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Post by Soccerhouse on Jun 4, 2017 8:51:16 GMT -5
Am I correct that UFA has a team in every final but the 04s on the girls side?
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Post by futbolpapa on Jun 4, 2017 9:59:35 GMT -5
That is correct. They have 2 teams in the finals in U17 girls. UFA Forsyth vs UFA Milton. Interesting thing about the 04 UFA girls team that didn't make the semis is that there was a lot of attrition from that team 2 years ago to other clubs. When you factor in the age change last year they lost around 8-9 girls off that team. In fact, 4 of the top girls from the Tophat Platinum Pre-ECNL team were developed at UFA Forsyth and a 5th played at UFA for 1 year. Give those 5 girls back to UFA & it's most likely a sweep in every age group.
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Post by spectator on Jun 4, 2017 15:30:58 GMT -5
It will make for an interesting comparison next year with DA at UFA
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Post by Futsal Gawdess on Jun 4, 2017 17:27:49 GMT -5
Am I correct that UFA has a team in every final but the 04s on the girls side? Congratulations goes to UFA - A UFA Girls Team wins the state title for the following groups: U14 U15 U16 U17 U18 U20 I believe the only one they miss out on are the U13(2004s) which goes to GSA. Girls DA should be interesting next year.
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Post by fanatic21 on Jun 4, 2017 18:45:14 GMT -5
Didn't the u17 UFA Milton team all come over from NASA this year? Wanted to stay together and NASA wouldn't let them because of the age mandate? Definitely impressive to win that many championships, even if you don't count that one.
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Post by spectator on Jun 4, 2017 19:33:45 GMT -5
Didn't the u17 UFA Milton team all come over from NASA this year? Wanted to stay together and NASA wouldn't let them because of the age mandate? Definitely impressive to win that many championships, even if you don't count that one. Yes that's most of last year's U15 NASA State Cup Champs and their coach. Added a few - omitted a few when they moved. I congratulate them on the back to back titles but still think that situation was very poorly handled by all parties involved and a bad precedence set by GA Soccer that an entire team and its level can move from one club to another
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Post by soccerlegacy on Jun 5, 2017 9:38:11 GMT -5
Didn't the u17 UFA Milton team all come over from NASA this year? Wanted to stay together and NASA wouldn't let them because of the age mandate? Definitely impressive to win that many championships, even if you don't count that one. For this particular age group the final was UFA Milton vs UFA Forsyth... So UFA representing both teams in the final is impressive as well. Also impressive is the fact that the Milton team wanted to stay together (after the age mandate) so that means some of the their team is playing up and they still won the cup.
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Post by soccergator on Jun 5, 2017 9:50:21 GMT -5
I know we have heard stories on how this team was handled last year at tryouts etc and some didn't like that etc...
But I give these girls much credit. They took a stand against the mandate and I guess the merger, and decided to stick together as a core group. My guess it was more the merger vs the mandate, but either way, I applaud them. The age mandate was and is a stupid move by the US Soccer. Bad for the oldest age group and the u15 age group that is a mix of 8th and 9th graders. Now that DA has expanded to girls and every freaking club has boys DA (yes, exaggeration) -- was this age mandate even necessary....
Only additional comment is the same UFA team was involved with a questionable loss a few years ago in the state cup, which I believe led to the coach getting fired. I think it was to take a stand against a certain club loading an entire roster with ecnl players and kicking their current players essentially off the team for state cup.
Give them credit, these women took a stand against at young ages.....Right or wrong, they stood up for what they believed in.
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Post by soccerenthusiast on Jun 6, 2017 8:33:55 GMT -5
As much as I would like to say it was all the girls decision, it was a large part of the parents and coaches decision as well. Good for girls in wanting to stay together, bad in the fact that GA Soccer let parents and a coach manipulate the system. All in all though, they are a pretty solid team, I would not say top of the heap, but solid anyway.
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Post by Strikermom on Jun 6, 2017 12:41:33 GMT -5
Huge turnout at UFA DA this morning 50 each at 99/00 and 01/02..
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Post by Soccerhouse on Jun 6, 2017 12:58:26 GMT -5
Should be interesting given you have 4 strong teams being combined into 2 with typically a heavy influence of older players.
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Post by soccerenthusiast on Jun 6, 2017 13:13:51 GMT -5
you mean total of 50 players for both teams? I heard there was only about 22 for the 99/00 girls team at UFA Milton
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Post by SoccerMom on Jun 6, 2017 13:41:34 GMT -5
you mean total of 50 players for both teams? I heard there was only about 22 for the 99/00 girls team at UFA Milton it was around 60 girls for the 01/02 group alone for GDA, not sure how many for the 99/00 group but a little less. Did Milton do their regular tryouts in the morning? Because GDA tryouts were at Fowler so I'm a little confused
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Post by soccerenthusiast on Jun 6, 2017 14:28:42 GMT -5
sorry it was a Fowler, but my daughter said not too many girls showed up for 99/00, wondering if more will show up tomorrow after attending their main club today.
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Post by spectator on Jun 6, 2017 14:44:39 GMT -5
sorry it was a Fowler, but my daughter said not too many girls showed up for 99/00, wondering if more will show up tomorrow after attending their main club today. My theory on the 00/99 GDA has been that there may be a number of players at this level who are rising juniors and seniors and who have most likely already committed to play in college so they may want to stay with their current RPL or ECNL teams -less stress, can concentrate on grades now and just get ready for college. For younger ages, 01/02 and below, I totally get that GDA is a great option for the elite player - training, exposure, colleges will be swarming to see that level so lots of opportunity there. It will be interesting to see what happens to SRPL and ECNL rosters in this age group - I am still thinking not that it won't be that drastic - with the two age groups combined, it's not like one single team's roster will be negatively affected with movement. Question for the clubs that have DA - is the club strongly encouraging the top team's players to go DA or is there still a choice?
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Post by rifle on Jun 6, 2017 14:45:40 GMT -5
Most of the 99s are off to college. Why would you expect them to continue playing club soccer?
Serious question.
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Post by spectator on Jun 6, 2017 15:11:01 GMT -5
Most of the 99s are off to college. Why would you expect them to continue playing club soccer? Serious question. Not all 99's are off to college. Any kid born September - December 99 is a rising senior. Just like any kid born September - December 00 is a rising junior. This age mandate really screws those kids over - no team unless they have a large group or their peers are playing up with them. This will be the case every year from now on - the late birthday kids are hosed their senior year.
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Post by rifle on Jun 6, 2017 19:54:38 GMT -5
I know. My kids are Oct and Dec birthdays.
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Post by soccerenthusiast on Jun 8, 2017 8:54:42 GMT -5
question, Anybody know about the UFA girls U17 team that lost to UFA Milton in State Cup Finals. I am wondering about team status and tryouts around them?
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