how are tournaments going?

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Anonymous wrote:I have a lot of sympathy for the young refs, but we had a U11 boys game at the battlefield tournament this afternoon that was allowed to get dangerously out of control. Really rough play uncalled and lucky no one got seriously hurt.

Ref probably got tired of parents screaming “let them play” every time they called a foul.

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Bethesda is the best team in 10G division.

Better than the other two teams that actually made the final?

Yes.

If that was the case, wouldn’t Bethesda made it to the final too?

Bethesda, Ukrainian nationals, VDA, BRAVE were a group. The other side was not nearly as strong.

Typical poor loser Bethesda parent. FC Delco was on the other side who is currently #1 in North Atlantic ECNL AND ranked higher than Bethesda on the App they hate so much.

Bethesda lost to a GA team. That GA team won the bracket and then lost to another GA team who I dare not mention in the final. The GA team that won WAGS had to beat the top North Atlantic ECNL team who is ranked #13 in the country in order to win their own bracket.

Bethesda parents come here and complain about being “ranked too low” in Youth Soccer App because they were ECNL Semi-finalist. Well, you got your answer this weekend.

Didn’t bethesda also lose to a GA team in a tournament in May? Maybe the ECNL semi final was the outlier for them and this is more the norm. Must have been some lucky breaks/calls in their favor/sick opposing player. Or do those things only matter when bethesda loses?

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Where was Union at WAGS?

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Anonymous wrote:Where was Union at WAGS?

Some local teams chose EDP Cup.
One thing I thought was interesting was a Union kid I know was guesting on another team.

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Anonymous wrote:Where was Union at WAGS?

09s were there, lost to Arlington.

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One thing I saw at both WAGS and the Heritage Cup (and I see this frequently), was parents sitting way too close to the field.

It is worse at ulittle when there are no linesmen, but I’m always amazed at parents who set up right on the sideline. Saw uLittle Alexandria parents today with their chairs on the sideline and their feet literally on the field. Tournaments, refs, and teams need to do better on this.

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Anonymous wrote:Where was Union at WAGS?

09s were there, lost to Arlington.

Lost to PPA 09s as well.

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Anonymous wrote:One thing I saw at both WAGS and the Heritage Cup (and I see this frequently), was parents sitting way too close to the field.

It is worse at ulittle when there are no linesmen, but I’m always amazed at parents who set up right on the sideline. Saw uLittle Alexandria parents today with their chairs on the sideline and their feet literally on the field. Tournaments, refs, and teams need to do better on this.

Edp cup drew a 5m line from the field for parents to not cross.

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Sometimes there’s no room. Like on field 2 at Spring Hill.

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Bethesda is the best team in 10G division.

Better than the other two teams that actually made the final?

Yes.

If that was the case, wouldn’t Bethesda made it to the final too?

Bethesda, Ukrainian nationals, VDA, BRAVE were a group. The other side was not nearly as strong.

Typical poor loser Bethesda parent. FC Delco was on the other side who is currently #1 in North Atlantic ECNL AND ranked higher than Bethesda on the App they hate so much.

Bethesda lost to a GA team. That GA team won the bracket and then lost to another GA team who I dare not mention in the final. The GA team that won WAGS had to beat the top North Atlantic ECNL team who is ranked #13 in the country in order to win their own bracket.

Bethesda parents come here and complain about being “ranked too low” in Youth Soccer App because they were ECNL Semi-finalist. Well, you got your answer this weekend.

Didn’t bethesda also lose to a GA team in a tournament in May? Maybe the ECNL semi final was the outlier for them and this is more the norm. Must have been some lucky breaks/calls in their favor/sick opposing player. Or do those things only matter when bethesda loses?

How long has Bethesda had their 2010 coach? How do parents deal with that?

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Had generally good refs at SAC but one exceptionally disgraceful one. A miracle no one was seriously injured. Also a random observation: the boys parents at this tournament were crazier than the girls, which isn’t my usual experience.

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Anonymous wrote:GA teams are doing very well in the 2010 girls bracket against top ECNL teams. A bit surprising.

Ukranian Nationals are my favorite team to watch and play against. They beat DD's team consistently, but they are just gorgeous to watch. I would love DD's team to play like them!

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Anonymous wrote:Had generally good refs at SAC but one exceptionally disgraceful one. A miracle no one was seriously injured. Also a random observation: the boys parents at this tournament were crazier than the girls, which isn’t my usual experience.

Maybe most of the nutty girl parents were at WAGS this year.

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Anonymous wrote:how are the weekend tournaments going?

the weather was cruddy for us today but otherwise everything is fine at WAGS. It is a little annoying to play the same teams we always play but at least it is local.

Agreed here. Luckily only one of our games was like that, but I do wish there was a way to mix things up a bunch more.

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I saw some exceptionally bad sideline behavior from the parents of a team from New York. The parents got carded. The girls were U12.