Fall Pre-season Tournaments

[Anonymous]

Which ones are worth it/worth paying attention to when evaluating whether clubs/teams are going to be good in certain age groups for this year?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Which ones are worth it/worth paying attention to when evaluating whether clubs/teams are going to be good in certain age groups for this year?

None

[Anonymous]

I think Loudoun Premier Cup is good fpr the older ages

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I think Loudoun Premier Cup is good fpr the older ages

Normally - yes.
This year some of the age groups don’t look overly “premiere” on paper.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Which ones are worth it/worth paying attention to when evaluating whether clubs/teams are going to be good in certain age groups for this year?

How does this seriously matter at all?

[Anonymous]

I think the pre-season tournaments are good for two things:

1.) Tuning up a team to get ready for the season. (Effects 90% of the teams.)

2.) And not seeing how good your team is, but rather a test to see how bad it might be. (Effects 10% of the teams with a wake up call.)

There is not much honor in winning a pre-season tournament. In fact, I'd prefer to just lose one, in order to motivate the team to work harder.

Also, having Coached a team that was demolished at pre-season last year, gave us a wakeup call on on what better competition levels are out there and what we needed to focus on.

[Anonymous]

Cppa rayados is a great tuneup showcase. All the other tournaments are parent placating

[Anonymous]

For my DS's team that is always being 66% swapped out - pre-season tournaments are great to get them on the field together (and get demolished).

[Anonymous]

Copa Rayados is now a tournament, it's a showcase. PP asked about tournament.

Anonymous wrote:Cppa rayados is a great tuneup showcase. All the other tournaments are parent placating

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:
Copa Rayados is now a tournament, it's a showcase. PP asked about tournament.

Anonymous wrote:Cppa rayados is a great tuneup showcase. All the other tournaments are parent placating

Actually they asked about ways teams will be seen early. Tournaments are made up to give small kids plastic medals.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I think Loudoun Premier Cup is good fpr the older ages

Looks like some ECNL RL teams looking to knock the rust off before the season starts the following week.

[Anonymous]

read the title ... Fall Pre-season Tournaments

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:
Copa Rayados is now a tournament, it's a showcase. PP asked about tournament.

Anonymous wrote:Cppa rayados is a great tuneup showcase. All the other tournaments are parent placating

Actually they asked about ways teams will be seen early. Tournaments are made up to give small kids plastic medals.

[Anonymous]

Why does it even matter? Its preseason.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Why does it even matter? Its preseason.

These folks must not be focussed on their own kid's development to be concerned with what teams all over the place are doing.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Why does it even matter? Its preseason.

ranking points!