Top Teams in East Tennessee

[WuSoccer3]

If Cleveland had all their potential players, between injuries and players moving, then they would be a much stronger force in a larger area.

[tinkerbell69]

guys, i do think knox teams are very strong but I think Ooltewah, McCallie and Baylor will have a pretty good chance at being the top three. But we'll see the district tournament is still going on.

[Invasion]

Tinkerbell , Ooltlewah, McCAllie and Baylor ,being in the top 3 of what? Certainly not teams in the state??? Maybe Baylor and McCallie in the top 20 but Ooltlewah not even in the top 30

[imthathard]

i agree that the knox area is definitely the best region for soccer right now. we will see how they do in the tourney though. WuSoccer i think we heard u the first time when u said that cleveland isnt as good as they used to be because they lost some key players. umm get over ok! oh and baylor might be a top 25 but not a top three. they arent even ranked in DII on soccerinfo.com. but they are definitely one of the better teams.

[WuSoccer3]

What i was referring to wasnt the seniors of the 2001 and 2002 years but i was referring to two of the freshmen, who were starters on the region champs 2001 and district champs 2002 teams. If they had those two guys and then another guy would be senior this year who switched to Cleveland after 2002. Thats all i was meaning.

[tnbass625]

ok for all you people Baylor is done, they lost in the district tourney to Know Webb. I think Mccallie will do pretty well this yer as well as CCS. As for OHS i gotta rep my boys, if they get past Cleveland and Mcminn they have a decent shot.

[soccermadness]

it is surprising to see how the chattanooga area has slipped compared to knoxville....i always felt that the two were on fairly equal terms....however, a decent knoxville team would be a good chattanooga team today....and a good chattanooga team would struggle against the good knoxville teams.

 

also after reading that the national trend in high school is public ed, it is not surprising to see the once soccer dominating private schools giving ground to public schools....just my observations....good luck to all

[champ]

yes.. I agree, but the skill level in Knoxville is dropping and the teams are starting to level out. After this year this area will lose even more and be less competitive for the battle of a state championship.

[soccermadness]

the battle for the state will not be less competitive next yeart

[Hoya]

The Knoxville area's rise over the last several years is directly linked to the player development success of the two big Knoxville-based clubs over that same period. TVFC Diadora Impact and Smoky Mountain SC have had real good success for the last 3 or 4 years in club soccer. Last year they won all three of the top National Cup championships (U-19 SMSC Arsenal, U-18 SMSC Select and U-17 Diadora Impact). I think Knoxville will remain strong as long as its clubs continue to cooperate and develop players. Impact actually just merged with another program and opened a Tri-Cities branch in conjunction with some upper-East college coaches. That's good news for JC, Bristol and Kingsport as well.