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So building a Manchester Meadows complex in a growing area, where you have good players and good coaches....is the ANSWER!?!?

Man I wish it was just that easy.

The rising U15's currently have 6 varsity and 8 jv players at Wando. Some of these girls are BFA Challenge and some are MPSC classic.

Beezer,

Opinions are often derived from an individual's perception of a certain course of events. On one hand you talk about if the team is better and results are better then the service is deemed better, and even offer it as a simple "fact" of perception. Then you dismiss the perception of a takeover as being absurd. While I too don't necesarily agree with that perception, I fully understand how it was derived, to include the statements made and actions that cause(d) it to be so.

I've often heard that you're either part of the solution, or part of the problem. Good luck to you trying to advance Bridge FA under the status quo.

Rumor is that Bridge has been loosing players (U14 Girls), some coaches are looking at possible "better offers' for the fall and there one team is going to jump to another club (MP)in the fall. It seems as though things are falling off "the bridge".

OK, Let's talk Services [IN A PARENT'S PRIORITY ORDER/PERSPECTIVE]:
1) COACHES - Hands down, Bridge's coaching staff is the best in the lowcountry, MPSC is 2nd best.
2) FACILITIES - adequate [MPSC is the best], and I don't think anyone would argue either point.
3) LOCATION, LOCATION, LOCATION - you here this in marketing, Summerville is NOT a 35 minute drive from MT P at 4-5pm for a practice in Summerville. It's an hour and one half drive to and 40 minutes back. Daniel Island or off of Clemments Ferry Rd is the ONLY Central location. {AND YES SUMMERVILLE IS BETTER THAN AN 8 HOUR ROUNDTRIP COMMUTE TO GREENVILLE DURING SCHOOL, I KNOW} BEEZER - BFA has a policy that the TEAM will practice were MOST of the players are from - this is a question mark in my mind as a parent, lets ROTATE HEY I'M OPEN TO THAT, but Summerville every session from MT P is ABSURD AND NOTHING LESS.
4) PROGRAMS - Recruiting programs, hey in the US of A the next step IS college. I want my son(s) seen. BFA NEEDS a tournament that attracts college scouts. NO lowcountry club offers this, ONLY CESA.

I WANT BRIDGE FA to succeed, it IS the ONLY way to compete at regionals. PARENTS, do not look at BFA as a club, IT IS still a CONCEPT. If it dies, your kids will only be recognized in South Carolina and not BEYOND!

For completeness sake, I should post one other item:
Fall 2006 Bridge FA Competitiveness:
U17: Not Competitive at PREMIER
U16: GOLD; Competitive at PREMIER
RED; Competitive at CHALLENGE
U15: Competitive at CHALLENGE
U14: Not Competitive at PREMIER, Competitive at CHALLENGE

IF THE GOAL IS COMPETITIVE AT REGIONALS, THEN THE ONLY SUCCESS IN THE LOWCOUNTRY IS THE U16 GOLD TEAM AND ALSO FIELDING A COMPETITIVE U16 STATE CHALLENGE TEAM {RED}.

THE LOWCOUNTRY ALLIANCE OF U16S ARE THE ONLY SUCCESSFUL GROUP.

To be competitive at Premier....meaning winning at least half your games would take a statewide team at most age groups and genders..Not to say that CESA has not had some success in the past but when you step to Premier it's a whole different animal...When you make a rule that the practices will be held by where the majority of the team is from...You will find that people will manipulate the system to keep practices close to themselves...If you are a part of a lowcountry team, then your practices should take place at different venues for fairness to the team as a whole..
The U16 red team is competitve in the state league but has failed to make state cup the last two years

Interesting to see the various views on a matter. Amazing!

Bear, thanks for wishing me luck!! But, I'm not in a power position to impact the Bridge FA. Just a fan of the club and its ideas.

CHT makes a great point at defining competitive and it taking a statewide team to be truly successful. Granted, there will always be exceptions for those wanting to list one-off teams. But, great point!

A Lowcountry club that has had success like the Bridge FA, thus far, IS successful....for Lowcountry standards the way the landscape is at the moment. The U16 boys have been a little extra special, no doubt.

Remember folks, this is South Carolina and like CHT alluded to, being truly "competitive" is a "whole different animal!"

Goal, not sure how you came about your statement that the Bridge U-14s are not competitive at Premier. Granted, they haven't won any games yet, BUT they have only played two. Both of those games, they were missing four players, and the goalkeeper was playing in the field. Because of an injury, several other players were rotated in goal over the weekend.

So, I think it's just a little early to make a sweeping statement like that. At LEAST give them a chance!

Belligerent, I didn't realize, but why was a PREMIER team missing 4 players?