Michael Brown Winter Classic

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GrandTXSoccer wrote:I believe so, lost 1-0.

Honestly I don't know how anyone played last night, that was some brutally cold weather. I'm sure it's teaching the kids something by making them play in temperatures that are below freezing, I'm just not sure what it is though.

Weather was terrible today as well.

That's funny ballboy! What the heck Dalglish? Loss to to Sting Cuevas? Someone please explain? Did RASE pluck more players from you guys...again...or what. Also, LFS Black ties an 05' team???? Inconsistent is the word that comes to mind.

Bow-Chicka-Wow Wow wrote:That's funny ballboy!   What the heck Dalglish?   Loss to to Sting Cuevas?    Someone please explain?   Did RASE pluck more players from you guys...again...or what.   Also, LFS Black ties an 05' team????    Inconsistent is the word that comes to mind.  

That ain't just any 05 team. Let's not change the subject. Dalglish loses 2. DT Scott ties 2. What's this world coming 2? Po Boy, talk about hurt feelings........

The RASE gap is closing

Sting Central could hang. No doubt about it.

Dalglish may have lost 2, but they did beat the 05' team 3 to 0. LFS gets no pass ballboy. For that matter, DT Scott has some examining to do as well.

You're probably right. LFS doesn't deserve a pass. They clearly have problems. They barely beat those "top ranked teams." This Spring should prove very interesting.

Could just be some pre season cobwebs.

Questions PO BOY...... How does all the inconsistent play boy Scott, Dalglish, and LFS show any "closing of the gap" between RASE and the rest? I might argue the opposite. Not a good weekend for anyone considered a contender.

The RASE gap is closing*

* denotes sarcasm



Is that better?

First couple of tourny's in the books, providing some good forum fodder. Some very interestng outcomes to say the least, but it's still early. I'm waiting for next weekends DT South/Texas Spirit matchup, if it pans out that way.

What did we learn from this tournament?
1. Dalglish needs to beg the 05 player to come back and guest play with them again. They didn't even look like a top ten team this weekend.
2. The 05 teams that played up are the real deal. They have proven they can successfully compete against the top 04 teams. The RASE 04 girls were never successful against the top 03 teams. As a matter of fact, the 05's continue to bring home national titles from Disney 3v3 while RASE 04 fails to do so.
3. The gap really is closing quickly. As soon as Sting, Texans, etc. start combining their top players/teams, RASE will no longer have an advantage. There is a ton of talented players on the top 20 teams.

Disagree with all three of your observations.
1. I thought Dalglish looked good and I like the way they always try to play good soccer. In three of their games they had the ball about 75-80% of the game, they just struggle to finish their many chances and need a forward. They also had 3-4 new players so I guess some gelling is to come. If anything they play too much good soccer when they could easier just kick it up the field. Kids will be better for it in the long run.
2. Are you joking? You don't get out much do you? I looked at the U11 03 Lake Highlands league standings for this past fall and RASE 04 had beaten six of the top eight teams at some point (6 wins, 1 loss, 1 never played). RASE has also finished National Runner Up in 3v3 two years in a row. Only in North Texas soccer could someone find that a badge of dishonor.
3. Don't see it happening. Texans South will never combine with Dallas. FCD and Sting have already pooled talent. And none come close.

Lobo_Momma wrote:Disagree with all three of your observations.
1. I thought Dalglish looked good and I like the way they always try to play good soccer. In three of their games they had the ball about 75-80% of the game, they just struggle to finish their many chances and need a forward. They also had 3-4 new players so I guess some gelling is to come. If anything they play too much good soccer when they could easier just kick it up the field. Kids will be better for it in the long run.
2. Are you joking? You don't get out much do you? I looked at the U11 03 Lake Highlands league standings for this past fall and RASE 04 had beaten six of the top eight teams at some point (6 wins, 1 loss, 1 never played). RASE has also finished National Runner Up in 3v3 two years in a row. Only in North Texas soccer could someone find that a badge of dishonor.
3. Don't see it happening. Texans South will never combine with Dallas. FCD and Sting have already pooled talent. And none come close.

1. LFS dominated Dalglish.  Saw a lot of Kickball from Dalglish this weekend and kickball is not good soccer.  3 to 4 new players?  Sounds like excuses to me.
But good job throwing the Dalglish forwards under the bus.
2. Seriously?  Nice try at spinning things.  It doesn't matter what those 03 teams are currently ranked.  It only matters what they were ranked when you played them, and you never beat or tied a top 4 team like the 05's are doing.
I will give credit to the RASE "B" team for making it to the finals at Disney.  Not sure what happened to the RASE "A" team.
3. Fact- Liverpool is the only club to build twenty 04 teams in order to build a superteam at the academy level.  Fact- RASE is the only team to go out and actively recruit already developed players from all of the other clubs.  Meanwhile other clubs have been developing who they have.  Sting has 3 teams in the top ten.  They could easily put together a superteam to beat RASE.  Sorry, facts are facts.  You are a great team but not even close to being SRSA 03.
It is what it is.  Nothing to be ashamed of.

So hilarious! The 05 team you are talking about was a RASE team totally developed by LP and stolen by Solar!!
Also, RASE was formerly a DT team that came to LP with LW. Those 04 teams at LP you mention were built after this move.
But don't let facts get in the way!

Lobo_Momma wrote:So hilarious! The 05 team you are talking about was a RASE team totally developed by LP and stolen by Solar!!
Also, RASE was formerly a DT team that came to LP with LW. Those 04 teams at LP you mention were built after this move.
But don't let facts get in the way!

That's strange because one of the RASE parents told me that only one RASE 04 player was from LW's original DT team and the remainder came from recruiting players from other clubs or taking them from the other LP teams where they were originally developed.  
Not sure about the Solar 05 team but it's pretty obvious that their development has skyrocketed under their new coach.  Pulpaneck? has them playing like beasts.
Anyway, nice talking to you LW, I have to go to bed.

Soccertime10 wrote:What did we learn from this tournament?
1. Dalglish needs to beg the 05 player to come back and guest play with them again. They didn't even look like a top ten team this weekend.
2. The 05 teams that played up are the real deal. They have proven they can successfully compete against the top 04 teams. The RASE 04 girls were never successful against the top 03 teams. As a matter of fact, the 05's continue to bring home national titles from Disney 3v3 while RASE 04 fails to do so.
3. The gap really is closing quickly. As soon as Sting, Texans, etc. start combining their top players/teams, RASE will no longer have an advantage. There is a ton of talented players on the top 20 teams.

You need to get your information correct before you come on here spouting. RASE 03, FCD Gold are just two of the top 5 03 teams RASE 04 have beaten.

welcome to the boards soccetime. I am sure your solar team is great but you can make it on your own. No need to climb on the back of RASE to get there. It's really in poor taste. The core of the RASE team has been together for a number of seasons with quite a few of them all the way back to the texan days. RASE has not recruited from all of the other LP team. It has not just built a super team from already developed players. If it makes you feel better about your own enviornment to bring down RASE by all means go ahead. But that solar pulp team was a great team and group of girls before they got to pulp and he is a great coach so it can only be good things ahead. And yes we are well aware that we are no SRSA. There are no shortage of people to remind us of that everytime we touch a soccer ball, but so far neither are you. Oh and 3v3 disney is just that 3v3 and RASE was 2nd and 3rd with first being one of those all star, recruited 3v3 teams you love so much

go99 wrote:welcome to the boards soccetime.  I am sure your solar team is great but you can make it on your own.  No need to climb on the back of RASE to get there.  It's really in poor taste.  The core of the RASE team has been together for a number of seasons with quite a few of them all the way back to the texan days.  RASE has not recruited from all of the other LP team.  It has not just built a super team from already developed players.  If it makes you feel better about your own enviornment to bring down RASE by all means go ahead.  But that solar pulp team was a great team and group of girls before they got to pulp and he is a great coach so it can only be good things ahead.  And yes we are well aware that we are no SRSA.  There are no shortage of people to remind us of that everytime we touch a soccer ball, but so far neither are you.  Oh and 3v3 disney is just that 3v3 and RASE was 2nd and 3rd with first being one of those all star, recruited 3v3 teams you love so much

Poor taste? Wait a minute, you are the same guy that was on the boys forum a few months ago. You blamed a 5 to 0 loss (to the boys) on your goalie and terrible guest coaching. That's not the first time you have blamed losses on your goalie. You were also on here the other day trying to throw Fever under the bus. That my friend is the definition of poor taste.

Master Bates wrote:

Soccertime10 wrote:What did we learn from this tournament?
1. Dalglish needs to beg the 05 player to come back and guest play with them again. They didn't even look like a top ten team this weekend.
2. The 05 teams that played up are the real deal. They have proven they can successfully compete against the top 04 teams. The RASE 04 girls were never successful against the top 03 teams. As a matter of fact, the 05's continue to bring home national titles from Disney 3v3 while RASE 04 fails to do so.
3. The gap really is closing quickly. As soon as Sting, Texans, etc. start combining their top players/teams, RASE will no longer have an advantage. There is a ton of talented players on the top 20 teams.

You need to get your information correct before you come on here spouting. RASE 03, FCD Gold are just two of the top 5 03 teams RASE 04 have beaten.

They weren't top five when you beat them but nice try. It's funny how easily RASE people get so bent out of shape when you throw a few facts out there.

Soccertime10 wrote:

Master Bates wrote:

Soccertime10 wrote:What did we learn from this tournament?
1. Dalglish needs to beg the 05 player to come back and guest play with them again. They didn't even look like a top ten team this weekend.
2. The 05 teams that played up are the real deal. They have proven they can successfully compete against the top 04 teams. The RASE 04 girls were never successful against the top 03 teams. As a matter of fact, the 05's continue to bring home national titles from Disney 3v3 while RASE 04 fails to do so.
3. The gap really is closing quickly. As soon as Sting, Texans, etc. start combining their top players/teams, RASE will no longer have an advantage. There is a ton of talented players on the top 20 teams.

You need to get your information correct before you come on here spouting. RASE 03, FCD Gold are just two of the top 5 03 teams RASE 04 have beaten.

They weren't top five when you beat them but nice try.  It's funny how easily RASE people get so bent out of shape when you throw a few facts out there.

Oh and shall we throw a top 5 04 boys team in there also? You may be right about the gap closing but they were way out in front to start with so the gap is still huge. The only way it'll narrow is if RASE blows-up which is always a possibility.

As I inhale and exhale....aahhhhh....finally!! the spring is approaching and forum conflict is in the air. What better way to kick it off than with tournaments, downplaying Dalglish, and RASE/SRSA comparisons....only one element is missing to make it official. I'll wait though....
I like a little substance to lean on first.

People people people... this tournament as it was called was a friendly... No cups or medals won, there may have been a coach or two trying to win the game... but everyone played and played different positions. No one should take anything from this tournament.

 

Soccertime10 wrote:

go99 wrote:welcome to the boards soccetime.  I am sure your solar team is great but you can make it on your own.  No need to climb on the back of RASE to get there.  It's really in poor taste.  The core of the RASE team has been together for a number of seasons with quite a few of them all the way back to the texan days.  RASE has not recruited from all of the other LP team.  It has not just built a super team from already developed players.  If it makes you feel better about your own enviornment to bring down RASE by all means go ahead.  But that solar pulp team was a great team and group of girls before they got to pulp and he is a great coach so it can only be good things ahead.  And yes we are well aware that we are no SRSA.  There are no shortage of people to remind us of that everytime we touch a soccer ball, but so far neither are you.  Oh and 3v3 disney is just that 3v3 and RASE was 2nd and 3rd with first being one of those all star, recruited 3v3 teams you love so much

Poor taste?  Wait a minute, you are the same guy that was on the boys forum a few months ago.  You blamed a 5 to 0 loss (to the boys) on your goalie and terrible guest coaching.   That's not the first time you have blamed losses on your goalie.  You were also on here the other day trying to throw Fever under the bus.  That my friend is the definition of poor taste.

   Wait a minute.    I am starting to think maybe you are not a new poster or from Solar pulp at all. They have always been a great group of parents, and you are not but I digress.

You should tweek your Prizm program a little and comb back thru all my post and read again. The keep had a bit of a meltdown that day and gave up 4 easy goals. Now we will do the math 5-0 minus the 4 kepper errors brings us to 1-0 and RASE still loses. The discussion was about the game and my point was the game was more competitive than the scoreline. And the keeper is a kid mistakes and meltdowns happen and you move on. It was a hard fought back and forth game and RASE loss because they deserved to lose but 5-0 was deceptive was my point. So again Mr bad taste you read it wrong. Now exactly where did I throw fever under the bus? Someone posted Fever is back. I suggested that meant they were back in the top teams (seemed a little early to me but who knows) And that we would be all waiting to see them back up those lofty expectations. I didn't suggest they could or could not because I have no idea. See no bus, no throwing,no bad taste.

Clearly you have a hardon for LW and possibly RASE no idea what put him in your every waking thought (would make you not only bring them up but proceed to blast them on a micheal brown topic and they arent even in the tournament) but you should really get some help. I will be the first to admit to being an Ahole, but never bad taste and never a brand new login ID so I can come on and grind any Axes I have to grind.

Sorry to the pulpdaddy folks for even thinking for a second that this guy was a part of your team. Good luck, you guys a great team and say hi to pulp from my daughter she always likes him. I always say she would kill for pulpaneck but she would help lee bury the bodies.

FCsoccer1 wrote:People people people... this tournament as it was called was a friendly...  No cups or medals won, there may have been a coach or two trying to win the game... but everyone played and played different positions.  No one should take anything from this tournament.

Agree 100%, I watched a lot of games and most of the coaches moved girls around in different positions as they should at this age, this is a warm up tournament for the Spring Season, I wish more tournaments had this structure.  Great competition this weekend and thumbs up to the coaches that didn't give in to the pressures to win and stuck to their guns of letting girls work thru the challenges of new positions against top competition.  It is easy to play a new position when your up 5-0 on a team, whole different level when it is a 0-0 game and you put a player at center back or center forward that hasn't played that position before or not their "Primary" position.