U10 LHGCL Spring Roundup - February 14 - 17

Lake Highlands Girls Classic League is accepting registration for the Dallas Spring Roundup to be held President's Day weekend through 1/31. There will be a U10 (as well as U11 - U14) division. This is a great opportunity to showcase your team prior o the July qualifying tournament.

Visit the website @ http://thedallasspringroundup.com/wp2/ for tournament info and to see the team's who have registered to date. Register @ https://events.gotsport.com/forms/app/Default.aspx?EventID=35874

There will be discounts for clubs registering multiple teams in individual age groups as well as across all age groups.

Please email lhgcl-roundup@swbell.net with questions.

Do you have accepted team list? Thanks

Accepted teams are on the website.

http://thedallasspringroundup.com/wp2/

http://thedallasspringroundup.com/wp2/?page_id=197

Registration ends Saturday 2/1.  As mentioned, tournament will be played Friday - Sunday, 2/14- 2/16.

Tell your coaches that Corner Bakery, Starbucks and Mi Cocina will be hosting the hospitality tent @ UTD.

Come join these 16 teams for a great weekend - Abe and George will be proud:
D’FEETERS 05 BLACK COLON
DALLAS KICKS SC KICKS 04G
DALLAS TEXANS ACADEMY 04 SCOTT
FC DALLAS DEWITT 04
FC DALLAS 04 PREDATOR
FC DALLAS 04 PREMIER
FC DALLAS WTX 04G-RED – RICHARDSON
FC PREMIER 04
GSSC THUNDER 04 GIRLS BLUE
LADY AZTECS FC 04
LEFT FOOT STUDIO 04G BLACK
LEFT FOOT STUDIO 04 GIRLS, WHITE
LIVERPOOL FC AMERICA 04 GIRLS HUNT
SRFC 04G
STING 04 GOODMAN/TALLAL
TEXAS SPIRIT NORTH 04

Who did the seeding in this tournament? This is the breakdown of the brackets for the U10 group.

Bracket A Ranking

DT Scott 2
Sting Chacon 5

Dallas Kicks 29

Open Team



Bracket B

FCD Premier 12
SRFC 20

LFS White 21

FCD Preditor 30



Bracket C

LFS Black 4

Sting Goodman 9

GSSC Thunder 18

Dfeeters 05 NR



Bracket D

TX Spirit North 10

Lady Aztecs 11

FC Dallas Dewitt 54

FCD WTX NR

Dalwild, you may need to reshuffle the brackets.

Sorry Jackie, but according to the Lake Highlands by-laws, you're not allowed to complain about seeding for another 5 months...   

How should they of seeded it? All the top teams in one bracket? That way a not deserving team makes it to the playoffs to get crushed by the lone surviving top team? That's logical right? Does little suzy also get a participation ribbon?

Looks like a good learning experience tournament for the lower teams They will have to play top teams in the summer.

It should have been

Bracket A           Bracket B       Bracket C         Bracket D
DT Scott             LFS Black       Sting Chacon   Sting Goodman
GSSC                 FCD Premier   Lady Aztecs     TSN
SRFC                  LFS White       Dallas Kicks     FCD Preditor
Open                  Dfeeters 05    FCD WTX         FCD Dewitt

Actually more like this with all top teams spread out into each group. that way the semis would reflect best teams in the tournament. This was always a one division tournament so you should be ready to play top teams.

DT Scott 2
GSSC Thunder 18
SRFC 20
FC Dallas Dewitt 54

Bracket B
LFS Black 4
FCD Premier 12
LFS White 21
Dfeeters 05 NR

Bracket C
Sting Chacon 5
Lady Aztecs 11
Dallas Kicks 29
FCD WTX NR

Bracket D
Sting Goodman 9
TX Spirit North 10
FCD Preditor 30
Open Team

I'm surprised at the subpar job being done by the TD and staff so far especially with LHGCL in front of the name. At one time they were up to 18 teams registered then on Sunday they were down to 13-14 and asking for 2-3 teams to sign up. Now with the initial seeding in the brackets. D-. I would have given an F except for the good weather they scheduled for this weekend

Geez...quit whining...y'all sound like a bunch of 10-year-old girls.  Actually, the 10 year old girls just want to play soccer and will play anyone you put on the field with them without whining...y'all just sound like some whiny NTX soccer parents who can't play a tourney without complaining about something.

canaryman wrote:Actually, the 10 year girls just want to play soccer and will play anyone you put on the field with them without whining...

  

canaryman wrote:Geez...quit whining...y'all sound like a bunch of 10-year-old girls.  Actually, the 10 year old girls just want to play soccer and will play anyone you put on the field with them without whining...y'all just sound like some whiny NTX soccer parents who can't play a tourney without complaining about something.

And why are you surprised?

Agree with deepblack! We tried to sign up and thought we had plenty of time. They told us we were in, then out then they didn't know....unbelievable! I can't believe they would turn down money.

Mellowski wrote:Actually more like this with all top teams spread out into each group. that way the semis would reflect best teams in the tournament. This was always a one division tournament so you should be ready to play top teams.

DT Scott 2
GSSC Thunder 18
SRFC 20
FC Dallas Dewitt 54

Bracket B
LFS Black 4
FCD Premier 12
LFS White 21
Dfeeters 05 NR

Bracket C
Sting Chacon 5
Lady Aztecs 11
Dallas Kicks 29
FCD WTX NR

Bracket D
Sting Goodman 9
TX Spirit North 10
FCD Preditor 30
Open Team

Would this really change anything?

ballboy wrote:

Mellowski wrote:Actually more like this with all top teams spread out into each group. that way the semis would reflect best teams in the tournament. This was always a one division tournament so you should be ready to play top teams.

DT Scott 2
GSSC Thunder 18
SRFC 20
FC Dallas Dewitt 54

Bracket B
LFS Black 4
FCD Premier 12
LFS White 21
Dfeeters 05 NR

Bracket C
Sting Chacon 5
Lady Aztecs 11
Dallas Kicks 29
FCD WTX NR

Bracket D
Sting Goodman 9
TX Spirit North 10
FCD Preditor 30
Open Team

Would this really change anything?

Sure, LFS would ask for a refund, they can scrimmage for free anytime. But then again so can the two FCD teams the way it is now.

They could've put all of the FC Dallas teams in the same pool.

ballboy wrote:

Mellowski wrote:Actually more like this with all top teams spread out into each group. that way the semis would reflect best teams in the tournament. This was always a one division tournament so you should be ready to play top teams.

DT Scott 2
GSSC Thunder 18
SRFC 20
FC Dallas Dewitt 54

Bracket B
LFS Black 4
FCD Premier 12
LFS White 21
Dfeeters 05 NR

Bracket C
Sting Chacon 5
Lady Aztecs 11
Dallas Kicks 29
FCD WTX NR

Bracket D
Sting Goodman 9
TX Spirit North 10
FCD Preditor 30
Open Team

Would this really change anything?

it kept me busy for a minute while on a boring conference call   

Now with the new rankings coming out the brackets are even more ridiculous!!! Nice job LH Spring Roundup TD   What a joke.

Bracket A
3
4
26
Open

Bracket B
11
18
19
30

Bracket C
1
9
17
NR

Bracket D
16
20
55
an 05 team

Since the promo cleary states....."This is a great opportunity to showcase your team prior to the July qualifying tournament."  

Hope they figure out how to do the seeding correctly before July!

It has been stated time and time again... LH does not use FBR for seeding purposes. However, BWG does a pretty good job and his system often closely resembles the seeding done by LH. Other than Bracket A having the 3rd and 4th ranked team (per FBR) it doesnt look bad. Maybe have the 4th team in bracket D or something. But what is so wrong with it? The girls going to freak out that they have to play #x ranked team? Or will they play whoever is on the field with them?

Should I lobby for "fairness" (but possibly against my own teams chances) with respect to changing up Bracket D, or not speak up in the interest of seeing both my kids play every game without a conflict as it stands now?..what a moral dilemma..

I appreciate everyone's comments, critical and supportive, and wanted to address some of the concerns expressed, partly as a mea culpa, as some of the wounds are self inflicted, but also to hopefully explain what occurred. Warning - long comment to follow.

We originally planned the tournament for Friday - Monday. Due to numerous concerns about various schools opting to be open Monday to make up for lost weather days, we shortened the schedule to wrap up Sunday. This compression made the schedule much more brittle, but also placed stress on field availability and referees.

Due to this compression and resource constraints, we were unable to field multiple flights - as it is, the last final games wrap up Sunday night @ 8:00. So we have teams from across the spectrum in a single flight, which will likely create some uneven games. In seeding, we did try to recognize this and try to give teams a chance for some measure of success in a game or two. We also had a couple of situations as we were sorting through the schedule where teams only had 2 games scheduled. When notified of the issue, I reached out to a couple of those to let them know we were working on addressing the issue and if it couldn't be resolved, I would offer a compensatory rebate, recognizing they would not get the same value for their fee as other teams.

Throughout the registration process, we asked all teams to let us know of conflicts due to games in other local leagues. We also made it clear those were the only conflicts we could hope to accommodate due to the compressed schedule. Some teams did notify of us of conflicts, others did not.

So, when the schedule was released earlier this week, we had numerous teams that had conflicts they had not informed us of (and at least one which I missed). So we posted a schedule, teams made plans, we revised the schedule (which probably exacerbated some inequities, resolved others), this revision then caused other conflicts, etc.

I see several posts on this thread and others where individuals have said, in essence, it is what it is, we may get spanked, but that's how we improve and I applaud that take. Though having been on the lopsided losing side, it sucks for us as parent, but my dd never gave it a thought. It's going to be a beautiful weekend after a pretty crappy few weeks, so hopefully, the schedule is set and we can move forward. If anyone wants to reach out to me directly, please feel free - lhgcl-roundup@swbell.net.

Finally, this opinion/explanation is mine as the tournament chair, not the league's or anyone else's, so if you have issue, please take it up with me.

Thanks