Re: Freedom Cup 02 Schedule Link

by soccerdad19 30/01/12, 02:23 pm

lucylou wrote:
KatCon wrote:But ya'll are complaining about not having Quarters so if this schedule is tough where would you fit in that extra game? Either it's to tough on the kids or it's not enough games, can't be both. I personally think it's to tough on the kids that age to play a very late game and then have a short turn around first thing in the morning. Heck, I hate doing it for work!

I have to disagree Kat. No reason they can't play another game...just give the folks with an 8:00 or 8:45PM game the 9:30 slot at least. I understand if there aren't enough fields or referees to do semi's. It just sucks that it is that way...IF the TD can't do anything about it, that's just how the cookie crumbles. BUT they can do something about what slots are given to Fri night gamers. IMO anyway.

Agreed.

by soccerdad19 30/01/12, 02:27 pm

berserker13 wrote:Its superbowl weekend. Probably compressing the schedule, so we can all watch the superbowl on Sunday. I'm sure if the finals were cutting into that time, we would have complaints or maybe no refs even show?

Good point, and it looks like the finals will already overlap the Super Bowl festivities a little anyway? I can see the ref issue as well. Really the main point should just be aware of the Friday teams, and not give them the 8 AM games. Its a forum, we'll express a little displeasure and move on and deal with it. I won't complain to my kid about it, just other crazy soccer parents like myself who are posting on this forum about little girls soccer.

by polarEYEz'd 30/01/12, 02:49 pm

Rather than complain and bounce our opinions off each other, is there anything I or anybody else can do? Is it possible to contact someone by phone or maybe club managers could collectively come up with a solution and present it to the TD.

From my experience TDs dont return emails or calls

Any suggestions?

by Guest 30/01/12, 03:06 pm

polarEYEz'd wrote:Rather than complain and bounce our opinions off each other, is there anything I or anybody else can do? Is it possible to contact someone by phone or maybe club managers could collectively come up with a solution and present it to the TD.

From my experience TDs dont return emails or calls

Any suggestions?

I figure I'm going to hold my breath until I'm blue in the face... Either the TD will see this, freak out, and change the schedules, or I'll eventually pass out and hit my head on the keyboahntro9yhu

by butt3r 30/01/12, 03:09 pm

....is down.

by Guest 30/01/12, 03:44 pm

polarEYEz'd wrote:Rather than complain and bounce our opinions off each other, is there anything I or anybody else can do? Is it possible to contact someone by phone or maybe club managers could collectively come up with a solution and present it to the TD.

From my experience TDs dont return emails or calls

Any suggestions?

Oh...you want them to change it? I thought we were just having fun complaining Twisted Evil

by EyesWideOpen 30/01/12, 03:53 pm

The schedule is down and it is heing "tweaked" Do you see the power of complaining here on this forum? Let's not waste the power, but save it foe important things - like more than one early game during league play or a missed offside call

by mcik17 30/01/12, 04:21 pm

bwgophers wrote:
polarEYEz'd wrote:Rather than complain and bounce our opinions off each other, is there anything I or anybody else can do? Is it possible to contact someone by phone or maybe club managers could collectively come up with a solution and present it to the TD.

From my experience TDs dont return emails or calls

Any suggestions?

I figure I'm going to hold my breath until I'm blue in the face... Either the TD will see this, freak out, and change the schedules, or I'll eventually pass out and hit my head on the keyboahntro9yhu

Haha.....your head ok Golphers? Quick someone call 911!

by butt3r 30/01/12, 04:29 pm

I called in a bomb threat for Saturday morning at Chin Chappel. You guys can all thank me later.

by Sent to the Stands 30/01/12, 04:46 pm

lucylou wrote:
polarEYEz'd wrote:Rather than complain and bounce our opinions off each other, is there anything I or anybody else can do? Is it possible to contact someone by phone or maybe club managers could collectively come up with a solution and present it to the TD.

From my experience TDs dont return emails or calls

Any suggestions?

Oh...you want them to change it? I thought we were just having fun complaining

How about we run a poll: Best tournament schedule ...

by Bierluva 30/01/12, 05:03 pm

soccerdad19 wrote:Bracket A
N/A: FC LUBBOCK 02 BLUE (TXN)
N/A: POLARIS 02G (TXN)
N/A: SOLAR DYNAMO 02-STARK (TXN)
N/A: STING 02G PARKER (TXN)

Bracket B
N/A: DALLAS TEXANS SOUTH 02-G. ADAMES (TXN)
N/A: FEVER UNITED 02 RED (TXN)
N/A: STING EAST 02G (GUTIERREZ) (TXN)
N/A: XLR8 (TXN)

Bracket C
N/A: ANDROMEDA FC 02 LUBBOCK (TXN)
N/A: LIVERPOOL FC AMERICA 02 GIRLS ST JOHN (TXN)
N/A: TEXAS SPIRIT NORTH 02 (TXN)

Bracket D
N/A: D'FEETERS (TXN)
N/A: FC DALLAS 02G RED - RENFRO (TXN)
N/A: TFC 02 GIRLS ELITE (TXN)

Anyone know anything about either Lubbock team from previous tourney's? What about XLR8 or Sting Parker?

I think those two teams should be in the silver bracket... this competition may be too much for them.

by Bierluva 30/01/12, 05:09 pm

berserker13 wrote:
EyesWideOpen wrote:
soccerdad19 wrote:Bracket A
N/A: FC LUBBOCK 02 BLUE (TXN)
N/A: POLARIS 02G (TXN)
N/A: SOLAR DYNAMO 02-STARK (TXN)
N/A: STING 02G PARKER (TXN)

Bracket B
N/A: DALLAS TEXANS SOUTH 02-G. ADAMES (TXN)
N/A: FEVER UNITED 02 RED (TXN)
N/A: STING EAST 02G (GUTIERREZ) (TXN)
N/A: XLR8 (TXN)

Bracket C
N/A: ANDROMEDA FC 02 LUBBOCK (TXN)
N/A: LIVERPOOL FC AMERICA 02 GIRLS ST JOHN (TXN)
N/A: TEXAS SPIRIT NORTH 02 (TXN)

Bracket D
N/A: D'FEETERS (TXN)
N/A: FC DALLAS 02G RED - RENFRO (TXN)
N/A: TFC 02 GIRLS ELITE (TXN)

Anyone know anything about either Lubbock team from previous tourney's? What about XLR8 or Sting Parker?

Lubbock is a spunky team. They play well. Made it to the finals of the Texans Fall Festival silver

XLR8 is very athletic, they play fast and physical.

Very fast and like to play physical. Long ball to the 2 fast forwards they have. The mids and fullbacks will bounce your DD off the ball, usually cleanly but aggressively.

by FriscoSoccer2004 30/01/12, 05:42 pm

Call or Text Mike Wilson 469.235.5573 he is working to get it fixed

by polarEYEz'd 30/01/12, 06:06 pm

Are these threads actually read and taken into consideration?

by pro16 30/01/12, 06:59 pm

Bierluva wrote:
soccerdad19 wrote:Bracket A
N/A: FC LUBBOCK 02 BLUE (TXN)
N/A: POLARIS 02G (TXN)
N/A: SOLAR DYNAMO 02-STARK (TXN)
N/A: STING 02G PARKER (TXN)

Bracket B
N/A: DALLAS TEXANS SOUTH 02-G. ADAMES (TXN)
N/A: FEVER UNITED 02 RED (TXN)
N/A: STING EAST 02G (GUTIERREZ) (TXN)
N/A: XLR8 (TXN)

Bracket C
N/A: ANDROMEDA FC 02 LUBBOCK (TXN)
N/A: LIVERPOOL FC AMERICA 02 GIRLS ST JOHN (TXN)
N/A: TEXAS SPIRIT NORTH 02 (TXN)

Bracket D
N/A: D'FEETERS (TXN)
N/A: FC DALLAS 02G RED - RENFRO (TXN)
N/A: TFC 02 GIRLS ELITE (TXN)

Anyone know anything about either Lubbock team from previous tourney's? What about XLR8 or Sting Parker?

I think those two teams should be in the silver bracket... this competition may be too much for them.

From knowing coach, Parker wants to play this bracket. Wants to know what he has, what he needs, and what he needs to develop further. I for one hope things don't change.

by Bierluva 30/01/12, 09:18 pm

He's a great coach... if he has picked up some girls then this would definitely test their mettle. I wish them good luck! Those girls are fun to play! My daughter calls them frenemies. Smile

by Joe scafone 30/01/12, 09:59 pm

They are changing schedules, but don't hold your breath on adding in quarterfinals. They had close to 200 teams sign up and ran out of field space to play all games.

by oldboot 30/01/12, 10:05 pm

Bierluva wrote:
soccerdad19 wrote:Bracket A
N/A: FC LUBBOCK 02 BLUE (TXN)
N/A: POLARIS 02G (TXN)
N/A: SOLAR DYNAMO 02-STARK (TXN)
N/A: STING 02G PARKER (TXN)

Bracket B
N/A: DALLAS TEXANS SOUTH 02-G. ADAMES (TXN)
N/A: FEVER UNITED 02 RED (TXN)
N/A: STING EAST 02G (GUTIERREZ) (TXN)
N/A: XLR8 (TXN)

Bracket C
N/A: ANDROMEDA FC 02 LUBBOCK (TXN)
N/A: LIVERPOOL FC AMERICA 02 GIRLS ST JOHN (TXN)
N/A: TEXAS SPIRIT NORTH 02 (TXN)

Bracket D
N/A: D'FEETERS (TXN)
N/A: FC DALLAS 02G RED - RENFRO (TXN)
N/A: TFC 02 GIRLS ELITE (TXN)

Anyone know anything about either Lubbock team from previous tourney's? What about XLR8 or Sting Parker?

I think those two teams should be in the silver bracket... this competition may be too much for them.

I agree. Playing on real grass may throw off those West Texas teams.

by SeaShephard 31/01/12, 05:07 am

New IMPROVED schedule???? Polaras and Solar Stark got screwed by the scheduler. Both have a legitimate complaint.

by soccerdad19 31/01/12, 07:58 am

polarEYEz'd wrote:Are these threads actually read and taken into consideration?

Apparently not. 6 teams with Friday night games still have 8 AM games Saturday. TFC and DT South have a 6:15 on Friday, not too bad. Polaris and Dynamo, 7:30 PM, a little late for the 8 AM game, but worst of all, Liverpool and Spirit have 8:45 PM games and back at 8 AM.

by tmcc 31/01/12, 08:25 am

Looks like it is down again.

by footprints 31/01/12, 10:10 am

soccerdad19 wrote:
polarEYEz'd wrote:Are these threads actually read and taken into consideration?
Apparently not. 6 teams with Friday night games still have 8 AM games Saturday. TFC and DT South have a 6:15 on Friday, not too bad. Polaris and Dynamo, 7:30 PM, a little late for the 8 AM game, but worst of all, Liverpool and Spirit have 8:45 PM games and back at 8 AM.

I agree, tough schedule to overcome. It wouldnt be so bad if there ws some room for error. With Qtr Finals a team could have a bad game and get over it, maybe make the wild card.

It seems to me it is a "money grab." They let every team they could in and took the money, but when it came time to run an thorough tournanment they cut corners to stuff everything in. If they couldnt handle the load, then they should have capped the tourny

by EyesWideOpen 31/01/12, 10:13 am

footprints wrote:
soccerdad19 wrote:
polarEYEz'd wrote:Are these threads actually read and taken into consideration?
Apparently not. 6 teams with Friday night games still have 8 AM games Saturday. TFC and DT South have a 6:15 on Friday, not too bad. Polaris and Dynamo, 7:30 PM, a little late for the 8 AM game, but worst of all, Liverpool and Spirit have 8:45 PM games and back at 8 AM.

I agree, tough schedule to overcome. It wouldnt be so bad if there ws some room for error. With Qtr Finals a team could have a bad game and get over it, maybe make the wild card.

It seems to me it is a "money grab." They let every team they could in and took the money, but when it came time to run an thorough tournanment they cut corners to stuff everything in. If they couldnt handle the load, then they should have capped the tourny

I agree with a cap on the number of teams to run the tournament properly...well said!

by GirlsSoccerDad 31/01/12, 10:29 am

EyesWideOpen wrote:
footprints wrote:
soccerdad19 wrote:
polarEYEz'd wrote:Are these threads actually read and taken into consideration?
Apparently not. 6 teams with Friday night games still have 8 AM games Saturday. TFC and DT South have a 6:15 on Friday, not too bad. Polaris and Dynamo, 7:30 PM, a little late for the 8 AM game, but worst of all, Liverpool and Spirit have 8:45 PM games and back at 8 AM.

I agree, tough schedule to overcome. It wouldnt be so bad if there ws some room for error. With Qtr Finals a team could have a bad game and get over it, maybe make the wild card.

It seems to me it is a "money grab." They let every team they could in and took the money, but when it came time to run an thorough tournanment they cut corners to stuff everything in. If they couldnt handle the load, then they should have capped the tourny

I agree with a cap on the number of teams to run the tournament properly...well said!

I don't think it would matter if there were 6 teams or 60. Not everyone is going to get their dream achedule. As big as NTX soccer is, and with many of the coaches having multiple teams in different age brackets it is nearly impossible to make everyone happy. Would you rather play back to back games early saturday morning (as one of my DD's has) or a late game friday with a short turnaround (like my other DD)? Neither is great, but you have to consider what else the coach has going on along with fields, refs, and everything else...especially with some coaches having 3 and 4 teams. Maybe clubs should start limiting coaches to a certain number of teams, maybe 2, that would certainly help tournament schedulers.

by soccerdad19 31/01/12, 10:32 am

GirlsSoccerDad wrote:
EyesWideOpen wrote:
footprints wrote:
soccerdad19 wrote:
polarEYEz'd wrote:Are these threads actually read and taken into consideration?
Apparently not. 6 teams with Friday night games still have 8 AM games Saturday. TFC and DT South have a 6:15 on Friday, not too bad. Polaris and Dynamo, 7:30 PM, a little late for the 8 AM game, but worst of all, Liverpool and Spirit have 8:45 PM games and back at 8 AM.

I agree, tough schedule to overcome. It wouldnt be so bad if there ws some room for error. With Qtr Finals a team could have a bad game and get over it, maybe make the wild card.

It seems to me it is a "money grab." They let every team they could in and took the money, but when it came time to run an thorough tournanment they cut corners to stuff everything in. If they couldnt handle the load, then they should have capped the tourny

I agree with a cap on the number of teams to run the tournament properly...well said!

I don't think it would matter if there were 6 teams or 60. Not everyone is going to get their dream achedule. As big as NTX soccer is, and with many of the coaches having multiple teams in different age brackets it is nearly impossible to make everyone happy. Would you rather play back to back games early saturday morning (as one of my DD's has) or a late game friday with a short turnaround (like my other DD)? Neither is great, but you have to consider what else the coach has going on along with fields, refs, and everything else...especially with some coaches having 3 and 4 teams. Maybe clubs should start limiting coaches to a certain number of teams, maybe 2, that would certainly help tournament schedulers.

Point taken. Coaches with multiple teams affect this as well.

by footprints 31/01/12, 10:45 am

GirlsSoccerDad wrote:
EyesWideOpen wrote:
footprints wrote:
soccerdad19 wrote:
polarEYEz'd wrote:Are these threads actually read and taken into consideration?
Apparently not. 6 teams with Friday night games still have 8 AM games Saturday. TFC and DT South have a 6:15 on Friday, not too bad. Polaris and Dynamo, 7:30 PM, a little late for the 8 AM game, but worst of all, Liverpool and Spirit have 8:45 PM games and back at 8 AM.

I agree, tough schedule to overcome. It wouldnt be so bad if there ws some room for error. With Qtr Finals a team could have a bad game and get over it, maybe make the wild card.

It seems to me it is a "money grab." They let every team they could in and took the money, but when it came time to run an thorough tournanment they cut corners to stuff everything in. If they couldnt handle the load, then they should have capped the tourny

I agree with a cap on the number of teams to run the tournament properly...well said!

I don't think it would matter if there were 6 teams or 60. Not everyone is going to get their dream achedule. As big as NTX soccer is, and with many of the coaches having multiple teams in different age brackets it is nearly impossible to make everyone happy. Would you rather play back to back games early saturday morning (as one of my DD's has) or a late game friday with a short turnaround (like my other DD)? Neither is great, but you have to consider what else the coach has going on along with fields, refs, and everything else...especially with some coaches having 3 and 4 teams. Maybe clubs should start limiting coaches to a certain number of teams, maybe 2, that would certainly help tournament schedulers.

My argument is not that the schedule should be easier, i understand the schedule is tough and teams will have to overcome that. And with more games the schedule would be even tougher. But no qtr finals with this many teams is unacceptable.

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