22-0 U12 Boys

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Surely FO could find other ways to pass time in the game besides score endless goals... like possessing the ball. Or is that a foreign concept to him? The least he could do is let the people who don't play much play (didn't see the game, have no idea if he did or didn't do this).

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And your point is?

Blazers would crush an NEP U12 team!

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Blazers would crush an NEP U12 team!

Ha. That's a good one.

Last year's U12 Blazers, yes. This year's version, which didn't even make it into MAPLE Blue? Not so much.

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First of all, these 2 teams are from different divisions. Based on the fact there were not many teams in the Melrose team's bracket, games were scheduled with teams outside of that bracket. Why would MAPLE even think of scheduling a higher division team to play with a lower division team? If they need to fill up the number of games, teams in the same division can play each other twice. I believe there was a very good reason why teams were broken out into different divisions to start..............

The fact that they were from different divisions makes the inexcusable even less so.

If you're playing U10 and you have no way to measure the opponent, I can understand a quick start and overwhelming the opposing team, but even then, there is no reason whatsoever to get into double-digits.

Any coach of youth players that doesn't know how or doesn't want to make adjustments to focus on development when the competition is so far over shouldn't be near the touchline.

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Its not really their fault, in general. They will never get into NEP where all the good teams are so who/where are they supposed to play for regular league play? MAPLE, MASC, no go options for that club.

This was worth a chuckle or three~

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This was worth a chuckle or three~

Who has the strongest U12 team in MA?

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Who has the strongest U12 team in MA?

Almost impossible to say at this age level, since most of the better MAPLE teams play 11v11 and the NEP teams play 8v8, so they don't play each other. No one really knows.

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Almost impossible to say at this age level, since most of the better MAPLE teams play 11v11 and the NEP teams play 8v8, so they don't play each other. No one really knows.

NEFC, STARS, Western United, Aztecs (the U12's that play up in U13 NEP)

Hopefully they will play in some tournaments against each other this spring (NEFC, Manhattan)

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All the good U12 teams play in NEP? NEP teams play 8v8!

IMO it is better for the players at U12 to play 8 v 8.

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All the good U12 teams play in NEP? NEP teams play 8v8!

As they should 8v8 is good for u12

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MAPLE has begun that transition to 8v8, but is there a stated plan/timeframe to get rid of the 11v11 at U12? I'm curious to hear from any of those parents close to the situation, have any of the clubs placed their better teams in the 8v8 divisions or has it been new or lower teams?

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MAPLE has begun that transition to 8v8, but is there a stated plan/timeframe to get rid of the 11v11 at U12? I'm curious to hear from any of those parents close to the situation, have any of the clubs placed their better teams in the 8v8 divisions or has it been new or lower teams?

NEFC U12 boys are playing U13 green division this Spring!

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NEFC U12 boys are playing U13 green division this Spring!

Seems like more and more teams are playing up, not just players. That's a conversation all to its own...

But doesn't MAPLE have restrictions on the number of players a club can play up or the number of players on a team's roster being limited? I've always wondered about that.