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You think going from 7 or 8 state championships down to 3 looks stable??? Wow! Can you balance my checkbook?

Overall, yes. Having one dominant team is NOT good for any league. In fact it isn't any good for the dominant team. The only ones that benefit a dominant team are the stuck-up parents sipping their lattes on the sidelines. "oh my, look at Buffy dominate"

And yes 3 years at the same level is stable. And yes, I can balance your checkbook. What I probably won't be able to do is teach you to stop using obnoxious multiple question marks.

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Overall, yes. Having one dominant team is NOT good for any league. In fact it isn't any good for the dominant team. The only ones that benefit a dominant team are the stuck-up parents sipping their lattes on the sidelines. "oh my, look at Buffy dominate"

And yes 3 years at the same level is stable. And yes, I can balance your checkbook. What I probably won't be able to do is teach you to stop using obnoxious multiple question marks.

So spread the talent out (or drive it away to Mass) so everyone thinks they are good when the reality is they are not. So typical of today's world. Why don't you give everyone a trophy for just playing? Keep defending the Rays and your daughters team all you want. You know they have no shot outside RI. It's good that you have accepted it. You should have saved the $1000 you paid the Rays and played for town team.

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So spread the talent out (or drive it away to Mass) so everyone thinks they are good when the reality is they are not. So typical of today's world. Why don't you give everyone a trophy for just playing? Keep defending the Rays and your daughters team all you want. You know they have no shot outside RI. It's good that you have accepted it. You should have saved the $1000 you paid the Rays and played for town team.

I think we can safely close out this thread by simply acknowledging the obvious--whoever has been posting these negative thoughts about the Rays is simply a misinformed a**hole.

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I think we can safely close out this thread by simply acknowledging the obvious--whoever has been posting these negative thoughts about the Rays is simply a misinformed a**hole.

Or that this person has some insight to the way the Rays are managed and coached and you just don't want to admit that they are correct. Sometimes the truth hurts.

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Or that this person has some insight to the way the Rays are managed and coached and you just don't want to admit that they are correct. Sometimes the truth hurts.

The truth that hurts is that this "person" appears to be a member of the Rays organization and is demonstrating a sickening lack of loyalty by stabbing them in the back through anonymous posts. You are making a mockery of the Rays, of RI, and of yourself.

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So spread the talent out (or drive it away to Mass) so everyone thinks they are good when the reality is they are not. So typical of today's world. Why don't you give everyone a trophy for just playing? Keep defending the Rays and your daughters team all you want. You know they have no shot outside RI. It's good that you have accepted it. You should have saved the $1000 you paid the Rays and played for town team.

OK. You are an ex-Rays parent. Let me see. Who might it be????? Ugly, both inside and out. Who might it be???

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I think we can safely close out this thread by simply acknowledging the obvious--whoever has been posting these negative thoughts about the Rays is simply a misinformed a**hole.

I agree completely with this post: He is definitely misinformed.

We have been with the Rays since 2007, we have always said it was the coaching we are there for and not the “Organization”. We have not had to deal with anyone but our coaches and they are Phenomenal!! And we will stay with them as a team for as long as we can. It’s our girls as a group and our coaches that make us the team we are. We are VERY happy with them.

Here is a list of what they have accomplished as a team, we have won games against ALL the other premiere teams in RI and some of the teams in MA since we play in Maple and mostly play MA teams in Tournaments. We have never had a problem driving to be able to get the competition we need. So no matter what team you choose in RI you will be playing MA teams.

U12 USYS RHODE ISLAND STATE CUP CHAMPIONS 2010 (2nd Year in a Row)
WWIS INDOOR LEAGUE CHAMPIONS 2010
5th place in US Futsal Northeast Regional Championship 2010
MANSFIELD FUTSAL LEAGUE CHAMPIONS 2010
RHODE ISLAND FUTSAL STATE CUP CHAMPIONS 2010
MAPLE LEAGUE CHAMPIONS FALL 2009
NASHUA WORLD CUP COLUMBUS DAY TOURNAMENT CHAMPIONS 2009
YORKTOWN NY LABOR DAY TOURNAMENT CHAMPIONS 2009
TWIST TOURNAMENT FINALISTS 2009
COASTAL SUMMER CHALLENGE TOURNAMENT CHAMPIONS 2009
U12 (8v8) USYS RHODE ISLAND STATE CUP CHAMPIONS 2009
OCEANEERS FUTSAL LEAGUE 2ND SESSION CHAMPIONS 2009
OCEANEERS FUTSAL LEAGUE 1ST SESSION CHAMPIONS 2009
RHODE ISLAND FUTSAL STATE CUP CHAMPIONS 2009
MAPS/MSSL FALL SHOWCASE TOURNAMENT CHAMPIONS 2008
MAPLE DIVISION CHAMPIONS FALL 2008
BANDIT CUP LABOR DAY TOURNAMENT CHAMPIONS 2008
COASTAL SUMMER CHALLENGE TOURNAMENT CHAMPIONS 2008
CAPE COD CLASSIC MEMORIAL DAY TOURNAMENT CHAMPIONS 2008
OCEANEERS FUTSAL LEAGUE 2ND SESSION CHAMPIONS 2008
OCEANEERS FUTSAL LEAGUE 1ST SESSION CHAMPIONS 2008
RHODE ISLAND FUTSAL STATE CUP CHAMPIONS 2008
NASHUA LABOR DAY TOURNAMENT SEMI-FINALISTS 2007

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You know who

Oh yeah. And don't forget that we have a girl from MA now as well. If you play with good players, against good competition and have good coaching you are doing the right thing for your daughter. We have all three.

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Oh yeah. And don't forget that we have a girl from MA now as well. If you play with good players, against good competition and have good coaching you are doing the right thing for your daughter. We have all three.

Absolutely! We definitely have all 3!!

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You are obnoxious!!

And this is why RI Soccer sucks. If you want to be the "dominant team locally" play rec soccer for your town. I thought premier soccer was for those players who want to compete at the highest level and continue to play in college. if that's the case you have to be better than the "dominant team locally". This is why college coaches have such a poor opinion of players in RI.

Anyone with half a brain knows that any league with only one or two superteams is no good. If the system was not the way it is, noone would benefit. How would a team like the U15 Scorpions Elite be as good as they are if they did not have this pool of players (all playing premier) to cherry pick from? Correct me if I'm wrong, but I believe there are three RI girls on that SUPER TEAM!!! Of course RI cannot as a whole compete with clubs that are in states that have 5 times the pool of players to draw from. But like other small clubs, there are some teams in RI that are/have been very successful. You would have everyone believe that if you can't be on the best team out then why bother. RI teams have the advantage over MA teams in that it is much easier to get to STATE CUP CHAMPION in RI than it is in MA. The RI players on those teams have an opportunity to get noticed (individually if not as a team) at Regionals, whereas many of their MA counterparts on equal or even better teams may never ever get to play at the regional level.

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Anyone with half a brain knows that any league with only one or two superteams is no good. If the system was not the way it is, noone would benefit. How would a team like the U15 Scorpions Elite be as good as they are if they did not have this pool of players (all playing premier) to cherry pick from? Correct me if I'm wrong, but I believe there are three RI girls on that SUPER TEAM!!! Of course RI cannot as a whole compete with clubs that are in states that have 5 times the pool of players to draw from. But like other small clubs, there are some teams in RI that are/have been very successful. You would have everyone believe that if you can't be on the best team out then why bother. RI teams have the advantage over MA teams in that it is much easier to get to STATE CUP CHAMPION in RI than it is in MA. The RI players on those teams have an opportunity to get noticed (individually if not as a team) at Regionals, whereas many of their MA counterparts on equal or even better teams may never ever get to play at the regional level.

New to this board but I think you are mistaking Premier Soccer for Club Soccer. In Premier it's about the player. Yes you want to play on a good team but it's all about exposure to college coaches. Being able to win the State Cup every year because there is no competetion is not what Premier Soccer is about. If you are lucky to play on a great team and be noticed at tournaments is what Premier Soccer is all about. How do college coaches look at a player if they go to Regionals or to a tournament and the striker doesn't touch the ball because the team lost 5-0 or the ball never left the defensive end.

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New to this board but I think you are mistaking Premier Soccer for Club Soccer. In Premier it's about the player. Yes you want to play on a good team but it's all about exposure to college coaches. Being able to win the State Cup every year because there is no competetion is not what Premier Soccer is about. If you are lucky to play on a great team and be noticed at tournaments is what Premier Soccer is all about. How do college coaches look at a player if they go to Regionals or to a tournament and the striker doesn't touch the ball because the team lost 5-0 or the ball never left the defensive end.

Happen to Tidal Wave at their tournament. NEW COACH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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Why doesn't RI use coaches from area colleges? There are some great schools in RI.

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Why doesn't RI use coaches from area colleges? There are some great schools in RI.

That is an excellent question and a great idea. College coaches would lend some credibility to the RI group. And a college coach would have a totally different outlook on what it is all about.

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All RI College coaches are on Bruno or Bayside staff and they only coach U15 boys and UP just not that many coaches willing to coach premier soccer in RI.