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[HONORED]

I am honored to have Louisiana Soccer Association welcome and approve of these English Girls to be able to play on one of our Louisiana Teams. When I first heard of this, I taught how "awesome" for us to repay the British for their help and support during this time of war. I was proud to live in Louisiana to have these Girls represent us. I believe Soccer was started in England, and this is a true honor for us to have them here in our State. As Louisiana State is on the bottom scale of this sport, and for us to include English girls in our league is a great honor. My hat is off to Louisiana Soccer Associaton and to Lafreniere Soccer for being the first. When you get involved with Soccer it becomes your life, and I don't think people take the time to think of others outside of the game. I just want to say I am proud to be and American sharing our dream with British in this event. THANK YOU LOUISIANA SOCCER ASSOCIATION AND LAFRENIER

[SoccerPr]

I too am proud of America and the British that were so
instrumental in Iraq..........but this is soccer not war!!

LSA did not have a choice but let them play because of the USSF rules.

Let's keep our state championship to the residents of our state. Otherwise we will import players just for the
state playoffs and it becomes a game for the adults with the children (players) as pawns.

[FRIEND OF SOCCER]

Guest-HONORED said:

I am honored to have Louisiana Soccer Association welcome and approve of these English Girls to be able to play on one of our Louisiana Teams. When I first heard of this, I taught how "awesome" for us to repay the British for their help and support during this time of war. I was proud to live in Louisiana to have these Girls represent us. I believe Soccer was started in England, and this is a true honor for us to have them here in our State. As Louisiana State is on the bottom scale of this sport, and for us to include English girls in our league is a great honor. My hat is off to Louisiana Soccer Associaton and to Lafreniere Soccer for being the first. When you get involved with Soccer it becomes your life, and I don't think people take the time to think of others outside of the game. I just want to say I am proud to be and American sharing our dream with British in this event. THANK YOU LOUISIANA SOCCER ASSOCIATION AND LAFRENIER

Soccer started in China and was brought to England.---Lafreniere is spelled Kenny Farrell win at all cost

Many Lafreniere coaches are bad examples for our players. But the board thinks because they have accents they are good coaches and good role models.

Most of them are just hooligans with tatoos, earrings and green cards. The better coaches left Lafreniere and started their own club.

Move on to a club that teaches good examples on and off the field.

[Bobby Robson]

Soccer, or football as we should say, was invented in England.

[Bobby Robson]

Soccer, or football as we should say, was invented in England. If state teams want to play keep to the highest level, they must have players of the highest quality with burning ambition to play the beautiful game. Recruiting players who have a clue is vital.

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Guest-SoccerPr said:

I too am proud of America and the British that were so
instrumental in Iraq..........but this is soccer not war!!

LSA did not have a choice but let them play because of the USSF rules.

Let's keep our state championship to the residents of our state. Otherwise we will import players just for the
state playoffs and it becomes a game for the adults with the children (players) as pawns.

THEN WHY ARE YOU MAKING IT A "WAR" OF WORDS, RATHER THAN VIEWING HOW INSTRUMENTAL AND VITAL THESE PLAYERS HAS BROUGHT TO THE SPORT.

[Honored]

I would agree with "Honored's" comments about what a beautiful thing it is to have them come play with our Louisiana girls but there's one major flaw with your logic - they were brought in just prior to the state championship tournament only for the purpose of winning a "state championship" for Laf. They flew out the next day. If you want to buy them, fly them over to exchange ideas and participate in league games and/or multi-state tournaments then you've got a case. But when you buy them and fly them over for the sole purpose of winning a Louisiana State championship you have no case. You don't get it and you never will. There were at least 10 people videoeing the game - at the conclusion of the game the Lafriniere team dispayed no joy or excitement - they get it - their championship was bought. The kids are not at fault - they are victims of the shameless leadership of this "club". And please don't make comparison's to youth sports and the war in Iraq -
you've already made an idiot of yourself.

[guest 10]

IT WOULD BE A GREAT EXPERIENCE FOR OUR GIRLS TO PLAY WITH THE BRITS ANYTIME OTHER THAN STATE CUP. THESE GIRLS WERE NOT BROUGHT INTO THE U.S. TO IMPROVE OUR AMERICAN PLAYERS, RATHER THEY WERE BROUGHT IN TO INSURE A WIN . I FEEL SO SORRY FOR THE GIRLS ON THE TEAM WHO WORKED HARD THROUGHOUT THE YEAR. I SPOKE WITH SEVERAL OF THE PARENTS AND WHILE THEY DID NOT STATE IT , YOU COULD TELL THEY WERE EMBARASSED BY WHAT KENNY HAD DONE. HE IS THE ONE WHO SHOULD BE ASHAMED.

[Honor]

This is a message board for girls' soccer, but since you brought it up, let me address Britain's support of the war. Tony Blair, not the majority of the British population, supported the U.S. and the war. Tony Blair, to his credit and at the risk of jeopardizing his political stature, supported the war. The overwhelming majority of the U.K. population were opposed - that's a fact. Now that it's over, was quick and decisive, a few Brits have jumped on the band wagon. But please don't justify a soccer club in New Orleans Louisiana buying 16 year old girls from Britain to win a Louisiana state championship with "support" from England, France or Germany for the war.
It's ridiculous.

[Funny Face]

It really is quite comical to watch individuals try to justify this unethical behavior. Even the children know this is wrong! There is a time for players of a higher level to be role models - but certainly not in the manner in which this was done! LAf soccer club has a history of dirty doings and this just tops everything that they have ever done! They were already on probation for unethical recruiting - don't they every learn? Don't they know that playing sports offers all kinds of education? Some being, integrity, good sportsmanship, work ethic, knowing how to be a good loser, knowing how to be a humble winner. There are not enough adjectives to describe how low this club went to gain this state championship. I hope this is something that is not soon forgotten and the rules are changed to ensure that it will not happen in the future. Does Kenny Farrell realize just how many kids he let down? I think he is so low he could hang his feet while sitting on a dime!

[Future of Soccer]

Alright here's a little suggestion...Next year, Lafreniere you can keep the Brits, Rage can pick up a few Scotts, CSA go buy a few Dutch citizens and we'll have our very own world cup. Hey, winner gets a "Louisiana State Champion" gold medal!!
(And on behalf of "Honor", we'll exclude the French since they put in no war effort. Since the war has oh, so much to do with Louisiana soccer.)

[futballa4life]

yea, maybe i should go start my own club and fly in girls from columbia, argentina, england, and germany and we can whoop up on everybody!! i wonder how LAF would like that? the whole situation is ridiculous and i feel the LAF coach should be shunned. soccer is a sport of honor and should treated as such. this leaves a bad mark on louisiana club soccer, which i have bragged on for years to friends in other states. what am i gonna say now? "Hey, we cheat to win our championships! beat that!" this is stupid and petty. shame on LAF.

[Hey Kenny quit hidiing def]

Hey Kenny, put your drink down,- get off the
barstool - English Turn is closing and they want to go home. Come out of hiding and defend yourself - yoiu've been hiding/crying for years - come out - be a man - defend yourself.
Be a man - defend you and your "club" - You've shamed your daughters, city and yourself. Where are you?

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I think these people should get a letter too, since they are part of the LSA Board that approved these girls playing and can also modify this rule so it doesn't continue to happen year after year. Next year, Lafreniere will carry a roster of 11 and add 7 international players b/4 the freeze date, then bring them in to solely improve their girls, not the the State Cup.

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[USYS]

LOUISIANA WILL DECLARE A REAL U16 GIRLS STATE CHAMPION THIS WEEKEND.


When Lafayette and Mandeville play this weekend the Louisiana state champion will be determined.

When USYS finishes reviewing the illegal importation of players to only play in a state tournament and not participate as a member of the team Lafreniere will be ruled to forfeit the games the ineligble players participated in.

For those who know it all--read the rules and talk to the people at USYS who are handling this issue.

[Alex Ferguson]

You're all wrong. You're all very very narrow minded too. Let me lay down the law to you baseball, basketball, and american football bourne people. A club's essential wish is to groom players from level one, up to the highest level possible for the club, and then beyond too. Players who have been groomed in America, have been groomed in a very unsophisticated way, all the same. There's no edge, no sharpness, no player that can create something out of nothing against players with higher athletic capabilities. There's no 'burning ambition' with Louisiana players that makes them think about football with every decision they have to make. However, in Louisiana that is the highest level. So coaches think, 'ah...we need to advance our players further, so that they can compete on all stages, and make them stand out much further, and give them something unique to hold onto whilst playing in the future. All you people think that the end of this tournament is the end of football for these players. Not at all. It is in the clubs best interest to 'groom players from level one, up to the highest level possible for the club, and then beyond too', so by getting special players, like players from England, to play with your homemade players, the homemade players have something higher to aim at. Attracting new players makes it more interesting, gives homegrown players more incentive. Yall need to open your eyes a lot more, and see the whole picture.

[Matt Busby]

Let me start off like this. If coaches dont have the confidence in their own players to win, it means that the players arent good enough, so the quality of your players is obviously crap.

The 'adult leaders' of these clubs probably dont care what yall think anyway. They've won the cup, and at the end of the day, they won it by playing the better football. It's not even dirty tactics, whereby you try and injure the opposition. It's not even time wasting, where you hold the ball by the opposite corner flag. It's just players wanting to play football. That's all.

Now let me tell all of you something that you dont know, and you had better read, and read good. Football life in England. Girls soccer in England is growing, but very slowly. You dont see girls playing in parks, you dont see girls playing on street corners. You dont see girls play in school. School is completely different in England. You go to school to get an education in England, thats all. If you want to become professional, you dont go to school and a club will sign you up you're good enough. It's not like you play in middle school, then high school, then college, then you're looked at by professionals, it not like that at all in England. At the age of 7, you have to make a decision, and stick by it. Either you say, im going to try and make it as a footballer and im not going to worry about education, 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 girls who go to school, and maybe play in p.e. lessons or something, they dont have many tournaments to go and play in. In their lives, if they want to play football, they bloody well can, even if it not in England. Clubs think like this, and they say, 'yeah, come on, come and play for us', thinking that they're being a good samaratan. I dont see anything wrong with that. The only thing to come out of the fact of why the english girls did so well is that your own standard is very very low.

Stop chewing on sour grapes, and also, i alugh at the fact that you think you know more about this game than me. However, i thank you for the comedy.

To be honest, hard work is the key. If a player has worked harder than another, then that player deserves to be picked, regardless of their nationality. It's obvious that these english girls worked harder and thus were chosen, and thus won it. Nothing wrong with that.

If these english players had crap games and didnt have an influence at all, then you would definitely have a case for saying, 'why are these rubbish players in for our own?'. And you wouldnt be saying anything if they had scored an own goal. This means that you're only bringing this up because you lost, poor losers.

Football is a team game. Ask the players on the bench. Would they rather have played and lost in a final, or would they rather be part of winning team, and celebrate collectively? You tell me, and if you are going to answer my critiques, you'd better know what you're talking about.

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I think these people should get a letter too, since they are part of the LSA Board that approved these girls playing and can also modify this rule so it doesn't continue to happen year after year. Next year, Lafreniere will carry a roster of 11 and add 7 international players b/4 the freeze date, then bring them in to solely improve their girls, not the the State Cup.

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What you did not understand is the the LSA board HAD to approve these players because it is a USSF rule.
Also, the LSA board does not make the rules the club vote on bylaws at the AGM each summer and the board does not have a vote. They are in position to make sure these bylaws are enforced and adhered to.
If you want results get to your club board of directors and have them submit a bylaw change, then call all the other clubs and have them vote on it !!!!