Not to play State/national cup

Overlap said:
Our daughters G98 team made it to the semi finals in National Cup and along with another team had to forfeit as they couldn't field a team due to Prom. The one's that wanted to play and still attend their prom were pretty upset, ......
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At the risk of being boo'd, disliked and disagreed, skip the prom!

...but I have boys and not girls. Probably a non-starter for girls.

I suppose players can arrange to arrive to the prom late by coordinating with their respective schools and do both. But I know how the whole day goes on the Prom day, filled with hair, makeup, photos, dinner, limo so that too is not acceptable by most.
 
mirage said:
At the risk of being boo'd, disliked and disagreed, skip the prom!

...but I have boys and not girls. Probably a non-starter for girls.

I suppose players can arrange to arrive to the prom late by coordinating with their respective schools and do both. But I know how the whole day goes on the Prom day, filled with hair, makeup, photos, dinner, limo so that too is not acceptable by most.
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On my older son's Prom night, his limo group decided to go to the CIF baseball finals before they went to the dance. The D2 game before it went to extra innings, so the D1 game started late. Then the D1 game went to extra innings, but the Promsters stayed to watch their friends win. By the time the games were all over, it was too late for Prom.
 
mirage said:
At the risk of being boo'd, disliked and disagreed, skip the prom!

...but I have boys and not girls. Probably a non-starter for girls.

I suppose players can arrange to arrive to the prom late by coordinating with their respective schools and do both. But I know how the whole day goes on the Prom day, filled with hair, makeup, photos, dinner, limo so that too is not acceptable by most.
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:eek: exactly, ... girls are drama! I remember 3-4 of them needed 4 hours to do their freaking hair! :rolleyes:
 
mirage said:
At the risk of being boo'd, disliked and disagreed, skip the prom!

...but I have boys and not girls. Probably a non-starter for girls.

I suppose players can arrange to arrive to the prom late by coordinating with their respective schools and do both. But I know how the whole day goes on the Prom day, filled with hair, makeup, photos, dinner, limo so that too is not acceptable by most.
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Why on earth would a bunch of players that are already committed to D1 colleges skip senior prom? There are lots of soccer games, there is only one senior prom for most people. Winning National Cup would have been meaningless for this particular team. The real answer is for CalSouth to schedule the U17 and U18 games in the morning.
 
outside! said:
Why on earth would a bunch of players that are already committed to D1 colleges skip senior prom? There are lots of soccer games, there is only one senior prom for most people. Winning National Cup would have been meaningless for this particular team.....
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Are you speaking of this particular team with some inside knowledge or in general?

Generally speaking, any given team playing in National Cup (meaning non-DA/ECNL) do NOT have "bunch" of players committed to D1 (or D2/3) college soccer. Some, probably but bunch - no - so let's get that notion out of the way.

Frankly, if a team has a real good chance of winning the National Cup to move onto Regionals, and is their last year in youth soccer, then the same arguments can be made. There are other dances and parties. It's just where do one put relative value of prom in their lives.

Now if your argument is to say prom is more important to some of these players, then it's an individual by individual choice and it is what it is; hence, I'd med the original comment about just skip prom.
 
It is a bit nuts that it takes until mid-May for the final game to be played.
Presidents is done 4 weeks sooner.
 
mirage said:
Are you speaking of this particular team with some inside knowledge or in general?

Generally speaking, any given team playing in National Cup (meaning non-DA/ECNL) do NOT have "bunch" of players committed to D1 (or D2/3) college soccer. Some, probably but bunch - no - so let's get that notion out of the way.

Frankly, if a team has a real good chance of winning the National Cup to move onto Regionals, and is their last year in youth soccer, then the same arguments can be made. There are other dances and parties. It's just where do one put relative value of prom in their lives.

Now if your argument is to say prom is more important to some of these players, then it's an individual by individual choice and it is what it is; hence, I'd med the original comment about just skip prom.
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Yes, I was speaking of DD's team from the year before GDA started. They had already won the USYS National Championship and almost all the players were committed. That doesn't change the fact that CalSouth should schedule the olders for the morning games.
 
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