ETSU_BucSoccerFan

ETSU is going to do better than you think. Coach Calabrese is a great coach and has recruited very well this year.

Vanderbilt did the same thing!

I didn't say I had to bite my tounge, dins8 said that. I just wanted to know the process and why only one young man from TN got All American. Should have been more in my opinion

I know Coach Vice from Blackman is a member, I do hope others will follow. The boosters for the high soccer team ought to pay for this as well. Thanks for the info G.

Speaking of All Americans, how come more people from Tennessee were not on this list. If Tom Webster was the only one and he is a very good player, why weren't there others. Seems pretty political to me. Not to say Tom didn't deserve the recognition, he does, because he's a very good player. Matt can't wait to play with him instead of against him at ETSU. Are the Coaches just not submitting thier names, or if they are submitting the names, are they just ignoring the boys from TN because they are from TN, which is what I mean by political. How does it work?

ETSU starts thier D1 season Aug 2008, they were club last year. They are being coach by a very good coach in Coach Calabrese. Used to be the Assistant Coach at Clemson. They will be stronger than most think.

I don't know this for a fact, but it maybe due to Travel Soccer. Big tournaments where college coaches have the only chance to watch and evaluate future college athlets happen mainly in the fall and most states along with TN do not allow someone to play travel and high school at the same time. It's probably a compromise beetween travel soccer and the state. If they switched soccer in the fall for boys, a lot of boys would not play high school soccer, becasue they would never be seen by a college coach.

go to www.tssaa.org, you will see the brackets.

The game did not get ugly at all, it was a hard, physical game. The referee did an excellent job, he let them play but knew when to blow the whistle and knew when to card. Just because a red card was given doesn't mean it got ugly.

I know the refree last night that gave out the red card and I have ref with him on numberous occassions and he has refereed my son as well. He is an excellent referee with excellent knowledge of the rules. Most referees, not all, including myself, will let profanity go the first time, especially if it were a slip of the tounge and they will give you a warning. However, if it is directed at any way at a player, coach or referee, slip of the tounge or not, the red card is coming. When you direct at another player out on the pitch, it is not a slip of the tounge. If a player has a bad strike, a bad pass, etc.. sometimes in the heat of the moment something does slip and most referees that I have had the privledge of working with let that go with a warning. A pre-game is done with the center referee and his AR's before every game and majority of the time this topic is brought up and majority of the time the referee will say if you hear something, let me know or if you can let the player know that the next time it is a card. So there it is from a refees view.

I am a referee and I should never have to remind any player that profanity is a cardable offense. That's like me telling them that kicking is a foul.

Wow! A two game suspension!! That does seem harsh, is this a new rule?

It should be a yellow card. section 8, misconduct in the NFHS, any incidental use of vulgar or profane lanugage, However, Art 3b, states if it is used towards an opposing player, coach referee or other individual to degrade or incite them, then 3g states using insulting, offensive or abusive language or gesture, then it's an automatic red.

He hasn't had to much to say since that last post, so I am thinking he was serious.

Alright, that makes a little more sense. Bygones. I am looking forward to districts and a probable rematch. So not scared, whoever this is, bring it on!

I guess Riverdale will get a little respect now being 12-1 eh?

Here's your quote "Then the stars got scored on twice on the freshman keeper?" It seemed to me, you implied that because a freshman keeper was in the net, they scored or why even say anything about a freshman keeper. Before that you said, "Anna only played the first 15 min. You do realize that riverdale got nothing when she was in? Meaning to me, and other people can comment on this, that if Anna had been in there the whole time, they wouldn't of scored, why put that Anna only played 15 minutes and ask us to realize why she wasn't in there no one scored. That's just my interpretation, I sure would like to get other interpretations. Thanks for clarifying. My point is, your defenders did a good job without Anna, you should have pointed out how well your other defenders played in the first half, but you made excuses about how other players weren't there so that's why Siegle didn't play well or would have played a better game. You are downing your other players, not me. Just my opinion though.

Riverdale didn't score the whole first half, so your comment about only playing the first 15 minutes doesn't hold water. Obviously your defenders did a good job in the first half without Anna. Are you saying your other defenders are not good. They play 40 minutes in the half, not 15. Just chalk it up as a loss and move on. Maybe Coach Arman made some adjustments at half who knows. It was a good game, and very competetive, two players don't make the team. Seems to me you are pulling a Hope Solo and saying your freshman keeper wasn't good enough and if a senior would have been in there they would have stopped it. Those first two goals were pretty amazing goals and it was done with very little space. Give Riverdale credit!

The number one team in the state is not the MSC Shockers and they are not even in the state league, so I believe they are Div 3. The number one team in Div 1 in the state is, depending on who you ask either KFC or TNFC. In Div 2, last year state champs were the Metros, Jackson didn't even make it to the D2 State Finals. Right now their record for D2 is 3-0-1. Jackson tied Camp Forest for goodness sakes who are Div 3, and I have seen that team play, and they are not very good, sorry Camp Forrest, no hard feelings. Jackson lost to TUSC because TUSC is a good team and that's why they are in D1. TUSC also beat the MSC Shokers 7-1 and Camp Forest 4-0. Now I am going to have to tell you like it is and quit being nice. YOu haven't a clue of what good soccer is. They may have one good skilled player, but as far as the team is concerned, they cannot compete at a high level. The cost of playing in the D1 State League is no different than playing in the D2 state league, so you need to get your facts straight. You do not travel outside the state of TN to play in D1 League. The record I gave you for Jackson was accurate according to the TN Soccer Website, and by the way you can look at the finals from last year and look at the standings of the league for this year. I am not knocking the Jackson team or any individual, but it is what it is. You seem a bit delusional and I believe I called it just as it was with Jackson not getting out of thier bracket and called TUSC beating them. I have seen that team play. Let me know when you think they are playing another good team. Hopefully this post won't come across to harsh.

I do see that the KFC Crush are in the TUSC Tournament this weekend, but that team will have to come out on top in first place in order for them to play the crush. I don't think that will happen. TUSC 90 boys are a good team. I also checked out the Div2 standings and this team you are talking about, are currently second with 2 wins and a tie; It is early.

I have not seen this team play. I can tell you that the three teams mentioned above are very good teams, over half on each roster are ODP Players and most have already committed to D1 schools. Those three teams have been the top three teams in the state over the past several years and I really doubt that the team you are mentioning will be able to compete with any of them. However, I could be wrong, but if they were truely that good, then they should be in the D1 State League and competeing in the D1 state league tournament. What team are they playing in Goodlettsville this weekend. I know it's not TNFC, they are playing premier league games in another state and I am assuming KCF and Memphis are doing the same. What is the name of this team? Thanks

Div 1 or Div 2. The top three 90 teams are KFC, TNFC and Memphis, not necessarily in that order. You have to be talkin about Div 2.

TNFC took one of the teams from Arkansas schedule, which the AR schedule doesn't have them playing the Crush and Memphis till December. They will see each other at state

They had the entire list in the statistics part of the DNJ along with an article, but I couldn't find a link to that list. Maybe if you email Jared Hastings at the DNJ he could get you the list. The DNJ is a Murfreesboro paper. jhastings@dnj.com, he did the article on the local boys in LaVergne and Murfreesboro.

I heard Cody McCoy and Brandon Tarr were the only ones from Tennessee. Also, Alexander Darsinos, but he's in Greece.