Team Groupings Ridiculous.

by Soccer Fan
(NW Florida - April 30, 2011)

This is not the absolute worst tournament we've ever played in, but it is the bottom of bucket in over 5 years of travel.

Sponsoring Club stacks the group schedules, with strong visiting teams playing other strong teams while home teams play weak teams just to give themselves a better change of advancing into semifinals or finals. They should be ashamed!!

Can't they check soccer in college or something to have better competition overall.

There was often 8 hours or more between games on the first day. Fields are over 1 hour from the beach in middle of cotton fields.

They had young and inexperienced center refs for full sided matches, some ARs looked to be non-certified.

Parking is mostly on grass/dirt. Fields are good sized, length and width, but below average turf/surface/marking - even for Panhandle.

Games mostly run on time. Only one portable restroom on one side of complex, limited hard facility restrooms on the other side of the complex.

Good training/medical station!

Would not recommend attending if you're coming from more than a few hours away.