Anonymous wrote:The first bracket competition of the 2015 AG was the weakest. While regular clubs wouldn’t have beaten them by the same margin, the end result would have been the same for those teams, maybe even the semi final. Was told another select team was in another(much harder) bracket for that AG. So this ballers elite team wasn’t alone and clearly bracketed incorrectly.

Ironically the same parents judging these parents for letting their kids focus mostly on soccer are the same parents complaining their kid isn’t starting or improving because they have DC in multiple travel sports. Ironic. So judgemental. Your time is split, theirs is not. Get over the loss and the “unfairness” of it all. Teach your kid resilience, that there is always someone out there better than them, and if they want something bad enough they have to work for it. Not only will it make them a better athlete but more importantly a better human.

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Anonymous wrote:I wish Baller Elite and SYC would actually play each other in the finals so their parents could have their own championship in talking trash.

Funny thing is one of the older ballers futsal team has a bunch of SYC kids on it and the parents are the nicest humans

Until they lost..

never seen that team lose

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Anonymous wrote:I wish Baller Elite and SYC would actually play each other in the finals so their parents could have their own championship in talking trash.

Funny thing is one of the older ballers futsal team has a bunch of SYC kids on it and the parents are the nicest humans

Until they lost..

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Anonymous wrote:Jeff Cup has named co-champions due to girls finals being canceled last weekend because of the weather instead of single champions based on points. I respect that decision. Unclear who real winner would be without the final game.

Here I was angry about clubs/teams claiming they "won" Jeff Cup without actually playing in the finals. I guess they were technically correct, but the worst kind of correct especially with some of the unbalanced brackets.

Does it really matter either way?

Nope, but it really pisses me of seeing people claiming they "won" when they didn't actually "win" anything. You won some games in an effort to play in a championship that didn't actually happen.

We won bruh! Sorry.

Well I guess we have a different mindset. My d's team was slated to play in the finals and I wouldn't tell her she "won" anything. She had a great time, won 3 games, but didn't actually win her flight until that final is played.

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Anonymous wrote:why are you all so threatened by a tournament team that is not affiliated with a club? what difference does it make? the kids are of the eligible age and have registered to play.

they blow everybody out because it's an assembly of above average players so they perform, individually and collectively, at a higher level and the results show that. what is so hard to grasp or swallow?

I'm not even remotely related to a 2015 AG, but please admit this was useless for all involved. If you can beat a team 18-0 (btw nice sportsmanship there), maybe don't play in that tournament. Much like a random high level club would be called out for beating down a lower level club in a local tournament. It's exactly the same thing but on a bigger scale.

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Anonymous wrote:I wish Baller Elite and SYC would actually play each other in the finals so their parents could have their own championship in talking trash.

Funny thing is one of the older ballers futsal team has a bunch of SYC kids on it and the parents are the nicest humans

Anonymous wrote:I wish Baller Elite and SYC would actually play each other in the finals so their parents could have their own championship in talking trash.

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Anonymous wrote:Jeff Cup has named co-champions due to girls finals being canceled last weekend because of the weather instead of single champions based on points. I respect that decision. Unclear who real winner would be without the final game.

Here I was angry about clubs/teams claiming they "won" Jeff Cup without actually playing in the finals. I guess they were technically correct, but the worst kind of correct especially with some of the unbalanced brackets.

Does it really matter either way?

Nope, but it really pisses me of seeing people claiming they "won" when they didn't actually "win" anything. You won some games in an effort to play in a championship that didn't actually happen.

We won bruh! Sorry.

Well I guess we have a different mindset. My d's team was slated to play in the finals and I wouldn't tell her she "won" anything. She had a great time, won 3 games, but didn't actually win her flight until that final is played.

Anonymous wrote:why are you all so threatened by a tournament team that is not affiliated with a club? what difference does it make? the kids are of the eligible age and have registered to play.

they blow everybody out because it's an assembly of above average players so they perform, individually and collectively, at a higher level and the results show that. what is so hard to grasp or swallow?

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Anonymous wrote:That's what I was thinking. If they're that good, don't they have a home team that they need to represent.

The players came from all over the country to play on this team. So they have a free weekend.

All over the country? for a tournament in Richmond?? LOL come on. You can't seriously believe that. Maybe all over the Mid Atlantic like every other team in the tournament but not the country. I am sure the can play in a tournament in Cali, AZ or TX before coming to Richmond.

I was doubtful of this myself, so I took 20 minutes to figure out where these Ballers Elite kids were from. Looks like 6 are from California, one is from Texas, one is from Utah, one is from Kansas, one is from Ohio, and one is from NJ. There is at least one kid on the roster from Florida who wasn't there. From what I could tell, there may be only two who play on the same California club. Everyone else seems to be on different teams, mostly 2014G and even 2014B but also 2015G for a couple CA kids. This was all pretty easy to find because they are all heavily promoted on instagram by mom, dad, whoever. Having older ECNL kids, I have to say I don't think I've seen this kind of thing allowed at Jeff Cup before but I could be wrong. I am not sure how being in that flight benefited them at all, but it is clearly getting them attention! So maybe that was the point.

What's crazier, a super team or a grown adult stalking kid on the internet to see what club they came from, do they train together, etc....

Couldn’t agree more. A bunch of adults picking on little kids and their Instagram accounts. It not like these same hypocrites don’t post selfies all over FB of their vacations, purchase, or whatever else they want to show off.

The irony of all this is that some of the same kids in the Ballers squad have guest played for clubs in this area in other local tournaments. Local clubs guested players from out of state last weekend for Jeff Cup. Where’s the outcry against this behavior. Yet everyone is all upset when someone else does it. Be upset with the tournament organizers. Picking on these kids is ridiculous.

You’re not wrong and have some valid points, but it’s still very different than when an entire super team is created and has no regular presence in any league etc. There is supposed to be a maximum amount of guest players. But I think they’re getting around it because none of them are technically guesting. The regular roster doesn’t exist. It’s made for the tourney.

Nothing against the kids and it is what it is. But doesn’t seem in the spirit of what a u10 tourney should be for teams who play together all year as a team and look forward to Jeff Cup. Or a great reflection on the state of youth soccer. Just my two cents.