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After a little trip to Florida to cover some spring training and stop in Bradenton to see the Chicago Fire, I'm back - a little tanner I must admit. And with the start of the high school soccer season just a week away, here are two things of interest:
Beginning in 2009, the IHSA-YSO has elected to have three classes in girls soccer. While I do understand the debate about providing more opportunities, this is just another example of how our competitive sports society has weakened. Yes, I know a school of 200 students has a hard time competiting against a school with 4,000 students, but come on. I mean, why not have 10 classes? That way, the IHSA-YSO can make more money and hand out even more state titles like they are cupcakes at an AYSO team party.
Girls soccer is not ready for three classes, and the bright folks down at the IHSA-YSO headquarters know that. They do. The problem is that they want to make everything easier, so they have the same model for boys and girls soccer.
And finally...
The Pepsi Showdown girls seeds are posted at http://www.pepsishowdown.us. It will become the largest high school girls soccer tournament in the country when it kicks off on April 1, and will be hosted by Oak Park-River Forest High School.
- Joe Trost
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Girls soccer deserves al least 4 levels. So does the boys sport. let's be fair and teach striving. Do we want the better players to stay in clubs for the season?
Should they look to transfer? If we want to keep soccer in the schools and not loose the battle with the clubs, we need to put out the effort.
Will it ever become a choice to play football in clubs to stay competitive? Maybe.
Posted by: Richard Busic | February 22, 2008 2:32 PM