Memorial Day Tournaments

[dcu13]

I would guess plenty of DCUM soccer parents will be spending their Memorial Day Weekend at the field. What tournaments are everyone playing in?

My son's team is doing the Columbia Invitational.

[BunchlineDC]

Note to those doing SAC with U-littles at Covenant Park, and you haven't done it before...the parking is an absolute nightmare, particularly on Sunday. Give yourself an extra 30 minutes at least to deal with it. I cannot stress this enough.

[dcu13]

BunchlineDC wrote:Note to those doing SAC with U-littles at Covenant Park, and you haven't done it before...the parking is an absolute nightmare, particularly on Sunday. Give yourself an extra 30 minutes at least to deal with it. I cannot stress this enough.

Thanks. We did a Labor Day tournament there in 2021 and yeah, it was a mess. He is in the U-middles now so we are Glenelg HS and a place called the Moose Athletic Club near BWI.

[BunchlineDC]

dcu13 wrote:

BunchlineDC wrote:Note to those doing SAC with U-littles at Covenant Park, and you haven't done it before...the parking is an absolute nightmare, particularly on Sunday. Give yourself an extra 30 minutes at least to deal with it. I cannot stress this enough.

Thanks. We did a Labor Day tournament there in 2021 and yeah, it was a mess. He is in the U-middles now so we are Glenelg HS and a place called the Moose Athletic Club near BWI.

Hurrah! Mine is now U-Big, and though we're playing almost in Baltimore, I couldn't be happier. I never want to see that place again!

[dcu13]

My son had 1 game at Glenelg HS and 2 games at the Moose Athletic Center in Glen Burnie. Both are fine facilities but it's not the "tournament experience" of seeing tons of other kids at a sprawling facility. Those were fun memories of my soccer childhood. I guess the tournament (and many others) are just continuing to expand so they're looking for any available rectangular space.

[Mannschaft]

dcu13 wrote:My son had 1 game at Glenelg HS and 2 games at the Moose Athletic Center in Glen Burnie. Both are fine facilities but it's not the "tournament experience" of seeing tons of other kids at a sprawling facility. Those were fun memories of my soccer childhood. I guess the tournament (and many others) are just continuing to expand so they're looking for any available rectangular space.

Was that for the SAC tournament? I know this sounds crazy, but I kind of miss / like Covenant.

We played in VSA’s Cannon Cup. Well organized, good location for us, good fields, friendly staff, easy parking. Their 7v7 fields are smaller than many, which led to lots of scoring.

The only downsides were crappy parents from 1 of our 4 opponents, and 1 of 4 refs was probably the worst I have ever seen. She clearly had no idea what she was doing and didn’t want to be there. The other 3 were excellent.

[dcu13]

Yep, the SAC tournament. Only been to Covenant once and it was a Sunday morning game on a non-tournament weekend so parking wasn't a big issue.

Which club organizes the Cannon Cup? Sounds like it was a good time.

Lots of goals is always a good way to end a season. Except for keepers I guess.