NWCL Qualifying for 2011 *NEW RULES*

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the only issue I had with the non-counting and counting games was that it was sometimes difficult to tell which games counted and which games didn't. You needed OPL's decoder ring.

Me personally, I would have liked it if the non counting games were at the front of the season to get them out of the way and then every game after counted. To me that would have been more clear cut.

That being said it worked out fine.....to me your team should show up every week ready to play and win; whether it is a counting game or non-counting game

It looked rather simple to me. They listed the game id number, date, and teams playing in a chart on the NWCL section of the OPL site. It was pretty basic to read. 90% of the games that didn't count were the first games that teams played.

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It looked rather simple to me. They listed the game id number, date, and teams playing in a chart on the NWCL section of the OPL site. It was pretty basic to read. 90% of the games that didn't count were the first games that teams played.

Like I said me personally I didn't like having to go back and forth between two reports.
When all you had to do on the schedule was make a marking on non-counting and counting.

I don't know which % of the games were at the first or not.....all I said is that I know for our schedule it wasn't the case. Would I have preferred if it all non counting games were at the beginning? Sure. Is it a big deal. No.

Again like I said win your games and it doesn't matter

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Am I missing the boat here or is the title of this thread "NWCL Qualifying for 2011 *NEW RULES*". What does this post have to do with anything?? It's no surprise that a bunch of FC players go to U of P, FC is their "feeder" program as you put it.

What are you, the post police? Grow up. Perhaps read through some of the threads here and realize that the majority of the threads have other discussions involved as well.

Read through some of the earlier posts in *this* thread, in fact, before commenting that it had nothing to do with anything.

So, yea, you are missing the boat. But likely nothing new for you.

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Ok, so the rules were posted, e-mailed, etc., and your team didn't pay attention, or did and still lost, and now you want to whine and complain? If your team made it in, would you be here grumbling?

Maybe complain to your DOC for not advising your coach well enough on the importance of winning the counting games? Or complain to your coach for not playing players to win those games? Or realize that your team/coach did play to win, and your players still lost. It is what it is.

All teams were advised, rules were clear, voted on, posted, etc. It was fair. If you disagree with it, talk to your DOC and convince them to vote otherwise next year. Toss the club a few thousand and maybe you will get your way. And then when your team loses and doesn't make it in again, you can whine about another reason it was so unfair and wrong.

[Soca lova]

If you beat a team one time you should be able to beat them again.

This is a very unsoccer comment. The best competition and leagues I have witnessed are characterized by the fact that anyone can win any day. It comes down to things like motivation, inspiration and heart. The most competitive situation is a bunch of nearly even teams. The statement above sounds like a result of very lopsided games.

Sorry, it has nothing to do with leagues or associations or any of that. I was just surprised by this statement.

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Ok, so the rules were posted, e-mailed, etc., and your team didn't pay attention, or did and still lost, and now you want to whine and complain? If your team made it in, would you be here grumbling?

Maybe complain to your DOC for not advising your coach well enough on the importance of winning the counting games? Or complain to your coach for not playing players to win those games? Or realize that your team/coach did play to win, and your players still lost. It is what it is.

All teams were advised, rules were clear, voted on, posted, etc. It was fair. If you disagree with it, talk to your DOC and convince them to vote otherwise next year. Toss the club a few thousand and maybe you will get your way. And then when your team loses and doesn't make it in again, you can whine about another reason it was so unfair and wrong.

Well our kids were told how important the games were when it was almost too late and the parents didn't get told anything. All my kids play sports all year on different teams and the communication is fantastic. We are disappointed and some bad decisions were made. Kids naturally want to win so don't say they didn't play to win.

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Well our kids were told how important the games were when it was almost too late and the parents didn't get told anything. All my kids play sports all year on different teams and the communication is fantastic. We are disappointed and some bad decisions were made. Kids naturally want to win so don't say they didn't play to win.

Sounds like it's time to have a talk with the coach.

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This is a very unsoccer comment. The best competition and leagues I have witnessed are characterized by the fact that anyone can win any day. It comes down to things like motivation, inspiration and heart. The most competitive situation is a bunch of nearly even teams. The statement above sounds like a result of very lopsided games.

Sorry, it has nothing to do with leagues or associations or any of that. I was just surprised by this statement.

I see nothing wrong with the comment. If you beat a team once you should be able to beat them again, they never said you will beat them again. Soccer is a sport where the best team doesn't always win but I believe the comment was posted to the person who was complaining about certain games not counting. You have to come to play every game and leave it all on the field, no excuses after.

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This is a very unsoccer comment. The best competition and leagues I have witnessed are characterized by the fact that anyone can win any day. It comes down to things like motivation, inspiration and heart. The most competitive situation is a bunch of nearly even teams. The statement above sounds like a result of very lopsided games.

Sorry, it has nothing to do with leagues or associations or any of that. I was just surprised by this statement.

I think you need to take that statement in the context it was meant. They were responding to the SSC parent who was complaining about how they did not make the NWCL games due to the non-counting games. I believe the comment was just stating that if you were winning all your earlier games then you should be able to win your later games.

I can't see what is so shocking about that comment. Are you saying that if you beat a team once that you shouldn't be able to beat them again? It never said anything about having no problem doing so. Saying the non-counting games weren't fair is nothing but an excuse.

[Soca lova]

Out of context

Sorry, I understood it out if context to be saying something much different. I only meant to be commenting on the statement that seemed to say " it doesn't matter if you only play a Team once, because if you beat them once you would beat them everytime. ". I see now this was out of context.

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Iridium beat WSM 1-0 today. Great game to watch.