Too 10 reasons why CFC sucks

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Who on earth is writing all of this?

Dudley Do Right U11 parent is concerned about the pushing!

Girl's lax doesn't allow contact that probably safe harbor.

As far as accusing clubs or in this case CFC condoning overly physical play is flat out ridiculous. The games have refs and overly physical play gets rewarded with yellow and red cards.

If there's a place where players become targeting it's in High school soccer.

how many yellows or reds have you seen given out- be honest

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how many yellows or reds have you seen given out- be honest

depends on age and level.

Younger ages, the Refs will speak to the kids before showing a card. Older ECNL games are generally pretty tight. They have three man crews and are typically the better refs.

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depends on age and level.

Younger ages, the Refs will speak to the kids before showing a card. Older ECNL games are generally pretty tight. They have three man crews and are typically the better refs.

so in HS aged teams, when you say that this behavior occurs

please think before you type

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so in HS aged teams, when you say that this behavior occurs

please think before you type

What are you talking about?

Poster is saying that in older games there is likely to be rough play but the refs hold in it in check. They specifically mentioned older ECNL games not high school games.

High school games can be a disaster. most times there is just one ref for regular season high school games. They miss everything.

Do you need it spelled out for you in more granular detail?

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#11: circle jerking daddies

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My kid played against a CFC this past weekend for the first time. Quite a bit of shoving. Opposing parents, apparently dismayed at the ref calling fouls in one kid's favor multiple times, exasperatedly overheard lamenting, "SAME KID!" Well, a-holes, how about your team quit repeatedly fouling the "same kid"?

Older kid playing against one of their teams in a couple weeks. At least he now has the scouting report.

- you're not going to make it through HS soccer
- one game is hardly representative of all is it?

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The issue was a CFC team apparently was shoving and fouling a certain player multiple times.

There is a HUGE difference in playing tough/hard and being dirty. From the original post I didnt see anything dirty about it. Players Get fouled....it happens

It sounds more like the player getting fouled....cant handle the physical aspect of this game.

This isnt golf....

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What are you talking about?

Poster is saying that in older games there is likely to be rough play but the refs hold in it in check. They specifically mentioned older ECNL games not high school games.

High school games can be a disaster. most times there is just one ref for regular season high school games. They miss everything.

Do you need it spelled out for you in more granular detail?

There’s never just one ref for HS games.

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This is some seriously disturbed thinking. A foul means there has been an infraction against the laws of the game. Committing intentional infractions is called cheating, and you not only seem to be encouraging it, you are also clearly admitting that this is how CFC plays.

How about this: if a team or a particular player is better, you still do your best to try to win within the rules, but if you're beaten by better competitors, applaud a good performance and maybe take a little pride in giving it your best effort. I believe there's a word for that... rhymes with "sportsmanship."

You must be new to the sport. Cheating?? Ever heard of a professional foul?

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There’s never just one ref for HS games.

Well there is certainly hardly ever a 3 man crew. High school games are most 2 refs until you get to the CIAC tournament. Some schools/conferences spring for it in conference tournaments but not typical.

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You must be new to the sport. Cheating?? Ever heard of a professional foul?

A well-timed "professional" foul and constant elbowing, shoving, etc., are two different things. Ideally, "professional" fouls would be rewarded with a yellow; repeated borderline dangerous play should get yellow, then red if it continues. But you hardly ever see any cards in youth soccer (I'm not at H.S. age yet, so don't know about cards at that level), as if refs can't make themselves believe that kids are playing intentionally dirty. Some clubs seem to encourage this kind of play more than others. If they have to make up for lack of talent with overly rough play, I guess that will work to an extent, but they'll eventually be found out.

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better players will get hacked, that's just part of the game. You can call it targeting, but its still a compliment. It only says they cant contain this player and their only option is to foul. I don't have a problem with that. It only becomes a problem if their intent is to injure.

That is where coaches need to step in. Normally if this is a boys team, his teammates should be taking notes during the game and finding an effective solution to this problem. This is something the girls don't do enough of.

Better players and ball hogs (often the same).