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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]In my opinion, it's truly difficult to find quality of play in tournaments like these that don't draw the top top teams.  Maybe some age groups and genders had a few top teams but in general, they were mostly B teams or middle of the road clubs.  And there is nothing wrong with these teams playing and competing and having fun but in general the quality of soccer is terrible.  I'd say 95% of the kids have a horrible first touch. Can't trap the ball out of the air.  Don't have any accuracy with playing a driven ball.  Can't receive, turn, and drive. Speed of play is snail pace. The shooting is terrible.  The shots either look like they are chipping the ball to the keeper, passing it right at him, or bombing it over the goal or wide.  Of course there are exceptions to all of this but, in general, these tournaments are about kids having fun and very little quality soccer.  And this is certainly my kid too! So I'm saying there were very, very few quality TEAMS there but of course there were a few quality PLAYERS.  This goes for all of the local Labor Day Tournaments such as OBGC, Dulles, Rush, etc.  You might see some quality teams when WAGS rolls around.[/quote]

On the girl’s side some of lower teams play fairly well. The “top” teams speed of play is nit that much better but they run faster. So the players have success making contact and being physical. When you see a team with a high speed of play the ball is gone before contact.

One of the biggest problem with the tournaments is 4 games in 2-3 days. When players get tired the quality of the games goes down and it usually becomes a kick ball wrestling match. [/quote]

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