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Given that this was the second year in a row that the fields at issue have been unplayable for this tournament,[/quote]

Not sure what you mean by that. I don't recall having any field issues with the tournament last year. [/quote]

At their best the fields are TERRIBLE. Can we stop defending Bethesda charging $1000 for kids to play on thick grass, poorly drained, poorly drawn, uneven Polo fields?

Lets start there. Muldoons should only serve as the backup, emergency plan fields, not the primary fields. [/quote]

No one's defending them...just pointing out facts. The fields were not unplayable last year. [/quote]

As a technical matter, games were played on those fields last year, so I guess you are correct that they were "not unplayable."  However, we saw numerous games at Summer Hill last year where portions of the field were nothing but mud, and that was by the third morning game on Saturday.  One of the fields that morning was basically all mud from midfield to the penalty area of one side, and nearly the entire width of the field.  The ref followed play from the sideline, as he did not want to slip in the mud.  Yes, games were still played on these fields, but they were so muddy that they were not safe for the players or the ref, and equating what was played on those fields to "soccer" is like equating one of those sand soccer games at the beach to a soccer game played on grass or turf.  (Maybe we found a new way for BSC to market its tournament at Muldoons/Summer Hill:  "Premier Mud Soccer Cup").

Nobody is saying the fields last year were as bad as they were this year, but the fields were a mess last year, and games should not have been played at many of them.

Some of the girls teams that played on those fields were McLean's top team and Arlington, and neither McLean's top team nor Arlington were in the Premier Cup this year for those age groups.  McLean instead chose to go to the Girls Junior Showcase tournament in NC the week before Premier Cup.  Hmmm.  I wonder if there is any link between their experience last year and their decision not to attend Premier Cup this year . . .  Even BSC's leadership group should be able to figure this one out.  [/quote]

My kids were at Muldoons last year and it was the same. The far back fields were extremely muddy and getting to them meant wading through mud for all of us. The field conditions absolutely affected the play. If it were a one-time thing and you learn your lesson, that would be one thing. But year after year, I don't get it. I guess they continue to use Muldoons and Summer Hill because we continue to register!

I don't know what they are thinking about this coming weekend. It is kind of no-win at this point. If they don't cancel and it is a mudpit (it will be!), people are going to be annoyed. If they start and have to cancel like last week, people will be (rightfully) livid. How can this end well??[/quote]

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