Surf Cup bracketing

[happy9]

We practiced on those Scottsdale fields which were excellent and the clinic was at a high school in mesa with 2 prefect grass fields also.

SSC maintains fields year round, which is a good thing. Let's see how the scheduling shakes out. I've never seen a tournament in AZ use a high school field but these are unusual times. I'm thinking the city fields in Mesa are where Surf will land.

 

[Desert Hound]

These are some of the fields I hear Surf is looking at out in the East Valley.

 

[happy9]

These are some of the fields I hear Surf is looking at out in the East Valley.

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Ha - I just about fell out of my chair. You must have just snapped these pics - very accurate. Spray with water at half time to keep the dust down.

 

[Scott m Shurson]

These are some of the fields I hear Surf is looking at out in the East Valley.

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What's the problem? Didn't Pele train with a grapefruit on crushed rock?

 

[crush]

There are plenty of great fields around. Most city fields are not maintained. This time of the year what you'll get is dead grass and dust. Reach, SSC, Santos and Paloma are maintained. I'm not a Mesa native, but I would guess that those fields haven't been maintained from end of league play.

Come on Happy, your making it sound horrible for everyone. Desert Sky is real nice. All of us from Socal already played on crap like no other. Wind like 50 mph and trailers flipped over on the 14 frwy in Lancaster, Apple Valley and Barstow. Galloway Downs is where the gun guy scared half of us to death. We can handle a little dust and dead grass. We play anywhere Happy

 

[crush]

What's the problem? Didn't Pele train with a grapefruit on crushed rock?

Holy moly, that is a GK paradise bro.

 

[happy9]

Come on Happy, your making it sound horrible for everyone. Desert Sky is real nice. All of us from Socal already played on crap like no other. Wind like 50 mph and trailers flipped over on the 14 frwy in Lancaster, Apple Valley and Barstow. Galloway Downs is where the gun guy scared half of us to death. We can handle a little dust and dead grass. We play anywhere Happy

Desert Sky was really nice in AUG/SEP/OCT. It will be nice again in late March/April, just in time for league play. That's how the grass rolls in city parks.

 

[lafalafa]

2020 Surf Cup Phoenix (Youngers) December 27 - 29, 2020

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[Lavey29]

We got our schedule today. Play a texas team and one from Utah. Also play AC Brea 03 PDA team. Should be a fun 3 games. 2 are at the Eagles Community center in Mesa and 3rd game at Red Mountain.

 

[LASTMAN14]

What's the problem? Didn't Pele train with a grapefruit on crushed rock?

It was a grapefruit.

 

[ITFC Blues]

Looks like very few Norcal teams are going, Blues FC and Clovis Crossfire seem to be charging ahead on the girls side. Briceno (Sonoma County), Manteca, and Diablo Valley seem to be doing the same on the boys side. The families must feel it's worth a 14 day quarantine. At this point they seem to have made their decision and only a mandatory quarantine by Arizona will stop them.

You have the admire the Hawaii teams who are making the trek and have to deal with getting tested before they get on the plane to fly home. At least they have a way to meet Hawaii's requirements by getting tested and having results before arriving home. Good luck to them.

 

[PruritusAniFC]

Looks like very few Norcal teams are going, Blues FC and Clovis Crossfire seem to be charging ahead on the girls side. Briceno (Sonoma County), Manteca, and Diablo Valley seem to be doing the same on the boys side. The families must feel it's worth a 14 day quarantine. At this point they seem to have made their decision and only a mandatory quarantine by Arizona will stop them.

You have the admire the Hawaii teams who are making the trek and have to deal with getting tested before they get on the plane to fly home. At least they have a way to meet Hawaii's requirements by getting tested and having results before arriving home. Good luck to them.

 

[crush]

Looks like very few Norcal teams are going, Blues FC and Clovis Crossfire seem to be charging ahead on the girls side. Briceno (Sonoma County), Manteca, and Diablo Valley seem to be doing the same on the boys side. The families must feel it's worth a 14 day quarantine. At this point they seem to have made their decision and only a mandatory quarantine by Arizona will stop them.

You have the admire the Hawaii teams who are making the trek and have to deal with getting tested before they get on the plane to fly home. At least they have a way to meet Hawaii's requirements by getting tested and having results before arriving home. Good luck to them.

Island fever is real.

 

[Scott m Shurson]

Looks like very few Norcal teams are going, Blues FC and Clovis Crossfire seem to be charging ahead on the girls side. Briceno (Sonoma County), Manteca, and Diablo Valley seem to be doing the same on the boys side. The families must feel it's worth a 14 day quarantine. At this point they seem to have made their decision and only a mandatory quarantine by Arizona will stop them.

You have the admire the Hawaii teams who are making the trek and have to deal with getting tested before they get on the plane to fly home. At least they have a way to meet Hawaii's requirements by getting tested and having results before arriving home. Good luck to them.

You've got Union City and Odyssey out of Fresno, too.

 

[Jose has returned]

Its back on

2021 Surf Cup - Phoenix (Olders) January 1 - 4, 2021

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[nextgenathletics]

Seems like they balanced out the matchups a bit but also lost a few clubs. You guys see any games that stand out as very mismatched?

2021 Surf Cup - Phoenix (Olders) January 1 - 4, 2021

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[EOTL]

You've got Union City and Odyssey out of Fresno, too.

Damn, bringing out the heavy hitters this year.

 

[Lavey29]

Well our grouping and field location totally changed. Field is now 45 minutes from the hotel. Not real happy about that but kid is excited to play.

 

[SoccerFan4Life]

Seems like they balanced out the matchups a bit but also lost a few clubs. You guys see any games that stand out as very mismatched?

2021 Surf Cup - Phoenix (Olders) January 1 - 4, 2021

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The boys 2001 age bracket has a group (Super white) with 3 of the 4 teams out of Orange county CA. and they have played against each other often over the years. I would be very upset if I was going for the Surf Cup experience to get to play against my neighbors.

Position	Team	MP	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Points
-	Fullerton Rangers B03 White, California (Southern) (Fullerton Rangers)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
-	AC Brea B03 PDA, California (Southern) (AC Brea )	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
-	Heat FC 02/03 ECNL II, Nevada (Heat FC)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
-	Pateadores 03 NBCM White, California (Southern) (Pateadores )	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

 

[Scott m Shurson]

Damn, bringing out the heavy hitters this year.

How would you know how heavy they are? Do you have a kid playing competitive soccer?

 

[Lavey29]

The boys 2001 age bracket has a group (Super white) with 3 of the 4 teams out of Orange county CA. and they have played against each other often over the years. I would be very upset if I was going for the Surf Cup experience to get to play against my neighbors.

Position	Team	MP	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Points
-	Fullerton Rangers B03 White, California (Southern) (Fullerton Rangers)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
-	AC Brea B03 PDA, California (Southern) (AC Brea )	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
-	Heat FC 02/03 ECNL II, Nevada (Heat FC)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
-	Pateadores 03 NBCM White, California (Southern) (Pateadores )	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

I agree unless it is in semi or final or something. I want to play teams from out of state and gauge the level of so ca soccer versus other parts of the country. We got Washington and Utah in our group.