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Hum, that is wierd, I was just there, and some no one mentioned that the following week would be cancelled, and it would be mayhem to have 2 groups there at once (but I was at the girls camp)

And back to the original question (which I misunderstood) the regional team pools are being picked during regional camp. The only pools that have been picked are the u19 and u15. I have no clue about guys, but for girls, the U19 pool included Lindsay Beam, and a girl from West Ashley (not Julie bolt) its funny, i talked to her but never caught her name, I'm assuming it is Danielle Jordan. And the U15 team got one selection from SC. And the coaches (because there were so many of them) were watching every game pretty much (there were 6 at a time and more than 6 regional coaches)

the U15 girl was Morgan Thomas (I'm almost certain)

>> [soccer lover] Does anyone know how many girl players have actually been selected from SC for the regional pool? Or what the chances are of getting picked?<<

I've heard that South Carolina is doing much better placing girl players in region age bracket pools this year [I believe last year South Carolina didn't place any girls into region pools]. I know that the 1989 girls are just going to camp today; but I've heard South Carolina has placed 2 girls in the 86/87 pool, 1 girl in the 88 pool, 2 girls in the 90 pool, and 1 girl in the 91 pool.

Here are the names I've heard:

86/87: Lindsey Beam, Danielle Jordan
88: Hailey Beam
89: [Going to camp today, 7/15.]
90: Kira Campbell, Ellison Sharpe
91: Morgan Thomas

I also heard that Shannon Bigbie was invited to the 88 pool game and that Hannah Gmerek was invited to the 90 pool game.

Good morning all,
One more time. I asked about this a couple of months ago and never got much of a response. Maybe now that some of you have gone through the process, you can let me know.
I understand the new system as having no open tryouts for the 88's and older. How are the participants chosen and by whom?
Thanks in advance for your enlightenment.

Soccerdog,
I haven't heard anything like that, of course I'm interested in a younger age group. I don't really understand how they could not have open tryouts, if it's required for member clubs to have open tryouts to form teams.

Chico,
It's refreshing to see the girls having some success in placing players. The 91 boys had two players, Alex Martinez (DSC), and Brandon Tyner (Bridge FA), play in pool games, and there probably should have been more. As a team they had a record of 2-2, losing the opener pretty bad to TN, but then bouncing back with victories against Oklahoma and Florida before losing a close one goal match against South Texas. So while it's refreshing on the girls side, it's extremely frustrating on the boys side, espcically to the players, to see that FL placed 7 players, after a 3-1 loss to SC, in the pool and South Texas placed 9 players, after a 2-1 win, in the pool. Put yourself in their spot, watching a team that they beat have 7 players put on a pedestal in front of them, without being able to congratulate any of their teamates.

I don't know what the problem is, but clearly some of our boys can play at the level with the players selected!!!!!

You must be speaking of the girls side of things. The 88 boys certainly did have open tryouts with 3 or 4 new players making the team.

I've been saying for years that the SC kids can play with the best in Region III. The difference is that we may only have 4-5 per year, whereas TX or FL may have 12-15. I think even some of the college programs have awakened to this fact and you're starting to see more SC kids go to SC colleges too!

Soccerdog6: I heard that the girls 86/87 pool was invitation only and was invited by the "region," which I assumed to be region coaches. I've read about this for other states; the theory is that they invite players who had previous region pool and higher experience. I had thought that the 88 girls went through an open tryout. In neither case do I have any first-hand or even first-hearsay knowledge.

Bear/Talon: I agree with you folks that South Carolina players tend to be overlooked. I think part of it is reputation [i.e., when we send weaker teams to RIIIPL that get beaten 7-0 regularly we aren't helping ourselves nor are we helping ourselves when we send teams to regionals that get crushed] and part of it is that it's so much easier to look better when playing with better players [i.e., North Texas might have 13 strong players where we have 8]. I realize this is probably less applicable on the boys side since South Carolina tends to be more competitive there; the results this year in the 91 age bracket for the boys is incredibly difficult to understand or even rationalize.

As an example from the age brackets/genders that I follow, I was surprised this year that the 90 girls team didn't have any defenders go at least to a pool game or beyond; I thought there was at least one player I've seen play a lot that would easily make it.