SC Soccer Forums SCSoccer.com Forums Club Soccer & ODP SC at regionals

What SC team do you think has the best chance at winning regionals and why?

Aiken Fire. Most experienced in tournament play. Excellent work/conditioning ethic. Extremely focused. Incredible respect for each other and for their coach. Very, very talented players. And finally, a no nonsense, top level tactical coach! "Best of luck" to them and all the other SC teams.

GFC Black U18 has a chance to make a run at regionals. Not only are they talented and well coached,but I believe they have a favorable draw. I know they have been training hard and look to be well prepared.Good luck to all participants.

Agree with everything stated about the Aiken Fire except the coaching analysis. Good luck at Regionals!

U-15 to U-17 get hosed due to new format for them. allowing premier League teams in eliminates opportunity to go through as wild card.

Swimmer:
I suppose that is indeed one way of looking at it. Another way of looking at it is that the Region III Premier League winner is the most proven "best team" in the Region in each age group......and but for its automatic bid to Regionals, they probably would have been there anyway as a State Champ and thus they could have knocked out one of the teams that did get in from their state. In any event, regardless of who earns a way to Regionals, each team has to prove itself and win once there! Good luck to everyone representing our SC Clubs!

Euro Fan:

You may already know this, judging from your use of quotation marks, but the "best teams" from some Region III states do not participate in the Premier League (On the Girls side, I know GSA 86(?)Phoenix Red (GA), a former National Champion, and CASL Elite did not participate in the U18 division this year). Perhaps the automatic bid will encourage them to participate. In general I think that would be a good thing for the Premier League.

I see the expansion to 16 team from 12 as a result of competition from the new organization - Club Soccer America (?). Some teams from strong states were getting left out in cold. Rather than let them go to other "regionals" - actually an open tournament - USYSA is trying to make it more attractive to keep them in their organization.

Just to recap, here's a listing of all the teams from SC:

BOYS
14 OSSOC 88 Hurricanes
15 St. Giles United Celtic
16 Aiken Fire 02
17 GFC 85 Black
18 GFC 84 Black
19 ----

GIRLS
14 St. Giles United Xtreme
15 GFC 87 Black
16 GFC 86 Black
17 MPSC Ice
18 GFC 84 Black
19 ----

And the tournament website:
2003 Southern Regionals

Good luck to all the teams.

SoccerWatcher -- I know former Brookland-Cayce boys standout Troy Lesesne is playing in the U19 Regionals with a MPSC team. And another former Bearcat, Jabari Seabrook, will be playing with NOSA-Louisiana in the U19 Regionals.

Both players are members of the College of Charleston men's soccer team. Troy is entering his junior year and Jabari will be a redshirt-freshman for the Cougars in 2003.