Soccer Games in Maryland

[Anonymous]

Aren't there supposed to be a couple of tournaments in August and over Labor Day at the Soccerplex? Are those still happening?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Aren't there supposed to be a couple of tournaments in August and over Labor Day at the Soccerplex? Are those still happening?

you read everything above? i so no need for this question.

At this point, no, wont happen.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Aren't there supposed to be a couple of tournaments in August and over Labor Day at the Soccerplex? Are those still happening?

Yes. The below is the list of tournaments to be played at the Soccerplex. I think all of them are at risk for not happening.

August 22-23, 2020 - EDP Fall Kick Off
August 28-30, 2020 - August Cup
September 5-7, 2020 - Rush for the Cup
October 10-11, 2020 - Discovery Cup
November 13-15, 2020 - Bethesda Premier Cup - Girls
November 20-22, 2020 - Bethesda Premier Cup - Boys
December 26-27, 2020 - Arctic Shootout Youth & Adult Soccer Tournament

[Anonymous]

I disagree. MoCo and MD are already in a stable place and probably one of the safest places in the nation. Yes, we are testing more and finding more cases but the positive rate is low, ICU beds are no where near capacity and the death rate is low. August tournaments are at risk but by September, with kids basically quarantined, they will open the sports seen up especially to give kids a social outlet that they are missing in school.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I disagree. MoCo and MD are already in a stable place and probably one of the safest places in the nation. Yes, we are testing more and finding more cases but the positive rate is low, ICU beds are no where near capacity and the death rate is low. August tournaments are at risk but by September, with kids basically quarantined, they will open the sports seen up especially to give kids a social outlet that they are missing in school.

Everything is a speculation at this point as it is very fluid and constantly changing. MCPS even just change its back to school plans as well.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I disagree. MoCo and MD are already in a stable place and probably one of the safest places in the nation. Yes, we are testing more and finding more cases but the positive rate is low, ICU beds are no where near capacity and the death rate is low. August tournaments are at risk but by September, with kids basically quarantined, they will open the sports seen up especially to give kids a social outlet that they are missing in school.

It looks like you have not followed the decision thinking process of reopening in the past few months. Governor Hogan focus primarily on test rate and hospitalization. But Montgomery Executive Elrich is very concerned about case number and show strong desire of making it near zero before reopening further.

Based on the experience of other countries, it takes extreme measures to get the case number down the zero. While in US, people have tired of living a locked down life so there is zero possibility of getting it down to what Elrich desires. It is very unlikely to soccer games in Moco in the falls without a miracle.

[Anonymous]

I understand that MSYSA is the insurance holder for all Maryland youth soccer clubs. If the State of Maryland doesn’t allow soccer games/tournaments, can a Maryland soccer club still play in another state (ie VA) and still be covered by insurance?

Similar question. If Maryland allows soccer games/tournaments but MoCo does not. Is a MoCo team (ie BSC, Potomac, etc.) able to play in another state (ie VA) and still be covered by insurance?

Knowing the answers to this would surely help figure out what can or could be options.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Aren't there supposed to be a couple of tournaments in August and over Labor Day at the Soccerplex? Are those still happening?

you read everything above? i so no need for this question.

At this point, no, wont happen.

Lol. The definitely skipped to the end.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I understand that MSYSA is the insurance holder for all Maryland youth soccer clubs. If the State of Maryland doesn’t allow soccer games/tournaments, can a Maryland soccer club still play in another state (ie VA) and still be covered by insurance?

Similar question. If Maryland allows soccer games/tournaments but MoCo does not. Is a MoCo team (ie BSC, Potomac, etc.) able to play in another state (ie VA) and still be covered by insurance?

Knowing the answers to this would surely help figure out what can or could be options.

Even if they could..whhhyyy would they take that risk as a club? Would never see this happening.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I understand that MSYSA is the insurance holder for all Maryland youth soccer clubs. If the State of Maryland doesn’t allow soccer games/tournaments, can a Maryland soccer club still play in another state (ie VA) and still be covered by insurance?

Similar question. If Maryland allows soccer games/tournaments but MoCo does not. Is a MoCo team (ie BSC, Potomac, etc.) able to play in another state (ie VA) and still be covered by insurance?

Knowing the answers to this would surely help figure out what can or could be options.

If you were in charge what would you do?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I understand that MSYSA is the insurance holder for all Maryland youth soccer clubs. If the State of Maryland doesn’t allow soccer games/tournaments, can a Maryland soccer club still play in another state (ie VA) and still be covered by insurance?

Similar question. If Maryland allows soccer games/tournaments but MoCo does not. Is a MoCo team (ie BSC, Potomac, etc.) able to play in another state (ie VA) and still be covered by insurance?

Knowing the answers to this would surely help figure out what can or could be options.

If you were in charge what would you do?

Resign

[Anonymous]

US Soccer sent basically a warning letter to clubs yesterday saying US Soccer insurance clubs requires that they follow public health guidelines to be valid. Some clubs seem to be cutting corners and trying to rush a reopening before it's considered safe by local authorities.

https://www.soccerwire.com/news/us-club-soccer-ceo-kevin-payne-urges-members-to-err-on-side-of-caution-this-season/

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I understand that MSYSA is the insurance holder for all Maryland youth soccer clubs. If the State of Maryland doesn’t allow soccer games/tournaments, can a Maryland soccer club still play in another state (ie VA) and still be covered by insurance?

Similar question. If Maryland allows soccer games/tournaments but MoCo does not. Is a MoCo team (ie BSC, Potomac, etc.) able to play in another state (ie VA) and still be covered by insurance?

Knowing the answers to this would surely help figure out what can or could be options.

I guess it's yes, because msysa would be happy to pocket the money per player from each club.

[Anonymous]

https://bethesdamagazine.com/bethesda-beat/coronavirus/montgomery-county-other-jurisdictions-ask-state-to-renew-covid-19-restrictions/

Our Moco numbers - even by Gayles analysis yesterday - are fine; could be better, but stable. Hospitalizations ICUs and deaths have been going down Week on week . Yet on the same day he says the numbers mean the schools stay closed.

I don’t see Moco moving on anything until rest of state trends down again. Probably post summer - past OC, and once Baltimore city and county # get under control. And agree with pp - probably when case numbers in Moco are closer to zero

[Anonymous]

In fairness to Montgomery County, soccer's classification in the overall State Roadmap to Recovery has been a source of confusion. The State plan categorized activities as low risk, medium risk, and high risk. When many of us first read the plan, we assumed that for soccer, that would a continuum that would place team drills with distancing in the low risk category. Medium risk would include team based practice and intersquad scrimmaging, and the highest risk would be resumption of full competition.The highest risk category might start with local competition only and progress to tournaments with teams from different geographic areas.
This interpretation is consistent with the CDC guidelines (Considerations for Youth Sports).

https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-ncov/community/schools-childcare/youth-sports.html

Based on these recommendations, various leagues developed return to play plans.

But it was never clear how the phases for returning to play fit within the State guidelines. If you assume that in the State's Roadmap to Recovery, resumption for full play is a high risk activity, then games would not have started until the state is in Phase 3 of the recovery plan. The Governor's initial guidance for resumption of sports allowed for lower risk activities - socially distanced team training, as part of Phase 2 (or maybe even later in Phase 1 - I can't recall exactly).

Then, in mid-June, the Governor issued new guidance that basically allowed youth sports to return to normal. While the State is in Phase 2, youth sports seem to have no particular limit established at the State level.

https://commerce.maryland.gov/Documents/BusinessResource/Youth-Sports-COVID-19-Best-Practices.pdf

Of course buried in that guidance are qualifiers like "Individual groups or teams should not exceed the limit of the sports’ sanctioning organization. Group members and teams should limit mixing when possible (that is, try to avoid rearranging group members, even during scrimmages or games)."

I could be getting the timeline wrong, but I found all of this very confusing. It seemed like we went from "it's ok to resume socially distanced drills with the team" to "you can start playing full games" in a week or two.