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We play Overton on Tuesday. The only common opponent we've had is Hillsboro. They won 4-3, us 3-0. That in itself proves nothing. They have definately played a tougher schedule than us and have been playing well lately. We also are playing better avenging a 3-0 district loss in regular season with a 2-1 win in the finals. Should be a fun game..our schools are only about 1o miles away fron each other and most of us know each other pretty well. Any thoughts?

Our team( Glencliff) is composed entirely of "ethnic" players. We have players from 9 different countries I believe. I'll just say this there a very few games when we aren't " asked " to go back home in not so nice terms. Coach stresses to us to keep our cool because all those guys are trying to do is get us mad. Maybe someday we can all just play soccer together and not worry about where we all came from.

Looks like Overton beat Franklin Brentwood beats Indy Overton vs Brentwood in the finals

Whoa there skippy. Our team is very good. We had a rough stretch at the end because we sat 5 starters the last two weeks from injuries. 4 will be back tomorrow, the one with the broken collar bone is obviously still out. If you compare our scores against common opponents to some schools you consider good I'm sure you'll see we beat them just as well as other teams did. 2 years ago... everyone said we had no chance against Ravenwood in the Regionals..we won. Last year Antioch from our district beat Ravenwood in the regions. This year who knows. But I'll tell you this Wilson central has a good team and just because a team isnt a power every year doesnt mean they cant do well. No one said win state but make to sectionals is possible.

Just to clarify I'm not saying its okay to say the f-bomb. I'm saying I hear it all the time in football and basketball games and it is not a ejection from the game nor having to sit a game out. Just saying I think soccer players are held to a higher standard than others, of course our sport is better so maybe we should be /smile.gif" style="vertical-align:middle" emoid=":)" border="0" alt="smile.gif" />

Glencliff 4 Antioch 0 McGavock 4 Hunters Lane 0 Both teams controlled the game and each could have scored more and rested players. Our school sat out two starters who have recovered from injuries but the coach didnt want to rush them back in. Finals at 6:00 at Glencliff Thursday

This is my point exactly and no offense to the ref who posted, but the rules are so unequally enforced. A foul in one game is not in the next. A yellow card in one game isnt even a foul in the next. Players and coaches get very frustrated by the total inconcistencies out there. Can this be fixed..I dont know...but to suspend players for a hard foul. Like was posted what about personal fouls in basketball and football. Do they sit out a game...no. How about the fact that many refs now will not even speak to a player/coach to let him even question a call. I've heard many times a coach or player being told to shut up. At the district tourney last night a fan yelled at the ref about a " bad call" on two occasions. The ref had him ejected from the game. I was just watching the game and not even involved but I thought it was really weak to eject him. Geez in basketball they would have to clear the stands. Okay enough rant. Is reffeing a thankless job...yes, is it well paid...eh I disagree a little $55 for 2 hours isnt horrible( not great either), do refs need to lighten up on red cards...absolutely. I think they should always reach for yellow execpt in extreme cases. Just my opinion.

Also keep in mind it is easier to get ejected in soccer than any other sport. In football if you push another player you might get a flag, in soccer you'll likely get red carded. Cussing on the field, hear it all the time in football games. In soccer yellow or red ( yes we had a player that said f-you to another player last year get a red card) How about a hard tackle from behind..red card. Illegal hit in football, a flag. Soccer players and coaches are held to a higher standard already than other sports. Watch a football or basketball game and see how much talk occurs between the ref and coach. In soccer a coach can argue one call and get a yellow. If anything TSSAA needs to have officials lighten up on red cards not increase them.

Green weeds do well this time of year /smile.gif" style="vertical-align:middle" emoid=":)" border="0" alt="smile.gif" /> I'd take any grass that grows right now..so bermuda is kinda out

As the one person ( yes Glencliff 20 is me also ) who gave Wislon Central credit( "a nobody in soccer" I beleive someone said) I expect a bunch of "you were right, they are much better than we thought " /smile.gif" style="vertical-align:middle" emoid=":)" border="0" alt="smile.gif" />

Well the good news is Wilson Central plays Hendersonville this week. If they win that game it wont matter they were ranked lower cuz they'll jump a lot of teams. If they dont then they would have dropped anyways. I give full credit to WC for winning the game but I think we had the better team. Our goalie just made a few mistakes that he hasnt made all year and they got some easy goals. But it doesnt matter, polls mean nothing until later in the year. I actually hope WC wins as that makes us look even better. We should have beaten Lavergne but tied and then they tied Gallatin and beat hendersonville. We lose to WC and if thet beat hendersonville then that loss doesnt seem so bad either. Our focus though is on winning all we have left and the distrcit, if that gets us ranked higher then great, if not then we'll see Brentwood/Ravenwood or whoever from that side in the regionals and can find out if we are as good as we think.

Cant say for sure but your school must have done this and not TSSAA. They are two seperate sports, I dont see how they could keep you out of football for what happened in soccer. Also a soft red does not have next game suspension. Only a straight red does. So two yellows and your out for that game and can sub in a player. Straight red and you are out for that game and at least the next, school can add more time if they choose to.

We (Glencliff) hosted them tonight and they have a very good team. Play very physical and have some solid players. We jumped out to a 1-0 half lead but let in two ( what our team would call) bad goals. One miscommunication between keeper and fullback where neither played the ball and their guy poked it in. The other where our sweeper had a swing and a miss and their guy walked in uncontested to the goalie. But you cant have those mistakes in tough games or you'll lose. We'll learn from this hopefully and come back even stronger. Again congrats to WC and good luck.

The game ended in a 0-0 tie. I'd say we(Glencliff) had the best opportunities the first half with a few good looks. The beginning of the second half was fairly even. By the end of the game Lavergne had the best looks with several direct and indirects right at the box ( darn refs /smile.gif" style="vertical-align:middle" emoid=":)" border="0" alt="smile.gif" /> ). We were a bit tired with two starters out tonight and our bench doesnt go super deep. Lavergne definately has a good team with some solid players and I wish them good luck the rest of the season.

Well we play them tonight at Glencliff. Both teams are undefeated right now and we usually have really good games with them so I am excited to play. Unfortunately our center mid got a hairline fracture in his collarbone the other day so we will be without him, but we have good subs so we adjust like any team does. I'll write back tomorrow and let you know what I think about them. I suspect they have a good team though and they have a good coach from what I heard so should be fun. Hope the rain stays away /smile.gif" style="vertical-align:middle" emoid=":)" border="0" alt="smile.gif" />