Rising Stars Cup - August Tournament
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Anonymous
| I actually wonder if they let some of these no name local teams play for free to try to fill up their brackets. |
Anonymous
No, have not heard of many. ATL Express is a trainer like False 8 and Next Star. SYC is the king of FOMO so they are an easy target. They are the kings and queens of trophy hunting. As a previous poster mentioned, our kids may not be privy to the private trainers who are bringing teams. One issue is my kid is on the 1st team of a major MLS Next 1 badged club and training during the summer with alot of top kids here in the DMV and not one mentioned the Rising Stars Cup. 🤔 Another issue is playing invites posted here and other social media platforms. Does not feel really exclusive. We will be on vacation and I am really good in the art of missing out. Good luck to those who participate and I actually hope it is not a train wreck that shames the DMV soccer scene and makes people think we don’t actually have ballers. |
Anonymous
| Futboltech is a futsal/F9ish training program too that just gathers instagram kids. Looks like SWAG is as well. The trainers have found a new way to milk us! |
Anonymous
| My favorite post of last 24 hours on the guest page, someone had 5 2015s just drop off and need guest. Smart(er) ATL/CHI/GER/ORL parents I hope? |
Anonymous
| There's a guest page? Where? |
Anonymous
Snapchat |
Anonymous
| The u12 schedule has the kids playing two games back to back on Friday with no "one game" grace like normal. Seems like a mistake? |
Anonymous
| My kids don't even play soccer anymore but I am now heavily invested in what happens with this tournament, lol. |
Anonymous
| It started today! Just bumping for updates. |
Anonymous
Um-- it isn't until next weekend? They just added another no name/local trainer team |
Anonymous
oh right my bad. so who are all the real teams and who are the fake insta-train teams? |
Anonymous
No Arlington, No Celtic, No Coppermine, No Alexandria, No Bethesda, No Achilles, etc. I am just hope they are going to play this thing. We have enough tarnishing DC right now. I do not want to add youth soccer to the mix if all of these people were just duped. |
Anonymous
| The only "real" age group is the 2014s. Looks like syc added another team yesterday there. Its 50/50 "real" clubs |
Anonymous
| I definitely do not see Philadelphia Union in any bracket. |
Anonymous
Swag is Philly Union kids |