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Any good restaurants that are not chains within quick reach of Harmony? Wanna know whats good to hit up between games? Any advise?

McMenamins on 162nd. Sunny'll be sitting at the bar waiting for you to buy him a drink.

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Who the heck is Sunny? Is that a labradoodle?

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Any good restaurants that are not chains within quick reach of Harmony? Wanna know whats good to hit up between games? Any advise?

There are some small family owned places around. i would recommend just driving down 192nd and possibly trying out brothers burgers, or go a bit further down and take a look at those restaurants.

There is one Chain I would recommend, simply because we don't really have it around here, Firehouse Subs is by mill plain and 192nd. Very good subs.

As far as Ice cream though they have a place on 192nd right next to costco called "Flash Freeze Dreamery". Its an Ice cream place that uses Liquid Nitrogen to make each ice cream to order. Really good, and the kids love it.

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There are some small family owned places around. i would recommend just driving down 192nd and possibly trying out brothers burgers, or go a bit further down and take a look at those restaurants.

There is one Chain I would recommend, simply because we don't really have it around here, Firehouse Subs is by mill plain and 192nd. Very good subs.

As far as Ice cream though they have a place on 192nd right next to costco called "Flash Freeze Dreamery". Its an Ice cream place that uses Liquid Nitrogen to make each ice cream to order. Really good, and the kids love it.

If your looking for Asian fusion/ Hawaiian style food, try Kiawe island bistro. Tried it yesterday and yum! Good reviews on Yelp. They also got a good review in the Columbian paper few days ago which made me try it.

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Positives: Good competition so far, good refs.

Negatives: Having to drive to Camas for a 5:15 PM game on a Friday. Did not enjoy spending 2 hours in the car in traffic just to get to the game.
Agree with the poster about better labeling of the fields.
Appreciated that we got free tickets to the U23 Timbers game, but wish they were for a time when our team could actually go to the game rather than at a time when we were playing. Maybe next year the tickets could be for a game that wasn't played on the same weekend as the tourney (at least for local teams).
Delta Park fields could use a little grooming.

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Positives: Good competition so far, good refs.

Negatives: Having to drive to Camas for a 5:15 PM game on a Friday. Did not enjoy spending 2 hours in the car in traffic just to get to the game.
Agree with the poster about better labeling of the fields.
Appreciated that we got free tickets to the U23 Timbers game, but wish they were for a time when our team could actually go to the game rather than at a time when we were playing. Maybe next year the tickets could be for a game that wasn't played on the same weekend as the tourney (at least for local teams).
Delta Park fields could use a little grooming.

Hockinson feilds in the back 40 not good. Park it self nice. Had a few games that only had two officials instead of three was surprised to see this at tournament.

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Hockinson feilds in the back 40 not good. Park it self nice. Had a few games that only had two officials instead of three was surprised to see this at tournament.

Does it really matter? 2 officials vs 3. Other than you does anyone notice or even care? Your team is rec plus so big deal.

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Does it really matter? 2 officials vs 3. Other than you does anyone notice or even care? Your team is rec plus so big deal.

You must play a lot of rec because it does matter. It sucks for the players and the refs who took the time to come to their game. Saves a lot of frustration for all parties to have two linesmen.

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Does it really matter? 2 officials vs 3. Other than you does anyone notice or even care? Your team is rec plus so big deal.

Hey look a huge mud filled pot hole! Turn here honey, it's Harmony.

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I have two kids in this tourney.
Only my second time at the tourney.
Tourney runs smooth, quality fields, with Delta probably being the worst of all three facilities we were at....not sure what the deal is with everyone with regards to harmony....harmony looks and played great this weekend, even with the rain.

My only complaint would be why is the tournament so spread out? This weekend I drove around the vicinity and noticed two nice schools within a mile of harmony with lots of space to have fields.... The timbers could literally have the entire tourney within a mile radius.

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I have two kids in this tourney.
Only my second time at the tourney.
Tourney runs smooth, quality fields, with Delta probably being the worst of all three facilities we were at....not sure what the deal is with everyone with regards to harmony....harmony looks and played great this weekend, even with the rain.

My only complaint would be why is the tournament so spread out? This weekend I drove around the vicinity and noticed two nice schools within a mile of harmony with lots of space to have fields.... The timbers could literally have the entire tourney within a mile radius.

With delta park and hockinson it spreads this tourney out more than in the past, but that is what will happen as it grows. However, still not as bad as a few of the oregon tournaments that are bigger in numbers like Mt. hood challenge. Last year I had to go from hillsboro to canby in one day for games.

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Hey look a huge mud filled pot hole! Turn here honey, it's Harmony.

Even delta's fields were a bit out of shape. We had a guy from duck dynasty as the head ref

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Nepotistic Inbreeds ~ Vancouver School Districts

I have two kids in this tourney.
Only my second time at the tourney.
Tourney runs smooth, quality fields, with Delta probably being the worst of all three facilities we were at....not sure what the deal is with everyone with regards to harmony....harmony looks and played great this weekend, even with the rain.

My only complaint would be why is the tournament so spread out? This weekend I drove around the vicinity and noticed two nice schools within a mile of harmony with lots of space to have fields.... The timbers could literally have the entire tourney within a mile radius.

The school districts have a love/hate relationship with the population here in the Couv.. They charge exorbitant rates for turf fields....that the public has ALREADY paid for, and barely take care of anything outside of the school structure itself. Planning for new fields is null/void. The area has many that will say, "it's green, that's good enough."

***C doesn't have a good enough relationship with the school districts(if any) to have the fields taken better care of etc. Amazingly, if they would ax a DOC and pay for a Greenskeeper/School district liaison, I would bet that the fields all around the Couv would improve greatly. That, as well as many other things take time.

Glad you liked the Tourney, hopefully things will change before the next ice age.

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The school districts have a love/hate relationship with the population here in the Couv.. They charge exorbitant rates for turf fields....that the public has ALREADY paid for, and barely take care of anything outside of the school structure itself. Planning for new fields is null/void. The area has many that will say, "it's green, that's good enough."

***C doesn't have a good enough relationship with the school districts(if any) to have the fields taken better care of etc. Amazingly, if they would ax a DOC and pay for a Greenskeeper/School district liaison, I would bet that the fields all around the Couv would improve greatly. That, as well as many other things take time.

Glad you liked the Tourney, hopefully things will change before the next ice age.

The WSA relationship was stellar with Camas school district until the merge with VUSA, you are right, they needed an active fields person to maintain and tend a relationship with the school districts.

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Overall, I thought the tournament was impressive. I really liked the DOC Harris facilities. It was open, parking easy, the fields were in very good shape. Harmony was mixed but mostly good. If it had not been raining so much I think it would have been about as impressive as I have ever seen. But because of the rain, it got muddy which certainly made things a little messy. Parking was tight, I think I saw a cop out there giving tickets to people parked outside the complex, people who could not find a spot? The potholes in the parking lot were much better than the past, but I'd like to see the entry fixed up. Those are some massive potholes as you enter and leave. I really liked that Timber Joey showed up and took pictures with the Finalists, and the log slice as a trophy has a nice touch to it, particularly with Timber Joey there. Obviously, if they could get some turf fields in there, this whole tournament would elevate. There was a nice mix of restaurants around the Harmony complex which made time between games enjoyable. I did not see delta park this year nor any of the other venues. I thought the competition in our bracket was plenty good, with a nice mix of teams. There were a couple beat downs but nothing more than 6 goals. The rest of the games were all within 2 or 3 goals.

I would do it again. Suggestions for next year: eliminate the potholes entering Harmony, find a secondary parking location for overflow, get your turf fields done, and don't let it rain. :) But it was a blast. Good job.