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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote]My kid (boy) who is an ASA player, did the tournament. I was pretty frustrated with the event as our team was not well-matched against our opponents. I get that the team is going to lose at times, which is fine, but all 3 of our opponents were clearly much more athletic kids that were better at soccer. I'm not sure how this was set up, but it was super discouraging for our kids.

Perfectly normal - Perhaps you are a U9 parent? If so, talk with parents on older teams and they will tell you this is pretty normal in U9 tournaments at the beginning of the year. Things and kids can change a lot in a short period. But you put your finger on something very important - how to keep their chins up at that age and avoid getting down on themselves and others. This can happen to teams in top brackets even when they win most of their games. It’s part of the growth process through supports and requires good parents. You are in a good club environment for that. We have been in other environments that were not.[/quote]

No, definitely not U9.  We have done this particular tournament in several previous years, as well as many other tournaments over the time that DS has been playing.  And this is the most disappointed I have ever been in terms of us being completely outmatched by every team we played against.  [/quote]

This is fairly normal for many tourneys to have some momentum that swings for and against. Some teams against whom we were evenly matched or struggled against in the regular season we dominated in a tourney. And vice versa. [/quote]

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