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I thought the parents of that team were fine, even friendly. I have seen much worse. I haven't been too bothered, yet, by parents in the U11B group. But it's early. :)

see posts #70 and #71 of this thread. it may explain things...

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It looks like Copa is bringing it on this weekend! They beat WSA who is leading the NWCL.

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It looks like Copa is bringing it on this weekend! They beat WSA who is leading the NWCL.

Copa qualified for NWCL, but was not the lucky chosen team in the coin flip. Sometimes winning ALL your qualifying games isn't enough. Glad to see that setback didn't hold them back.

This is going to be a very strong age group for this area. Several very talented teams

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Copa qualified for NWCL, but was not the lucky chosen team in the coin flip. Sometimes winning ALL your qualifying games isn't enough. Glad to see that setback didn't hold them back.

This is going to be a very strong age group for this area. Several very talented teams

They did get unlucky but had a chance to win their last game and make it into NWCL...it goes to show you that at this age it's somewhat unpredictable.

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They did get unlucky but had a chance to win their last game and make it into NWCL...it goes to show you that at this age it's somewhat unpredictable.

The 5 teams that made the NWCL from Oregon all deserved it. And they are all very good teams. That said, I always felt that Westside's team was right in the thick of it and can beat anyone on a given day. It really does show the depth of the BU11 Premier division. That WSA team is no joke and WT beat them 4-3 on the road on Saturday. I just looked at the NWCL and WSA has won all 3 games and even beat Washington Premier, the second ranked team in Wa, 3-0. It's going to be an interesting and fun year.

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Vancouver Black and OSA Cosmos should probably be in premier.

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Vancouver Black and OSA Cosmos should probably be in premier.

Not to be rude, but I don't think so. Who would they replace? Vancouver Black struggled against the Premier teams in summer tourneys. As for OSA Cosmos, I have no idea, never seen them but they must be the B team since OSA Forza is in Premier. OSA Forza is a very solid team but they are 0-3 to start Premier. The Premier division is loaded.

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Not to be rude, but I don't think so. Who would they replace? Vancouver Black struggled against the Premier teams in summer tourneys. As for OSA Cosmos, I have no idea, never seen them but they must be the B team since OSA Forza is in Premier. OSA Forza is a very solid team but they are 0-3 to start Premier. The Premier division is loaded.

You're not being rude, just giving your opinion. Vancouver seems to be beating all their competition pretty badly. I don't know about OSA either. WEstside Sambas are doing well too. But I can't count them because they probably use players from Copa, who are doing quite well in premier btw. But maybe Lake Oswego, BSC or CFC ould be better in First Division, not that it's possible to move them now. I see that OSA is at the bottom in premier. They seem to be unpredictable. But it is U-11!

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You're not being rude, just giving your opinion. Vancouver seems to be beating all their competition pretty badly. I don't know about OSA either. WEstside Sambas are doing well too. But I can't count them because they probably use players from Copa, who are doing quite well in premier btw. But maybe Lake Oswego, BSC or CFC ould be better in First Division, not that it's possible to move them now. I see that OSA is at the bottom in premier. They seem to be unpredictable. But it is U-11!

You might be right with Lake O and BSC. Both of those teams struggled against the other Premier teams this summer and BSC did lose to Vancouver Black 1-0 at the Clash. I don't think CFC should be replaced. They won the Chinook Cup where they beat Vancouver Black 3-1 and they beat River twice. Lake O surprised me w a tie against THUSC and River in their first 2 OPL games. But then they lost to WT Copa 6-0 which was more like what was seen this summer, especially in PCU NWCL qual tourney against Premier division teams. WT Samba was handled by Premier teams this summer, I really don't believe they should be Premier. If they are borrowing Copa players, that's pretty weak. But I would bet they are not doing that. I don't think it does Samba any good to inflate their true level.

The thing that I love about the Premier division is these teams absolutely can beat each other on any given day. I think the talent is about as good as we've seen at this age in some time. And it shows with how well the Oregon teams are competing in the NWCL. Normally, boys are handled by the Washingington team in NWCL and that is certainly not the case this year.

Good luck to whatever team(s) you support!

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What was the score of LO vs CFC?

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How about the River and Copa game yesterday?

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Copa won 5-1.

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Copa won 5-1.

It seems like River isn't as competitive as they were. Not dissing, just saying. I wonder if they are getting burnt out. Sometimes that can happen. It seems like they played an awful lot this summer.

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It seems like River isn't as competitive as they were. Not dissing, just saying. I wonder if they are getting burnt out. Sometimes that can happen. It seems like they played an awful lot this summer.

I personally think River is still very dangerous. They are 2-3-1 in the Premier Division and they are 1-1-1 in the NW Champions League. They play a different style that sometimes gets them in trouble, but sometimes it can bother teams. They press forward and score a lot of goals. But they also get caught a lot with breakaways going against them. Look at their goals for and against in both OPL and NWCL. Very high scoring games. They ran into 2 tough opponents this weekend in WSA and WT, losing both. But going into the weekend they were 2-1-1.

Currently, the teams to beat are clearly, ET, WT, and WSA. Eastside is 5-0 in OPL and 2-1 in NWCL. WT is 4-0 but didn't make NWCL. But they have a 4-3 win in OPL against WSA. And WSA is 4-1 in OPL and 3-0 in NWCL. Any one of those teams can be beat but they are all 3 very tough. I couldn't even rank them at this point. It will be interesting to see how OPL and NWCL finishes out! Both ET and WSA also play crossfire A in NWCL on Oct 6/7. Interested to see how they compete. I'm pulling for both!

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I personally think River is still very dangerous. They are 2-3-1 in the Premier Division and they are 1-1-1 in the NW Champions League. They play a different style that sometimes gets them in trouble, but sometimes it can bother teams. They press forward and score a lot of goals. But they also get caught a lot with breakaways going against them. Look at their goals for and against in both OPL and NWCL. Very high scoring games. They ran into 2 tough opponents this weekend in WSA and WT, losing both. But going into the weekend they were 2-1-1.

Currently, the teams to beat are clearly, ET, WT, and WSA. Eastside is 5-0 in OPL and 2-1 in NWCL. WT is 4-0 but didn't make NWCL. But they have a 4-3 win in OPL against WSA. And WSA is 4-1 in OPL and 3-0 in NWCL. Any one of those teams can be beat but they are all 3 very tough. I couldn't even rank them at this point. It will be interesting to see how OPL and NWCL finishes out! Both ET and WSA also play crossfire A in NWCL on Oct 6/7. Interested to see how they compete. I'm pulling for both!

It would be great to see some Portland area teams beat Crossfire. I don't see Vancouver Timbers red in OPL. Do they only play in the Washington league? I see Vancouver Timbers Black and Orange play in First Division in OPL.