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You Know Your Hotel Is Packed With Soccer Players

May.12, 2007 in Parents, Players Leave a Comment

When they have this outside the breakfast bar area:

Blogging live from Jacksonville. Here’s hoping our Sunday match goes a weeeee bit better than our Saturday matches They were educational!

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Keep (and Tweak) the US Open Cup

Aug.18, 2006 in The Pros 1 Comment

With the 2006 US Open Cup entering the Quarterfinal round later this month, Mike H over at My Soccer Blog wisely chose the USOC as the topic for the 4th American Soccer Carnival. Should it be kept or folded, and if kept, how could it be improved?
For those of you who aren’t well versed in [...]

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Gender Neutral Awards

May.10, 2006 in Coaching, League Administration 2 Comments

If you coach a co-ed team or organize a coed tournament, finding nice gender neutral trophies can be an adventure.

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When Boo Almost Became BooHoo

May.08, 2006 in League Administration, Tough Call Leave a Comment

What NOT to do during a tournament final shootout

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