Bethesda Premier Cup Tournament 2023

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Anonymous wrote:What about BSC u12?

BSC's top U12 team finished second in their group; convincing wins over SAC and SYC's second U12 team, but a lost to PWSI.

https://system.gotsport.com/org_event/events/26308/results?group=224428

They would have better results if BSC had the best U12 coach there coaching them.
But I guess it makes sense to have him coach the lower academy teams so they have a better overall pool for U13 top team.

Lol yes all those in game tactics and formations changes…

What does that mean?

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Anonymous wrote:What about BSC u12?

BSC's top U12 team finished second in their group; convincing wins over SAC and SYC's second U12 team, but a lost to PWSI.

https://system.gotsport.com/org_event/events/26308/results?group=224428

They would have better results if BSC had the best U12 coach there coaching them.
But I guess it makes sense to have him coach the lower academy teams so they have a better overall pool for U13 top team.

Lol yes all those in game tactics and formations changes…

What does that mean?

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I did not post that but I assume it is a sarcastic comment implying that a coach of U12 soccer 9 v 9 really does not have a meaningful gameday impact because it is not quite like a professional Pep with half spaces and zonal marking schemes being taught or used. At 9 v 9 the coaching is done during th week, all the yelling on gameday just reflets a failure to convey during th epractice week.
I dont think the comment was mocking an individual, just pointing out the lack of significant gameday coaching adjustments.

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Anonymous wrote:What about BSC u12?

BSC's top U12 team finished second in their group; convincing wins over SAC and SYC's second U12 team, but a lost to PWSI.

https://system.gotsport.com/org_event/events/26308/results?group=224428

They would have better results if BSC had the best U12 coach there coaching them.
But I guess it makes sense to have him coach the lower academy teams so they have a better overall pool for U13 top team.

Lol yes all those in game tactics and formations changes…

What does that mean?

Bump

I did not post that but I assume it is a sarcastic comment implying that a coach of U12 soccer 9 v 9 really does not have a meaningful gameday impact because it is not quite like a professional Pep with half spaces and zonal marking schemes being taught or used. At 9 v 9 the coaching is done during th week, all the yelling on gameday just reflets a failure to convey during th epractice week.
I dont think the comment was mocking an individual, just pointing out the lack of significant gameday coaching adjustments.

Someone said the best U12 coach at Bethesda doesn't coach the top team.

Where did yelling on gameday and tactical game adjustments get introduced?

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:What about BSC u12?

BSC's top U12 team finished second in their group; convincing wins over SAC and SYC's second U12 team, but a lost to PWSI.

https://system.gotsport.com/org_event/events/26308/results?group=224428

Looks like Alexandria boys won the U12 top flight.

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Anonymous wrote:Sounds like players/teams with technical skills have an advantage over the kick & runners

Wait, or is it the opposite? haha

Bad fields are the great equalizer. Hurts skilled teams ar more than lesser teams.
That's why lower league teams in the FA Cup tend to let their fields go to crap when playing top teams.

Yep. My prediction for the U14 boys age group this weekend is that Loudon and Laurel will do well, because of this (physical, running teams). Alexandria will be at a disadvantage (small, skilled team). This is based on seeing these teams over a couple years so this year's versions may be different.

This turned out to be pretty accurate. Loudon was top in their bracket and won the tournament. Laurel finished second in theirs. And Alexandria didn't get a win. I saw most of the teams in this bracket, at least for a little bit. The poster above didn't account for the size of Villareal, who looked to be the biggest and fastest of them all. And they were good. I'm not trying to denigrate the kids. They had a great tournament. The second place teams in each bracket, Coppermine and Laurel, had a dominant player up top and a game-plan to get them the ball. Nothing against those teams, either. They took advantage of their strength. It was especially effective on a short, bumpy, un-level field.

This was my first time at Muldoons and it was as embarrassing as advertised. And the goals. OMG, the goals. They were made up of three lengths of too-thin pipe, so that the crossbar sagged in the middle. Fields 1 and 3 literally backed to a horse farm so that skied balls ended up in a pasture. Watching kids scale the wood fence and go over the electrified wire at the top to retrieve balls was ridiculous. (I assume they disconnect the electrification for tournaments).

Considering the Laurel Lions 2010's are the current Maryland State Cup Champions and have consistently won EDP1 season after season with one of the best youth coaches in the country, picking them to finish well in any tournament is a safe bet.

kids scaling electric wires??????

What makes him "one of the best youth coaches in the country"?

Decades of developing high quality players out of average and below average natural talent.
Decades of coaching teams without star players to outperform big teams with handpicked good players.
Respected by organizations at the highest levels.

The funniest thing about this post is that the poster tries to build up the coach by calling decades of his kids untalented.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Sounds like players/teams with technical skills have an advantage over the kick & runners

Wait, or is it the opposite? haha

Bad fields are the great equalizer. Hurts skilled teams ar more than lesser teams.
That's why lower league teams in the FA Cup tend to let their fields go to crap when playing top teams.

Yep. My prediction for the U14 boys age group this weekend is that Loudon and Laurel will do well, because of this (physical, running teams). Alexandria will be at a disadvantage (small, skilled team). This is based on seeing these teams over a couple years so this year's versions may be different.

This turned out to be pretty accurate. Loudon was top in their bracket and won the tournament. Laurel finished second in theirs. And Alexandria didn't get a win. I saw most of the teams in this bracket, at least for a little bit. The poster above didn't account for the size of Villareal, who looked to be the biggest and fastest of them all. And they were good. I'm not trying to denigrate the kids. They had a great tournament. The second place teams in each bracket, Coppermine and Laurel, had a dominant player up top and a game-plan to get them the ball. Nothing against those teams, either. They took advantage of their strength. It was especially effective on a short, bumpy, un-level field.

This was my first time at Muldoons and it was as embarrassing as advertised. And the goals. OMG, the goals. They were made up of three lengths of too-thin pipe, so that the crossbar sagged in the middle. Fields 1 and 3 literally backed to a horse farm so that skied balls ended up in a pasture. Watching kids scale the wood fence and go over the electrified wire at the top to retrieve balls was ridiculous. (I assume they disconnect the electrification for tournaments).

Considering the Laurel Lions 2010's are the current Maryland State Cup Champions and have consistently won EDP1 season after season with one of the best youth coaches in the country, picking them to finish well in any tournament is a safe bet.

kids scaling electric wires??????

What makes him "one of the best youth coaches in the country"?

Decades of developing high quality players out of average and below average natural talent.
Decades of coaching teams without star players to outperform big teams with handpicked good players.
Respected by organizations at the highest levels.

The funniest thing about this post is that the poster tries to build up the coach by calling decades of his kids untalented.

Are you a child or a man with arrested development?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Sounds like players/teams with technical skills have an advantage over the kick & runners

Wait, or is it the opposite? haha

Bad fields are the great equalizer. Hurts skilled teams ar more than lesser teams.
That's why lower league teams in the FA Cup tend to let their fields go to crap when playing top teams.

Yep. My prediction for the U14 boys age group this weekend is that Loudon and Laurel will do well, because of this (physical, running teams). Alexandria will be at a disadvantage (small, skilled team). This is based on seeing these teams over a couple years so this year's versions may be different.

This turned out to be pretty accurate. Loudon was top in their bracket and won the tournament. Laurel finished second in theirs. And Alexandria didn't get a win. I saw most of the teams in this bracket, at least for a little bit. The poster above didn't account for the size of Villareal, who looked to be the biggest and fastest of them all. And they were good. I'm not trying to denigrate the kids. They had a great tournament. The second place teams in each bracket, Coppermine and Laurel, had a dominant player up top and a game-plan to get them the ball. Nothing against those teams, either. They took advantage of their strength. It was especially effective on a short, bumpy, un-level field.

This was my first time at Muldoons and it was as embarrassing as advertised. And the goals. OMG, the goals. They were made up of three lengths of too-thin pipe, so that the crossbar sagged in the middle. Fields 1 and 3 literally backed to a horse farm so that skied balls ended up in a pasture. Watching kids scale the wood fence and go over the electrified wire at the top to retrieve balls was ridiculous. (I assume they disconnect the electrification for tournaments).

Considering the Laurel Lions 2010's are the current Maryland State Cup Champions and have consistently won EDP1 season after season with one of the best youth coaches in the country, picking them to finish well in any tournament is a safe bet.

kids scaling electric wires??????

What makes him "one of the best youth coaches in the country"?

Decades of developing high quality players out of average and below average natural talent.
Decades of coaching teams without star players to outperform big teams with handpicked good players.
Respected by organizations at the highest levels.

So which ones of the 2010s are "average and below average talent?". All of them? Or all of them except one?

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Sounds like players/teams with technical skills have an advantage over the kick & runners

Wait, or is it the opposite? haha

Bad fields are the great equalizer. Hurts skilled teams ar more than lesser teams.
That's why lower league teams in the FA Cup tend to let their fields go to crap when playing top teams.

Yep. My prediction for the U14 boys age group this weekend is that Loudon and Laurel will do well, because of this (physical, running teams). Alexandria will be at a disadvantage (small, skilled team). This is based on seeing these teams over a couple years so this year's versions may be different.

This turned out to be pretty accurate. Loudon was top in their bracket and won the tournament. Laurel finished second in theirs. And Alexandria didn't get a win. I saw most of the teams in this bracket, at least for a little bit. The poster above didn't account for the size of Villareal, who looked to be the biggest and fastest of them all. And they were good. I'm not trying to denigrate the kids. They had a great tournament. The second place teams in each bracket, Coppermine and Laurel, had a dominant player up top and a game-plan to get them the ball. Nothing against those teams, either. They took advantage of their strength. It was especially effective on a short, bumpy, un-level field.

This was my first time at Muldoons and it was as embarrassing as advertised. And the goals. OMG, the goals. They were made up of three lengths of too-thin pipe, so that the crossbar sagged in the middle. Fields 1 and 3 literally backed to a horse farm so that skied balls ended up in a pasture. Watching kids scale the wood fence and go over the electrified wire at the top to retrieve balls was ridiculous. (I assume they disconnect the electrification for tournaments).

Considering the Laurel Lions 2010's are the current Maryland State Cup Champions and have consistently won EDP1 season after season with one of the best youth coaches in the country, picking them to finish well in any tournament is a safe bet.

kids scaling electric wires??????

What makes him "one of the best youth coaches in the country"?

Decades of developing high quality players out of average and below average natural talent.
Decades of coaching teams without star players to outperform big teams with handpicked good players.
Respected by organizations at the highest levels.

So which ones of the 2010s are "average and below average talent?". All of them? Or all of them except one?

🤣🤣🤣

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Sounds like players/teams with technical skills have an advantage over the kick & runners

Wait, or is it the opposite? haha

Bad fields are the great equalizer. Hurts skilled teams ar more than lesser teams.
That's why lower league teams in the FA Cup tend to let their fields go to crap when playing top teams.

Yep. My prediction for the U14 boys age group this weekend is that Loudon and Laurel will do well, because of this (physical, running teams). Alexandria will be at a disadvantage (small, skilled team). This is based on seeing these teams over a couple years so this year's versions may be different.

This turned out to be pretty accurate. Loudon was top in their bracket and won the tournament. Laurel finished second in theirs. And Alexandria didn't get a win. I saw most of the teams in this bracket, at least for a little bit. The poster above didn't account for the size of Villareal, who looked to be the biggest and fastest of them all. And they were good. I'm not trying to denigrate the kids. They had a great tournament. The second place teams in each bracket, Coppermine and Laurel, had a dominant player up top and a game-plan to get them the ball. Nothing against those teams, either. They took advantage of their strength. It was especially effective on a short, bumpy, un-level field.

This was my first time at Muldoons and it was as embarrassing as advertised. And the goals. OMG, the goals. They were made up of three lengths of too-thin pipe, so that the crossbar sagged in the middle. Fields 1 and 3 literally backed to a horse farm so that skied balls ended up in a pasture. Watching kids scale the wood fence and go over the electrified wire at the top to retrieve balls was ridiculous. (I assume they disconnect the electrification for tournaments).

Considering the Laurel Lions 2010's are the current Maryland State Cup Champions and have consistently won EDP1 season after season with one of the best youth coaches in the country, picking them to finish well in any tournament is a safe bet.

kids scaling electric wires??????

What makes him "one of the best youth coaches in the country"?

Decades of developing high quality players out of average and below average natural talent.
Decades of coaching teams without star players to outperform big teams with handpicked good players.
Respected by organizations at the highest levels.

So which ones of the 2010s are "average and below average talent?". All of them? Or all of them except one?

You might be mixing them up with that Go Premier U14 team that is 'ranked' #1 in Maryland on GotSoccer.
Yet won only 2 games out of 9 in EDP Fall season with a GD of -15

.....now That is hilarious 🤣 😆

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Sounds like players/teams with technical skills have an advantage over the kick & runners

Wait, or is it the opposite? haha

Bad fields are the great equalizer. Hurts skilled teams ar more than lesser teams.
That's why lower league teams in the FA Cup tend to let their fields go to crap when playing top teams.

Yep. My prediction for the U14 boys age group this weekend is that Loudon and Laurel will do well, because of this (physical, running teams). Alexandria will be at a disadvantage (small, skilled team). This is based on seeing these teams over a couple years so this year's versions may be different.

This turned out to be pretty accurate. Loudon was top in their bracket and won the tournament. Laurel finished second in theirs. And Alexandria didn't get a win. I saw most of the teams in this bracket, at least for a little bit. The poster above didn't account for the size of Villareal, who looked to be the biggest and fastest of them all. And they were good. I'm not trying to denigrate the kids. They had a great tournament. The second place teams in each bracket, Coppermine and Laurel, had a dominant player up top and a game-plan to get them the ball. Nothing against those teams, either. They took advantage of their strength. It was especially effective on a short, bumpy, un-level field.

This was my first time at Muldoons and it was as embarrassing as advertised. And the goals. OMG, the goals. They were made up of three lengths of too-thin pipe, so that the crossbar sagged in the middle. Fields 1 and 3 literally backed to a horse farm so that skied balls ended up in a pasture. Watching kids scale the wood fence and go over the electrified wire at the top to retrieve balls was ridiculous. (I assume they disconnect the electrification for tournaments).

Considering the Laurel Lions 2010's are the current Maryland State Cup Champions and have consistently won EDP1 season after season with one of the best youth coaches in the country, picking them to finish well in any tournament is a safe bet.

kids scaling electric wires??????

What makes him "one of the best youth coaches in the country"?

Decades of developing high quality players out of average and below average natural talent.
Decades of coaching teams without star players to outperform big teams with handpicked good players.
Respected by organizations at the highest levels.

So which ones of the 2010s are "average and below average talent?". All of them? Or all of them except one?

You might be mixing them up with that Go Premier U14 team that is 'ranked' #1 in Maryland on GotSoccer.
Yet won only 2 games out of 9 in EDP Fall season with a GD of -15

.....now That is hilarious 🤣 😆

Oh Yeah, that team that advertises constantly for Guest Players all over the internet and uses them to win lower brackets in tournaments?

[Anonymous]

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You might be mixing them up with that Go Premier U14 team that is 'ranked' #1 in Maryland on GotSoccer.
Yet won only 2 games out of 9 in EDP Fall season with a GD of -15

.....now That is hilarious 🤣 😆

They used to have a VERY good kid, he is in DC United now

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Sounds like players/teams with technical skills have an advantage over the kick & runners

Wait, or is it the opposite? haha

Bad fields are the great equalizer. Hurts skilled teams ar more than lesser teams.
That's why lower league teams in the FA Cup tend to let their fields go to crap when playing top teams.

Yep. My prediction for the U14 boys age group this weekend is that Loudon and Laurel will do well, because of this (physical, running teams). Alexandria will be at a disadvantage (small, skilled team). This is based on seeing these teams over a couple years so this year's versions may be different.

This turned out to be pretty accurate. Loudon was top in their bracket and won the tournament. Laurel finished second in theirs. And Alexandria didn't get a win. I saw most of the teams in this bracket, at least for a little bit. The poster above didn't account for the size of Villareal, who looked to be the biggest and fastest of them all. And they were good. I'm not trying to denigrate the kids. They had a great tournament. The second place teams in each bracket, Coppermine and Laurel, had a dominant player up top and a game-plan to get them the ball. Nothing against those teams, either. They took advantage of their strength. It was especially effective on a short, bumpy, un-level field.

This was my first time at Muldoons and it was as embarrassing as advertised. And the goals. OMG, the goals. They were made up of three lengths of too-thin pipe, so that the crossbar sagged in the middle. Fields 1 and 3 literally backed to a horse farm so that skied balls ended up in a pasture. Watching kids scale the wood fence and go over the electrified wire at the top to retrieve balls was ridiculous. (I assume they disconnect the electrification for tournaments).

Considering the Laurel Lions 2010's are the current Maryland State Cup Champions and have consistently won EDP1 season after season with one of the best youth coaches in the country, picking them to finish well in any tournament is a safe bet.

kids scaling electric wires??????

What makes him "one of the best youth coaches in the country"?

Decades of developing high quality players out of average and below average natural talent.
Decades of coaching teams without star players to outperform big teams with handpicked good players.
Respected by organizations at the highest levels.

The funniest thing about this post is that the poster tries to build up the coach by calling decades of his kids untalented.

LMAO!

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

You might be mixing them up with that Go Premier U14 team that is 'ranked' #1 in Maryland on GotSoccer.
Yet won only 2 games out of 9 in EDP Fall season with a GD of -15

.....now That is hilarious 🤣 😆

They used to have a VERY good kid, he is in DC United now

Ya'll are dancing close to the rules by IDing individual kids and teams. I interacted with the Go Premier coach.manager and I just felt like he was trying to do right by his kids. It's hard for small talented teams to stick together as kids get older because parents are attracted by shiny things. Striving parents in this city push their kids too hard and have too high expectations. Let your kids keep loving what they do. If your kid (WITHOUT YOU) is not in the backyard or local park juggling, dribbling, and kicking against a wall... they don't want it as much as you do.

[Anonymous]

I find all this Go Premier Soccer (GPS) hate laughable and I'm sure I know who is behind it. To be clear - GPS finished ranked first in the state this summer. Following the summer, GPS lost FOUR starters to the bigger clubs, which was inevitable because the club produces talent. In its first season in D1, GPS (with only 13 kids on the roster) got blown out twice 7-0 and 4-0. Basically every other game was a one goal game (note the lions game was 0-0 at the half and 2-0 final) - so to the poster laughing about the -15 goal differential...maybe put everything in context.
GPS does not go in lower brackets either - and unlike the Lions, GPS actually wins tourneys.
Last year, the club won Bethesda, Jefferson and Potomac and newsflash, the bracket placement wasn't done by the club. Wake me up when the 2010 Lions win anything other than EDP lol - oh and GPS did better in the regionals than them.
So to sum it all up - GPS is the ranked team in the state and a small small club. Let the haters keep hating.

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Anonymous wrote:I find all this Go Premier Soccer (GPS) hate laughable and I'm sure I know who is behind it. To be clear - GPS finished ranked first in the state this summer. Following the summer, GPS lost FOUR starters to the bigger clubs, which was inevitable because the club produces talent. In its first season in D1, GPS (with only 13 kids on the roster) got blown out twice 7-0 and 4-0. Basically every other game was a one goal game (note the lions game was 0-0 at the half and 2-0 final) - so to the poster laughing about the -15 goal differential...maybe put everything in context.
GPS does not go in lower brackets either - and unlike the Lions, GPS actually wins tourneys.
Last year, the club won Bethesda, Jefferson and Potomac and newsflash, the bracket placement wasn't done by the club. Wake me up when the 2010 Lions win anything other than EDP lol - oh and GPS did better in the regionals than them.
So to sum it all up - GPS is the ranked team in the state and a small small club. Let the haters keep hating.

Ok 2010 lions and GPS parent, take your rilvary elsewhere.