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    Originally posted by Unregistered View Post
    This depends on what you're traveling for. If you travel 5 hours to beat a team 5-0, then it is a complete waste of time.
    I agree. It is always better to travel 4 hours to the north and get beat 2-0. Then you only waste their time when they drive down to play you.

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      Originally posted by Unregistered View Post
      I agree. It is always better to travel 4 hours to the north and get beat 2-0. Then you only waste their time when they drive down to play you.
      That is funny.

      My kids have played a wide array of sports. My observation is that all youth sports require lots of travel when you get to the higher levels. One of my sons played for a B soccer team and I have to admit between the cost and the travel I was really happy when he finally threw in the towel and took up golf!

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        Originally posted by Unregistered View Post
        Let's face it, all the clubs will do what's best for them, their members, their egos, etc.
        You got that right. The moment you see a club offer their teams the opportunity to control their own direction with respect to which league they want to play in, is a club that we should all run to.

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          Originally posted by Unregistered View Post
          UM , you do know that most of the founders of the OPL came from the TA clubs right? So who are the idiots?
          You mean Eastside and Westside ? Thats only 2 of the 8 dip****

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            Originally posted by Unregistered View Post
            You mean Eastside and Westside ? Thats only 2 of the 8 dip****
            Here are the founding OPL clubs. A couple have merged so it's not really 8 anymore.

            Eastside United FC (now TA)
            FC Portland
            Lake Oswego SC (now Crossfire Oregon)
            Oregon Soccer Academy (now TA and merged with WST)
            Portland City United (now TA)
            Southside SC (now Crossfire Oregon)
            Tualatin Hills United SC
            Westside Metros (now TA)

            What is it about OYSA now that is different from what was so bad that it caused EST, WST and PCU to leave in the first place. If it was really travel, and OYSA rules (the 8 v. 8 dispute) and transfer policies those are all back. Or, we could all just accept it for what it is: business combined with a distinct lack of commitment by EST,WST and PCU to carry on what they started. So for the second time in 3 years they were willing to cause great disruption to the Oregon soccer community. What will they do next? Whatever it is, follow the money because that's the only argument they have left.

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              OSSA did not merge with WST and is not a TA club. OSSA is not OSSA Crossfire.

              PCU is not a TA... yet anyway.

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                Originally posted by Unregistered View Post
                Here are the founding OPL clubs. A couple have merged so it's not really 8 anymore.

                Eastside United FC (now TA)
                FC Portland
                Lake Oswego SC (now Crossfire Oregon)
                Oregon Soccer Academy (now TA and merged with WST)
                Portland City United (now TA)
                Southside SC (now Crossfire Oregon)
                Tualatin Hills United SC
                Westside Metros (now TA)

                What is it about OYSA now that is different from what was so bad that it caused EST, WST and PCU to leave in the first place. If it was really travel, and OYSA rules (the 8 v. 8 dispute) and transfer policies those are all back. Or, we could all just accept it for what it is: business combined with a distinct lack of commitment by EST,WST and PCU to carry on what they started. So for the second time in 3 years they were willing to cause great disruption to the Oregon soccer community. What will they do next? Whatever it is, follow the money because that's the only argument they have left.
                Since when did Oregon Soccer Academy (OSA) merge with WST? OSA has about 4 teams total. Though Bernie Fagan is the President ( or something) of OPL and OSA is his club. Are you sure about that merger? Did you mean OSSA? But OSSA wasn't a founding member of OPL (though they were originally the U15 on up version of LOSC + Southside SC + OSA) and I'm not sure they merged with WST either.

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