Doesn't Mclean have their own tournament that noone shows up too.

I am not sure what the fuss is about. Yes, Bethesda pre academy was placed too low, winning their division's final 8-0, but you never know if the club requested a particular division. Yes, many top teams (which includes DA teams) were not in the tournament, but the quality of competition in the top divisions was decent. If you want to bash a tournament, Bethesda tournament was a total disaster compared to this one.

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Anonymous wrote:It looks like the two 07 teams in playing up are the two teams in the final for the U13 bracket.

Playing up in the 4th bracket of a tournament that doesn't even include most of the areas top teams anymore.

All of Arlington's A teams are in the tournament.

So their DA team is worse than their "A" team? Arlington 06 Black is their 5th team. DA (1), Red (2), White (3), Blue (4), Black (5).

McLean's third teams (White) participated. Their first and second teams did not.

U9-U12 don’t have DA. Bethesda pre-Academy was in the tournament. The tournament only goes to U14.

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Anonymous wrote:It looks like the two 07 teams in playing up are the two teams in the final for the U13 bracket.

Playing up in the 4th bracket of a tournament that doesn't even include most of the areas top teams anymore.

All of Arlington's A teams are in the tournament.

So their DA team is worse than their "A" team? Arlington 06 Black is their 5th team. DA (1), Red (2), White (3), Blue (4), Black (5).

McLean's third teams (White) participated. Their first and second teams did not.

You asked for it...how would McLean's first team perform in an older age group?

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Anonymous wrote:It looks like the two 07 teams in playing up are the two teams in the final for the U13 bracket.

Playing up in the 4th bracket of a tournament that doesn't even include most of the areas top teams anymore.

All of Arlington's A teams are in the tournament.

So their DA team is worse than their "A" team? Arlington 06 Black is their 5th team. DA (1), Red (2), White (3), Blue (4), Black (5).

McLean's third teams (White) participated. Their first and second teams did not.

I'm not sure what you're trying to prove here.

Agreed, what the hell? They have flights to match the levels of play. No one cares about Mclean so move on, head to the mall or something.

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Anonymous wrote:It looks like the two 07 teams in playing up are the two teams in the final for the U13 bracket.

Playing up in the 4th bracket of a tournament that doesn't even include most of the areas top teams anymore.

All of Arlington's A teams are in the tournament.

So their DA team is worse than their "A" team? Arlington 06 Black is their 5th team. DA (1), Red (2), White (3), Blue (4), Black (5).

McLean's third teams (White) participated. Their first and second teams did not.

I'm not sure what you're trying to prove here.

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Anonymous wrote:It looks like the two 07 teams in playing up are the two teams in the final for the U13 bracket.

Playing up in the 4th bracket of a tournament that doesn't even include most of the areas top teams anymore.

All of Arlington's A teams are in the tournament.

So their DA team is worse than their "A" team? Arlington 06 Black is their 5th team. DA (1), Red (2), White (3), Blue (4), Black (5).

McLean's third teams (White) participated. Their first and second teams did not.

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Anonymous wrote:It looks like the two 07 teams in playing up are the two teams in the final for the U13 bracket.

Playing up in the 4th bracket of a tournament that doesn't even include most of the areas top teams anymore.

All of Arlington's A teams are in the tournament.

Anonymous wrote:It looks like the two 07 teams in playing up are the two teams in the final for the U13 bracket.

Playing up in the 4th bracket of a tournament that doesn't even include most of the areas top teams anymore.

Anonymous wrote:2 teams at the top tier of their 07 age age bracket playing teams on the low end of the 06s....I'm not surprised and a quick glance it looked like both 07s dominated their flight. SYA beat Villarreal in the first game, tough to beat the same team twice in the finals.

I am guessing for development and it may have been warranted. I know both Barca Academy and Villarreal use games in their player development plan and in many age groups, there are players playing up age groups on those teams. Both Clubs did well it and they made the Finals in many age groups. In the U14 Boys age group -Villarreal and Barca won the first and second divisions, respectively.

I think it is very tough for tournament directors to get the groupings/brackets 100% right. But, I think they did a really good job overall and most games were competitive for all teams involved. It's always a really well run tournament.

2 teams at the top tier of their 07 age age bracket playing teams on the low end of the 06s....I'm not surprised and a quick glance it looked like both 07s dominated their flight. SYA beat Villarreal in the first game, tough to beat the same team twice in the finals.

Anonymous wrote:It looks like the two 07 teams in playing up are the two teams in the final for the U13 bracket.

In the 3rd division....not that there's anything wrong with that. Just saying though. It's not like they were in the top division, so this result is kind of expected.

Bethesda should be ashamed! Im reliving the nightmare of the Bethesda tournament.

We had one great ref, and one really (I mean really) terrible ref. I guess its always a mixed bag no matter.

The fields were decent unlike Bethesda....

Apologies accepted from all the naysayers.