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After a lot of review of our mission statement and school purpose, CPA has decided to stay in D1.

Good outline of the situation. One thing that I noticed from your post is the fact that Publics on the edge at the moment are more likely to be shifted upward. Most of the current D1 privates who are considering the move will be in the new 3A as a result of the multiplier. If they opt for DII, that leaves a deficit of possibly 10-20 3A teams which means some Publics who are initially in 2A will be moved upwards to 3A. There will be several very unhappy campers at that point.

One small correction for 1997 FRA beat CPA in the regular season by a score of 23-14. The score of CPA 14 FRA 10 was in the playoffs on the hill. CPA won it with seconds remaining with a Hunter Daniel Touchdown. The 1997 regular season win by FRA was the last time that CPA lost to FRA , although it came real close in the 2000 season in the dying seconds with a failed field goal attempt.

It was early 90's when CPA started Football, the earliest season I can find is 1993 when they went 2-8 beating only Nashville Christian and TPS. I am not sure if the program started a year or two before that though.

No worries, I have merged the topics

Solomon, I think the US may be OK but I cannot really see them going beyond the Quarter Finals based upon what I have seen this year. The US played us (England) a month or two ago and to be honest England beat them with relative ease. This is an England squad that did not even make it to Euro 2008 so there is a long way to go. Looking at upcoming talent, I would say the dominant teams for the 2010 World Cup will be Argentina, Spain Germany and Portugal. That being said, it all depends upon the groupings and how teams perform on the day. There are no longer huge differences between many of the teams and predictions are often difficult. Brazil are struggling a little at the moment but I would not be willing to count them out just yet. Same with Italy and France.

6/26 Spain 3 Russia 0 Again I was really impressed by Spain. They play very creative attack minded soccer and their defense is very solid as well and basically shut down Russia all night. Even when they have a lead, they do not change their style of play by going into a total defensive mindset. Russia and their speed of attack have been a problem for all other teams in this tournament, but if memory serves me correctly, Spain shut Russia down somuch that they may only have had one or two shots actually on target. The Sunday game between Germany and Spain will be a thriller and undoubtedly brings the best two teams in the tournament together for the final. If Germany play like they did against Turkey yesterday, Spain will win. If both Spain and Germany are on top form, it may be way too close to call.

I was really glad to see Spain win this one as I felt they were by far the better team. Italy play great defense but unfortunately like all Italian soccer games it becomes pretty boring. I was quite intrigued to watch Italy in their tactics. They always crowded out any Spanish attacks and left no room to make a play. The funny thing was the fact that when they came out on offense they always fed the ball into tight situations rather than look for the wide open spaces or switch the field. One huge problem I have noticed with this tournament is the tendencany for players to go down writhing in agony whenever they get beat on a tackle. This forces the team that won the ball to kill their own momentum and kick it out of play while the injury is tended to. The player then quickly gets up and has undergone a miraculous healing. It may sound mean but we may need a ruling that unless the ref deems the injury to be really serious, play should go on. My predictions for the semis Germany 3 Turkey 0 Spain 2 Russia 1 Germany will then go and beat Spain in the final.

I really enjoyed the Russia vs Netherlands game today. I do admire the Russian team approach as they are very attack focused. Holland had some good moments but all in all, the result was a fair one. It also makes me feel a little better since England did not make it to the tournament as a result of Russia being in our qualifying group. So far non of the first round winners have won. I think it is possible that Italy may beat Spain tomorrow to make it 4 in a row for the 2nd place teams.

This was a strange game all round. Croatia dominated most of the first 90 minutes but really lacked a potent finish to their attack. Turkey looked the better for overtime and it was still 0-0 with 2 minutes to go and seemed very unlikely that either team could score. Croatia scored with just under 2 mins to go and it looked as if it was all wrapped up. Turkey then had a free kick awarded from midfield which the goalie took and had an extra man up top. Scored an incredible goal in the dying seconds and so it went to PK's where Croatia missed 3.

I agree. I think Portugal should win this one on paper but they are two totally different styles of soccer. Czech Republic play a very physical game which may rattle a few of the Portugal players a little. That being said, Ronaldo, Nani and Carvalho are used to the EPL now so should not be overly distracted.

Sorry, you can't have your cake and eat it to. We have to apply a 1.8 multiplier. Revised tally No : 39.6 Yes : 28 /roflol.gif" style="vertical-align:middle" emoid=":roflol:" border="0" alt="roflol.gif" />

Pack used to be at CPA, went to Ensworth for the last 4 years and is now going to FRA.

Spain 4 Russia 1 Spain looked really good, however, they do have a long long history of choking. Russia did create a lot of chances and were unfortunate not to tie it up earlier on. The Spanish defense is still a little suspect and I did not think Puyol had a good game. They usually go for a strong midfield but their decision to use two strikers payed off. Sweden 2 Greece 0 This score has really thrilled me. Greece won the whole thing 4 years ago by playing boring and frustrating and totally defensive soccer and only scored on set pieces. They started today with the same mindset and had 5 at the back. As soon as Sweden scored their plans had to change and the game became interesting. Hopefully Greece will go out early.

I love having the summer off to be able to watch all of these games. Today was the so called group of death. France 0 Romania 0 Extremely disappointing performance from the French. No creativity whatsoever and Anelka simply looked old. Netherlands 3 Italy 0 This has been the best game so far. Holland were spectacular and their 2nd goal was the goal of the tournament so far for me. Italy just did not click into gear. They are far more adept at getting the lead and sitting on it. They are not a come from behind team. They let in more goals today than they did in the whole of the 2006 World Cup.

Thanks, I now understand your first question a lot clearer, and to be honest I do not know with any degree of confidence. I think there may well be a situation where a student receives a small need based aid package which in turn is sweetened by the school with a substantial "Merit/Academic" Scholarship. If I understand the TSSAA rules correctly, the student would not be allowed to play. Interesting question and what do the TSSAA do to check on this?

I notice you are new to the boards so let me give you a quick overview of Div I and Div II. The schools who play in Div II are allowed to give scholarships and the students are allowed to play sports. The scholarship approval goes through an independent 3rd party. Div I privates are not allowed to give scholarships to athletes and are placed in with Public Schools with a 1.8 enrollment multiplier. . In that instance the student receiving a scholarship may practice etc with the team but is not allowed to play at all in a competition with another school. This is not a major issue since the majority of the smaller Div I privates don't have the deep coffers and endowments that you would find at MBA etc. and don't have money to offer scholarships. If at some point they wish to offer aid etc, the school can put in a request to the TSSAA to move up to Div II.

The European Cup Winners Cup used to be decided by a coin toss in the even of a tie back in the 60's and 70's. PK's may not be ideal but a coin toss would be a brutal way to be eliminated from a major tournament. http://www.the-english-football-archive.co...rs_cup/1970.htm

This 54 year old Manchester lad is over the moon tonight. Certainly a nail biter of a game and to be honest Chelsea looked the better team in the 2nd half.

Do some research first. Station Camp, Madison and White House Heritage are all Public and are playing in the A/AA tournament today.

Dean Myers of CPA will be playing for Belmont University.

FRA are no longer in the hunt. They were eliminated by Goodpasture on Tuesday.

It was 2-2 at the end of regulation, 3-3 at the end of the overtime before the PK's.

Congratulations BigG from all of us at CPA.

Scores from tonight's games Goodpasture 1 FRA 0 CPA 2 Hume Fogg 1 (In OT) CPA and Goodpasture are the only teams remaining and play on Thursday at 7pm for the District Championship Game. That is not an elimination game and only affects who they play in Regionals.