Man City Cup 2019

socrlvr said:
Anyone else notice on the rules for Man City - 2005 & 2006 - No re-entry for subs. See below from 2019 Man City Rules.

For US Soccer Development Academy 2005 and 2006 teams, seven substitutions will be allowed per game with no re-entry.
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Yes I noticed that. But then for 07s it says - US Soccer Development Academy 2007 teams are allowed unlimited
substitutions.
 
jpeter said:
Did they apply in time? See the 06's did but don't see the TFA 05's DA in there at all in 05' supergroup or any group for that matter.

For the olders this one doesn't seem as popular as in past years, maybe the combination of National Cup being so late/close to memorial day, combined age groups in DA, and teams saving up for post season or showcase travel (NPL,ECNL, DA, USClub, etc)
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TFA Played in the MIC tournament in Spain recently (I believe this age group), so that might have played a role in not entering.
 
SOCCerJunKIE said:
Any one out there with any idea why TFA is not in Super Group? certainly they are better than Real SoCal, Golden State , OC Surf and they have victories over both LAFC and LA Galaxy , Real Salt Lake AZ ?
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Does Michelle Romero sound familiar?
I heard that she was responsible to reject TFA, LAUFA, and Legends from this tourney. instead, she brought Surf OC (weakest team ever), Real SoCal, FCGS, De Anza and few more weak teams in order to balance the groups in favor of certain teams. this is the same scenario every year with the supergroup. Remember, this tournament pays the European and Mexican teams to come to USA. How is going to look if TFA ("low-class" club) beat Europeans/Mexican teams? Michelle doesn't want underdog clubs to join and beat the top guns. Ask Strikers how they were treated last year. marketing over quality. If someone here can help to prove this rumor, this lady should be evaluated/removed from Mancity Cup.
 
What I have not been able to figure out is FCGS. So far, I know of or have heard that they rejected:

Albion
Legends
LAUFA
Nomads
TFA

De Anza makes sense because they are an out of town team and the tournament makes much of its money on hotel rooms. Out of town teams will always be selected over local teams.

I bet Real So Cal looks like they are far enough away to need hotel rooms as well.

I suspect that part of OC Surf's affiliate agreement is that they get accepted to the Surf tournaments. That would be a powerful motivator to get clubs to sign up as an affiliate.

That leaves GS. No idea how they got accepted. Maybe someone can shed some light on it.
 
justneededaname said:
What I have not been able to figure out is FCGS. So far, I know of or have heard that they rejected:

Albion
Legends
LAUFA
Nomads
TFA

De Anza makes sense because they are an out of town team and the tournament makes much of its money on hotel rooms. Out of town teams will always be selected over local teams.

I bet Real So Cal looks like they are far enough away to need hotel rooms as well.

I suspect that part of OC Surf's affiliate agreement is that they get accepted to the Surf tournaments. That would be a powerful motivator to get clubs to sign up as an affiliate.

That leaves GS. No idea how they got accepted. Maybe someone can shed some light on it.
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You can add LAGSD to list of "rejected" clubs. (Technically not rejected, but told Supergroup was "full" and should apply to sub-Supergroup group if interested in playing in the tournament.)

As far as FCGS is concerned, best guess is combo of pedigree (i.e. having full DA) and being hotel room consumer gave them the edge.
 
oldman said:
You can add LAGSD to list of "rejected" clubs. (Technically not rejected, but told Supergroup was "full" and should apply to sub-Supergroup group if interested in playing in the tournament.)

As far as FCGS is concerned, best guess is combo of pedigree (i.e. having full DA) and being hotel room consumer gave them the edge.
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FYI: LAUFA got invited via email by the tournament director (city football group). Once this application landed to Surf Cup laps. A verbal (phone call) rejection took place. I am not sure how to call this. rejection, confusion, discrimination, not too sure of this way manage public events. I am pretty sure TFA got the same case
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ferbert said:
FYI: LAUFA got invited via email by the tournament director (city football group). Once this application landed to Surf Cup laps. A verbal (phone call) rejection took place. I am not sure how to call this. rejection, confusion, discrimination, not too sure of this way manage public events. I am pretty sure TFA got the same case
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I had attached a snapshot of the email invite. had to delete it for the respect of the Mam City coordinators, the city football group
 
Surf cup sports is a business and they rightfully should look at all factors when accepting teams. They will always take well established full DA clubs with proven reputation, irregardless of their current results!

For example, 1 team with decent results that only has two teams applying to all their tournaments should not trump a team with worse results but sends many teams to their tournaments...
 
Zvezdas said:
Surf cup sports is a business and they rightfully should look at all factors when accepting teams. They will always take well established full DA clubs with proven reputation, irregardless of their current results!

For example, 1 team with decent results that only has two teams applying to all their tournaments should not trump a team with worse results but sends many teams to their tournaments...
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Not for ManCity tho. Surf Cup can preferably make a selection for Surf Cups tournaments. which is not right, but they always do.
Man City is approved and managed tournament by the Manchester City staff in UK. Surf CANNOT reject good quality teams over pour quantity. Especially the preference they made with the poor Surf OC team. that is unacceptable for this type of competition. I guess Michelle Romero doesn't give a sh..
Look at the very bottom of the ManCity page.
 

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Isn't JH gone? Regardless, we've
been dealing with this tournament drama and other Surf tournament drama for as long as we've been involved in soccer. Now that they have a bunch of affiliates under the Surf banner, it has gotten a lot worse (see previous posts and the 05 Super Group)
They are a marketing machine like no other socal club.

At the same time, like groudhogs day, we choose to participate and fund their machine by playing in their tournaments.

Our 05 team has very recently beaten 3 of the 4 socal teams in the Supergroup (one of them twice (6-2 combined) and tied the host 2X this season but is now in the Blue Group. It looks like several LA teams were even more deserving.

Yet, what really matters is I get to watch my kid compete for 3 days this weekend. At the end of the day, that's all I really care about.
 
What age group are y'all unhappy about? I'm confused.
I mean, I know that OC Surf is bad in all age groups... hahaha... kidding.
 
justneededaname said:
What I have not been able to figure out is FCGS. So far, I know of or have heard that they rejected:

Albion
Legends
LAUFA
Nomads
TFA

De Anza makes sense because they are an out of town team and the tournament makes much of its money on hotel rooms. Out of town teams will always be selected over local teams.

I bet Real So Cal looks like they are far enough away to need hotel rooms as well.

I suspect that part of OC Surf's affiliate agreement is that they get accepted to the Surf tournaments. That would be a powerful motivator to get clubs to sign up as an affiliate.

That leaves GS. No idea how they got accepted. Maybe someone can shed some light on it.
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This is what I couldn’t figure out what age group this is referencing... 05s?
 
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