Just pointing out that some places might play soccer a bit earlier.
If you don't like the reason SF is likely to play before OC, that's your problem.
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If you don't like the reason SF is likely to play before OC, that's your problem.
Comparing SF to OC, that's comical. About the same gap as the soccer play between the 2 regions.
kickingandscreaming
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Well, you'd actually have to have children living in SF to have youth soccer.
kickingandscreaming
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Hahaha! I feel like this is comparable to a toxic relationship that you just can't quit because the sex is so good. I have never experienced such a relationship, but I imagine this is what it's like. To keep this on topic, a week from now we will apparently be in SC playing soccer and trying out the BBQ places @MileHighDad identified.
That would require a discussion of the reasons SF is likely to play before OC. Notwithstanding your invocation of Fauci and certain SF behaviors, I was under the assumption that discussion in this forum was against the rules now, though @Dominic does not seem to have enforced the rule to date despite several COVID talk violations.
Have a great trip.
Count me as jealous. I’d be happy with a local game against SF Elite right now.
Oh, it's been leaked plenty. Won't share it but basically says no team travel out state. You can play in county game or bordering county IF both are in the orange category for soccer. I still think something will be out before HS fall sports is supposed to start 2nd week of December.
kickingandscreaming
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I'd have GLADLY skipped both trips to Reno, the trip to Phoenix, and the upcoming trip to SC for a regular schedule of ECNL games with local NorCal teams, including SF Elite, this fall. The fall was a lost opportunity for youth soccer in CA.
must be a slow news night
Hundreds of kids and their families are headed to Arizona for a soccer tournament with 500 teams | CNN
A soccer tournament featuring hundreds of players is a go in Phoenix -- in spite of Covid-19 restrictions and the mayor's disapproval.www.cnn.com
CNN's in on the fun.
Well, you'd actually have to have children living in SF to have youth soccer.
Perhaps because SF is a S hole? Gee I wonder why? Oh well, I hope every soccer parent here has a happy socially distanced limited attendance safe Thanksgiving. It's been a tough year but there is always something to be thankful for.
Thanks for "Like" on this fabulous and free idea for soccer Tech. I have my squad bro. In fact, I have a waiting list. I'm only taking 13 and GK. Play time for everyone. Get a team and then PM me. BTW, Happy Thanksgiving Tech. Your an amazing husband & fatherIt's time to ball bro. Club has too many liabilities and let's be frank, way too many snitches. USL is the way to go. I got fields in _________________and __________________. All free too. Free parkingAll we have to do is find goats who want to play and pay ref fees. Get a team bro and lets get the girls some play time. Tech, get IE team brah. Tech FC? Crush FC? Kicker4life FC and many more? No club affiliations at all. The avatar can sponser the team as well? No lime or yellow shirts or red shirts, just black shorts and white shirt. Put a penny around them. No pack packs, just goat ready to ball.
What i expect from CNN... also.. they say hundreds of kids to go to tournament but then say 460 out of state and 40 in state teams. With an conservative average team size of say 13 that is easily 6500 kids. That there is some quality journalism. The mayor of Phoenix is trying to be the local Democrat big shot so she is using any media coverage to bash the Repub Governor and frequently uses COVID to get that spotlight. Good thing is the East Valley mayors (Chandler, Gilbert, Mesa) are pragmatists and want youth sports.
ITFC Blues
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The local news in Phoenix definitely seems to be focusing on the large events and the influx people from out of state.
I don't think the games themselves are an issue, it's the parents and spectators. Soccer isn't the issue at all, and I think we all know that.
There was another news story in Phoenix explaining how the tournaments get around the Arizona Executive Order limiting gatherings to 50 people. They are treating each game as a separate event so even though they may have 11 fields with 50 people at each field they are treating them as separate gatherings. This has put tournaments under greater scrutiny as any other gatherings are now not permitted but these large tournaments are being allowed to proceed. The public in Phoenix seems to be turning against these events and the local news is helping raise the level of concern.
This was published yesterday:
www.12news.com
An excerpt is shown below:
Hundreds of youth sports teams from all over the country are descending on the Valley this week for tournaments.
Are those gatherings safe?
“A lot of cases are happening at kids’ sporting events,” LaBaer said.
“Everybody gets together on the sidelines, and you see a lot of clusters of people chatting with each other, not maintaining social distancing.”
The evidence, LaBaer said, comes from contact tracing.
“We’re hearing that from our contact tracers,” he said. “The contact tracers are tracking down clusters of outbreaks, and they’re tracking them back to these sporting events.”
If we could keep all the spectators away ( play locally) we could all get back to playing. Wouldn't that be nice.
I don't think the games themselves are an issue, it's the parents and spectators. Soccer isn't the issue at all, and I think we all know that.
There was another news story in Phoenix explaining how the tournaments get around the Arizona Executive Order limiting gatherings to 50 people. They are treating each game as a separate event so even though they may have 11 fields with 50 people at each field they are treating them as separate gatherings. This has put tournaments under greater scrutiny as any other gatherings are now not permitted but these large tournaments are being allowed to proceed. The public in Phoenix seems to be turning against these events and the local news is helping raise the level of concern.
This was published yesterday:
'It’s just everywhere': Infection spreading widely in Arizona and hospital beds filling up faster, ASU team says
Cases are climbing exponentially even before a projected spike after Thanksgiving. Team leader says youth sports contributing to new infections
www.12news.com
An excerpt is shown below:
Hundreds of youth sports teams from all over the country are descending on the Valley this week for tournaments.
Are those gatherings safe?
“A lot of cases are happening at kids’ sporting events,” LaBaer said.
“Everybody gets together on the sidelines, and you see a lot of clusters of people chatting with each other, not maintaining social distancing.”
The evidence, LaBaer said, comes from contact tracing.
“We’re hearing that from our contact tracers,” he said. “The contact tracers are tracking down clusters of outbreaks, and they’re tracking them back to these sporting events.”
If we could keep all the spectators away ( play locally) we could all get back to playing. Wouldn't that be nice.
kickingandscreaming
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It's what Texas has been doing since August. The fact that California didn't is driving this behavior. It's just another example of the unintended consequences of a flawed policy.
Still disagree about kids spreading it playing soccer. Their parents, maybe. This is Arizona one month ago, October 24. No masks, indoors. I'll be in AZ tomorrow. I won't be indoors except my hotel room. I will wear a mask. I will buy food to go. I am bringing my roku stick for something to do in between games.
You are a liverpool fan? That is the Crown.
They definitely aren't abiding by the county mask mandate, and they are in the city of Phoenix. You should send this picture to Kate, she would flip out.
In my neck of the woods, bar tenders, servers, etc abide by the mandate. They don't like it, but want to stay open.
Cool place to go though, if you are a liverpool fan.
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Our friends are in AZ at one of the stay and play hotels for baseball this weekend. Dining hall was packed last night with no masks from anyone including the staff making the food. Pool was packed and the booze was flowing like it was the summer of 2019. Stay healthy my friends.
At our stay and pay if you want to play place, it was hard core bro. Maybe more folks are not obeying the rulers now in AZ. It was almost a month ago. Pic dont lie
kickingandscreaming
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When I was in Reno about a month and a half ago, the two hotels I stayed in required sign up for both pool and workout facility usage - both were one family at a time and had a 1/2 hour "clean-up" time between usage. The one place that I did avoid was the community breakfast area. It was a bit crowded and I wasn't eating there. In Phoenix, there was a cafe/coffee place in the lobby, but it never got crowded. It wasn't a restaurant and they didn't serve breakfast to the teams. I still took my coffee outside or to my room.
To stay on soccer topic, me goat is playing this afternoon in a USL with young men who can ball. Tech, get that team so my dd can ball with just girls. Guys play pick up soccer like guys play pick up hoops. I never see all girls playing pick up hoops or soccer. We need to help organize and then let go and the girls organically play soccer for fun and exercise and to stay in shape for next level.