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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Bethesda Premier Cup has been going on for over 35 years and has always been played in early November.  Yes, last year the tournament had major issues with the cancellations primarily due to inclement weather but also because they were trying to do too much in two weekends (too many teams and age groups to re-schedule to fields that were not closed due to the snow)
  
This year they expanded the tournament to three weekends to help spread teams out over better quality fields and lesson the risk of running out of fields due to bad weather. They had Nov 9th weekend (u9-u13 Boys and Girls), Nov 16th weekend (older girls showcase), and this past week, Nov 23rd (older boys showcase). They also offered insurance to all guest teams in case of weather cancellations.

Yes, there is still room for improvement, but for the most part, the first two weekends went smoothly and largely issue free.  There were even comments on this forum on how much better the first weekend went and the usage of Morven Parks (instead of Muldoons) was well received.  For the first weekend, they did have to reduce games by 5 minutes per half during the first day due to frost, but the Finals on the second day were full games.

Reducing games by 10 minutes a half seems a bit much but most likely had to be done to fit in all the games before sunset.  Most likely the Finals held on Sundays were all full games.

It is never a perfect tournament and is largely run by volunteers but without the volunteers it couldn't be run at all.  Most of the dues go to the field fees, referees, and medical staff needed for each group of fields...along with trophies for division winners and runner-ups.

For the most part the Bethesda tournament is meant to be a showcase tournament for college recruits to view high school age boys and girls.  The tournament remains very popular with college recruiters hence it will continue to draw a lot of teams all over the northeast..with some teams coming from other regions as well.

Due to its popularity roughly only 3/4s of the teams who apply get accepted for age groups over 12, so the tournament does self relegate its overall size and it isn't necessarily and all out money grab as some here may imply.[/quote]

Very well said and I completely agree on all points. Our team played the first weekend and it couldn’t have been better. Field closures and delays is dot rates by Soccerplex to protect the fields. No one has control over the weather and Mother Nature. [/quote]

The officiating left something to be desired that weekend. In the first two games there was a ref and two lines people. The last and most important game for us, there was single official  and lots of missed calls. They should be able to guarantee consistency in the number of officials.[/quote]

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