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I met a guy who knew nothing about soccer. Coached his daughter’s u9 AYSO team (volunteer dad). Figured out that an 8 year old keeper couldn’t kick the ball so he coached his team to storm her and score.
He bragged how they won every game 20-0 or whatever. Claimed it taught winners how to win...

Running up scores to prevail in a youth soccer tournament is dumb. It really doesnt help the game other than getting parents hooked so they‘ll keep paying for then next ten years...

Ps. AYSO banned him from coaching after one season.

How about this guy?

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I met a guy who knew nothing about soccer. Coached his daughter’s u9 AYSO team (volunteer dad). Figured out that an 8 year old keeper couldn’t kick the ball so he coached his team to storm her and score.
He bragged how they won every game 20-0 or whatever. Claimed it taught winners how to win...

Running up scores to prevail in a youth soccer tournament is dumb. It really doesnt help the game other than getting parents hooked so they‘ll keep paying for then next ten years...

Ps. AYSO banned him from coaching after one season.

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e-mail from the director said changes could come today and tomorrow.
I might be completely off base but the LA County mandatory 10 day quarantine could have some teams reconsidering too. That's all employers need to tell you to stay away for 10 days. They are saying to not even leave the house to buy groceries. At least up in NorCal we have a 9 county area we can roam around in for recreation.
 
The teams that opted out all are bummed but gave It careful consideration, weighed pros and cons. There’s not a team that bowed out out that said “ yeah this is griffin’ awesome that we can skip Surf Cup.
It’s not negative bullshit for those of us who decided not to go. It is a huge bummer.
Wish everyone well.

Don’t call it a best of the best because clearly it isn’t this time round.

What he posts is negative bullshit and nothing else. Over and over and over again. That has nothing to do with you. Yes, many are disappointed and some will be disappointed they're still going, but what HE posts is negative bullshit.

It wasn't the best of the best last year or the year before that, either.
 
What he posts is negative bullshit and nothing else. Over and over and over again. That has nothing to do with you. Yes, many are disappointed and some will be disappointed they're still going, but what HE posts is negative bullshit.

It wasn't the best of the best last year or the year before that, either.
That is 100% correct Scott. Two years ago, they had the "Super Elite" ((GDA members only)) and then the rest of the clubs that didnt bow to the GDA pressure. My dd played in the last true best of best in 2015 I believe. 2016 was a big mess because of the age change. Some teams lost a few and added a few like all years but 2016 was a free for all for most clubs and players. Like I said before, the goats were let out of their pins and roamed the lands. Some teams blew up, some teams lost half their players and it was just insane. After that, the Cup lost some of its "best of the best." My two cents is go back to best of the best and no second group. Charge double for the bragging rites. Clubs sold parents on the fact that they have automatic bid because of the home and away deal ((you play in my tournament and I will play in yours)) and that was huge for college opportunity.
 
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I might be completely off base but the LA County mandatory 10 day quarantine could have some teams reconsidering too. That's all employers need to tell you to stay away for 10 days. They are saying to not even leave the house to buy groceries. At least up in NorCal we have a 9 county area we can roam around in for recreation.
then again the question is "Do you know why fish always get caught?" Because they can't keep their mouth shut.
 
then again the question is "Do you know why fish always get caught?" Because they can't keep their mouth shut.
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This fish is our State fish in Cali and he knows you can;t shoot his ass under water or you could get a $500 find for killing one. True story Jose. I used to spear fish when I was boy. Me and my pal would go out and catch Corbina, Halibut, Sheepshead and some bad ass Bass. I was real good when I was 12. I firmly believed that those orange fish would tell the other fish we were in the area. I kid you not and it would piss us off. I know of a crazy spear fisherman that got so mad one day he killed a bunch of the orange fish in a fit of rage. It was horrible and he got Karma later in life. He died and I'll leave it at that.
 
Man. That's actually very sad. At the Ulittle age, how do you let your team rack up 21?

The second tiebreaker is based on goal differential and a bunch of these teams don't play each other to make the first tiebreaker meaningful. That encourages coaches to just keep their foot on the gas. It's atrocious for littles, and they should play with the point-per-goal-max-three system plus the bonus point for a clean sheet. Ulittles should never have goal differential in the tiebreakers.
 
That encourages coaches to just keep their foot on the gas.
Let's also keep in mine some of these parents pay their kids for every goal they score. I'm not going to lie, I used that trick and it worked miracles for me and my goat. I knew a mom that paid out $10 a goal Face, no joke. If I'm driving 400 miles for a tournament with my baby, I want goals and you better believe I will have a few things on the line to motivate my dd. Cash for goals, cash for wins and cash for gold medal. There you go bro, that my friend is youth soccer in a nutshell :) Kick ass ladies and go Socal!!!
 
Let's also keep in mine some of these parents pay their kids for every goal they score. I'm not going to lie, I used that trick and it worked miracles for me and my goat. I knew a mom that paid out $10 a goal Face, no joke. If I'm driving 400 miles for a tournament with my baby, I want goals and you better believe I will have a few things on the line to motivate my dd. Cash for goals, cash for wins and cash for gold medal. There you go bro, that my friend is youth soccer in a nutshell :) Kick ass ladies and go Socal!!!

Hey, I thought you were broke and unemployed???
 
Does someone have actual info from Surf about the olders’ schedules coming down and not being reposted yet? Wondering if fields were unexpectedly pulled? Would think that if a team or two had to back out that only affect a few ages and brackets as opposed to everything across the board?
 
Hey, I thought you were broke and unemployed???
Were talking ulittle bro and way back in the day when I had a few bucks to pay for goals. I had something going good until the screws feel off my plan in 2017. I already said no to this tournament a long time ago and I never pay for goals now. The last few years we just go watch her play and then head home. Maybe go out to celebrate her teams tie or win.
 
Does someone have actual info from Surf about the olders’ schedules coming down and not being reposted yet? Wondering if fields were unexpectedly pulled? Would think that if a team or two had to back out that only affect a few ages and brackets as opposed to everything across the board?
Someone on here mentioned yesterday that the Director said changes to come over the next couple of days.
 
Who are you picking to win the Girls Tournaments for 05-09? Do you see any big upsets out there?

Assuming you mean 07-12 -- tbh it's pretty pointless to "pick" a winner because there are way too many variables in play. Keep in mind for the littles that if their big goalscorer has a bad nights sleep that affects the team performance more than you realize. For the 07s and 08s you might be able to be a little more accurate in predictions during a normal year but without seeing lineups beyond a couple of texts of standouts, it's really impossible to say.

For a lot of these teams, this will be the last set of games that they play for their coaches because you assume we aren't doing State Cup this year. They aren't getting tuned up for later comps, they aren't doing any kind of playing for position for next year, it's just a bunch of glorified scrimmages. Everyone knows this except the die-hard parents. If nothing else these are closer to end-of-year-parties than anything else these teams do.
 
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