Sick of the Same tournaments!

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Why don't clubs try different tournaments instead of the same old thing year after year. We surely don't need to go to NH again this year. We won that tournament last year

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Why don't clubs try different tournaments instead of the same old thing year after year. We surely don't need to go to NH again this year. We won that tournament last year

Poor you - you're kid enjoys playing and you enjoy bragging about the tournaments your kid wins.

Life is so unfair.

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Because parents will complain over everything. they go to an out of state event , and say "why can't we stay" local. They go to a better event and say "we need to play more teams for the gotsoccer points"

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Because parents will complain over everything. they go to an out of state event , and say "why can't we stay" local. They go to a better event and say "we need to play more teams for the gotsoccer points"

Well NH is out of State! There are some tournaments in Connecticut, NY, NJ that would allow for a change in talent. An absolute waste of money to travel for a tournament with the same teams time and time again. Wonder why RI teams get to regional's and get destroyed

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Because parents will complain over everything. they go to an out of state event , and say "why can't we stay" local. They go to a better event and say "we need to play more teams for the gotsoccer points"

You are right.. damned if you do, damned if you don't.
No team will ever be 100% satisfied with tournament decisions.

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You are right.. damned if you do, damned if you don't.
No team will ever be 100% satisfied with tournament decisions.

parents are the great hinderence to the innocence of youth sports.

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Well NH is out of State! There are some tournaments in Connecticut, NY, NJ that would allow for a change in talent. An absolute waste of money to travel for a tournament with the same teams time and time again. Wonder why RI teams get to regional's and get destroyed

We can stay close to home and still get destroyed. The good news is that regionals will be at URI the next two years, so all of our teams can get destroyed without leaving the state!

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what you need to do is check some of the tournaments in florida. or just come to one of disneys tournaments plenty plenty of top teams there of all ages and genders. bring your best and lest go

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We can stay close to home and still get destroyed. The good news is that regionals will be at URI the next two years, so all of our teams can get destroyed without leaving the state!

Why do you feel the need to post such negative remarks? Do you get pleasure from a youth teams' loss? Is that what you hope for? Are you a RI resident? Do you have a kid on a RI Team? If so, shame on you.

Any team can win on any give day, despite their home state. These kids will do just fine.

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We can stay close to home and still get destroyed. The good news is that regionals will be at URI the next two years, so all of our teams can get destroyed without leaving the state!

You are an idiot...... more than likely your kid can cut it in competitive soccer ...loser...

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Why do you feel the need to post such negative remarks? Do you get pleasure from a youth teams' loss? Is that what you hope for? Are you a RI resident? Do you have a kid on a RI Team? If so, shame on you.

Any team can win on any give day, despite their home state. These kids will do just fine.

Actually my kid is a a pretty good player who has already made arrangements to play in college, and we went both the ODP tournament at Rider and regionals this year ... and I am a RI resident. I also traveled to Virginia and Maryland for tournaments this year and had to make the choice between losing a day of work to travel each way or about $500 for plane fare.

As the parent of a high school age player, I am really tired of the travel and the youth soccer industry. Shame on all of you sheep for allowing yourselves to get sweet talked by coaches and DOCs that your little superstars are being "held back" by the local competition. The reality is that we have too many teams and too many less than premier players that are on rosters just to keep the cash flowing. I'm tired of being forced to stay in fleabag hotels so the tournament organizers can make money by making compulsory reservations.

Spanish, British or German kids don't travel thousands of miles the way our kids do and they certainly don't play tournaments with multiple games per day, because that's not a good way to learn to play. Kids should practice more and play less and tournaments are about making money, not improving skills (because why travel 1000 miles if you're not trying to win?). Bayside and Black Watch and Bruno should be doing everything they can to make each other better so there would be stronger local competition, but instead they just bad mouth the others and steal players, which improves the team but not anyone's skills.

Anyone really believe that the teams couldn't just stay closer to home and get the same thrashing from Bolts, NEFC, Scorps, MPS, Western United, or Seacoast? Parents of kids on RI teams pay as much as parents from any other state, but get very little to show for it. Anyone really kidding themselves that any of the RI teams are going to win at regionals next year? Put away your pom-poms, and stop drinking the clubs' Kool-Aid because that's the only way the level of play in our state is going to get any better. Traveling to Disney or Potomac is the problem, not the solution.

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Actually my kid is a a pretty good player who has already made arrangements to play in college, and we went both the ODP tournament at Rider and regionals this year ... and I am a RI resident. I also traveled to Virginia and Maryland for tournaments this year and had to make the choice between losing a day of work to travel each way or about $500 for plane fare.

As the parent of a high school age player, I am really tired of the travel and the youth soccer industry. Shame on all of you sheep for allowing yourselves to get sweet talked by coaches and DOCs that your little superstars are being "held back" by the local competition. The reality is that we have too many teams and too many less than premier players that are on rosters just to keep the cash flowing. I'm tired of being forced to stay in fleabag hotels so the tournament organizers can make money by making compulsory reservations.

Spanish, British or German kids don't travel thousands of miles the way our kids do and they certainly don't play tournaments with multiple games per day, because that's not a good way to learn to play. Kids should practice more and play less and tournaments are about making money, not improving skills (because why travel 1000 miles if you're not trying to win?). Bayside and Black Watch and Bruno should be doing everything they can to make each other better so there would be stronger local competition, but instead they just bad mouth the others and steal players, which improves the team but not anyone's skills.

Anyone really believe that the teams couldn't just stay closer to home and get the same thrashing from Bolts, NEFC, Scorps, MPS, Western United, or Seacoast? Parents of kids on RI teams pay as much as parents from any other state, but get very little to show for it. Anyone really kidding themselves that any of the RI teams are going to win at regionals next year? Put away your pom-poms, and stop drinking the clubs' Kool-Aid because that's the only way the level of play in our state is going to get any better. Traveling to Disney or Potomac is the problem, not the solution.

RI girls wouldnt even get into the top 2 brackets of NY, NJ, PA tournaments. They would get third bracket at best, so yes it would be a waste of your time and money. Stay up in RI or NH or Maine where the competition is easier. Stay out of FC Stars tourney as you have no chance there either. If you do go, your girls will most likely recognize some of their friends, the ones that are really good players on the Mass teams