LHGCL Spring Roundup

Schedules have been posted:

https://events.gotsport.com/events/default.aspx?EventID=35874

Interesting format with 4 Wildcards going to the Semifinal round. It should be fun to see the multiple tie-breaker scenarios. One of these bracket winners will not be happy.

and now schedules are down.....

Based on the way things were originally set up, I am willing to bet some of the teams will change pools. For example, at 12U, I was expecting to see the D2 and D3 teams separated into different pools. One Pool had three D3 teams.

Schedules are down again ... ?!?!? I hope they get them up today so we can plan for tomorrow. The last change moved a Sunday AM game to Friday night. Are they moving it back?

Schedules are back up.

Schedules were down to accommodate some last minute change requests from teams with conflicts. Sorry for the confusion - we had a number of changes we weren't made aware of when making the original schedule

Am I see this correctly in regards to the semi finals a 1st place team in their bracket won't make the semis? What a bunch of crap if you ask me. Poorly done LH poorly done.

Thanks for the comment and I agree entirely with the sentiment.

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 placed stress on field availability and most importantly, available referees on the holiday weekend. To open the tournament to teams we don't get to compete against week in/week out, we invited PPL and APL teams and committed to scheduling around their league games.

So, due to this compression and resource constraints, we were unable to field multiple flights which would have ensure bracket winners and potentially wild cards advance. We simply ran out of time (and resources) in the schedule between Friday and Sunday to field multiple flights - as it is, the last final games wrap up Sunday night @ 8:00.

Again, I share your sentiment and its definitely not what I envisioned when inviting teams to play. I truly believed we would have multiple flights to allow all winners to advance and to make for more equitable seeding as well. Though on the second point, 2 PPL teams tied 2 DI LHGCL teams last night; the girls and their families were incredibly excited. So there's some lipstick on the pig.

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.

Should I somehow develop amnesia and volunteer to coordinate this event again, planning for this resource contingency will be the first priority. It's my fault alone - I actively recruited teams on this forum in the expectation we would have flights.

I will be out @ fields all day today/tomorrow from 7:00 a.m. - 10:00 pm., so if you wish to visit in person, I'll be the guy in the golf cart.

Thanks again for your note and I'm sorry we've disappointed many of you in this aspect.

Wow, Dalwild. Thank you for coming on to an often hostile forum and explaining all that so well.

Semis...

Sting Dunstan v. Celtic McCallum
Oklahoma FC v. Andromeda Powers

Interesting final 4.

Looks like Sting got in with 1 more point than both FCD Premier 03 & Fever--who tied for Group A.

I was really hoping to see what the rice breaker would have been for FCD Premier 03 & Fever, since they had the same points, tied each other in their game and had the same PF and PA. Would it have been a shootout?

I think I meant "tie" breaker. Not "rice" breaker. Lol

Any scores for the semi's- Website not updated... Who is playing in the finals?
Sting Dunstan v. Celtic McCallum
Oklahoma FC v. Andromeda Powers

Oklahoma FC and Sting Dunstan won their semis

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SUBJ:GotSoccer Scoreboard - Lake Highlands Gi
MSG:G U12 U12 - OKLAHOMA FOOTBALL OFC 02 - 1, ANDROMEDA FC - 0

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SUBJ:GotSoccer Scoreboard - Lake Highlands Gi
MSG:G U12 U12 - CELTIC SC CELTIC 02 MCCAL - 0, STING EAST 02G - 1

Its Just Soccer wrote:I was really hoping to see what the rice breaker would have been for FCD Premier 03 & Fever, since they had the same points, tied each other in their game and had the same PF and PA. Would it have been a shootout?

Yes. A shootout.

Yep, from where I sat the better 2 sides won the semi's...but still 2 pretty even games overall.

Sting Dunstan is just faster than Celtic and connects many more passes. Seemed a matter of time before they scored.

Okla FC is HUGE...every girl it seems is long, and their Defense wall is tall, taller and tallest. It seemed pretty even but Okla FC scored a pretty goal on one of the few good chances of the day. Andro had some chances but didn't find the back of the net.

Two decent games considering the howling wind.

Sting won 3-2 in overtime. Great hard fought game, could have gone either way.

Championship Game: Sting East Dunstan 3 Oklahoma FC 2

Great back-and-forth game and a very physical game. Oklahoma FC tied the game, 2-2 with two minutes left in regulation to send it to overtime then Sting Dunstan scored in extra time to win a thriller, 3-2. Congrats to the girls on both teams because they all played their tails off tonight.

In case got soccer is acting wonky, which it has for some of the age groups, results are @ http://thedallasspringroundup.com/wp2/?page_id=562.

Thanks to everyone who participated.