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I don't see any excuses. You asked questions - I provided my GUESS as to what the reasons may be. I guess you know more than the rest of us then? Div 3 at U18, and Div 2 at U17 were wiped out because only 3 or 4 teams registered at that level. Ideal? Hell no, but it's what happened...

Right, each district has their own PLAYDOWNS to determine their entries into Coastal B Cup. Those, in Delta, are Jan 7, 21 and Feb 11. I understood that a couple other districts had the same dates. Maybe I'm wrong, I honestly can't be arsed to check. Obviously these are different then...

Delta District has Coastal B Cup playdowns on Jan 7th. I believe Surrey and Tri-Cities (?) may be the same. Maybe that's why the one site says Jan 14? Just a guess, to avoid having a bunch of make up games for Div 1 and 2 sides?

I believe the SMSA U16 Div 1 team was folded. That's what our Div 1 coach was told, they were supposed to play them two weekends ago.

Elton, that sucks...we play SFC next week. Our game was the opposite. A few fouls, but nothing dirty or cheap. Just the hard working, maybe a bit to physical, type stuff. No hacking, chipping, hands up. Very competitive game against GAC, came out with 2-1 win. All of our last four...

From a strictly personal, selfish view point - my kids don't play. I don't want to waste sunny summer weekends dealing with other people's kids. I want to go camping, hiking, to the beach, etc with my boys. What the hell else would get me out of the house on a rainy November weekend if it...

I know a 48 year old who doesn't play anymore because the field slopes uphill in whatever direction he's running. And by running, I mean "trying not die whilst dragging his fat ass up and down the pitch"

First team I ever coached I had two of those players...couldn't practice their way out of a wet paper bag. Everyone went right, they'd go left. It drove me NUTS. One of them was my 'keeper. Couldn't stop a slow rolling beach ball in practice. Saturday morning rolled around - completely...

Played out at Mackie Turf. That turf is due to be replaced this spring, luckily. It's like the old carpet at BC Place:-) Rained hard for part of the game...but the weird part was the fog that rolled in for about 10-15 minutes. I could barely make out the keeper at the far end of the pitch...

Yup. If they love the game, who knows what can happen. I had a player at U11/U12 years ago...I had no idea what to do with this kid. Shy, quiet, didn't want the ball, would kick it away in any direction to get rid of it. At U16/17 he was my team captain and starting centre midfielder. He...

We will out of our current U8-U12 groups. There is more knowledge / understanding / touch per capita there than in the older groups. More of those kids are more steeped in soccer...at least that's what I see. World Cup 2030, baby!

Differs from team to team. On my Div 2 team, I have 8 or 9 players who regularly follow the pro game, be that MLS or Europe. Of those I would call 4 hard core soccer fans. Those 8 or 9 are regularly out on the turf on their own time, knocking a ball around. I'd say 4-5 of my players...

Delta District playdowns start Jan 7. Div 2 teams have the option to take part (we're in!) We want to play our Div 1 side and knock them out - the bragging at school would be insufferable...:D

I think looking to merge U17 and U18 into one group may be the way to go. The issue with games on different days is the huge problem. CCB takes it one further and doesn't even post a day to play - apparently they don't get their field allocations until Thursday night. So don't even know the...

Scrappy 1-1 draw. Scrappy in terms of neither team could complete a pass - it was one of those "concrete boots" matches. Pass right, player goes left. Dribble into space...then out of bounds. Striker mis-hit his shot on a breakaway in the last minute :( Regarding the U18s - the new...

Always love finding coaching resources that have training plans that start with "On half a field...." In what unicorns farting fairy dust world do these conditions exist?? We try to get U15+ training on 3rds. Div 1 and 2 teams train 2x, Div 3 & 4 once, all on turf. If there is space left...

1. Learning not to fall :D:D

To say 5-Distrcit hasn't done anything is a bit harsh. There is no clear process in place for this. The DYSA clubs (can't speak for the others in 5-District) were asked for their input. My club gave ours, and where our teams were concerned, there was movement. We had some other broader...

Well, if there is a change, hopefully it allows for more fluidity of team movement. And purple. It should be purple. :Do_O;):p

Oooo...hadn't even thought of that possibility...yikes. :eek: