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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]My thoughts on the tournament (09 MLSNext parent)

1. No muddy conditions on the fields (Which i was worried about) and it didn't rain.
2. Fields were about as expected given it is a farm. Lots of ups and downs on the field (I know, first world problems).
3. Fields seemed small for U13's although Bethesda used every inch of evaluable real estate for the 5 fields. You could really tell on the corner kicks.
4. Parent/coach-player areas were well marked and no crazy farmer yelling to get off the grass.

Given the fields, it really did change the nature of play for some of the teams. Looked like a lot more direct play was going on than is usually the case with some of the teams (Alexandria and PPA for example).  The top bracket seemed to have a good level of competition for the most part and it we had a fun weekend. [/quote]

I heard the refs were pretty bad in general at this site.  Lots of letting fouls go and getting dangerous. Do you agree?[/quote]

I'm not the quoted PP, but I am also an O9 parent for a team who played in the top bracket (not MLSNext, though).  My impressions are very similar to the quoted PP.  I thought that the fields were in about the best shape they could be given that it's a farm and the surface is not level.  The fields were very small, though.  And the goal posts didn't look particularly sturdy (and didn't have many right angles, as one of the dads on our team joked!).  I actually talked to Farmer Joe at one point, and he is a really nice guy.

I found the refs to be very inconsistent, from game to game.  The ref in one game always seemed to be blowing his whistle for something or other.  The game stopped and started constantly.  It seemed to me like he was favoring the home team, but that could just be my natural bias as a parent for the other team (although I don't usually form an impression that refs favor one team over the other).  But questions of favoritism/bias aside, there is no question that he called a lot of fouls. Many for very marginal things.  On the other hand, the ref in another game almost never blew his whistle and let a lot of fouls go (for both teams).  Things got fairly physical in that game, but not dangerous.  The ref in the other game was pretty good.

On Saturday, I was in the tent area and happened to talk to one of the BSC parent organizers for the tournament, and he mentioned that the Muldoon's Farm site was short a handful of refs due to last minute cancellations and/or no-shows.  He said that some people had to step in to ref at the last minute to officiate some games.  A parent on our team also had to step in to be the AR in one game.  All in all, I would say that it wasn't one of the better officiated tournaments I have seen, but I didn't see any harm done.  Nor did the officiating affect the outcomes of any of the games I watched. [/quote]

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