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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]It is silly to go to an out-of-state tournament now for obvious reasons.  People just do not want to incur the costs and deal with the restrictions on travel -- or pay the money for team play, and risk illness for themselves, their kids, their family or co-workers.

All in all -- you would be looking at spending, ballpark, $500 per kid between the kid's share of the tournament costs, plus hotel and travel costs.  Alternatively, your coach could give a call to two or three other coaches of comparable teams in your immediate area and do a round-robin "tournament".  You could split the costs of field rental and refs and you would be in for say $300-$500 a team.  If you wanted to offer food -- you probably could get some food trucks to come out and/or delivery services to bring food to the fields.

We did that approach years ago with my daughter's u16s and u17s and invited coaches from all the girls' colleges within about a 100 mile radius.  We had 4 good teams do 60 minute round robin games.  Everyone kicked in $50 and there was money to spare after paying for field usage, refs, food and drinks for the kids and refs,  food and drinks for the coaches, mileage reimbursement and 4-5 hotel rooms for coaches coming from longer distances.  It was a great "showcase" event for the teams.

All of the teams were of a caliber that about 10-12 kids were going to play in college at some level (DI to DIII) so it was attractive for coaches to come watch.  In other words -- they got to see good players who live in the area and are likely to go to school in the area.  Parents were out of pocket maybe $100 when they added in our own meal costs, and we got a huge bang for the buck on recruitment.  Coaches got to see, realistically, 30-40 kids who were going to play college ball and it cost them nothing.  The clubs got great PR and a chance to build on coaching relationships.

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All of this right here.

Why is this so hard for people to grasp?[/quote]

Everybody has an opinion. Many play ECNL and will have to travel anyway. There is more associated with our neighborhood pool IMO. There is risk every time you go to the grocery store or gas station.

At this point, we agree to disagree. You stay safe and I’ll keep using my mask and hand sanitizer! Best wishes to all of you regardless! [/quote]

And I can guarantee you that ECNL league games in the fall will be restricted to VA.

Just another reality you’ll have to accept. ECNL will not be scheduling bus trip weekends this fall.

Keep your head in the sand though. [/quote]

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