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laf u16
May 21, 2003 19:50:43 GMT -6
Post by guest 10 on May 21, 2003 19:50:43 GMT -6
these girls were not here to be seen by college coaches.............. any truth to the rumor that #3 plays on gb's national team??
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laf u16
May 21, 2003 23:04:57 GMT -6
Post by what if on May 21, 2003 23:04:57 GMT -6
What would have happened if lafreniere would have lost? Then this would not be a big deal because everyone would be saying, look how stupid, to bring in players and then lose! No one would be questioning the legal status of this because they would only care that they were going to regionals and wouldn't care about another team. This just seems like a case of sore losers. Didn't lafreniere go undefeated in league play, without the english girls? Why don't you just concentrate on playing well in Birmingham this weekend? Just think about that for a minute!!
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laf u16
May 21, 2003 23:07:11 GMT -6
Post by David on May 21, 2003 23:07:11 GMT -6
Yeah, I've seen the movie, it's called "Bend it Like Busby". If you ask me, the writer is from England, and probably the coaching director from Lafreniere. hmmm . . .
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laf u16
May 21, 2003 23:24:40 GMT -6
Post by Laws of the Game on May 21, 2003 23:24:40 GMT -6
I have coached and have had 2 international players on my team (France and Spain). They played for the entire semester, and for their high school. USSF has strict requirements before they can play in a state association leading to the USYSA championship, including special forms and lots of documentation, and signatures by the host parents (must reside within US). Most notably, NO PLAY if they have ever played for OR PRACTICED with their countries National Team. It can take several months to confirm this.
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laf u16
May 22, 2003 8:23:46 GMT -6
Post by guestguest on May 22, 2003 8:23:46 GMT -6
I have coached and have had 2 international players on my team (France and Spain). They played for the entire semester, and for their high school. USSF has strict requirements before they can play in a state association leading to the USYSA championship, including special forms and lots of documentation, and signatures by the host parents (must reside within US). Most notably, NO PLAY if they have ever played for OR PRACTICED with their countries National Team. It can take several months to confirm this. You are correct!! Lafreniere did all this work and submitted all the forms months ago on these girls and because of USSF rules LSA has no other choice than to approve it. Ethically it is wrong, but legally it is ok.
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laf u16
May 22, 2003 9:54:28 GMT -6
Post by International on May 22, 2003 9:54:28 GMT -6
These forms must be filled out for any player that is not a US citizen. Even if they have lived next door since they were two years old.
Did you chech your players?
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laf u16
May 23, 2003 8:01:26 GMT -6
Post by mattbusby on May 23, 2003 8:01:26 GMT -6
Here's your answers.
Firstly to your first point. You obviously have a lack of basic comprehension. I stated that, "You go to school to get an education in England, thats all". Whereas in America, some people other agendas, like just scraping the sufficient grades to allow them to play a sport for the high school. But making education 2nd for some people in America. You cannot say that is not true. In England, you either go the way of education, or the way of sport. I even stated the relevance of education within this sentence, "or you go the education way, knowing that nobody can take knowledge away from you, and you'll be able to support yourself in the future". So how you can say that i've maintained that soccer comes before education, i really dont know.
And to your second query. Again you must not have understood what i had said previously. Louisiana is a nice place of play football, especially because it is a place where girls can play as well. I credit the development of girls soccer in America very much. Although soccer in Louisiana for girls is very prominent, do you actually think it would attract players from a national level?!?! If you actually believe that, then that's simply outrageous. I maintained that soccer for girls in Louisiana is a great option for those girls in England who want to be part of a fun tournament, which is a challenge, because it's not really a girl type thing to be playing in parks or on street corners in England. If you are a national player for the England girls team, or youth team, you wont need to be on playing in parks because you'll have the best training facilities around. It's astonishing that you regard this Louisiana tournament so highly that it would attract players from European national teams! Ha!
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laf u16
May 23, 2003 16:49:08 GMT -6
Post by lafsoccer on May 23, 2003 16:49:08 GMT -6
ok, i am a lafreniere player and i am honestly ashamed of what has taken place on the girls 16 team, but please dont take this out on the girls. Reguardless of whether or not they approved of this (which i know a lot of them didnt), do u really think they could have prevented the english girls from playing? what say could they have had on something that was already happeneing.. and i respect that person that said they would not have shown up to the finals knowing they were "cheating".. but the laf girls too had been training all year for that game.. and it was the last year for a few of them.. what did u expect those girls to do? and i know thier coach and i find it very hard to believ he would stoop like that.. so i am not exactlly sure why these girls were brought in, but please dont jump to conclusions and give the laf16 girls a bad name, they really r good players.
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laf u16
May 24, 2003 11:16:23 GMT -6
Post by mattbusby on May 24, 2003 11:16:23 GMT -6
To the player, i admire your honesty. However, it shows that soccer doesnt mean as much to you as your club. Nothing wrong with that though.
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