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We were a rec team, but had girls chosen from across multiple rec teams, so it was an "All Star" thing for us.  However, this team only got to have three practices together before this weekend.  When we go against Loudoun, who has had a team picked from across their entire county and have been practicing together for a entire season, it does feel rather like David and Goliath.  But in any case, the tournament should be all rec teams. I guess the choice to do a season long all star team is up to the organization, and CYA/SYA just doesn't do that.

And yes, with the low participation in this tournament, there were teams that were the regular season rec teams that went to the tournament as a team.  But I do know at least one of those teams made the final.

I wish there had been a consolation game for our age group.  We were up against the top Loudoun team in our flight for our first game, and when we lost that first game, we basically lost any chance at the finals even though we tied for 2nd for points across our age group.

So my review as a parent is that I wish our team could have played in the larger FPYC tournament, this one definitely had fewer participants. I wish the seeding/qualificiation process was better, but overall the tournament was run fine.  
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The Loudoun team only has 5 practices before the tournament. They don't practice together all season. The majority of the team does remain the same from season to season so the girls are familiar with each other. [/quote]

Being the same from season to season seems really shady. [/quote]

I’m not sure what you mean by calling Loudoun “shady”. Are you just being a sore loser?[/quote]

Jesus, at least be honest, everyone knows Loudoun games the system and doesn't even compete in the SFL, now NWSL, like every other participating REC team.

But please enlighten us on this team of strangers coming together one week in June. Go ahead, we'll wait. [/quote]

I'm still not hearing any reasons for them to be called "shady", it really makes you sound like a sore loser. Are you upset that they practice earlier in the season? Any league could put their all star teams together at the beginning of the season instead of at the end and start have semi regular practices to be better prepared. Would you rather have your all star team play more regular season rec teams so you can get an easy win or would you rather face some good competition and try to motivate to win and get better. If you are really that sore about it, just wait until u13 and then you don't have to cry about it anymore when loudoun stops participating.[/quote]

Loudoun is shady, there is no echo in here. Your teams do not compete in the same recreational league that everyone else does, which can reasonably lead most to believe these are permanent teams who compete in other events, perhaps tournaments in other areas.

Now one might conclude that that's a form of travel. But you're right about one thing, teams do it differently, some are transparent and ethical, others are Loudoun. [/quote]

This is a crazy take.

Both of my kids were on Loudoun all star teams. They tried out, practiced separately from their teams, and played together in a single tournament. They enjoyed the entire process - for example my daughter’s all stars coach was a travel coach and she learned so much. You can hate Loudoun but you should have your facts straight.[/quote]

You just proved all the points that were made above. [/quote]

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