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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I’ll give you 2 “bronze level” teams getting on an airplane. U13 girls eastern president’s  cup finals Beadlings 3rd team played Arlington’s 4th team. Both advanced to Nationals in Kansas in July. [/quote]

Great!  I hope that is not what OP is talking about.  This is a national championship.  [/quote]

And that's important, because we only have about 12 of those.[/quote]

I think this is a snooty response. Most kids won’t ever have the change to play in a national championship. Mine’s been playing for 9 years and has yet to attend one. He’d love the opportunity. Just because his team isn’t MLSN or ECNL doesn’t make it meaningless. [/quote]

There are so many better opportunities in soccer than a "national championship" that isn't.

I see the appeal of playing one tournament a year or at least one tournament in a playing career somewhere far away -- Disney, California, etc. That'd be much more fun than going to Kansas to be one of several teams in the same age group to call itself a national champion. [/quote]

They didn't choose to go to Kansas because it'll be a fun trip. Like many local teams they entered the Virginia Presidents Cup tournament. It's a good tournament with fairly local games in Virginia. They probably didn't expect to win the state tournament, but if you do, you advance to the finals in Kansas. At that point, it's not like the team will just decline to go because it's in Kansas. They have to see it through. It's a great accomplishment and a trip they are likely to remember. [/quote]

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