Richmond Ultimate Cup

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Anonymous wrote:We went a couple years back as a U13 team. Perfectly fine tournament that will have your DD see some teams they don't normally play against. No reason not to attend it if you have an open weekend. Facilities good; scores updated quickly; good location.

Thanks so much for your post. Positive. Cheerful. Helpful. Hard to come across on DCUM so my heartfelt thanks.

However, don’t you find the point system rather ludicrous? Give points for goals and clean sheets?

PP here... we've been to a couple tournaments with this system. Jeff Cup does it too. It's a way to pretty much guarantee there won't be a tie and essentially incorporates what other tournaments do, just as points up front. Most, if not all, tournaments give 3 points W, 1 point T, and 0 for a loss... if there is a tie in a bracket, then it goes to something like goal difference, then goals scored, then goals conceded, and maybe 1 point extra for a shutout. So, this tournament and Jeff Cup put all this right up front. It's all the same and again, almost certainly eliminates any ties because wins/losses/ties, plus goals scored (even for losing sides) add up to your point total. Hope you go!

My DD got chosen to play up with the older girls so I guess we’re going. Are you!?

Not this year. We'll be doing VDA and Loudoun showcases. Your DD will very much like this tournament.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:We went a couple years back as a U13 team. Perfectly fine tournament that will have your DD see some teams they don't normally play against. No reason not to attend it if you have an open weekend. Facilities good; scores updated quickly; good location.

Thanks so much for your post. Positive. Cheerful. Helpful. Hard to come across on DCUM so my heartfelt thanks.

However, don’t you find the point system rather ludicrous? Give points for goals and clean sheets?

PP here... we've been to a couple tournaments with this system. Jeff Cup does it too. It's a way to pretty much guarantee there won't be a tie and essentially incorporates what other tournaments do, just as points up front. Most, if not all, tournaments give 3 points W, 1 point T, and 0 for a loss... if there is a tie in a bracket, then it goes to something like goal difference, then goals scored, then goals conceded, and maybe 1 point extra for a shutout. So, this tournament and Jeff Cup put all this right up front. It's all the same and again, almost certainly eliminates any ties because wins/losses/ties, plus goals scored (even for losing sides) add up to your point total. Hope you go!

My DD got chosen to play up with the older girls so I guess we’re going. Are you!?

Not this year. We'll be doing VDA and Loudoun showcases. Your DD will very much like this tournament.

When’s the Vda showcase

[Anonymous]

Following local clubs competed this weekend at the Ultimate Cup down in Richmond

TSJ FCV
VA Revolution
Loudoun Soccer
SYA
BRYC

Different degrees of success for our teams. Noteworthy that Revolution had all its teams make it to the finals.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Following local clubs competed this weekend at the Ultimate Cup down in Richmond

TSJ FCV
VA Revolution
Loudoun Soccer
SYA
BRYC

Different degrees of success for our teams. Noteworthy that Revolution had all its teams make it to the finals.

All four of them and in the lowest brackets. Congrats.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Following local clubs competed this weekend at the Ultimate Cup down in Richmond

TSJ FCV
VA Revolution
Loudoun Soccer
SYA
BRYC

Different degrees of success for our teams. Noteworthy that Revolution had all its teams make it to the finals.

These clubs too...


Maryland United
Maryland Rush
PWSI
VISTA

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Following local clubs competed this weekend at the Ultimate Cup down in Richmond

TSJ FCV
VA Revolution
Loudoun Soccer
SYA
BRYC

Different degrees of success for our teams. Noteworthy that Revolution had all its teams make it to the finals.

All four of them and in the lowest brackets. Congrats.

Most clubs don't have the final say so about which brackets their teams get assigned to. You ultimately play the schedule you get from the tournament organizers, do you not? For the record, it looks like the club you're talking about only had three girls teams playing with two of them in the lowest bracket and one in the middle bracket. OP simply said that this club did "well" (sure, that's relative) given the brackets that they were assigned to.

[Anonymous]

Didn't many of those clubs send B/C teams anyway? I.e. the players who won't be in the Jeff Cup etc.?