Surf Cup - Best of the Best ECNL vs DA

Outside of getting in and out of Silverlakes it was a good tournament. Reffing was solid. Fields were good (couple keeper areas sandy but expected). Plenty of pop ups, water stations and a roll out area to use. Friday night was windy but not to hot. Saturday was hotter but a light breeze and not Vegas hot. Late game yesterday was rough only because the drive home. But the 3.5hr drive beats the 5.5hr drive after a surf late monday consolation match. Good deal of coaches in attendance. I could see playing it again.
 
SL might never have the prestige of Surf, however SL is working very hard at producing a quality event. I was there all weekend and was pleased by the event. Even with the heat they went out of their way to provide amenities to help combat. For example large water cooling fans on the turf fields that were pointed at benches.
 
2 kids and 11 years of club total, not once did we miss a game due to heat. I also don't recall any teammates missing games due to heat. The only time I seen a player with heat exhaustion was U6 AYSO, and it wasn't serious.

As a referee, I see several players with heat related injuries every year. Usually at the 14-18 ages and boys.
 
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UCLA was at Silverlakes. I'm sure their staff can cover both events.
No UCLA was at the Polo Fields watching the players on the game I refereed. Agree, they split their staff. I did talk to two D1 men’s coaches on Saturday and asked them if they were going to Silverlakes. The one coach said “no” and the other coach said “I sent my assistant to that god forsaken place.”
 
As a referee, I see several players with heat related injuries every year. Usually at the 14-18 ages and boys.

I've gone down myself with heat exhaustion twice, both times during unavoidable exertion in the Navy. The first time was while marching back to the barracks after a timed cross-country run. I suddenly got rubbery legs and couldn't stand up, so they took me away in an ambulance. The Doctor gave me a Coke and let me take a nap in the air-conditioned clinic. The second time was after practicing ground director signaling with live aircraft taxiing just like we told them to, and I passed out when I went back into the air-conditioned classroom. Somebody asked me a question, and I found that even though I knew the answer I couldn't speak the words out loud, and then I was on the floor. The Doctor that time gave me one pill in a bottle and told me to get ready for bed before taking it. It was chloral hydrate - I slept like a rock.
 
I've gone down myself with heat exhaustion twice, both times during unavoidable exertion in the Navy. The first time was while marching back to the barracks after a timed cross-country run. I suddenly got rubbery legs and couldn't stand up, so they took me away in an ambulance. The Doctor gave me a Coke and let me take a nap in the air-conditioned clinic. The second time was after practicing ground director signaling with live aircraft taxiing just like we told them to, and I passed out when I went back into the air-conditioned classroom. Somebody asked me a question, and I found that even though I knew the answer I couldn't speak the words out loud, and then I was on the floor. The Doctor that time gave me one pill in a bottle and told me to get ready for bed before taking it. It was chloral hydrate - I slept like a rock.

Softy
 
and now we debate who was where..... Silverlakes had many coaches as well. Many head coaches and many assistants. Does it matter which if they are taking notes and looking at players? Head coaches trust their assistants to recruit too. uggh.
 
Good luck to my Bruins. My son went SDSU so might be rooting for the Aztecs this year in football

Two of my brothers are SDSU alums. They are required to cheer for UCLA when their niece plays their alma mater so I get it. This is the first year since she has been in college that they don't play them which is kinda sad but I am looking forward to them playing in football this year.
 
and now we debate who was where..... Silverlakes had many coaches as well. Many head coaches and many assistants. Does it matter which if they are taking notes and looking at players? Head coaches trust their assistants to recruit too. uggh.

Are we debating? One person makes offers for this particular university. If they haven't seen the person play nothing else matters. Assistant coaches would come and watch my kid play all of the time. The offers came from the head coach in the case of the 3 schools that interested my player. No debate when you can text message the coach and your player is in the loop.

There are many roads to Rome and to be quite honest they are looking at incoming freshmen in high school right now (2023 class).

Good luck to you and your player.
 
I don't have a daughter and I am not debating with anyone. I am laughing at those who are saying which UCLA coach was at which fields because in my opinion it is funny.
They are looking at freshman and sophomores (scouting) but not talking to them or texting them or at least they should not be as of 5/1/19. Assistants scout and report and then the head coach scouts and the head coach offers in most cases it get the loop and how it works. No offers were made to freshman and sophomores last week.
 
I don't have a daughter and I am not debating with anyone. I am laughing at those who are saying which UCLA coach was at which fields because in my opinion it is funny.
They are looking at freshman and sophomores (scouting) but not talking to them or texting them or at least they should not be as of 5/1/19. Assistants scout and report and then the head coach scouts and the head coach offers in most cases it get the loop and how it works. No offers were made to freshman and sophomores last week.

They weren't looking at sophomores. The 2022 class is built out.
 
They weren't looking at sophomores. The 2022 class is built out.

SG was watching 2021 and 2022 games at Silverlakes. She was likely keeping tabs on girls that have already committed, particularly the MVLA team.

Maybe she was also looking at some new kids too. UCLA lost their top recruit from the 2020 class to Stanford and have one or two questionable commitments that were made pre-college admissions scandal (if you know what I mean).
 
SG was watching 2021 and 2022 games at Silverlakes. She was likely keeping tabs on girls that have already committed, particularly the MVLA team.

Maybe she was also looking at some new kids too. UCLA lost their top recruit from the 2020 class to Stanford and have one or two questionable commitments that were made pre-college admissions scandal (if you know what I mean).

I hear you but they are not recruiting any more sophomores they already have spent their money for that year. They are working on replacing the class that will be freshman this year so 2023 graduation year. Obviously with overlapping high school graduation years they could be different birth years.

They only player that they lost to Stanford was a keeper and she most likely looked at the roster and realized that she was going to ride the pine for 3 years. The other player went to Colorado and was a very low ranked recruit who likely was getting little to no money. I don't think that anyone cares about the allegations. If they do they aren't very smart because they are BS and have already blown over. The team is going to be fine for many years to come....

Good luck to you and your player.
 
They weren't looking at sophomores. The 2022 class is built out.
At SurfCup I didn't see coaches watching 2023 games (birthyear 2005), but I did see a lot of coaches watching 2022 games (birthyear 2004). Are you sure AC has her stock already set for 2022 MAP? If so, then she got all her work done before the new recruiting rules kicked into play. Offers to 2023 cannot be made now until two more years (June 2021). That would make sense why 2023 not getting looks now--2 years a long time to watch and decide. And, a lot can happen in two years on both sides (player/coach).
 
I saw one pac12 school watching 05s game at surf cup mostly class of 2023 and a couple watching 04's which some 04s are 2023. At DA showcase there were a lot college coaches watching 04s
 
At SurfCup I didn't see coaches watching 2023 games (birthyear 2005), but I did see a lot of coaches watching 2022 games (birthyear 2004). Are you sure AC has her stock already set for 2022 MAP? If so, then she got all her work done before the new recruiting rules kicked into play. Offers to 2023 cannot be made now until two more years (June 2021). That would make sense why 2023 not getting looks now--2 years a long time to watch and decide. And, a lot can happen in two years on both sides (player/coach).
Just a point of order.....my DD is an ‘04 and 2023.
 
At SurfCup I didn't see coaches watching 2023 games (birthyear 2005), but I did see a lot of coaches watching 2022 games (birthyear 2004). Are you sure AC has her stock already set for 2022 MAP? If so, then she got all her work done before the new recruiting rules kicked into play. Offers to 2023 cannot be made now until two more years (June 2021). That would make sense why 2023 not getting looks now--2 years a long time to watch and decide. And, a lot can happen in two years on both sides (player/coach).

They are all set for 2022 at least all set giving out money. If a player doesn't care about money (or playing for that matter) then maybe. They have one 2023 commit that I know of. Also, they used to watch almost every one of my players games at a showcase (at least for a half) even after she had committed early her sophomore year. They have 35 players on the roster currently with 8 graduating and 12 coming in. That means they are going to have a roster of 39 players next year. I know personally that several players were cut (non-scholarship) and some transferred due to being made aware that they weren't going to be seeing the field. It's the Hunger Games there.

They were likely watching committed players.

https://www.topdrawersoccer.com/col...-details/women/ucla/clgid-266/tab-commitments

Good luck to you and your player and keep sending UCLA more Canadians. They are awesome.
 
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