onlooker wrote:I don't know if Nor Cal Firecrackers will ever be considered a Nor Cal org let alone a big org. When your "org" has around 10 commits and no one ever on a college roster in its entire history, there really isn't much "big" about it. I'm guessing the Big Org's in Nor Cal want nothing to do with helping them succeed up here as well, just a hunch, and im OK with that line of thinking. I also would speculate that the NCFC may not have even accepted an invite as a whole org.
This has nothing to do with the talent of the NCFC teams (16's are pretty dang good on a national scale is about as far as I would go, the others are just teams at this stage - not looking for a debate on each team!)
It's an interesting point. I would guess they weren't invited. Do you extend the invite to Tony and he can pick and choose from each age group who to represent? Is there a point of contact for NCFC? No denying that there are some very solid 16's (Baisdon, Miller) and 14's. Are there 18's yet since the FC onrush north started a couple of years back? I suppose so but certainly easier to get one team per age group for those orgs that attended.
The three best "local" 16 teams that my oldest has faced this fall are Baisdon, Williams and Kiko and 2 of 3 were there. it's too bad the rain hit.
I am sure PGF is looking to make it an annual event and it will interesting to see which orgs are invited next year.