Girls 02 Rankings

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I think it's worthwhile to participate, but the selection process makes no logical sense. I think they might actually draw names out of a hat.

I've seen top talent cut and very low skilled girls make the team.

I watched try outs the last three years and the coaches don't even pay attention much less take notes.

You do realize that who gets picked is very subjective right? You might think player A has great skills and I might see her as a slow and unskilled.

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Please, let's not take the haters too seriously here. I have to think 95% of these ODP/RTC haters are OPL people just taking free shots.

My son plays for a non TA, non OPL club and tried out for a Portland RTC, despite being a late Nov birthday and playing against older kids, he made the team. While he isn't a super star, he is a very solid player, so I felt he got a fair look. And NO, they just didn't take everyone, there were about 40 kids per session (so 45 plus maybe tried out if some could only make 1 or 2 sessions?) and they took 27-28 kids. Level of play was high and it was very competitive, so for $40, he got 5-6 hours of good scrimmaging on nice fields, worth it to me even if it ended there. There was really no coaching, just observing, so the jury is still out there, but I agree with the previous poster, that if he gets $200 worth of cool Timbers gear plus 18-20 practices and some competitive games, the $400 fee is worth it to me. New friends, different coaching, possibility of moving on will all be gravy.

This is my 1st experience with rtc, so I'm going in with an open mind and trying to ignore the haters and jaded parents. Seems to me that it's a higher level than sending your kid to UP, Thorns/Timbers, whatever camp, where you don't know the level of the other kids and coaching. Those camps offer way less bang for your buck but I don't see them getting bashed here.

I'm not sure who the RTC coaches are, but I think you will likely be pleased with the value you get from the RTC. Your son will be playing against a good group of players (they may or may not be the best in the area, but they all will be pretty good) and you will be doing some good drills and the scrimaging will be very good. We've done ODP with my dd for a number of years and she got a lot out of it. Her last experience with the travel squad where they played teams from California, Arizona, New Mexico and Nevada was outstanding. She felt the game that they played against SoCal, which ended in tie, was the most intense, most fun game she's ever been involved in. Unfortunately, there is politics in ODP and they will rear their ugly head if you stay with it. However, your approach is a good one and I think you will view it as money well spent.

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I was surprised how little they focused on technical skills at the try-outs. Last year, there was a bigger focus on technical skills, and they did more 1v1, 2v2, 3v1, etc... But I shouldn't be surprised considering Jaime is coaching our age group. I don't want to spend money for my daughter to learn bootball. We can go back to Westside Warriors or Oak Hills Soccer club, or Somerset West for that.

I think we will try out one training before we pay our money. I keep hoping another coach will show up to assist - one my daughter might like.

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I was surprised how little they focused on technical skills at the try-outs. Last year, there was a bigger focus on technical skills, and they did more 1v1, 2v2, 3v1, etc... But I shouldn't be surprised considering Jaime is coaching our age group. I don't want to spend money for my daughter to learn bootball. We can go back to Westside Warriors or Oak Hills Soccer club, or Somerset West for that.

I think we will try out one training before we pay our money. I keep hoping another coach will show up to assist - one my daughter might like.

Don't count on it.

Consider yourself lucky with Jaime. Our RTC couch basically brought her team with her last year. Can you say favoritism?

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Why is Bend still in the top division? They didn't win a single game all season this last spring. And a lot of games were big losses 8-0, 13-0, 7-0 5-1, 5-0 a 0-0 tie and a 1-1 tie and a no play. They scored a total of 2 goals all season.


And what happened to Westside Copa, and Samba? Did Samba get dropped down a division? Where did Copa go?

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Why is Bend still in the top division? They didn't win a single game all season this last spring. And a lot of games were big losses 8-0, 13-0, 7-0 5-1, 5-0 a 0-0 tie and a 1-1 tie and a no play. They scored a total of 2 goals all season.


And what happened to Westside Copa, and Samba? Did Samba get dropped down a division? Where did Copa go?

Copa girls all moved to TS and some other clubs. Samba left en masse to a new club.

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In a non-split league, the bottom teams such as Bend get moved down. In a split league, Bend is top 8, even if still near the bottom. Most girls age groups only have a couple to a handful of true "premier" level teams. Some age groups only have two top teams so oysa's Gu12 is actually lucky.

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In a non-split league, the bottom teams such as Bend get moved down. In a split league, Bend is top 8, even if still near the bottom. Most girls age groups only have a couple to a handful of true "premier" level teams. Some age groups only have two top teams so oysa's Gu12 is actually lucky.

I thought teams requested what division they played in? Is that not the case? If it is the case what reason would it benefit Bend to continue in the top division.

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I thought teams requested what division they played in? Is that not the case? If it is the case what reason would it benefit Bend to continue in the top division.

That they do. Placements are agreed at a seeding meeting attended by the club DoCs.

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Is Bend scheduled to play CopaTS, CFC & Eastside twice or did they cut Bend slack & take top teams off their play twice list? Maybe Bend would rather be challenged for development since they'd likely run away w/the next division down.

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Copa girls all moved to TS and some other clubs. Samba left en masse to a new club.

Weird. I thought West side Timbers was all about the girls teams?

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Is Bend scheduled to play CopaTS, CFC & Eastside twice or did they cut Bend slack & take top teams off their play twice list? Maybe Bend would rather be challenged for development since they'd likely run away w/the next division down.

They play CFC twice, est twice, don't play copa ts twice. And they wouldn't run away with the next division down. Not a chance, middle of the pack at best.

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Then Bend DoC should've asked to be in next Div down. Maybe Timbers want Alliance teams to all have a team n Premier at each age. That would explain Rogue Valley Timbers suddenly showing up in Premier divisions.

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SLOW DOWN!

or you will catch up with the whack job '01 parents.

101,000 hits on the '01's is sickening!

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SLOW DOWN!

or you will catch up with the whack job '01 parents.

101,000 hits on the '01's is sickening!

What can I say, POPULAR! Bring on the soccer smack