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The game was 1-1 at the half, and one of Baylor's goals was accidentally put in by Bearden. Bearden is young, and missing a number of players with injuries right now. That said, Baylor played very well - especially in the second half.

Was the game at Baylor or at Bearden?

 

I wish I had seen the game so I could make a more informed opionion (attendees please help here). Ignorance never stopped me before, so I will offer these opinions. Bearden will be strong again--too much talent, too much coaching. My guess is that Coach Turner was messing with combinations in the midfield to replace important talent lost through graduation. Still, kudos to Baylor. They seem to crank out good teams in mediocre talent years and great teams in good talent years. This is a function of their coaching, mostly, but also to their excellent training facilities. We will see both of these teams advance deep into their respective playoff brackets.

Bearden has 4 from SMSC Velocity Premier, and another 5 from KFC Velocity Red. Should be a good future!

Notre Dame looks to have a nice new class of freshman, both those that made varsity, as well as those who made JV, include Michelle Spangler, a freshman who recently moved from California.

The coaching situation at Velocity Premier (rising U15) is very stable and good. They have a quality, committed college coach.

None of the KFC teams are really any good at those age groups. The Mustangs (U16 next year) won state at a lower level than the 92 Impact. Head-to-head I doubt Impact has much trouble with them. The Mustangs state league games were against very inferior competition this year and actually they didn't win one state leage game until the playoffs. Coach is nice but suspect. The 92 Impact is the most established team and has been good for a long time. Of the U15 teams next year, Velocity Premier is the best, but they are in some turmoil with coaching. Of the two KFC teams, the Velocity Red is the better, but coaching is very suspect. Not a tactical guy at all. There is always the U16 Krossfire team if you end up in Oak Ridge. They have the best tactical coach in Knoxville by far and will be a D-1 team next year as well.