Anonymous wrote:ultimately all tournaments are meaningless rec or travel. when my dds played rec they were very serious hardcore about the all star tournament and wanted to win and would not have been happy about the award being a silly sombrero. other kids might be there for the snow cones and that's fine too.

op-do FPYC. on their website they list cya as a participating so it seems like even their own rec club isn't wanting to do the valor tournament. bad sign.

Anonymous wrote:ultimately all tournaments are meaningless rec or travel. when my dds played rec they were very serious hardcore about the all star tournament and wanted to win and would not have been happy about the award being a silly sombrero. other kids might be there for the snow cones and that's fine too.

op-do FPYC. on their website they list cya as a participating so it seems like even their own rec club isn't wanting to do the valor tournament. bad sign.

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Anonymous wrote:Our club, Sterling, does FPYC every spring and when my kids played in rec, they had a good time.

I would be pretty uncomfortable with that South of the Border theme personally. Many of our older rec players are Hispanic kids. If i was in charge, there is no way I would be comfortable opting in for a tournament with that theming. (Why do they need a kitchsy jokey theme? Can't "All Stars" be the theme? I agree with pp's kid-the vibe is that rec soccer is a joke with janky medals.)

I looked up their ad for it. Its certainly a Vibe. I can see a bunch of old white guys named Mike and Steve all wearing Adidas tracksuits sitting around a table somewhere brainstorming ways to scam money out of rec players and cackling with laughter over the "Mexican hat" theme. 'Its just rec! Its just for fun! Who cares? Let's get sombreros! Taco Tuesday!" Yukyukyuk.

Its too bad for the cya all star players who don't get to go to a decent tournament bc some greedy old guys want to make money off them. I know most of us do have that 'its just rec' feeling to a certain extent but the all star teams are usually the more serious rec players who maybe can't afford club.

The whole tournament will probably just be CYA teams playing each other for the coveted sombrero cup. Then some loser coach will act all high and mighty that they finally won a rec tournament and get a glass frame for the mexican hat cup and put it on display in their home office along with their boy scout badges from 1989.

Have all stars teams even been announced yet with player submissions and line-ups? Our group coordinator usually waits until the last minute to put the team together and coaches it with 1-2 practice sessions total for about a week before the tournament. Then everyone is shocked that our team usually loses and he makes up some conspiracy excuses as to why we lost.

Just curious how other all star teams do it. I hear that some leagues and coordinators actually form a team at the beginning to middle of the season and add an extra practice session per week leading up to the tournament.

Our rec team sends invites about 2 weeks before the tournament. They practice twice a week so get in 4 or 5 sessions before the tournament.

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Anonymous wrote:Our club, Sterling, does FPYC every spring and when my kids played in rec, they had a good time.

I would be pretty uncomfortable with that South of the Border theme personally. Many of our older rec players are Hispanic kids. If i was in charge, there is no way I would be comfortable opting in for a tournament with that theming. (Why do they need a kitchsy jokey theme? Can't "All Stars" be the theme? I agree with pp's kid-the vibe is that rec soccer is a joke with janky medals.)

I looked up their ad for it. Its certainly a Vibe. I can see a bunch of old white guys named Mike and Steve all wearing Adidas tracksuits sitting around a table somewhere brainstorming ways to scam money out of rec players and cackling with laughter over the "Mexican hat" theme. 'Its just rec! Its just for fun! Who cares? Let's get sombreros! Taco Tuesday!" Yukyukyuk.

Its too bad for the cya all star players who don't get to go to a decent tournament bc some greedy old guys want to make money off them. I know most of us do have that 'its just rec' feeling to a certain extent but the all star teams are usually the more serious rec players who maybe can't afford club.

The whole tournament will probably just be CYA teams playing each other for the coveted sombrero cup. Then some loser coach will act all high and mighty that they finally won a rec tournament and get a glass frame for the mexican hat cup and put it on display in their home office along with their boy scout badges from 1989.

Have all stars teams even been announced yet with player submissions and line-ups? Our group coordinator usually waits until the last minute to put the team together and coaches it with 1-2 practice sessions total for about a week before the tournament. Then everyone is shocked that our team usually loses and he makes up some conspiracy excuses as to why we lost.

Just curious how other all star teams do it. I hear that some leagues and coordinators actually form a team at the beginning to middle of the season and add an extra practice session per week leading up to the tournament.

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Anonymous wrote:Our club, Sterling, does FPYC every spring and when my kids played in rec, they had a good time.

I would be pretty uncomfortable with that South of the Border theme personally. Many of our older rec players are Hispanic kids. If i was in charge, there is no way I would be comfortable opting in for a tournament with that theming. (Why do they need a kitchsy jokey theme? Can't "All Stars" be the theme? I agree with pp's kid-the vibe is that rec soccer is a joke with janky medals.)

I looked up their ad for it. Its certainly a Vibe. I can see a bunch of old white guys named Mike and Steve all wearing Adidas tracksuits sitting around a table somewhere brainstorming ways to scam money out of rec players and cackling with laughter over the "Mexican hat" theme. 'Its just rec! Its just for fun! Who cares? Let's get sombreros! Taco Tuesday!" Yukyukyuk.

Its too bad for the cya all star players who don't get to go to a decent tournament bc some greedy old guys want to make money off them. I know most of us do have that 'its just rec' feeling to a certain extent but the all star teams are usually the more serious rec players who maybe can't afford club.

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Anonymous wrote:Our club, Sterling, does FPYC every spring and when my kids played in rec, they had a good time.

I would be pretty uncomfortable with that South of the Border theme personally. Many of our older rec players are Hispanic kids. If i was in charge, there is no way I would be comfortable opting in for a tournament with that theming. (Why do they need a kitchsy jokey theme? Can't "All Stars" be the theme? I agree with pp's kid-the vibe is that rec soccer is a joke with janky medals.)

I looked up their ad for it. Its certainly a Vibe. I can see a bunch of old white guys named Mike and Steve all wearing Adidas tracksuits sitting around a table somewhere brainstorming ways to scam money out of rec players and cackling with laughter over the "Mexican hat" theme. 'Its just rec! Its just for fun! Who cares? Let's get sombreros! Taco Tuesday!" Yukyukyuk.

Its too bad for the cya all star players who don't get to go to a decent tournament bc some greedy old guys want to make money off them. I know most of us do have that 'its just rec' feeling to a certain extent but the all star teams are usually the more serious rec players who maybe can't afford club.

The whole tournament will probably just be CYA teams playing each other for the coveted sombrero cup. Then some loser coach will act all high and mighty that they finally won a rec tournament and get a glass frame for the mexican hat cup and put it on display in their home office along with their boy scout badges from 1989.

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Anonymous wrote:Our club, Sterling, does FPYC every spring and when my kids played in rec, they had a good time.

I would be pretty uncomfortable with that South of the Border theme personally. Many of our older rec players are Hispanic kids. If i was in charge, there is no way I would be comfortable opting in for a tournament with that theming. (Why do they need a kitchsy jokey theme? Can't "All Stars" be the theme? I agree with pp's kid-the vibe is that rec soccer is a joke with janky medals.)

I looked up their ad for it. Its certainly a Vibe. I can see a bunch of old white guys named Mike and Steve all wearing Adidas tracksuits sitting around a table somewhere brainstorming ways to scam money out of rec players and cackling with laughter over the "Mexican hat" theme. 'Its just rec! Its just for fun! Who cares? Let's get sombreros! Taco Tuesday!" Yukyukyuk.

Its too bad for the cya all star players who don't get to go to a decent tournament bc some greedy old guys want to make money off them. I know most of us do have that 'its just rec' feeling to a certain extent but the all star teams are usually the more serious rec players who maybe can't afford club.

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Anonymous wrote:Our club, Sterling, does FPYC every spring and when my kids played in rec, they had a good time.

I would be pretty uncomfortable with that South of the Border theme personally. Many of our older rec players are Hispanic kids. If i was in charge, there is no way I would be comfortable opting in for a tournament with that theming. (Why do they need a kitchsy jokey theme? Can't "All Stars" be the theme? I agree with pp's kid-the vibe is that rec soccer is a joke with janky medals.)

Anonymous wrote:is it literally a hat that they put on or is is just like a piece of plastic shaped like a hat on a ribbon?

Anonymous wrote:Ngl would love to see a pic of the hat metal