Stars Friendlies

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There’s been friendlies going on the last two weekends

Exactly so let's get through them and then we have spring season.

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Yes I’m sure it’s for the kids and not the money. Stars have gone on like covid didn’t happen. Overcrowded fields and this tournament will be worse.

Ya always for the kids never the money.

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Ya always for the kids never the money.

Schools are open so is soccer

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Yes I’m sure it’s for the kids and not the money. Stars have gone on like covid didn’t happen. Overcrowded fields and this tournament will be worse.

Our player's club has attended a few of the recent friendlies, along with the past fall season, & we as parents have also attended. Having first hand experience, we can confidently state that we have never seen any overcrowding or any behavior that would contribute to virus spikes. To us, the speculation that these friendlies contribute to covid spread is misguided. We are certainly concerned about our present health issues, we are parents afterall. However, we feel sure these youth soccer events are not being organized with a blind eye to keeping people safe, especially our kids. It seems to us that its possible the ones that are fearmongering the youth soccer landscape are ones that are on the outside looking in. Again, we have attended some of these events & our experience has show people are not being foolish or defiant.
And to comment on the upcoming Stars event, https://events.gotsport.com/events/d...?EventID=79358, isn't this event an uncommon gathering of some top state teams that would otherwise not compete together due to league logistics? Seems like a good event to spectate, even if no "dog in the fight"

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Schools are open so is soccer

Not all of them tough guy

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No research proving that playing sorts outdoors or even indoors causes a superspreader event. The kids are healthier playing sports through the winter. But if you are worried stay home. To each his own. Superspreaders are parties indoors, gatherings. I’ve seen so many driveways filled with several cars clearly ignoring the requests by officials to minimize Thanksgiving. In two weeks we will have spikes of Covid from those gatherings but not from games or tournaments where everyone is wearing masks. It’s the unmasked parties, drinking, eating, hugging and laughing that’s where Covid spreads.

Tell that to the hockey people

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Tell that to the hockey people

Hockey has a different set of issues.

Ever try to clean hockey equipment? That stuff is a haven for infections under the best of circumstances.

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Hockey has a different set of issues.

Ever try to clean hockey equipment? That stuff is a haven for infections under the best of circumstances.

Nothing to do with the equipment

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Nothing to do with the equipment

Absolutely has to do with the equipment.

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Yes I’m sure it’s for the kids and not the money. Stars have gone on like covid didn’t happen. Overcrowded fields and this tournament will be worse.

Absolutely absurd. Parents are watching just the same as any other club and everyone is respecting the masks while watching. Get a life

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Absolutely has to do with the equipment.

The equipment didn't spread it during their tournaments duh.... Dads hanging out pounding beers in the parking lot and the players hanging out not wearing masks between did them in

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Hockey has a different set of issues.

Ever try to clean hockey equipment? That stuff is a haven for infections under the best of circumstances.

It's carpools, lock rooms, and small bench areas that affected hockey. None of which are a concern for soccer if you don't carpool.

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The equipment didn't spread it during their tournaments duh.... Dads hanging out pounding beers in the parking lot and the players hanging out not wearing masks between did them in

Duh. Crowded locker rooms with infected equipment and players turning over every 90 minutes.

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Follow the precautions and you will be fine.

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Friendlies

I haven't heard of many if any cases of covid from soccer. That being said there were teams that dropped out of the last 2 weekends. That means players or families were exposed. Those teams did not play, so the games went on. Of course of a player did not have symptoms and was not tested there is some risk. Personally I think parents should stay in the car or home reduce the crowding but who want to drive to games and not watch.