard pressed to find any average players invited to participate.

Again, nice idea for truly poor and unprivileged kids.
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Last year's crop of new parents were nowhere near as entertaining as this.

...so like I asked before, is your player better than Luis Andres'?
 
Luis Andres said:
So let me get this straight. You are upset about a goat team that joined a tournament and got in the way of your DD’s team from advancing and took away the possibility of you guys winning? One thing I’ve learned is that kids develop more from losses against really good teams than winning the easy teams. If you wanted to win, why not join the lower tier of the tournament and just run through all those teams so your team can lift up a trophy. Personally for me those games where my DD’s team wins by 7+ goals are meaningless for their development. It’s when they face the best of the best that I’ve noticed they grow and develop to become better next time. For example our team plays against a lot of boys teams over the summer where some spanked us bad. We got the opportunity to play the 2010 TFA boys who won the state cup top tier last year. They beat us 7-0 but let me tell you the girls grew after that game. We just played the Eagles 2010 girls last Sunday and let me tell you it was a battle. We lost a close 2-1 game but the way our girls played I couldn’t be more proud of them. We’ve come along way from initially losing 15-0 to a team like the Eagles to now being able to compete against the best teams in the nation. Appreciate the tough competition because it will make your DD and her teammates grow their game that much faster.
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First of all, I Hate to disappoint you but you didn't get it straight. Had you read the thread before chiming in you would have found this has nothing to do with my kid... didn't play in blues cup 2019, not of the age group in question and has never seen a goat, let alone played one...and jumping to this conclusion because someone disagrees is simple and small.

For me, this has everything to do with disagreement with tournament directors allowing stacked teams to play in prestigious national tournaments, period.

I'd say the ones obsessed with winning are those who have to stack teams to get there.

I have no problem with boys teams, pick up friendlies, or stacked teams for that matter... My kid has trained and played with boys teams for years, achieving some of her best growth. Also, played on many stack teams in 3v3 and Beach tournaments.

In my opinion, prestigious tournaments such as Surf Cup, Blues Cup, Manchester etc. are no place for non-organics stacked teams putting on a clown show.

We'll just have to agree to disagree.
 
If we agree that playing top competition will produce better growth for our kids, or any age for that matter...why wouldn’t we want it at those specific tournaments too? I know my daughters were fortunate to attend, compete and win and lose at both of the above named tournaments. They have the jackets and are proud of them, but other than pride, I guarantee they gained and learned more in defeat.
Those tourneys are expensive but many of us parents sign up under the impression that our kids will get to play some top competition. So if one of those is against an “AllStar” team , even better for it.
 
Luis Andres said:
Exactly. I would love the opportunity for my team to play against an all star goat team. I’ll travel pay whatever to get that opportunity for my DD and her team to experience the best competition. There is no point going down to a tournament like Surf to play the second tier group. We can do it here locally. We go because we get invited to play the best of the best.
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Again, anyone can form a stacked team, easy to do...but what's the point? I don't believe this is what most folks are signing up for.

When invited to play the best of the best... I feel most folks expect it to be organic teams, you don't... difference of opinion.

I don't know but maybe you do...does Surf Cup allow stacked non organic teams in best of the best brackets? If not, why not?
 
MicPaPa said:
Again, anyone can form a stacked team, easy to do...but what's the point? I don't believe this is what most folks are signing up for.

When invited to play the best of the best... I feel most folks expect it to be organic teams, you don't... difference of opinion.

I don't know but maybe you do...does Surf Cup allow stacked non organic teams in best of the best brackets? If not, why not?
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Dude, let it go already.
 
MicPaPa said:
For me, this has everything to do with disagreement with tournament directors allowing stacked teams to play in prestigious national tournaments, period.
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Fast forward to the year 2025. Stanford, UCLA, North Carolina, and the other national championship contenders are preparing scholarship offers to the class of 2027.

College Coach (CC): We think you're a great player and have all the qualities we look for in a player. But...I was looking through your bio and I noticed that you didn't win the U11 Blues Cup Championship back in 2019. Can you tell me what happened?

Player (P): There's this forum online called SoCal Soccer forum and some users put a stacked team together and knocked my team out. But that was when I was in fifth grade. Two-thirds of those girls stopped playing before we got to high school.

CC: So you didn't win?

P: No, but I told you, it was in fifth grade.

CC: *sigh* I don't think you understand. The Blues Cup is a PRESTIGIOUS NATIONAL TOURNAMENT. In fact, reaching the finals is a prerequisite for joining our program. I'm sorry, but I don't think you're UCLA/Stanford/NC material.

P: I was 10 years old! I've grown 7 inches, gained 30 pounds, my technique is top notch and I've been called in to USYNT national camps multiple times. I don't understand why a tournament I played in 5th grade, before I even went through puberty, would have an impact on your decision.

CC: Our decision is final. Good luck to you.
 
Luis Andres said:
Last thing I gotta say is that you are dealing with something that involves a lot of people and their opinions towards it. As long as there are people like me that can appreciate competing against a team like that you will never win especially if the majority of people are against you.

But I understand where you are coming from when you are fighting for something you believe is the right way because I’ve been in a similar situation where the majority did not agree with the way I was handling a situation. But mine was a little different. It’s personal, and tied to my family and the way I’m developing and training my own daughter. I stuck to my guns about it and until I start to see it go in the wrong direction I will adjust and change my approach but so far so good. It’s working. Best advice I can give you is not to attend any tournaments where these teams are allowed. That way it won’t ever be a problem.
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Fair enough. Although, I can care less about the majority on this forum (as seen above, most of what they post is drivel)...I do appreciate and respect your opinion and insight.

Best of luck to you and your daughter on her soccer journey.
 
MicPaPa said:
Although, I can care less about the majority on this forum (as seen above, most of what they post is drivel)...I do appreciate and respect your opinion and insight.
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You say this, but you're the one who raised this thread from the dead. We wouldn't even be discussing this if you JUST STOP POSTING IN THIS THREAD AND MOVE ON WITH YOUR LIFE.

But you won't. Because now it's a matter of pride and showing us how wrong we are, and how enlightened and principled you are (in your own mind at least). Prove me wrong. Stop posting in this thread.
 
myself said:
You say this, but you're the one who raised this thread from the dead. We wouldn't even be discussing this if you JUST STOP POSTING IN THIS THREAD AND MOVE ON WITH YOUR LIFE.

But you won't. Because now it's a matter of pride and showing us how wrong we are, and how enlightened and principled you are (in your own mind at least). Prove me wrong. Stop posting in this thread.
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Wow! A late night rant, with CAPS and all. It's obvious I live rent free in your empty head... hopefully you didn't lose too much sleep.

You don't need me to prove you wrong... you're doing it yourself with the triggered senseless drivel you post.

Go ahead, evict me from your empty head by not posting further. You won't be able to let it go...prove me right.
#sleeplessinSoCal
 
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