MoonDogRex

Stop. Just stop. You are only making yourself look more foolish.

Posting with class is not your forte, huh?

Or that there is more parity than people thought. That is a good thing!

I didn't make a comparison of "high school vs. club". Whether over-training may or may not happen in the absence of SRPL games, it is much more likely to happen WITH those games added during the high school season, as well as the training sessions that club coaches are going to demand occur in preparation for those weekends. That is pretty much indisputable. I challenge you to find a sports medicine doctor who will say otherwise. You also conveniently ignore the accumulation of training sessions and what then may subsequently happen. Whether a club coach understands "where their athletes need to be trained" or not, that child is still training and playing with a high school team continuously. More work on her legs does not equate to rest, which is presumably what she would be doing if not training with her club team. I also imagine club coaches know that they don't really have a compelling argument to dissuade kids from playing high school soccer, so it's tricky. Tell a teenager that her high school coach sucks, and she might just roll her eyes and say, "True, but I'm still playing with my friends." Tell her that she will get injured, and you will have forgotten that she is a teenager who views herself as indestructible. IMO, the best thing that could happen would be the creation of an "all-in" (no high school soccer allowed) club league that plays every weekend against the highest-possible competition available from contiguous states, and the strongest players will flock to it instead of high school soccer. How clubs sell that is up to them. The most competitive girls will get the training they need, and the girls who want to represent their high school teams will be able to do so. That is basically the DA model on the boys' side. One of these days, we adults need to start considering the best interests of the kids. Forcing them to double-up, as RPL is doing and as the TSSAA has acquiesced to, doesn't do that.

Don't forget to factor in over-training injuries to some of the best players now that the USYSA clubs are participating in Region 3 Premier League games two weekends in August, one in September, and one in October AND because the TSAAA regulations concerning training with club teams are such a joke. As long as they are in "fewer than 6v6" situations, they can train to their hearts' delight. It's a recipe for disaster, and no need to commence with the false argument about increasing the level of competition for the girls, especially in light of the over-training likelihood. This is not (no matter what anyone would like to claim) ECNL. Just more games on tired legs.

The "Tennessee" team is not really a Tennessee team. It is a Chattanooga-area "Tennessee" team. I would imagine the same holds true for the "Georgia" team. Probably a "north of Atlanta" Georgia team.

Only public school kids are worth evangelizing to. That's only half in-jest, BTW. The "mission" argument probably has something to do with interacting with people from diverse socioeconomic backgrounds. More likely to get that in DI than DII.

In the photo gallery section on Coach T are photos of the White House vs. White House Heritage game. There's a picture of the captain of Heritage jumping up on a corner kick. Either that is some trick photography, or that kid has massive hops.

Just go ahead and award it now. Courtesy of South Carolina high school soccer. http://www.unapproved website.com/blogs/maxwire-national-blog/8z2qiUmRfEybyTbAi0UB5Q/video--james-island-high-school-soccer-team-nets-amazing-double-bicycle-kick-goal.htm

Because the best way to ensure Title IX compliance is to cut OTHER sports. Good reversal by UTC on that one. Title IX is well intended, but Title IX compliance efforts by universities have been absurd.

Is the split coming? Yes, it is. Maybe not next year, but probably within the next five. When it does, it will have nothing to do with soccer, or perhaps even football -- it will have everything to do with autonomy. School heads and their boards will finally have had enough of the arcane TSSAA rules and will join together to create a private school association that better fits their collective needs. Here is what will happen in soccer, and it really won't be much of a surprise. Current private schools that play in AA/A will be grouped into either the current DII AA or DII A based on their enrollments. It may be the case that three separate divisions based on enrollment size will be created within the private school structure. Football will be handled a bit differently (beyond simply the enrollment criteria) to take into consideration the competitive aspirations of those programs. For all sports, this will certainly improve the current competitive environment in DII for both the current DII schools and the soon-to-be DII schools. It will also help schools in Knoxville and Chattanooga have more local "region" games.

Big-time shot by Clarksville, now up 3-1.

Great individual effort pulls Houston back to 2-1.

2-0 Clarksville with about 10 minutes left in the first half. Their combination play in the final third is killing Houston.

Clarksville up 1-0 with about a 5-pass combination and easy finish. Houston attacking well, though.

Centennial...

The gold standard. Find out what they do and copy it. Then you'll have natural, green carpet to play on. http://www.greensborounited.org/Facilities/bp/index_E.html

If you keep teams from practicing on the fields at a soccer complex, you will have nice fields. Bottom line. It's a matter of priorities.

Salera Jordan is one of the fittest high school players I have seen in a long time -- work rate, speed, everything. The fact that her dad was also Clarksville's (and before that Franklin's) wrestling coach might have something to do with it. The thing about Clarksville is that, whenever they are out of possession, they apply pressure everywhere in order to get the ball back. They are relentless. And Houston's speed and technical ability are pretty much off the charts. The championship should be a good game.

Don't sleep on Jackson Christian. They beat Collierville 1-0 during the season. They beat Chester by the same 6-0 score that Knoxville Catholic did. Not saying that they will beat Notre Dame, but they are hardly minnows.

Biggest issue I have seen with ARs this year concering offsides is their postioning relative to the last defender. They are often trailing (in either direction) where the last defender is, and they have made a lot of calls from poor angles. Don't know if the issue is attentiveness or fitness.

I stand corrected. My apologies. Per the TSSAA website, it appears to be a blind draw conducted by the Board of Control, with the only caveat being that in the event that two teams from the same region make the tournament, they will be put into opposite sides of the bracket. Luck indeed plays a role.

Clarksville "lucked out" by being undefeated to this point in the season. That's not luck.

Clarksville 4 Franklin 1. Anyone who has seen Clarksville play this season will not be surprised.

One of the reasons that TSSAA is trying to slow this entire process down is that the organization understands a completely separate private school classification is only one very simple step away from breaking off entirely from TSSAA and forming an independent schools' athletic association. Tennessee is one of the few states that has yet to see this occur and not surprisingly is way behind the times. It would be in the best interests of private schools if this thing actually passed. It is amazing that the leadership of independent schools would willingly cede their power to an entity that cares so little about them.