Interesting Nov. 16-18 Tournaments

Many tournaments this weekend. The two that stick out seem to be:
Texans Fall Festival and HUSA Turkey Shoot

Texans Fall Festival:
This one will be interesting to see what Texan teams emerge or fall. I have heard of some key player movement so I am predicting some upsets.

What is easily predictable that Sting Mendoza will be in the final - but against who?
DTS - probably?
DT FTW Rambo - maybe?
DT Moreno or Barakat - remotely possible?

HUSA:
This one has some teams who have been somewhat out of the spotlight- D'Feeeters 03 and Legacy have had good squads in the past and I am sure have been staying out of the "fast lane" on purpose.

From what I have seen, I'm going to call GSSC Thunder in the final on this one - against who? Your guess is as good as mine.

https://www.txsoccer.net/t13438-nov-dec-2012-tournaments-for-03-s-complete-list-with-teams

Go easy on her ya'll...

JewelsBMF wrote:Go easy on her ya'll...

Yeah right - By the way, thanks for putting together the list referenced!

Yes DTSC will be interesting, but it's clearly a two horse race between DT South Adames, and Sting Mendoza.

HUSA Turkey Shoot has a couple mediocre teams, but nothing to get excited about.

You missed out on the Primetime tournament though, this has the best group of teams overall (DTSC is a close 2nd though) for the weekend, and it's the toughest to call...

p.s. the D'Feeter team referenced isn't the same as "in the past", that would be the Mbemba team who's in Primetime. However, I am curious as to what D'Feeter team is playing in the HUSA, I was unaware of a 2nd D'Feeter team, wonder if this is an independent team who's just borrowing a name??

JewelsBMF wrote:Yes DTSC will be interesting, but it's clearly a two horse race between DT South Adames, and Sting Mendoza.

HUSA Turkey Shoot has a couple mediocre teams, but nothing to get excited about.

You missed out on the Primetime tournament though, this has the best group of teams overall (DTSC is a close 2nd though) for the weekend, and it's the toughest to call...

Clearly DTS? I hear their core is weakening...

You are right:
Primetime:
I will call LP Daglish and FCD Predator in the final - Predator takes it on penalty kicks - unless new rumored LPD players show up, then it might be a different story...

Tournaments are a crap shoot sometimes. Think about this though when people sit there and annalyze results, in the Turkey Shootout you will have to play 6 games to reach the final, with 4 being on Sunday! Add to that our Aguero team has a Friday night EAL make up game and thats 7 in 3 days! The pros dont play 2 games in 2 days so what are we doing to the players?

Triumph FC wrote:Tournaments are a crap shoot sometimes. Think about this though when people sit there and annalyze results, in the Turkey Shootout you will have to play 6 gareach the final, with 4 being on Sunday! Add to that our Aguero team has a Friday night EAL make up game and thats 7 in 3 days! The pros dont play 2 games in 2 days so what are we doing to the players?

Good point. Pro's get paid millions to play at a high level. You can't play 7 games in a weekend at a high level, even pro's. For the littles, more touches on the ball helps them improve more quickly, but I can see a few drawbacks to overkill. As the weekend wears on the overall tendency will be for teams to get sloppy due to fatigue. Everyone will be trying not to succumb to that tendency but many will fail. You can end up with a scenario where a team falls into old/bad/lazy habits purely due to fatigue. It's the law of diminishing returns and negative learning. The team that is the best when fresh may not be the best team on Sunday when everyone is exhausted. The best coaches will point all this out and talk about it with their team. Each game is a 10k but the tournament is an Ironman.

Triumph FC wrote:Tournaments are a crap shoot sometimes. Think about this though when people sit there and annalyze results, in the Turkey Shootout you will have to play 6 gareach the final, with 4 being on Sunday! Add to that our Aguero team has a Friday night EAL make up game and thats 7 in 3 days! The pros dont play 2 games in 2 days so what are we doing to the players?

Good point. Pro's get paid millions to play at a high level. You can't play 7 games in a weekend at a high level, even pro's. For the littles, more touches on the ball helps them improve more quickly, but I can see a few drawbacks to overkill. As the weekend wears on the overall tendency will be for teams to get sloppy due to fatigue. Everyone will be trying not to succumb to that tendency but many will fail. You can end up with a scenario where a team falls into old/bad/lazy habits purely due to fatigue. It's the law of diminishing returns and negative learning. The team that is the best when fresh may not be the best team on Sunday when everyone is exhausted. The best coaches will point all this out and talk about it with their team. Each game is a 10k but the tournament is an Ironman.

I'm horrible at predictions but there is no doubt the best tournament this weekend is the primetime tournament. Of the 12 teams I can easily see 7 of the teams with a chance to make it to the finals. Most of the teams have been off a couple of weeks so with 9 and 10 year olds you never know what you will get. Plus who knows who will be gone this weekend due to the holiday, I know it sounds strange but some folks actually escape from the soccer world occasionally.

I agree with TFC, you never know what you are going to get. All it takes is for some team to get hot and then all of a sudden they are the next big thing. I can see a team like Keegan or Whelen making some noise once it gets to the elimination rounds. Those girls seem to get up for big games and don't have much quit in them. Should be a fun weekend.

Triumph FC wrote:Tournaments are a crap shoot sometimes. Think about this though when people sit there and annalyze results, in the Turkey Shootout you will have to play 6 games to reach the final, with 4 being on Sunday! Add to that our Aguero team has a Friday night EAL make up game and thats 7 in 3 days! The pros dont play 2 games in 2 days so what are we doing to the players?

Why not forfiet the Friday night game and allow the team to rest? Really, league play is about the development and tourneys are more for the win and the trophy. 4 games on a Sunday is a bit much in my opinion. At least the weather will be nice.

flygirl wrote:Many tournaments this weekend. The two that stick out seem to be:
Texans Fall Festival and HUSA Turkey Shoot

Texans Fall Festival:
This one will be interesting to see what Texan teams emerge or fall. I have heard of some key player movement so I am predicting some upsets.

What is easily predictable that Sting Mendoza will be in the final - but against who?
DTS - probably?
DT FTW Rambo - maybe?
DT Moreno or Barakat - remotely possible?

I'd be shocked not to see Sting Mendoza and DTS in the final of this one.
Sting Goodman and a very good defensive team DT FW Hernandez
will have success as well. Solar Kenn 03 and Barakat are very even and may see the semis.
It will be a learning experience for DT Moreno and the Stangs, but a good experience nonetheless.
Rambo is not playing in this top division.


DTS 1-0 over Sting Mendoza in the final.

jj4mel wrote:

Triumph FC wrote:Tournaments are a crap shoot sometimes. Think about this though when people sit there and annalyze results, in the Turkey Shootout you will have to play 6 games to reach the final, with 4 being on Sunday! Add to that our Aguero team has a Friday night EAL make up game and thats 7 in 3 days! The pros dont play 2 games in 2 days so what are we doing to the players?

Why not forfiet the Friday night game and allow the team to rest? Really, league play is about the development and tourneys are more for the win and the trophy. 4 games on a Sunday is a bit much in my opinion. At least the weather will be nice.

Because I have ethics and we signed up for the league and they rescheduled a game for the Friday night. I would be mad if the coach forfiet the game on us. Anyway we might have a stinker in our 3 bracket games (first time at 11v11 on the big field)and only play 4, which is still too many anyway, so we signed up and we will take our chances. Playing in tournaments have no development value as you cant put the things right (with practice) from the previous game so we are in there for the experience going forward. My thought is if we make the QF we've done well anything else is a bonus

SolarPower00 wrote:

flygirl wrote:Many tournaments this weekend. The two that stick out seem to be:
Texans Fall Festival and HUSA Turkey Shoot

Texans Fall Festival:
This one will be interesting to see what Texan teams emerge or fall. I have heard of some key player movement so I am predicting some upsets.

What is easily predictable that Sting Mendoza will be in the final - but against who?
DTS - probably?
DT FTW Rambo - maybe?
DT Moreno or Barakat - remotely possible?

I'd be shocked not to see Sting Mendoza and DTS in the final of this one.
Sting Goodman and a very good defensive team DT FW Hernandez
will have success as well. Solar Kenn 03 and Barakat are very even and may see the semis.
It will be a learning experience for DT Moreno and the Stangs, but a good experience nonetheless.
Rambo is not playing in this top division.


DTS 1-0 over Sting Mendoza in the final.

I think a DTS and Sting Mendoza final is inevitable, but shorten halves may benefit a solid team like DTFW. As mentioned, a very good defensive team.

kickit03 wrote:
I think a DTS and Sting Mendoza final is inevitable, but shorten halves may benefit a solid team like DTFW. As mentioned, a very good defensive team.

I think the shorter halves are definitely needed for DTFW to keep their d fresh unless they have added to their roster. Who is coaching this weekend?

I think the PT Tournament will be interesting because there are 7 strong teams, but to me it seems that the brackets line themselves up nicely for a LPD vs. FCD Predator final.

An interesting story to follow here will be to see how strong of a team Sting/Scarfone fields if the rumored defections are true. Maybe there will be a surprise in Pool B.

A very fortunate seeding for SS...anything less than semis will be a dissappoment for this team even with the recent roster activity

With all the rumors going around I really think its anyone's guess as to who makes the semis and who wins. If things go to seed then the match ups would be FC prem vs LP Dalglish and that's a toss up. Premier won the only meeting 1-0. Then you'd have Predator vs Sting G. Who knows how Sting makes the transition to a new coach. Predator goes how their forwards go, if they are on then they can beat anyone.

With this being a preholiday tournament I'm going to guess that there are a few upsets and things don't go to seed. Going to be a great weekend for soccer.

I stand corrected Grand one....
After looking at the bracket again... It's the quarters not the semis that SS should have little difficulty reaching...IMO...that is if they avoid the upset bug.
I agree there is an unknown with how a team responds to a new coach.
I have a feeling this group will come out hopping and ready to play!

Sting S loses 0-1 to Ayses this morning. This correct?

Joe scafone wrote:Sting S loses 0-1 to Ayses this morning. This correct?

Yep

allsport22 wrote:

Joe scafone wrote:Sting S loses 0-1 to Ayses this morning. This correct?

Yep

Just heard Sting Mendoza ties Texans Moreno 0-0 ?

Out - any commentary?

Strange things are afoot. Not a good morning for the girls in blue.

Craziest thing about the Sting M vs. DTM this morning. Sting took several shots on goal. But the goal shrank. LOL. DTS played hard Sting just couldn't make the shots. Possession was In Stings favor, shorter halves helped DTM defense.

Similar story at Sting S vs. AYSES game. Sting S dominated the game. Lots of shots on goal - all near misses. (Perhaps the goal was indeed shrinking:)) AYSES scored on a rare breakaway. AYSES played very rough (lots of knees taken in the game), and their parents were not the most courteous. Add to that 8:00 am game on icy dewy fields at freezing temps. Yes, I know, excuses. Sting S just wasn't at its very best. Did come back later to truly dominate game against FCD Palmisano to win bracket. Expect to see Sting S girls with renewed determination tomorrow morning. AG did not coach as already committed to Texans tournament with her older team.

Again cold weather is shrinking goals. Lol! Lots of near misses. Sting M 1-0 over Sting Goodman.