Middle School Soccer

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Saw RIPCOA has the middle school soccer schedules up. Never to early for T/S group to start predicting the 2015 State Champions! :)

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Saw RIPCOA has the middle school soccer schedules up. Never to early for T/S group to start predicting the 2015 State Champions! :)

I'll start looking at this group once I finish evaluating the Superliga U4 stats.

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Saw RIPCOA has the middle school soccer schedules up. Never to early for T/S group to start predicting the 2015 State Champions! :)

Predictions on the girls side of things

Central Winner - Gallagher
East Winner - Kickemuit
North Winner - Mccourt
South Winner - Curtis Corner

Kickemuit over Curtis Corner for the final

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Predictions on the girls side of things

Central Winner - Gallagher
East Winner - Kickemuit
North Winner - Mccourt
South Winner - Curtis Corner

Kickemuit over Curtis Corner for the final

By 2015, there will be no middle school sports for any but 7 towns. Most of the towns will have gone into backrupcy to avoid paying municiple pensions. With the new concussion rules, heading will be banned as will kicking the ball over 10 yrds in the air. The game will be no more than a glorified fooseball game won by some team from Warwick that still has an arcade, or video gaming center where players will have honed their skills.

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Predictions on the girls side of things

Central Winner - Gallagher
East Winner - Kickemuit
North Winner - Mccourt
South Winner - Curtis Corner

Kickemuit over Curtis Corner for the final

No way McCourt beats out Lincoln!!!!! :)

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Nothing worse than Middle School soccer.

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Nothing worse than Middle School soccer.

Last year's boy's middle school season was the best season in any sport, any league that I have ever watched either of my kids play. Great games, great school spirit, loved every minute of it - even losing on pk's in the state semi's was a blast.

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Saw RIPCOA has the middle school soccer schedules up. Never to early for T/S group to start predicting the 2015 State Champions! :)

With everything going on in the world, you have nothing better to do but predict middle school games. How do you have so much time on your hands to even know all the teams. Your employer should know you are wasting company time.

You must be bored or have no friends! You must be from Kickemuit, since you are predicting them to win. Are you a middle school scout!! Just to let you know, college and club coaches don't go to middle school or high school games to scout.

Kind of scary, if you know all the teams.

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With everything going on in the world, you have nothing better to do but predict middle school games. How do you have so much time on your hands to even know all the teams. Your employer should know you are wasting company time.

You must be bored or have no friends! You must be from Kickemuit, since you are predicting them to win. Are you a middle school scout!! Just to let you know, college and club coaches don't go to middle school or high school games to scout.

Kind of scary, if you know all the teams.

Gotta tell ya,...I think it's awesome that the guy knows all the teams! He's into it - good for him (or her).

JB

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Gotta tell ya,...I think it's awesome that the guy knows all the teams! He's into it - good for him (or her).

JB

Your kidding right! That guy is a BSer. All the teams don't even play each other from what I gather. Blowing a lot of smoke.

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Your kidding right! That guy is a BSer. All the teams don't even play each other from what I gather. Blowing a lot of smoke.

All I'm saying is...let the people who are into middle school sports have their fun. So what if it's just the parents of the kids who play? So what if college coaches don't recruit at middle school games? Nobody knows enough about every team to really know....but nobody is getting hurt, right?

Personally, I like it when posters make predictions and open up a dialogue about who-will-win-whatever....it makes my office days go by faster and is an entertaining diversion, that's all. Just sayin'

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No way McCourt beats out Lincoln!!!!! :)

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As a McCourt parent I totally agree. Lincoln killed us last year!

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As a McCourt parent I totally agree. Lincoln killed us last year!

Hey, the Lincoln girls juggernaut is tough!

Seriously, I hope the McCourt girls have a great season and I hope when they play Lincoln they play awesome, have a blast and create some fun memories.

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Hey, the Lincoln girls juggernaut is tough!

Seriously, I hope the McCourt girls have a great season and I hope when they play Lincoln they play awesome, have a blast and create some fun memories.

JB

How many of last years better players from Lincoln are at the High School now?

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How many of last years better players from Lincoln are at the High School now?

Off the top of my head....I think that of the top 12-13 players from last year's team, 5 are still in middle school.....1 is at La Salle....the rest at LHS....that should be pretty close..

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Off the top of my head....I think that of the top 12-13 players from last year's team, 5 are still in middle school.....1 is at La Salle....the rest at LHS....that should be pretty close..

JB

Thanks JB. That will be a big change for LMS. I've seen at least one of their top scorers on the High School team.

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Thanks JB. That will be a big change for LMS. I've seen at least one of their top scorers on the High School team.

True. But the town really does have a great feeder system to the school teams. The up-and-coming girls (in grades 5, 6, 7) might be the best crop top to bottom that LYSA - and the RI premier clubs that they play for - has ever produced.

Plus, we have 2 very sharp coaches - JL and CK - running the show. They know these girls better than anyone. JL knows how to put a quality team on the field and CK handles the fitness and technical side of things. On top of that, these 2 guys are very dedictated. They put a lot of time in during the off-season, getting the team into tournaments, tracking the girls' progress with their premier clubs, putting together indoor teams. It's all the "extra's" that they put into the program which makes things that much better.

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Plus, we have 2 very sharp coaches - JL and CK - running the show.
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That makes a huge difference. McCourt can't compete.

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Kickemuit doesn't have a chance this year!

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Kickemuit doesn't have a chance this year!

I hear they kick with their toe at Kickemuit. A school named Kickemuit should have players able to kick a ball.

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I hear they kick with their toe at Kickemuit. A school named Kickemuit should have players able to kick a ball.

They kick Muits there, not balls.

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They kick Muits there, not balls.

Aren't they Defending State Champs? They must kick something right.

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Looks like KMS(defending champs) won without a problem. Not many results out there yet.

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Looks like KMS(defending champs) won without a problem. Not many results out there yet.

Watched this game there was really one girl on opposing team with a chance the rest really looked confused, running into each other, couldn't complete a pass, etc.

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Predictions on the girls side of things

Central Winner - Gallagher
East Winner - Kickemuit
North Winner - Mccourt
South Winner - Curtis Corner

Kickemuit over Curtis Corner for the final


Wickford tied CC 1 -1..teams about equal with CC having better play first half and Wickford the edge in 2d..both GKs made nice saves down the stretch..rematch will probably determine 1 seed in south..but both teams could go far.

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Watched a great girls game yesterday,...Lincoln scored a late
2nd half goal to beat North smithfield 1-0. NS looked very good with several skilled players. I'm told their town program has improved tremendously over the past 2-3 years. If so, it showed yesterday. Fun game to watch.

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Predictions on the girls side of things

Central Winner - Gallagher
East Winner - Kickemuit
North Winner - Mccourt
South Winner - Curtis Corner

Kickemuit over Curtis Corner for the final

OK--I'm taking Gallagher off the list after their performance against Scituate.

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Lincoln girls beat McCourt today, 3-1. It was a NE Wave reunion of sorts :)

JB

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Portsmouth knocked off Kickemuit in East.

Gallagher and Cole play today.

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Lincoln girls won again today over Mount, 6-1,

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Doesn't everyone just go here, http://ripcoa.com/, for this information.

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Rumor has it there's a Warwick girls team scrimmaging other towns. Is this true? I thought there was no MS sports in Warwick?

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Yes, they go by Warwick United

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Watched a great girls middle school game yesterday...North Cumberland beat Lincoln, 3-1.

North girls came out in first half totally on fire, up 3-0 at halftime. To their credit, Lincoln girls regrouped and slightly outpayed North in 2nd half. But, too little, too late.

North girls very fast, very aggressive, lots of premier players.

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... To their credit, Lincoln girls regrouped and slightly outpayed North in 2nd half. But, too little, too late.

JB

And perhaps North called off the dogs and played more of their younger players in the second half.

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And perhaps North called off the dogs and played more of their younger players in the second half.

I'm sure she did.

JB

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Watched a great girls middle school game yesterday...North Cumberland beat Lincoln, 3-1.

North girls came out in first half totally on fire, up 3-0 at halftime. To their credit, Lincoln girls regrouped and slightly outpayed North in 2nd half. But, too little, too late.

North girls very fast, very aggressive, lots of premier players.

JB

Many of those girls play on Lusitana. More than half ofthe u13 team plays for North. They are a strong group.

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Many of those girls play on Lusitana. More than half ofthe u13 team plays for North. They are a strong group.

methinks Lincoln was a tad embarrassed yesterday because they spanked mccourt today 3-0

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A lot will shake out next week with a bunch of 1 v 2 matches

Lincoln and NC play again; Portsmouth and Kickemuit rematch, and unbeatens CC and Wickford play again after initial tie.

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A lot will shake out next week with a bunch of 1 v 2 matches

Lincoln and NC play again; Portsmouth and Kickemuit rematch, and unbeatens CC and Wickford play again after initial tie.

Once again, Cole is machine-like in thier pursuit of perfection.

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the division is weak

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Deering 1 Cole 0

the machine needs a tuneup

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Many of those girls play on Lusitana. More than half ofthe u13 team plays for North. They are a strong group.

North Cumberland had the number 1 seed in the North for the taking but back to back ties opened the door for Lincoln to steal it back

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North Cumberland had the number 1 seed in the North for the taking but back to back ties opened the door for Lincoln to steal it back

Did North tie with Ponaganset today?

FYI - the North/Lincoln 0-0 game yesterday was just a great match. Hard fought on both sides, fun to watch.

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Did North tie with Ponaganset today?

FYI - the North/Lincoln 0-0 game yesterday was just a great match. Hard fought on both sides, fun to watch.

JB

JB, another tie for North. Its anyones game at this point.

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JB, another tie for North. Its anyones game at this point.

Wow. Well, no shame in that. Ponaganset is good. They had us 2-0 at halftime before we came back with 3 2nd half goals. We've got them again next week.

JB

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Did North tie with Ponaganset today?

FYI - the North/Lincoln 0-0 game yesterday was just a great match. Hard fought on both sides, fun to watch.

JB

Give it up to Deering; Beat Cole 1-0

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I think the fact that it is anyone's game is what makes it so exciting and fun to watch. Lots of talent and close games!

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I think the fact that it is anyone's game is what makes it so exciting and fun to watch. Lots of talent and close games!

Enjoy it while it lasts. Middle school soccer is a blast. RIPCOA does a terrific job with RI middle school sports in general.

There's a big drop-off in organization when your kids get to JV. JV soccer is a red-headed step-child to varsity soccer. No true league structure, games canceled and never re-scheduled, games shortened due to darkness. It's too bad - RIIL could do a much better job with JV.

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Enjoy it while it lasts. Middle school soccer is a blast. RIPCOA does a terrific job with RI middle school sports in general.

There's a big drop-off in organization when your kids get to JV. JV soccer is a red-headed step-child to varsity soccer. No true league structure, games canceled and never re-scheduled, games shortened due to darkness. It's too bad - RIIL could do a much better job with JV.

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JV is a joke what about Varsity on the boys side there are only a handful of good programs everything is kick it long down the field and run onto it and hope you do not get hurt.

HS Soccer is a waste of time unless you have a good coach in place and a plan in hand.

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JV is a joke what about Varsity on the boys side there are only a handful of good programs everything is kick it long down the field and run onto it and hope you do not get hurt.

HS Soccer is a waste of time unless you have a good coach in place and a plan in hand.

My Daughter looks forward to going to the HS and play. The Lincolns girls program at the HS level is run so well according to her friends who play there now some are on JV and some on V and nothing but glowing remarks.

Everything is perfectly scheduled from practice to games according to the parents...they are winning so that does make parents and players happy.

On the Flip side I have friends whose kids play on the Boys HS team at Lincoln and they are very displeased. The Complaints are no organization on both the JV & V teams, always having days off and never seem to play to win.

2 different programs(Lincoln Girls and Boys) and the above poster is right if you have a good coach in place and a plan in hand it is not a waste of time(Girls HS). You have a bad coach in place(Boys HS) it is a waste of time.

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Enjoy it while it lasts. Middle school soccer is a blast. RIPCOA does a terrific job with RI middle school sports in general.

There's a big drop-off in organization when your kids get to JV. JV soccer is a red-headed step-child to varsity soccer. No true league structure, games canceled and never re-scheduled, games shortened due to darkness. It's too bad - RIIL could do a much better job with JV.

JB

Can't see making JV anything bigger than what it is. It will always be a step-child to Varsity soccer. JV teams will always be fluent and there can never be a true champion. The weakest varsity teams will always pull on the strong freshman and sophmores. So what does it really require in terms of structure to see a bunch of rarely played juniors battling some up can coming freshmen. Other than providing the players all a chance to play, and the varsity coaches an opportunity to see who is in the pipeline. There should be no reason to disallow the juniors or seniors from playing JV, but due to the disparity of team composition it's probably not worth getting too concerned about re-scheduling games or shortening games. As it is, with the schedules that have JV and Varsity teams playing on the same day, and taking the same bus, while it's likely a nice cost savings, it places an excessive time burden on the student-athlete just in being at these games.

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Good Varsity programs will see the JV program as a development path -- work on the areas that you want to baseline players who may have vastly different levels of tactical exposure from their club/middle school experiences such as restarts (corners/goal/free kicks) or exploiting and defending throw-ins as well as establishing a conditioning program that you want players grounded in so you don't waste Varsity pre-season time retraining.

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While it can be a drag that an away game becomes a 4-5 hour event for both games, the Varsity coach gets to see the JV kids play and the JV kids get to see the level of competition necessary to play at the varsity level.

In the age of electronic gadgets I don't think the down time is so terribly monotonous (and nobody prevents kids from bringing books to read on the bus or after the match for the varsity players) given the cost savings enables some cash-strapped towns to offer JV programs.

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Good Varsity programs will see the JV program as a development path -- work on the areas that you want to baseline players who may have vastly different levels of tactical exposure from their club/middle school experiences such as restarts (corners/goal/free kicks) or exploiting and defending throw-ins as well as establishing a conditioning program that you want players grounded in so you don't waste Varsity pre-season time retraining.

And that's what they have now. There's no reason to get overly obsessed with playing every game on the schedule, or worrying about games being shortened due to fading light.

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While it can be a drag that an away game becomes a 4-5 hour event for both games, the Varsity coach gets to see the JV kids play and the JV kids get to see the level of competition necessary to play at the varsity level.

In the age of electronic gadgets I don't think the down time is so terribly monotonous (and nobody prevents kids from bringing books to read on the bus or after the match for the varsity players) given the cost savings enables some cash-strapped towns to offer JV programs.

The environment is completely unconducive for studying, and the varsity coach already has plenty of other opportunities to see the JV players at practices and selective home games. It adversely effects the Varsity team that has to standby for the JV games, and vice versa.

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Smart varsity coaches schedule the Varsity game first, then JV. JV kids should be watching the Varsity game in the 1st half with the JV coach doing some instructional teaching.

That's not as optimal for the JV kids, but the JV game shouldn't be as much about winning in contrast to the Varsity game and perhaps you are right in that the JV should have fewer matches.

Second, there are dozens of parents, maybe even you, who have kids doing extra-curricular stuff or do some traveling for their club team on a regular basis each week -- and know how their kids spend the down/travel time. I've seen the 3-4 players when it's my turn to drive the carpool alternate from rapid texting and gossiping to each silently reading a book or studying notes. Harder on a bus -- absolutely, but what do you think happens when they go to college and have to manage their time independently (even if they don't play on an athletic team)?

Finally, you are only talking about 8-9 away games so smart coaches have already talked to their players ahead of time about the schedule and "coaching" them a bit on how to manage their school load. I'm not sure if RI schools do this, but in last school district we lived in, the in-season fall and spring athletes basically had last period as monitored study hall.

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Good Varsity programs will see the JV program as a development path -- work on the areas that you want to baseline players who may have vastly different levels of tactical exposure from their club/middle school experiences such as restarts (corners/goal/free kicks) or exploiting and defending throw-ins as well as establishing a conditioning program that you want players grounded in so you don't waste Varsity pre-season time retraining.

I've never seen a JV program like the one you are talking about. Most I have seen are just the schools "B" team, and typically with a sub-par coach.

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JV is a joke what about Varsity on the boys side there are only a handful of good programs everything is kick it long down the field and run onto it and hope you do not get hurt.

HS Soccer is a waste of time unless you have a good coach in place and a plan in hand.

You miss my point.....I think Hs soccer - both JV and varsity - is tremendous, fun and competitive. Nothing in club soccer matches the excitement of playing for or cheering on your school while competing with other schools. It makes the entire high school experience that much better.

i just think that there could be more of a league structure to the jv season -that's all. if you go to the RIIL website and click on Junior varsity standings, you'll find a mish-mash of divisions, some which make no sense, some with only 1 school listed. At least with middle school sports, there are organized geographic divisions, criterion for making the playoffs, etc. - just like varsity sports.

I just don't see why the same couldn't be done for jv sports is all.

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Agree JB -- Not sure why they wouldn't align the JV in the same way as Varsity. Would make it easier to evaluate any requests to change Varsity divisional assignment. Also, since many JV teams are now piggybacking on Varsity schedule to save on transportation, it would seem that would align with the actual competition.

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Smart varsity coaches schedule the Varsity game first, then JV. JV kids should be watching the Varsity game in the 1st half with the JV coach doing some instructional teaching.

That's not as optimal for the JV kids, but the JV game shouldn't be as much about winning in contrast to the Varsity game and perhaps you are right in that the JV should have fewer matches.

Second, there are dozens of parents, maybe even you, who have kids doing extra-curricular stuff or do some traveling for their club team on a regular basis each week -- and know how their kids spend the down/travel time. I've seen the 3-4 players when it's my turn to drive the carpool alternate from rapid texting and gossiping to each silently reading a book or studying notes. Harder on a bus -- absolutely, but what do you think happens when they go to college and have to manage their time independently (even if they don't play on an athletic team)?

Finally, you are only talking about 8-9 away games so smart coaches have already talked to their players ahead of time about the schedule and "coaching" them a bit on how to manage their school load. I'm not sure if RI schools do this, but in last school district we lived in, the in-season fall and spring athletes basically had last period as monitored study hall.

You don't know what you talking about. Here's how it works. If the field you are playing on has lights then the JV game goes first and Varsity plays second, under the lights. If the field does not have lights, Varsity goes first and JV plays until there isn't any light. If it is a home game the kids show up at the predetermined time, away games involve a bus ride there and for most an bus ride back. It is not the coaches responsibility to "coach" high school age kids in time management. As a good parent it is your responsibility to coach time management. The coaches responsibility is to win games.

As far as the JV using the varsity game as an instruction tool - that never happens. Typically the JV coach is also the assistant coach. He hangs with the varsity team during that game. The JV squad "watches" most of the game and then warms up for the last 1/2 hour of the varsity game.

Athletes in RI do not get special school schedules. I can't imagine how that could be done.

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That's an answer I hear frequently in RI -be it high school soccer or SRI club soccer - can't be done here although it's done in other states in the school system or state soccer associations.

Coaches and ADs can control order of games - that's merely a scheduling issue. If they want to do it based on lights, so be it --but there's no state mandate as far as I know that it has to be done a certain way.

Also, there's no mandate as far as I know to have 2 people on the sideline, especially when the "assistant" often adds no value in terms of coaching. What I have seen, in a couple of high school programs in other states, are relationships where the JV coach essentially "scouts" the opposing team (what formation, how the other team does restarts, etc.) with the JV players watching and commenting. At half time, the

You are right that it is not the coaches' responsibility to teach time management -- it's also not necessarily the coaches' job to be a good role model, foster character development, or care about the player's status in the classroom. I guess the job description is winning and basic player safety/conduct -- but think about the best coaches you had and what them great to you.

Oh, and my kids are not in HS yet, but in middle school they have an "enrichment" (I guess the modern term for study hall?) if they are not in a music,etc. My nephew in HS in VA has a free period where kids involved in extra-curricular stuff can meet (clubs), kids taking on-line college course can do their thing (independent study), and athletes can do conditioning or study (alternates).

Maybe they just have more imagination in other states...or the academic rigor and standards are so much greater in RI..

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Also, there's no mandate as far as I know to have 2 people on the sideline, especially when the "assistant" often adds no value in terms of coaching. What I have seen, in a couple of high school programs in other states, are relationships where the JV coach essentially "scouts" the opposing team (what formation, how the other team does restarts, etc.) with the JV players watching and commenting. At half time, the

Coach would come over and speak about what he observed and then go back.

These are smaller school programs so a good number of the JV kids were going to play Varsity (and there was no football), but I would think even in RI there are some programs where the V/JV/Middle school coaches at least try to do some collaboration.

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Once again, Cole is machine-like in thier pursuit of perfection.

Cole is heading in wrong direction with playoffs looming (lost 2d in a row)..vulnerable to some good #2 seeds that will come out of South and North

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Cole is heading in wrong direction with playoffs looming (lost 2d in a row)..vulnerable to some good #2 seeds that will come out of South and North

Central division here > Is Portsmouth that good or is the Eastern divison that weak?

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Central division here > Is Portsmouth that good or is the Eastern divison that weak?

Eastern division is very weak, seriously watched a couple teams ridiculous except for maybe two to three good players on each team.

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Cole is heading in wrong direction with playoffs looming (lost 2d in a row)..vulnerable to some good #2 seeds that will come out of South and North
having to carry our coaches u12 super liga team isn't helping us

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having to carry our coaches u12 super liga team isn't helping us

Funny ... excellent post .... what town U12 team if I may ask?

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Predictions on the girls side of things

Central Winner - Gallagher
East Winner - Kickemuit
North Winner - Mccourt
South Winner - Curtis Corner

Kickemuit over Curtis Corner for the final

Middle School Power Rankings:

1. Curtis Corner
2. Portsmouth
3. Cole
4. Wickford
5. Davisville
6. Kickemuit
7. Lincoln
8. Deering
9. North Cumberland
10. Feinstein

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Middle School schedule is

1 Nov (opening round)

3 Nov (Q-finals)

7 Nov (Semi)

9 Nov (Title match) @ Gaudet MS (assume the turf field)

Teams have not been seeded as I think a few games are still scheduled as late as Friday so pairings won't be officially made until this Sunday.

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Middle School schedule is

1 Nov (opening round)

3 Nov (Q-finals)

7 Nov (Semi)

9 Nov (Title match) @ Gaudet MS (assume the turf field)

Teams have not been seeded as I think a few games are still scheduled as late as Friday so pairings won't be officially made until this Sunday.

Central Seedings:

1. Cole
2. Feinstein
3. Deering
4. Gallagher

Eastern Seedings:

1. Portsmouth
2. Kickemuit
3. Bayview
4. Martin

Northern Seedings:

1. Lincoln
2. North Cumberland
3. Mccourt
4. Ponaganset

Southern Seedings:

1. Curtis Corner
2. Wickford
3. Davisville
4. Chariho

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Is Portsmouth really scrimmaging CC today as RIPCOA shows? Seems odd that 2 # 1 seeds and potentially semi/finalists would do at this point heading into the post-season, especially risking injuries.

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Is Portsmouth really scrimmaging CC today as RIPCOA shows? Seems odd that 2 # 1 seeds and potentially semi/finalists would do at this point heading into the post-season, especially risking injuries.

Not to mention the millions of dollars of potential lost advertising revenues.

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Middle School Power Rankings:

1. Curtis Corner
2. Portsmouth
3. Cole
4. Wickford
5. Davisville
6. Kickemuit
7. Lincoln
8. Deering
9. North Cumberland
10. Feinstein

time will tell

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time will tell

this is what i get


CURTIS
PORTS
WICK
KICK
N Cumb
Linc
BAY VIEW
Cole
Fein
DAVIS
McCourt
Deer

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this is what i get


CURTIS
PORTS
WICK
KICK
N Cumb
Linc
BAY VIEW
Cole
Fein
DAVIS
McCourt
Deer

hard to disagree with your top 4 although why no love for cole / bv seems high but they did just smack ports 3-0 / n cum can't beat anyone anymore - just ties - bad sign / fein has a lot of players injured

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hard to disagree with your top 4 although why no love for cole / bv seems high but they did just smack ports 3-0 / n cum can't beat anyone anymore - just ties - bad sign / fein has a lot of players injured

I'm not MS parent. I just plugged the top 3 teams from each division into my power ranking calculator and this is what came up. Math only. I worked for Theo didn't it? I use a simple formula that takes into account goals for and against, wins, losses and ties. It has been pretty accurate for High School. For middle school where it looks like many teams never see each other until the playoffs, I would think it would be a little accurate, but not way off. Just a little Geeky fun.

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hard to disagree with your top 4 although why no love for cole / bv seems high but they did just smack ports 3-0 / n cum can't beat anyone anymore - just ties - bad sign / fein has a lot of players injured

BV did beat portsmouth and seem to be moving in the right direction. Cole going wrong way for end of season. Scituate and Deering beat cole few weeks ago then cole scraped by gallagher 1-0 b4 beating up a weak ferri team 5-0.

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I'm not MS parent. I just plugged the top 3 teams from each division into my power ranking calculator and this is what came up. Math only. I worked for Theo didn't it? I use a simple formula that takes into account goals for and against, wins, losses and ties. It has been pretty accurate for High School. For middle school where it looks like many teams never see each other until the playoffs, I would think it would be a little accurate, but not way off. Just a little Geeky fun.

Very cool - thanks .... now I am prepared for the onslaught of the 'beautiful game' crew to start to disparage ms soccer. lets have it

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Very cool - thanks .... now I am prepared for the onslaught of the 'beautiful game' crew to start to disparage ms soccer. lets have it

I would be considered a bit of a soccer snob by some, but I liked MS Soccer. Every level my daughter has played has been enjoyable for me. I've seen college games that were less enjoyable than some MS games.

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Very cool - thanks .... now I am prepared for the onslaught of the 'beautiful game' crew to start to disparage ms soccer. lets have it

Motto of the "beautiful game" crew:

"Youth Soccer - if you're having fun, you're doing it wrong."

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Would defer to someone who saw the whole match whether the CC 3-0 win over Portsmouth represented true efforts by the better players on both teams -- but is so, would need to relook the rankings.

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Would defer to someone who saw the whole match whether the CC 3-0 win over Portsmouth represented true efforts by the better players on both teams -- but is so, would need to relook the rankings.

While running around kicking the ball like 12 year old girls, CC just happened to put three in the goal. That's pretty much what I saw, but the guy standing next to me was comparing their passing game to the 2010-2011 Barcelona team. I must have been missing something.

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While running around kicking the ball like 12 year old girls, CC just happened to put three in the goal. That's pretty much what I saw, but the guy standing next to me was comparing their passing game to the 2010-2011 Barcelona team. I must have been missing something.

LMAO - Awesome : )

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While running around kicking the ball like 12 year old girls, CC just happened to put three in the goal. That's pretty much what I saw, but the guy standing next to me was comparing their passing game to the 2010-2011 Barcelona team. I must have been missing something.

I think most of are guilty of not seeing the real picture. I was on the sidelines with a group of the parents from my daughter club team and a couple of them made comments how they were surprised at how their daughters never made bad passes. I was wondering when they would actually make a good pass! I can only assume that I probably overlook some of the bad stuff my kid does - although I have't seen anything bad yet:)

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Would defer to someone who saw the whole match whether the CC 3-0 win over Portsmouth represented true efforts by the better players on both teams -- but is so, would need to relook the rankings.

Portsmouth couldnt combine on three consecutive passes. They play kick and run and hope someone scores. It's embarrassing. At least CC tries to play, not Barcelona but they try.

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Guess what? The team that scores the most goals in each of their next 4 games wins the state championship. Whether they do that with longs balls over the top or 15 consecutive short passes....doesn't matter. Whatever coach figures out how to get the ball in the back of net most wins. You get no points for prettiness. That's the game.

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Guess what? The team that scores the most goals in each of their next 4 games wins the state championship. Whether they do that with longs balls over the top or 15 consecutive short passes....doesn't matter. Whatever coach figures out how to get the ball in the back of net most wins. You get no points for prettiness. That's the game.


Thanks so much...had no idea about the 'most goals wins' deal.

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Guess what? The team that scores the most goals in each of their next 4 games wins the state championship. Whether they do that with longs balls over the top or 15 consecutive short passes....doesn't matter. Whatever coach figures out how to get the ball in the back of net most wins. You get no points for prettiness. That's the game.

Boy you are brilliant. That's why your team plays no soccer. Whoever gets it over the top. Haven't heard that yet. I guess you don't want your girls connecting on passes and getting better for the future. Typical non-soccer, can't kick a ball if they tried parent. You must scream boot it during games. kick and run and pray goalie messes up. Nice strategy. They will go far with that!!

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brackets posted on RIPCOA

http://ripcoa.ezstream.com/documents/RIPCOA/2011-Girls-Soccer-Playoff-Bracket.pdf

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Anybody know how Cole Boys and Girls did yesterday?

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Anybody know how Cole Boys and Girls did yesterday?

score would already be on ripcoa if they won

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Both Cole teams won

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Any MS game updates?

Cole lost to Kickemuit 3-0 in PK's

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Any MS game updates?

Cole lost to Kickemuit 3-0 in PK's

Portsmouth destroyed MCcourt 7-0
CC beat N Cum 4-1

Wickford will take Lincoln tomorrow for an all southeast final four

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Heard Portsmouth and North Cumberland won.

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Heard Portsmouth and North Cumberland won.

Portsmouth won, NC lost

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On the boy's side,

Davisville beat Cole, 2-1

Curtis Corner beat N. Cumberland on PK's.

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Wickford will take Lincoln tomorrow for an all southeast final four

Anybody know who won?

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Wickford will take Lincoln tomorrow for an all southeast final four

Anybody know who won?

Game Details
Date/Time: 11/4/2011 3:30pm
Location: Manville Park
Name: Lincoln
Seed: N1
(no notes entered)
Name: Wickford
Seed: S2
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Game Details
Date/Time: 11/4/2011 3:30pm
Location: Manville Park
Name: Lincoln
Seed: N1
(no notes entered)
Name: Wickford
Seed: S2
(no notes entered)

I'll be there :)

The southern RI teams always scare me. Should be a good match.

JB

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I think the Wickford-Lincoln winner moves on the finals.. kudos to all the athletes who make a commitment to play for their MS team, but after watching the Cole-Kickemuit game, I thought Cole let one slip through their fingers

not the best coaching job either by Cole coach - thought there were some obvious in-game adjustments based on the flow of the game that would have pressed the advantages Cole had and created more pressure/opportunities. But, props to Kickemuit for bending and not breaking and looking like a team that had practice penalty kicks in case it went to them.

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I'll be there :)

The southern RI teams always scare me. Should be a good match.

JB

Halftime, 1-1

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Halftime, 1-1

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Wickford over Lincoln, 3-1.

Wickford totally deserved it. They were the more aggressive, physical and faster team. They won almost all of the balls in the midfield and kept the play in Lincoln's end of the field for 75% of the match. They just seemed to be first to the ball every time.

Lincoln scored first on a high shot that the keeper couldn't reach. Then Wickford tucked in a goal on a scramble in front of the net. 1-1 at the half. It was Wickford continuing to put the pressure on in the 2nd half, eventually scoring on 2, long high shots, both from outside the 18. (Not too many middle school keepers can get to those high shots.)

Congrats to Wickford. Good Luck Monday in the semi's. It was a good year for Lincoln, winning the Northern Division for the 3rd year in a row. Lincoln returns 7 of its starters plus several key reserves plus has a very talented 5th grade classcoming up next year so they'll be in the thick of it again in 2012.

Sad to say, the school season is over for us for 2011. It was a blast, though. Loved every minute of it.

JB

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Yep, I thought getting the goal right before half gave Wickford the momentum going into the 2d half, especially after Lincoln came out like gangbusters for the first 5-7 minutes of the match.

Both 2d half goals were tough for any middle school GK, especially with the swirling wind -- and the one shot was screened a bit. I actually thought Lincoln played a bit more physical, but agree Wickford was definitely a step faster and aggressive in the middle thrid.

Wonder if Portsmouth regrets scrimmaging CC last week. Anybody know how RIPCOA determines home field among equally seeded teams? Don't think they can use points or GD since South plays 2 more games than other division.

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Anybody know how RIPCOA determines home field among equally seeded teams? Don't think they can use points or GD since South plays 2 more games than other division.

Apparently by coin flip. On the boys' side, Davisville won theirs and will host Portsmouth on Monday at Ocean State Soccer. Both were #1 seeds.

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Anybody know about CC-Portsmouth or Wickford-Kickemuit -- both matches have equally seeded teams.

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not the best coaching job either by Cole coach - thought there were some obvious in-game adjustments based on the flow of the game that would have pressed the advantages Cole had and created more pressure/opportunities. But, props to Kickemuit for bending and not breaking and looking like a team that had practice penalty kicks in case it went to them.

Absolutely agree. I hadn't watched these two teams play before and it was obvious Cole had a stronger lineup. There were clear adjustments that would have changed the outcome of the game. Your comment about penalty kicks is spot on, Kickemuit was prepared and Cole wasn't and in all probability explains why the Cole coach failed to make adjustments.

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Anybody have scores from today's semi's?

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Boys: Feinstein 3 Curtis Corner 2
Boys: Davisville 1 Portsmouth 0

Girls: Wickford 1 Kickemuit 0
Girls: Portsmouth over Curtis Corner (just know they won)

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Curious what happened to CC girls -- was the game in Portsmouth?

RIPCOA should move to neutral sites for semi-finals -- too likely equally seeded teams will match up by the semis and you avoid situation where the head of the soccer committee comes from one of the schools involved.

Interesting how they opt for a change in the finals..


Section 11. The Committee assumes the responsibility for the cost of the officials in the
championship game only. A three (3) man system will be utilized.

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Made the incredibly long 4 and a half hour journey from Lincoln to Middletown this afternoon to watch the girls final; Portsmouth v. Wickford. My daughter wanted to see it and I had the time so....

Congrats to Portsmouth girls for gutting out a very physical, tough match, 2-0. Both teams were very even, IMO. Both were very aggressive, very physical. There were several girls knocked to the turf throughout, but nobody hurt.

0-0 at the half. At the 17 minute mark of the 2nd half, Portsmouth scored when the girl taking a corner from the left side curled in a beautiful corner kick that ended up high into the middle of the goal; 1-0 Portsmouth.

10 minutes later, a Portsmouth throw-in into the box results in a Portsmouth shot blocked by a Wickford defender, defender falls down in doing so, ball comes back to shooter who knocks it in; 2-0 Portsmouth.

A couple close calls in the last few minutes on Wickford corner kicks but that was it. Portsmouth girls are state champs. Congrats.

Couldn't stay for the boys match.

That Gaudet MS complex is pristine. What a great facility for school sports. I get the same thought every time I walk into a lighted turf place like that (EG, NS, Bryant, etc.)...why can't we have one in Lincoln? Whoever ran the game did a great job; music, PA announcer, local girls singing the National Anthem, concessions.

By the way, pretty good crowd - at least 300 there, some of whom were obviously showing up early for the boys game at 7. There were lots of kids from both scholls with signs. It all added up to a fun, exciting atmoshpere that you only get from school sports. It certainly wasn't the prettiest soccer match I've ever seen, but nobody seemed to mind.

JB

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Yep, good recap JB. Fog started rolling in which is only downside -- didn't stay either so wondering if that impacted the boy's match, especially given the final score.

Both teams looked tight in first half, and neither could mount much sustained possession attack -- pretty much knew it would come down to a set piece and the team that scored first probably was going to win. Portsmouth was a bit better at getting the ball out of the defensive zone under pressure instead of just kicking it out. When Wickford changed up formation and a moved a couple of players, they started mounting much better attack, which makes you wonder why the coach didn't do that sooner. Reminded me of the Cole - Kickemuit match where a coach seems fixated, especially on the defensive side (and having a sweeper), and can't make in game adjustments.

Nice facility -- paid for mainly by Salve Regina -- why can't SRI find a partnership with someone that result in a win-win like Middletown-Salve did???

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Good recap of the Boy's game here, including some video and pics:

http://northkingstown.patch.com/articles/davisville-wins-overtime-soccer-thriller-4-3

The fog didn't affect the match, it cleared by half, when it was 1-0 Davisville. The first goal was a free kick from just outside the top of the box, about 19 yards and the keeper had no chance. It was quite a comeback by Feinstein in the final 15, but in the end they had no answer for the DMS striker, who is only a 6th grader (!).

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Good recap of the Boy's game here, including some video and pics:

http://northkingstown.patch.com/articles/davisville-wins-overtime-soccer-thriller-4-3

The fog didn't affect the match, it cleared by half, when it was 1-0 Davisville. The first goal was a free kick from just outside the top of the box, about 19 yards and the keeper had no chance. It was quite a comeback by Feinstein in the final 15, but in the end they had no answer for the DMS striker, who is only a 6th grader (!).

That's just awesome. Thanks for posting the link. Great video - what's better than that? Congrats to Davisville. And hats off to Feinstein for not giving up after being down 3-0.

JB