Men moving to Summer?

[Dude]

I think the Indo league would then move to Winter. We could all play in that.



Seriously- it is only the Premier teams that would transfer over to spring / summer / fall. That's it.

Wait a second...aren't you on the Executive? Should you be "In the Know"?

Spill it Whiste Blower.

[Ballbaby]

Originally Posted by whistle blower

If the games move to summer whats everyone going to do in the fall and winter.

Make love.

[silver fox]

Over the last 20+ years I've been in men's soccer, I played with guys who would play in the PCSL after the winter season and I could never understand why!! Couldn't understand why someone would want to play a 2:00 game in 30 degree weather (I enjoyed it in Kelowna, Kamloops, Nations Cup,etc. tourneys but thats a different story ) and then train twice a week on top of that. Obviously many guys enjoy it, but to me summer soccer was a Thursday night game and no training (and the odd pint ). IMO, summer has too many distractions to bring out enough good players to fill out 10 or 12 rosters for an "Elite" league when the option of playing winter soccer is available, an option the rest of the country doesn't have to deal with. Combine that with field availability, where you're competing with ball on the grass fields, grass hockey on the turf fields, and the beer leagues, not to mention fields that are closed to allow for re-seeding, you could be hard pressed to find enough pitches to play and train on.

As for going to nationals, every youth team and adult team knows what the situation is going in. When a B.C. team loses, 9 times out of 10 it's because of a bad break or they lost to a better team, a team that would have beaten them in May just like they did in October. If you feel you've lost your "competitive edge", then train 3 times a week, go in a Labour Day weekend tourney, start training and playing exibition games in July. The fact is, if a team wins provincials, the players as individuals are good enough and competitive enough that they, for the most part, have played fairly high level soccer over the summer somewhere (PCSL, provincial teams, super y teams) or played in another sport, like lacrosse....................or slow pitch .
It's a tourney for all the fukcing marbles, get your game where it needs to be by Thanksgiving.

On a side note, back in the mid-eighties, the cup winning PCSL team would qualify for the following years' Provincials. I can remember Croatia winning Provincials one year, 6 or 7 months after their season ended.

Enjoying 7 degree, drizzly soccer weather,

SF

[ghouse]

Hey guys,,took some time off from TTP to give my finger a rest. Great topic (for a change) I played my youth in Kelowna where soccer was a summer sport, When I moved here and started playing in the winter I fcukin hated it..But now I sort of kind of ,well I like it. Im not sure why, But I do. Mabee cause the Telli carries matches from Europe so I feel its soccer time or mabee its cause It gives me something to do on the long Winter nights but what ever it is I like it. That being said I love the Summer soccer as well. Tournaments, Jumping in a pool after a game, sunscreen on the nose,Beer gardens.
I guess what Im saying is ,no matter what happens we live in Vancouver and we wll play all year round cause thats what we do here and thats why we are better (usually) than the rest of the country. If changeing the season helps our teams at the Nationals then it makes sence to me. Better soccer is what im for. I always thought the PCSL was a sort of Super league anyways. After the latest Provicials we see they are just another premier league but playing in the summer. What ever the powers at be decide I know I will still play all year round and so will most everyone anyways. So lets try it out cause Im sick of listening to Larson and the Callies on how good they are.

[the soccer player 22]

soccer should be played in the winter... summer is too hot or start the season early so you dont get the snow delay that we have been getting the last 2 years

[Teelay]

Why doesn't the VMSL do what the BC Rugby does? They play a Fall season and then the Spring season, basically shutting it down from early December to early February. I think we generally only play 2 games or so during this time period due to Christmas, weather etc. Soccer is generally over in mid March whereas going until end of April would make more sense in my opinion.

[Notcher]

Originally Posted by the soccer player 22

soccer should be played in the winter... summer is too hot...

You from the arctic?

[Oranje]

Originally Posted by Teelay

Why doesn't the VMSL do what the BC Rugby does? They play a Fall season and then the Spring season, basically shutting it down from early December to early February. I think we generally only play 2 games or so during this time period due to Christmas, weather etc. Soccer is generally over in mid March whereas going until end of April would make more sense in my opinion.

Very difficult to get fields after April. Softball, ultimate and other sports compete for field time.