Ncsl schedule, field at Sterling Elementary?

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Anonymous wrote:Is it even possible to anchor pop up goals into the ground? I have never seen an NCSL game played with popup goals.

Even if you could, you would then have to change out the smaller goals for larger goals in the fifteen minutes between games and then anchor the new goals into the ground.

they're easy to anchor with tent stakes

Who is going to be resetting the field and changing out installed goals between every game? This sounds nuts to me. You need sandbags as well, correct?

We have a high school field that we use for 9v9 and 11v11. The goals take 5 minutes to move off of the field and the flags take a few seconds. It's not a big deal

You use popup goals, tent stakes and sandbags? Or goals on wheels?

LOL no one uses pop up goals! I have had 2 kids play in NCSL and not even their U9 or U10 games were ever played with pop up goals.

Regardless, I don't think the goals are the issue. If you show up to a nice grass field and there are safely installed popup goals that are the correct size, no big deal. The dealbreaker with this field is that home run fence. There is no way to lay out a soccer field to give enough clearance away from the fence and to have the field be a reasonable size for 11 v 11 play.

Look at this team's site. The have full size popup goals in the picture and no real goals. This is a charity focusing on soccer for a poor community. They don't have resources

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Anonymous wrote:Is it even possible to anchor pop up goals into the ground? I have never seen an NCSL game played with popup goals.

Even if you could, you would then have to change out the smaller goals for larger goals in the fifteen minutes between games and then anchor the new goals into the ground.

they're easy to anchor with tent stakes

Who is going to be resetting the field and changing out installed goals between every game? This sounds nuts to me. You need sandbags as well, correct?

We have a high school field that we use for 9v9 and 11v11. The goals take 5 minutes to move off of the field and the flags take a few seconds. It's not a big deal

You use popup goals, tent stakes and sandbags? Or goals on wheels?

Goals on wheels. The full size goals are permanent, the 9x9 and on wheels and chained together off the field when not in use. With parents helping, the change is easy to make during warmups

They aren't going to have goals on wheels.

I don't think the other teama should have to play on unsafe, non-conforming fields because someone wanted to DIY a rec league when there are many other available local soccer scholarship programs that are actually well run.

[Anonymous]

They need to go back to Loudoun county and get space on a field that 11v11 games can be played on.

How did NCSL approve this when the field doesn't meet their own listed requirements?

[Anonymous]

NCSL wants to collect fees. They don't care about whether the field is playable. "Its just rec!" They might be hoping the other orgs offer to donate their paid-for field space and cover the ref fees to avoid having to play on this field, but they really don't care, they got paid.

This is why people who make money professionally off club soccer shouldn't be involved with rec leagues.

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Anonymous wrote:NCSL wants to collect fees. They don't care about whether the field is playable. "Its just rec!" They might be hoping the other orgs offer to donate their paid-for field space and cover the ref fees to avoid having to play on this field, but they really don't care, they got paid.

This is why people who make money professionally off club soccer shouldn't be involved with rec leagues.

Best case is parents get fed up and sign up for travel- more $$$ for NCSL

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I drive by that school on my commute home, so I stopped and looked today bc I am nosy and saw this thread.

There is no soccer field set up, no lines, no goals, its just a patch of grass and it is not large enough for a soccer game for older kids. The fence runs right thru where part of the game field would be.

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NCSL does not cruise by all the fields clubs enter, be realistic. If there is an issue, someone needs to let them know about it. Coming here to complain won't solve the issue.