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KixR4kidz wrote:That's a hard one for me to believe...how many times has Rase and DTS faced off?

KixR4kidz wrote:04 DTS I've tagged along one or two games lastfall for tgpl...they beat the refs up but who doesn't...poboy hates dts...pay him no mind

KixR4kidz wrote:...can't help or control some folks passion...it is what it is in every sport, be honest...don't give me the holy'r than thou thing

Shelby427 wrote:

SolarPower00 wrote:

MrRogers wrote:

Master Bates wrote:Pretty weak competition, with all due respect. Congrats anyway.

Yea, just two 03 teams that will qualify for LHGCL this summer.

I bet your team would win same tourney with a 1000-0 margin. Maybe one day our girls will be as good as yours.

Real classy congrats there by the way.

Firstly, Odyssey 03 is not necessarily Odyssey Gold 03
And I wouldn't assume the other team you're referring to, currently #19, is guaranteed to qualify in LHGCL.
Over 60 teams will be fighting for those 30 spots.

Sorry Rogers, you are not with a liverpool team... Do not exepct any love here.

According to GotSoccer it was Oddysey Gold... at least same coach and he only has one 03 team. Barakat was also there...

Second, I don't think anyone from DTS was bragging, that is unless you define bragging as defending your team against an insult someone just made...

We all know if RASE, Dalglish, or any other one of LP's 55 04' teams won that tournament they would not have said a word on here...

SolarPower00 wrote:

Shelby427 wrote:

SolarPower00 wrote:

MrRogers wrote:

Master Bates wrote:Pretty weak competition, with all due respect. Congrats anyway.

Yea, just two 03 teams that will qualify for LHGCL this summer.

I bet your team would win same tourney with a 1000-0 margin. Maybe one day our girls will be as good as yours.

Real classy congrats there by the way.

Firstly, Odyssey 03 is not necessarily Odyssey Gold 03
And I wouldn't assume the other team you're referring to, currently #19, is guaranteed to qualify in LHGCL.
Over 60 teams will be fighting for those 30 spots.

Sorry Rogers, you are not with a liverpool team... Do not exepct any love here.

According to GotSoccer it was Oddysey Gold... at least same coach and he only has one 03 team. Barakat was also there...

Second, I don't think anyone from DTS was bragging, that is unless you define bragging as defending your team against an insult someone just made...

We all know if RASE, Dalglish, or any other one of LP's 55 04' teams won that tournament they would not have said a word on here...

Sorry to interrupt this conversation about the DTS 04 sidelines
Shelby, if you review the the TGPL and PTCL schedules the same coach is listed for both Odyssey teams. Blue and Gold.
I didn't see any of these games....impressive performance by DTS, I agree.
But, come on Tourn. Director....let those 3 weak teams have at least one game against each other in pool play....all three were just punished by the top 3
(One goal scored collectively in 9 games)
Brutal. and to make matters worse ....one of the undefeated (3-0-0)
teams doesn't even make the playoffs??? A textbook example of 'how not to schedule a 6 team bracket'

go99 wrote:

MustangGT wrote:

SoftballDad wrote:RASE beat DTS 5-1 last fall and then beat DT Scott 7-0 a week or two ago.
However I will give credit to both DT coaches who at least tried to go toe to toe and didn't just set out to minimize the damage.
I think some of the bold talk on here from some teams has been fuelled by recent success in lesser leagues and tournaments to some extent.

DTS - Rase Game was 4-1. Rase parent told me game was much closer. Rase scored two goals literally in 60 seconds of play catching the same DT Defender sleeping both times. DTS coach adjusted and for the next 59 minutes the games was 2-1 in RASE favor. DTS controlled one half and RASE the other. Much closer than the 4-1 suggested.

Still this was back in Septemer or October. I am sure both teams have changed a ton.

My DD has played against both teams more than once on two different teams. This is my take:


Defense: DTS has better defensive back line than RASE. They work well together with speedy outside backs and a stopper with great instinct on the ball. I haven't seen many other 04 teams with players who know when to challenge and when to close passing lanes. This is a key part of their "shutout" success.

Edge goes to DTS

Keeper: This is too hard to tell. Neither team allows many shots. DTS uses the same keeper at least for the games I've seen. She is smaller than RASE keepers but quite athletic on the few occasion I have seen her have to make a stop. RASE uses a mix of keepers, in fact I think I have seen 3-4 different ones over the past couple of seasons.

Keeper EDGE: Can't tell really. Not enough action there.

Offense: DTS scores primarily through their really good left side forward who hits with both feat, through their speedy forward on the right side who beats you on the through-ball, or up the middle from a long cross-pass from either side to their other forward or mids. RASE scores anywhere and everywhere. RASE certainly has more options here and is very efficient at finding the back of the net with several players. Both teams move the ball well and play good soccer but RASE spreads the field a little better than DTS and makes opposing mids/defenders really work. The one thing here I give to DTS is they truly are the most aggressive team to the ball and in my opinion the overall fastest team. DTS is a better 11v11 team than they are 9v9.

Overall Offensive Edge goes to RASE

One more thing, RASE has far more depth on the bench.

Sounds like the rase parent was being nice. Must be a friend of yours. The game wasn't closer than the score. It was 4 to 1 and at no point did it feel like a game we would lose or even tie. The lone goal came as a shocker. They capitalized off an error and got a break away lone goal. It wasn't a tale of too halves I don't recall it being anymore competative than the scott game infact I don't recall it being the toughest game that season. As far as the defense goes, hardly. They gave up 4 goals to an 04 team. While the rase backline has gone thru 03 tournament without giving up a single goal. And if your bench has less depth than rase, STOP PLAYING SOCCER NOW. Rase carries 12 players, there is no depth. At least you got the attacking line well. When they play well goals come from everywhere. When they don't it only comes from forwards.

I think DTS is a great team. I wouldn't expect them to run thru scott or Kenn or beat rase. Maybe they have gotten alot better. Maybe they did go into hiding and close the gap. Maybe they can beat RASE. but its revisionist history to suggest that the 4-1 game was a close game and anything but a RASE controlled affair.

db10 wrote:I just wish there could be a LP meter on some of the posts so non LP parents could avoid the eventual RASE talk.

go99 wrote:

db10 wrote:I just wish there could be a LP meter on some of the posts so non LP parents could avoid the eventual RASE talk.

It's not eventual, all they have to do is leave RASE out of the conversation. There was no need to even bring them up

go99 wrote:

db10 wrote:I just wish there could be a LP meter on some of the posts so non LP parents could avoid the eventual RASE talk.

It's not eventual, all they have to do is leave RASE out of the conversation. There was no need to even bring them up

go99 wrote:

db10 wrote:I just wish there could be a LP meter on some of the posts so non LP parents could avoid the eventual RASE talk.

It's not eventual, all they have to do is leave RASE out of the conversation. There was no need to even bring them up

KixR4kidz wrote:Its always a reason to bring up Rase and that's a good thing. Who mentions irrelevant teams? Rase is PBFMayweather-like. So until they fall, spectators will disect them and propose who will or could beat them. I haven't seen a post yet that said they were overrated or play dirty or have fluke wins. Its crazy but poboy always brings up dts but it wasn't a dts parent that mentioned Rase vs. dts...so its just a match up they'd like to see because apparently they feel as though their team isn't worthy. Is that a slight? No, because they are all 04's...they gotta play again someday right?