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Very interesting meeting between Bridge FA and a local team's parents last night. Everything was outlined well in the presentation and Q&A session which went late into the night. At least one coach offered a coaching position is waiting on a formal decision BY THE PARENTS, not the club. While it would be ideal to get the club onboard, as usual it is going to be up to the parents to make the move. A couple of sticky issues which may swing the decision, one being practice fields, specifically lighted ones.
More to follow mid-week next week.

Bear,
You're right. "All" clubs don't announce coaches before tryouts-Bridge FA proves that point. However,I have never seen a tryout begin where the coaches had not been announced. I am not privy to "all" clubs, but I will say that the ones I know- CASL,CESA,Concorde,CSC,NECSA- do in fact announce their coaches. Sorry about the error in semantics.

Soccerdog6: Will the former MPSC U15 girls [2005 U16 girls] play premier?

Dexter,
I guess I invited the discussion with my statement about all. Again, like Striker, your specific question are more suited for the Bridge FA organization through their web site.

I will say there is one major difference between the clubs you mention and Bridge FA. Bridge FA is the only one that is beginning operations, the others are already well established.

I can understand the desire for more information. The issue is compounded by the fact that the coaching staff is not finalized. I'm sure that as more coaches commit, the web page will be updated.

Chico - As of this moment, MPSC Legend is alive and well but will be in a state of flux for a couple of days. We, as parents, just found out that to play Premier a decision had to be made in December. The decision by ? was made to wait another year (U17) to play Premier. Of course, they (we) may not get another chance. If things go as they really should - stand by for one tough team.

Soccerdog6: Thanks for the reply. Best wishes for things going well!

Perhaps if teams (parents, players)decide it would be better to go with Bridge, then the "home club" might decide to join the alliance sooner rather than later. Is that possible?

Sideliner - Of course it is possible! Hopefully, this is exactly what is going to happen.

So maybe I don't understand this alliance thing so well. You can bring a whole team from wherever and play under the Alliance banner? No tryouts?