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Post by rocko1989 on Jun 8, 2018 5:33:12 GMT -5
or if the kid is toxic. not all kids are good kids to have on your team. Isn't that the truth, there are kids who so emulate their parents, you just want cho... okay, stepping away now before I can't walk something back FG: As for me personally, my issue is more with the parent than the kid. KIds are usually the way they are due to parents failing to do their job. Yes, some players are toxic. Those players often have parents that create issues also. One of my goals as a parent is to not be that parent, and not have those kids. It is also my responsibility to teach my kids how to deal with troublesome teammates since we will always have difficult folks in our lives. Sorry, that got a little serous for a Friday.
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Post by rocko1989 on May 31, 2018 15:19:55 GMT -5
US Soccer- pay this man whatever it takes to coach the USMNT, give him a long term contract and put him in charge of technical development too. While it would be interesting, do you think it will actually happen? What does your gut tell you? My gut says it won't happen.
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Post by rocko1989 on May 24, 2018 7:31:38 GMT -5
News this morning showing flooding in areas in near Columbus. Should be interesting. It is a tropical system headed in. I can't believe this has never happened before and there's no backup plan? It would be amazing if this has never happened before. I know in the early 2000s we had a State Cup where most of the games were played at McCurry. Several games were interrupted by weather issues. I know some games were played during the week after the weekend's schedule was not completed. So maybe that is the plan? I don't know if this kind of thing has ever happened when most games are scheduled for Columbus. If there is no plan as of yet, I would figure it is like many other organizations. Many organizations simply hope an emergency never happens instead of planning for how to deal with such issues. Hope is not a strategy (I am stealing that from someone, yet don't know who deserves credit). This is one of the many reasons the Disney organization is so admired. Sure, they have problems too, yet they try to plan for just about everything in advance, they explain and practice the plans with their employees, and execute the plan when a challenge arises.
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Post by rocko1989 on May 22, 2018 12:51:38 GMT -5
For the record, I am a long time referee (and player, coach, parent). Not great or high ranking, but experienced enough over many decades and levels of competition. Referees of all types make mistakes and aren't perfect. For amateur referees, I just ask you to keep up with play, protect the players, be as impartial as possible, and interpret the rules mostly correctly. But I expect better from professionals with access to VAR. After watching AU games this season and last, it's obvious that the standard of officiating has not kept up with the level of play. The Martinez goal reversal against Kansas City was a shame. During our annual training, we watch videos straight from USSF on how to interpret various situations. That exact situation (player in offside position to start, defender intentionally attempts to play the ball but deflects, goes to attacker in offside position) was shown (different teams of course). The ruling - NOT OFFSIDE. The Martinez goal reversal against Red Bulls was even worse. Incidental contact between two players running for the ball - with the defender cutting in front of the attacker. Another terribly wrong call. Guess who was running VAR? How Mark Geiger could miss both of these basic calls, even after VAR review, is appalling. The fact that he will represent the US at the World Cup is unbelievable. He should be banned from all future AU games and turn back his World Cup assignments. As a "long time referee..." you know there is no stipulation in the Laws for "incidental contact." If something is considered done with careless, reckless, or with excessive force then that action is considered a foul. Period and end of story. I happen to agree with you on the Martinez/KC goal. That one is a mystery to me. The Martinez/Red Bulls goal seems pretty clear to me. You even mention contact occurred. All that must be considered is this: was that contact careless, reckless, or done with excessive force? The answer, upon review, was yes. Geiger did not miss this call upon VAR review. He brought up the issue to Chris Penso (I think that is his name), Penso watched the video, saw the contact, recognized/identified this contact was done in a careless manner (reckless would have seen a yellow card, and excessive force would have been a red card), and did not allow the goal to stand. I have watched the replay a number of times. Martinez did contact the foot of the defender. That does not have to be intentional, as that word was taken away from the Laws of the Game years ago in regards to this type of thing. The defender then fell down. I suspect if this was BWP from the Red Bulls doing this to an Atlanta United defender, those of us in Atlanta that pull for AU would have been incensed had the foul not been called against BWP. Geiger will not "turn back his World Cup assignments." I happen to think MLS is one of the most difficult leagues any where in which to officiate. The differing levels of players, coupled with the styles of play, make things incredibly complicated. That does not excuse incorrect decisions, however if you have been in the middle of a difficult match, you should have some empathy for these folks. This will be the second World Cup for Geiger. He did well in 2014. How about we pull for our refs to do well since our team did not make it?
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Post by rocko1989 on May 21, 2018 12:15:16 GMT -5
Or, how they hand out jerseys to their players on the field before each game and then collect the jerseys back after the game. Yep, not shady at all.🙄 Played in a tournament against them and they had 3 #34’s on their team 😆 No doubt in honor of Herschel Walker.
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Post by rocko1989 on May 21, 2018 12:12:38 GMT -5
It is a rather obscure and hardly ever used rule. Thanks for posting this for all to read! In all seriousness, this is a pretty interesting scenario. Storms prevent completion of games. There is too much riding on it to simply convert whole games to Kicks from the Mark to decide winners. Certainly this is not the first time this conundrum has been faced. So someone with knowledge please add the actual procedures please.
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Post by rocko1989 on May 17, 2018 8:55:42 GMT -5
One. Because of ECNL Nationals, however, the club does not announce rosters for next year until Nationals are over. I think this is fairly standard practice. I assume if you were not going to make the squad for next year the coaches would let you know but I have no direct experience with this. At least not yet! Isn't that in late June? So, you won't know your roster until that point? I do hope, if changes are to be made, the coach informs those being changed prior to tryouts. (Like you indicate) I guess this kind of thing has occurred for years. USYSA Regionals and Nationals takes place after tryouts, so some players could be traveling to these tournaments knowing they are changing teams.
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Post by rocko1989 on May 16, 2018 19:13:09 GMT -5
Clever.
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Post by rocko1989 on May 16, 2018 19:09:17 GMT -5
ECNL is US Club, not part of Georgia Soccer so not regulated by the same rules Thanks. I suspected this is the reason, yet figured there was no way the answer was that simple.
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Post by rocko1989 on May 16, 2018 18:56:18 GMT -5
If the official dates for tryouts is June 5-7 for older age groups, how does GSA have tryouts for ECNL/SCCL starting June 4?
While it is nice in that one could attend Monday-Tuesday at GSA, and then go somewhere else Wednesday-Thursday, I was under the impression all clubs in Georgia had to abide by the same dates for U14 and up. What am I missing?
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Post by rocko1989 on May 14, 2018 6:32:28 GMT -5
Today at the next field a parent ran onto the pitch during a game and pushed the young center ref. No field marshals were around to intervene and the parent just left. Please remember proper sideline behavior and that these refs are somebody’s kids. SMH. I don't know how it actually works but what I'd like to see is the ref submit a report back to GA Soccer and the teams involved called upon to cough up the offender or face sanctions of some type. Out of control parent is lucky he/she didn't end up under arrest, to be honest. Hopefully there was someone present to advise this young referee on how to submit the report. Referee will need to get the name of the individual from the coach, which the coach should freely provide, and then the referee submits his/her side of the story. While I am sure the parent was frustrated, physically confronting the referee is absolutely inappropriate. We must remember these kids are trying. Just as we should not berate players for mistakes, we should not do this with officials either. This is especially true when they are kids. I agree with the sentiment above that the coach, and I would say the club, should act as well.
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Post by rocko1989 on May 4, 2018 10:42:41 GMT -5
This probably depends on the age group.
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Post by rocko1989 on May 2, 2018 15:04:46 GMT -5
For the boys yes, for the girls no. I mean come on Region 3 stop being sexist and sending the boys to the University of Alabama and then sending the girls to who knows where University of Montevallo. That’s like sending one group to the trade school in Athens and then sending the other to Atlanta United. 🤦🏻♂️ Ps. THWG....😂 Would the location change your mind? The girls are going to Tuscaloosa, at least in our age group.
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Post by rocko1989 on May 2, 2018 14:36:34 GMT -5
I would be interested to know if ODP Region Camp is worth the expense. Anyone have thoughts about it?
Thanks in advance.
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Post by rocko1989 on Apr 25, 2018 14:39:30 GMT -5
Our school is in a smaller classification, so our game is later in the week. Certainly, a team should always hope to win, and should play to win, however in our case it is simply exciting to qualify. Without being too negative, it is my hope our team is not mercy ruled. When looking at the opponent, it seems as if that is a very real possibility.
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Post by rocko1989 on Apr 24, 2018 14:39:13 GMT -5
Its not a real High School All Star game lol Is there one? Back in my day (many years ago admittedly) there was one. I don't remember who was responsible for the game or for selecting players. It was pretty much all Atlanta-based players because everywhere else in the state was pretty far behind. So, is there one now?
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Post by rocko1989 on Apr 20, 2018 9:56:33 GMT -5
Well that's about to change. Recruiting rules are changing and kids wont be able to commit until their junior year, with the new rules they will make so that they don't talk until later. Coaches are not happy about 8th and 9th graders committing. 8th and 9th graders (or even a 7th grader that committed to UNC) should not be doing that. The coaches are the ones letting it happen. Anson Dorrance talks against it but he has a 2023 commit. I think they should NOT be allowed to commit until junior year. What does an 8th or 9th grader know about college choices?!? Nothing. What is the chance that the coach who recruited you will be there in 5 years? Not that great except at a few schools who have super long term coaches. Even those coaches can have health problems that make them retire (think Pat Summit). I agree that it should stop!! Coaches cannot approach players at these young ages. They can answer phone calls from the player, yet cannot make the first approach. At least that is what I have been told. It was true with our son, who was recruited for football. I imagine they must go through a parent to make an offer to a kid this young. While I am sure it is nice, and an ego boost, to be offered a spot at a major school when a kid is so young, why would a family make a commitment at this time? Players need to figure out what they want to be and do as they get older, and seek out a school that has that major. Few of us end up majoring in that thing we wanted to do when we were in middle school. Obviously, not all schools have all majors. I don't understand why a parent would allow/encourage a child to commit to a school when that child is so young. If a coach pressures the family to do so, that is when a parent must take a stand. I would like to think I would tell a coach he/she would simply have to wait (we are certainly not in this spot with our youngest child at the moment). If the child is that strong of a player, the coach will certainly not go away. If the coach does, then so be it.
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Post by rocko1989 on Apr 18, 2018 11:52:32 GMT -5
I am fairly certain eligible means any player allowed that has not been sent off from that game, or that is serving a suspension during that game.
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Post by rocko1989 on Apr 18, 2018 11:05:25 GMT -5
Thanks for providing this. I could locate the NFHS rules, simply wanted to make sure GHSA abided by those.
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Post by rocko1989 on Apr 18, 2018 6:41:11 GMT -5
Hey Forum Friends. Is there someone here who can post the official GHSA rules related to kicks from the mark to determine the winner of a match? Are the GHSA rules different from FIFA? My specific question is regarding who can participate. We have been told only those on the field at the end of the second OT, which is the FIFA stipulation, yet the National Federation rule book says any player on the roster (that has not been shown a red card) may participate.
It is strange that some referees give different answers than others.
So, I am asking if there is a document someone would be willing to share that spells this whole thing out. Thanks for your help.
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Post by rocko1989 on Apr 16, 2018 14:09:02 GMT -5
We had a really good experience at Columbus State last summer. It seems they are a bit less expensive than some of the others (at least in my memory), instruction was great, and overall level of players was strong.
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Post by rocko1989 on Apr 16, 2018 9:56:16 GMT -5
Here is a summary of my limited knowledge: SCCL (Southern Club Champions League) - designed to provide ECNL level competition without the travel - local travel (about 2 hours ) so no hotels required - no spring season at high school level - pathway to college? ECNL (Elite Clubs National League) - regional travel league - hotel and travel expenses - no spring season at high school level - pathway to college soccer DA (Development Academy) - reduced number of games - year round training / games - limited ability to participate in other soccer events - pathway to professional soccer Thanks for this information. I am curious: do you really think the SCCL will provide ECNL level competition?
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Post by rocko1989 on Apr 7, 2018 13:39:54 GMT -5
The advantage is for the current LSA players: depth, level of teams, coaching, development and philosophy is at NTH. The RPL teams would surely be at Buckhead or MN as that's where most of the players are located. So you are saying that 1) Tophat plans to keep RPL level teams despite being in this "Champions League" if such a thing truly will exist and it isn't just a rumor and 2) that they would take the location of it away from the current players who earned it and kept it since they finished RPL in the top 4 (even though Tophat Gold did not) for the 2005 girls and the 2003 LSA girls team qualified for RPL for Fall 2018 as well? I would like to know the answer to this as well. These teams earned their spots, and now they would need to relocate to Buckhead or Metro North? If so, when will the current players be notified?
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Post by rocko1989 on Apr 1, 2018 10:55:46 GMT -5
Satan says in his book that he was always one of the smallest as a boy and loved to dribble through crowds. Apparently he was a late bloomer growth-wise. I suppose that is part of the reason he could dribble through all of those people in that Ajax video. Most people that are that tall were always tall as youths and often gangly and uncoordinated. Omg! I just realized that autocorrect changed his name to Satan from Zlatan! Oops! LOL LAFC may think the autocorrect is spot on.
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Post by rocko1989 on Mar 31, 2018 16:04:42 GMT -5
What a dream start he had. That first goal, wow.
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Post by rocko1989 on Mar 31, 2018 15:01:20 GMT -5
According to the Georgia Soccer website, June 5-7 is the tryout date for all clubs.
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Post by rocko1989 on Mar 29, 2018 7:49:03 GMT -5
Not arguing, just asking: how will stretching out college soccer into two semesters impact the cost? Same number of games, just over two semesters. Field costs should pretty much remain the same. Players, and their scholarships, could remain the same as now-and yes, most are partiial. The same is true at the D-2 level, and the lower D-1 level of football (what used to be called 1AA). Coaching salaries will remain the same. Cost of officials will remain the same.
I am sure I am missing something. What am I missing? How would the cost of college soccer increase if the schedule is stretched over 2 semesters? How is that different from tennis and golf? Both tennis and golf play over two semesters-so I have read.
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Post by rocko1989 on Mar 25, 2018 7:16:38 GMT -5
Have not been able to confirm if this is her, but I believe she was 'convinced' to make the move to TH on a full scholarship. If it's the same girl, her father is shopping her services again, since she's unhappy at TH - #MeanGirls on her team The girl that moved to Tophat is not the same girl mentioned in the original post. I would be surprised if the one that moved to Tophat is searching around, because they seemed quite happy with things a few weeks back.
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Post by rocko1989 on Mar 22, 2018 16:10:18 GMT -5
Interestingly, Motocross often gets mentioned as the most physically demanding sport The other comments were about stock car racing, not motocross. The beating those folks take (motocross) on the course is pretty rough. I don't think there is a way to measure which is really the most physically demanding. Hockey, rugby, football all seem pretty tough physically. And let's be honest, men's college soccer is quite physical as well!
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Post by rocko1989 on Mar 22, 2018 13:50:49 GMT -5
All I’m saying is driving a car is not being an athlete or athletic. Skilled? Yes. But so are chemist. I have never agreed with anything more on this site than the statement above!
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