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The experience of losing is great reason to leave HS soccer, especially when you can lose to some of the top 16 teams in the country...if it was one of the top 30 teams well that would be another story I think.... -
MA boys teams have played and lost to the top teams from around the US from decades.. this is not news.Comment
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Do you know what you are talking about? A CR led Bolts U18 made it to the National Finals a few years back, and another Bolts team was National Champs in 2005 I believe. MA has been on or near the top before. Just not this year.Originally posted by Unregistered View PostComment
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Round 3
Bolts U16 loses to Charlotte 2-0
Revs U16 loses to Dallas 3-1
I think that is the end of the DAP season for MA. Good year actually.Comment
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Originally posted by Unregistered View Post
Good year??
It was not a bad year....I suppose, but why was it a 'good year'?
Clearly in the end of season play a record of
1 win; 2 ties; 8 losses does not represent a great success story
Was it a good year because the Revs and Bolts did well in the Northeast Conference?? When the top colleges across the country (not just Northeast where the Bolts coaches are coaching) come to see the talent then I will be more supportive of it being a good year. When there are multiple national team players coming from the Mass DAP teams then it will have been a good year. When one or two of these four teams go to the final 16 then it might have been a good year...
Otherwise.....it might not have been a bad year.Comment
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The original poster did know what he/she was talking about. Once in the last 15 years Mass (Bolts) won a boys national championship, other than that I can't even think of a boys team who has won regionals in the last 10 years....so yes the Mass boys teams have been beaten by these other teams/regions each and every year for many years, thus this year is no different....and next year will likely be the same...no shame in it, but those are the facts.Originally posted by Unregistered View PostComment
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You must be girl's parents, so let's print some facts:Originally posted by Unregistered View Post
FC Bolts (pre DAP)
2004 BU18 Region 1 Champ
2005 BU15 Region 1 Champ
2005 BU13 Region 1 Champ
2005 BU15 National Champ
FC Bolts (DAP)
2008 BU18 Made Nationals
2009 BU18 Made Nationals
(note: No Region 1 stuff for DAP)Comment
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Originally posted by Unregistered View Post
But what have you done for me lately???
Admit it.....it has been a fizzling downward projection for the Massachusetts Boys teams on a regional level...Comment
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You're imaging things. A bolts girls team went to Youth nationals. A bolts boys team won once. That's it - in all of recorded history for MA. This was a typical year - And let's be real - if you watched teams from Texas and CA play, you'd know why the Bolts aren't going to win. They aren't as good.Originally posted by Unregistered View PostComment
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Funny how each year the successful Bolts teams are older, and then no more.. that is indeed the story of the Bolts.Originally posted by Unregistered View PostComment
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Funny - Bolts peaked in 05, and its been downhill ever since.Originally posted by Unregistered View PostComment
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Nice math, Bernie. By the way, you peaked about 30 years ago, and that is not saying much.Originally posted by Unregistered View PostComment
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You are almost getting it. Looking from 2004 to 2009, MA HS kids from 2007-2010 did well, going from U13 to U18. Now it's going down hill, not just with Bolts. Check the HS threads.Originally posted by Unregistered View PostComment
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Maybe it's immigration demographics - lot of central and south Americans moving into Texas and CA.Comment
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Another thought. Revs was more recently added to the DAP roster. Does MA really have enough talent to support two DAP teams, especially with the decline in talent in the past few years? Probably not.Comment
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