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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Paid to get it on paper rather than an unknown friendly I guess.  Makes no sense to me either, I wonder if these pre-season tournaments/friendlies whatever you want to call it were a thing years ago, or if this is just another thing clubs decided to add to generate revenue.[/quote]

For the older ages, these friendlies give the coach or a new coach time to try new formations, new players, different positions before it matters - ECNL/GA league play. Players begin to develop chemistry as a team. Players are competing for minutes on the field, starting positions at these friendlies and scrims.  It sets the expectations for the next month or more before showcases. These are not a waste of time of the recruiting age teams.

Maybe your kids are too young for these matter, but for older ages, these games are just as important as league matches. But if you are already complaining about driving an hour or wasted time or money to clubs, playing in ECNL will not bode well for you as the kids get older. 
Jump out now and enjoy the game before ECNL ruins it for you. [/quote]

You missed the point. Local teams can coordinate friendlies with other local teams for free without having to pay for expensive tournaments.[/quote]

1 -- Tournaments not expensive as PPs have pointed out.  Reasonable prices

2 -- The flake factor is real without a tournament.  Even for top teams.  People think they can just cancel.

3 -- There is a scrimmage feel for players and there is a game feel.  Pros and kids.  Tournaments give you more of a game feel which is what a coach wants to see at this point in time.

4 -- In this area people go on vacation in the summer.  A lot.  Parents more likely to go with kids if a scrimmage rather than a Showcase or tournament.  You have to manage your people.

5 -- More fun for kids to play in a tournament which is fun rather than a scrimmage which is more like practice.[/quote]

Tournament organizer has entered the chat. [/quote]

Typical lazy thinking.  The fact that people have incentives to make an argument does not undermine the argument, just as the fact that you don't want to spend your time and money make your argument wrong.  Do better please.[/quote]

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