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2013 NIKE Palmetto Cup
The Cage @ Cayce, SC

Match #5
Bishop England 2-2 Clover
Halftime: BE 2-1 C.
Goals: (C) Brandon Berardo 5; (BE) Brandon Costa 35; (BE) Colin Robinson 40; (C) ? 60.
Assists: none.
Shots: (BE) 19-6 (C).
Saves: (BE) Ross Rogers 0; (C) Garrett Hybarger 7.
Corner Kicks: BE 3-1 C.
Offsides: BE 0-1 C.
Fouls: BE 11-7 C.
Cautions: (C) Berardo 9; (C) Tanner Alexander 18.
Ejections: none.
Weather: 59 Degrees, Sunny, Windy.
Officials: (R) Stan Smith; (AR) Mario DelPino; (AR) John Tanverde.
Records: BE (10-2-1, 2-0-1 PC); C (4-8-2, 0-2-1 PC).
Points: BE 5-5 C

2013 NIKE Palmetto Cup
The Cage @ Cayce, SC

3rd Place Match
Fort Mill 2-2 Bishop England
(Fort Mill wins 6-5 in spot kicks)
Halftime: FM 1-2 BE.
Goals: (BE) Mateo Gomez 11; (BE) Zachary Khoury 17; (FM) Own Goal 40; (FM) Joe Catrone 79.
Assists: (BE) Andrew Costa.
Shots: (FM) 11-9 (BE).
Saves: (FM) Mike Usina 3; (BE) Ross Rogers 6, Jake Michel 2.
Corner Kicks: FM 3-3 BE.
Offsides: FM 1-1 BE.
Fouls: FM 7-18 BE.
Cautions: (BE) Matthew Mellin 75.
Ejections: none.
Weather: 72 Degrees, Sunny.
Officials: (R) Marion Shull; (AR) Scott Flicker; (AR) Michael Shealy.
Records: FM (16-2, 3-1 PC); BE (10-3-1, 2-1-1 PC).

2013 NIKE Palmetto Cup
The Cage @ Cayce, SC

Championship Match
Brookland-Cayce 0-3 Wando
Halftime: B-C 0-1 W.
Goals: (W) Erik Clark 40; (W) Clark 70; (W) Steven Mitchell 71.
Assists: (W) Mitchell, Clark.
Shots: (B-C) 10-19 (W).
Saves: (B-C) Grant Strickland 9; (W) John Milligan 3.
Corner Kicks: B-C 6-7 W.
Offsides: B-C 0-1 W.
Fouls: B-C 6-11 W.
Cautions: none.
Ejections: none.
Weather: 73 Degrees, Sunny.
Records: B-C (10-2, 3-1 PC); W (12-0, 4-0 PC).

All the complaining for nothing. The defending champ got a chance to defend their title and they did. Wando proves that they were the best team throughout their tourney run. Although they did make some very uncharacteristical mistakes throughout the match, missing a handful of "easy" goals but other than that they played great

Scheduling was horrible - favoring the host team who played teams with 4-6, 5-4-2, and 1-8 records coming into the "tournament". With 16 teams involved, four groups playing each team in the group makes sense with the group winners advancing to the semi-finals, but of course it was not set up that way. Bishop England also had an easy path to the consolation game playing teams with 4-6, 4-6-1, and 4-2-3 records. I didn't see all the teams, but it appears the four best teams in the "tournament" in no particular order were Wando, Fort Mill, Farragut, and Myrtle Beach; only two who made the 3rd place the 1st place games due to the scheduling.

Couldn't agree more. 4 groups of four teams with the winner of each group advancing to the semis would seem the easiest and "farest" way to schedule it. I'm sure everyone has noticed and/or pointed out that BC had the easiest and least competitive teams out of all 16 teams. Wando, Myrtle Beach, Faragut, Fort Mill and Cardinal Newman had the most difficult schedules. BC's opponents records combined had the same number of wins as Wandos did together. Finally, BC did not play one team in the top half of the final standings. Obvious to say that BC played the cards in their favor.

BC played Gaffney and we were not one of the "least competitive" teams out of the 16. No we are not at the level of a Wando, MB, or CN and we didn't have a great record coming in but we were leading BC 2-0 at the half and unfortunately didnt close it out. We have tied Fort Mill and JL Mann in the past two seasons so maybe give BC a little credit for a good win over a very competitive 4A school.

Actually looking at page 4 you see that BC did play 3 of the 4 bottom teams (based on massey coming in) and GHS was 3rd from the bottom based on that. Not to say they are the third worst team just that how the numbers lined up coming in. I would put more stock in your 1-0 loss to Roverside as a show of your team rank than a preseason tie against FMHS (2nd game of preseason mean very little).

Were the match placements cooked for BC?? Who knows, they had to be juggled several times and it seems they ended up playing the fill in teams who were added late. The host school wants to put on a good tourny so maybe they made sure the other quality team had as many good games as possible. In the end it only matters if you think it does! When the playoffs start you will get no credit for winning the Palmetto Cup. Come back in May and see how these teams fair in the playoffs and then we will know if the "easy" or "hard" schedules helped them.

Well said Chief, I couldnt agree more- you usually want to play as tough an opponent as possible during the season so you will be ready come May. This could possibly be why some of these teams have never been to the title game and with the exception of Wando and maybe Myrtle Beach, they wont this year either. By the way , arbitrary rankings aside, St Joes would have walked through this tournament like it was a preseason scrimmage- why do none of the Columbia teams schedule them for their preseason or non-conference games?

Ah geez...here we go again. A commentary on a prestigious soccer tournament with a 21 year history, from someone that's been on scsoccer.com for 1 day. I guess I sort of expected it from someone new, but not posters that have been around for a few years. And now the Heise boys will have to explain (again) the bracketing and why teams come from as far away as Alaska to play the best SC has to offer.
Well...I guess it goes with the territory.
Keep up the good work.