Anonymous
Post 03/10/2024 16:02     Subject: Jefferson Cup Girls Weekend Thread
U12 on grass this weekend. Worst field conditions I've seen. All the 18 yard boxes for us seemed miserable and the ball would get stuck.

I guess I'm glad we got to play instead of cancel but it was awful soccer
Anonymous
Post 03/10/2024 15:47     Subject: Jefferson Cup Girls Weekend Thread
Anonymous wrote:Jeff Cup offers great competition but it’s always virtually guaranteed to have at least one horrible weekend with the weather. Virginia in March is going to get rain or snow almost every year. It’s a chance you take. I wonder how the fields they used will be by next weekend?



Pretty sure they didn’t use West Creek at all so they should be fine. I dont think they use some of the grass fields after this weekend.
Anonymous
Post 03/10/2024 13:00     Subject: Jefferson Cup Girls Weekend Thread
Jeff Cup offers great competition but it’s always virtually guaranteed to have at least one horrible weekend with the weather. Virginia in March is going to get rain or snow almost every year. It’s a chance you take. I wonder how the fields they used will be by next weekend?
Anonymous
Post 03/10/2024 09:19     Subject: Jefferson Cup Girls Weekend Thread
Terrible terrible fields.
Worst condition we’ve ever played in.
Anonymous
Post 03/10/2024 09:13     Subject: Jefferson Cup Girls Weekend Thread
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:You'd think some of you forgot this is an outdoor sport over the winter break.


The Jeff Cup organizers must have been the ones who forgot that---they foolishly scheduled games on grass fields, waited until everyone showed up and was ready to play at the scheduled start time, and then rescheduled the game for 9 hours later. Did the Jeff Cup folks forget that it rains in March and that fields need to be checked ahead of time? (Or, if they don't want the hassle of waking up early to check the fields, they should have scheduled the games on turf fields.)

Been at Jeff Cup several years but this year was joke.


Weather is the uncontrollable variable here. Wonder if anything has changed? Doesn't appear like they're adding more teams but maybe they are.
Anonymous
Post 03/10/2024 08:58     Subject: Jefferson Cup Girls Weekend Thread
Anonymous wrote:You'd think some of you forgot this is an outdoor sport over the winter break.


The Jeff Cup organizers must have been the ones who forgot that---they foolishly scheduled games on grass fields, waited until everyone showed up and was ready to play at the scheduled start time, and then rescheduled the game for 9 hours later. Did the Jeff Cup folks forget that it rains in March and that fields need to be checked ahead of time? (Or, if they don't want the hassle of waking up early to check the fields, they should have scheduled the games on turf fields.)

Been at Jeff Cup several years but this year was joke.
Anonymous
Post 03/09/2024 16:10     Subject: Jefferson Cup Girls Weekend Thread
Anonymous wrote:Miserable but at least we are on turf.


U12. Grass. Ball just stops. Lame.
Anonymous
Post 03/09/2024 15:36     Subject: Jefferson Cup Girls Weekend Thread
Miserable but at least we are on turf.
Anonymous
Post 03/09/2024 13:24     Subject: Jefferson Cup Girls Weekend Thread
Anonymous wrote:So back to the point of the thread…Jeff cup. These fields are soaked it’s like the USA-Can game the other night. Ball just stopping dead. Lots of girls falling down. Disappointing.


Is this mostly the younger ages? If so, that's unfortunate.

I'm sure the soccer is more "big kick down the field". Not fun to watch.
Anonymous
Post 03/09/2024 13:16     Subject: Jefferson Cup Girls Weekend Thread
It all depends on where you are at. Games on turf are fine. Obviously there isn’t enough turf for every game. It also depends on who owns the fields.
Anonymous
Post 03/09/2024 13:11     Subject: Jefferson Cup Girls Weekend Thread
So back to the point of the thread…Jeff cup. These fields are soaked it’s like the USA-Can game the other night. Ball just stopping dead. Lots of girls falling down. Disappointing.
Anonymous
Post 03/09/2024 06:10     Subject: Jefferson Cup Girls Weekend Thread
Anonymous wrote:It was just you and your prayer group going back and forth let’s be honest. Go back to banning books and riding dirty in your american made SUV. This a soccer forum, politics on here are McBrave or McBunion, 20 min drives or 60mins. Kids are kids let them play wherever their skillset allows.


+1
Anonymous
Post 03/08/2024 19:07     Subject: Jefferson Cup Girls Weekend Thread
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:My son played last weekend and it rained Saturday morning. Because of rain, the games got pushed back 5 hours and then the halves were shortened to 25 minutes. It was a bit of a mess to be honest.


Were you still on grass / same field as originally planned Sat morning?


No, they did move us to turf.
Anonymous
Post 03/08/2024 17:54     Subject: Jefferson Cup Girls Weekend Thread
Anonymous wrote:Looks like LOTS of rain in forecast


Ugh. Past two showcases that DD has been to have had terrible weather. Would be nice to catch a break finally.
Anonymous
Post 03/08/2024 16:10     Subject: Jefferson Cup Girls Weekend Thread
You'd think some of you forgot this is an outdoor sport over the winter break.