12u poll

[knee saver]

I agree 100% with the fact that Garcia and RR Gold are the top two teams. With that being said a team like Breeze being up there and Heat and Stone not being mentioned is just silly. My daughter is on one of those top two teams and yes I watched her team beat both Stone and Heat. So yes those two teams may not be the best of the best but if Garcia and RR Gold play up then it would be one of them to win the U12 tournaments. As a parent who loves watching these girls I can say that no two teams have shown as much improvement as Stone and Heat. Sometimes we overlook the under dogs and sometimes they bite. We have all watched our kids get beat by teams you were certain didn't have a chance.

[notme]

I agree 100% with the fact that Garcia and RR Gold are the top two teams. With that being said a team like Breeze being up there and Heat and Stone not being mentioned is just silly. My daughter is on one of those top two teams and yes I watched her team beat both Stone and Heat. So yes those two teams may not be the best of the best but if Garcia and RR Gold play up then it would be one of them to win the U12 tournaments. As a parent who loves watching these girls I can say that no two teams have shown as much improvement as Stone and Heat. Sometimes we overlook the under dogs and sometimes they bite. We have all watched our kids get beat by teams you were certain didn't have a chance.

I don't think RR (Miller) will be playing up too many times. They had a tough time with Grapes (Norwood) a couple of weeks ago and that team has problems. Garcia is clearly the #1 in this age group. JMO

[onlooker]

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[lookingIN]

I would not put too much into any of these FRIEND"LIES" that have been played the last two weeks. Teams are just knocking off the rust right now. I do like what Norwwod put together and look forward to see those girls improve as the season moves on.

[2face]

Come on now lets keep it real. If a team has been together for 2-3yrs, what RUST do you have to knock off. I mean when I watched RR last weekend they did not impress many people. If you are not able to handle your business on the field against your own age group, why would continue to play up in 14's. When you do play 14's you are not playing any of the top teams. What better way to keep the parents on the team and the people watching your team happy. If you play up your parents are happy no matter if you win or loose, because it's against 14U. You keep the people believing your the best 12U because you play up. The way to prove your the best is to win the big tourneys in the 12U ( Memorial Day in Sac and Fresno Force). JMO

[neighborsherry]

Come on now lets keep it real. If a team has been together for 2-3yrs, what RUST do you have to knock off. I mean when I watched RR last weekend they did not impress many people. If you are not able to handle your business on the field against your own age group, why would continue to play up in 14's. When you do play 14's you are not playing any of the top teams. What better way to keep the parents on the team and the people watching your team happy. If you play up your parents are happy no matter if you win or loose, because it's against 14U. You keep the people believing your the best 12U because you play up. The way to prove your the best is to win the big tourneys in the 12U ( Memorial Day in Sac and Fresno Force). JMO

The non-tournament play in January and February is as meaningful as the MLB games played in Scottsdale, AZ. in February and March.

[Smokey]

Hey 2face!! Your hilarious!!! Who are 12 year olds proving their the best to? To you on the bucket? Isnt the goal to make your players better? How do you expect Mizuno and RR to get better by playing weak 12u teams?? Winning and trophys must mean alot to you, so you can come on the bucket and say how good you are or by being ranked on the bucket!! All meaningless!! BTW notme the last time Mizuno and RR played Norwood in a tournament game that meant something, both those games got pretty ugly!! I guess this is what happens on the bucket in January!!! Cant wait until the season starts, should be fun to watch!!

[SoftballSoccerDad]

Come on now lets keep it real. If a team has been together for 2-3yrs, what RUST do you have to knock off. I mean when I watched RR last weekend they did not impress many people. If you are not able to handle your business on the field against your own age group, why would continue to play up in 14's. When you do play 14's you are not playing any of the top teams. What better way to keep the parents on the team and the people watching your team happy. If you play up your parents are happy no matter if you win or loose, because it's against 14U. You keep the people believing your the best 12U because you play up. The way to prove your the best is to win the big tourneys in the 12U ( Memorial Day in Sac and Fresno Force). JMO

You've obviously never played a sport at the oh-so-high level of 12u.

When a player takes a couple months off from competition, it takes time to get back into game shape again. That difference in how they're starting the new season vs how they finished playing the previous system is generally referred to as RUST.

I hope that little 12-year-olds can prove their worth to you before it's too late.

[notme]

"RUST" applies to all teams in January. So all things being equal the RR's didn't get the job done against the Grapes in the friendly. Since the girls only play the game how the coaches want them to play, the "RUST" belt is probably thicker at the top. Garcia still gets my vote until the season starts where things could change.

[lookingIN]

Garcia has a great team and it will be intresting to see San Jose Sting and Team Xtreme in the mix as well. Just have to find a way to get them all in the same tourny. It reminds me of last year with the Sorcerers who never played a 12U tournament and everyone was saying they had the best 12U team. JMO it's a close one with RR and Mizuno Garcia. My Dark horse pick is SJ Sting. Norwoods team will be there by April too.