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I hear that there have been a lot of games cancelled due to rain. Are there any SC teams participating? I know that the CESA teams made the decision not to apply this year.

I believe that there are two teams from SC that applied and were accepted:

• U11 8v8: SAA Elite
  
• U15 B Flight: CUFC U15G Premier
  

Hearing about yet another year of cancelled games/tournaments at WAGS, all I can do is repeat the words of John Bradford: "There but for the grace of God go I."

My daughter's U-13G bracket was cancelled. Fortunately I am perpetually late and I received notification when I was driving in Statesville (1 hour north of Charlotte). Some folks were in Roanoke, some in DC and some had plane reservations.

Not sure of all the details but other U-13 Girls brackets may not have been shut down (haven't been to the website yet). Even though WAGS purchased weather-related insurance, the word is that we won't get our entry fee back and we will be charged for one night in the hotel.

Lousy experience......we should have went to Charleston instead.

Hurst66: I know that WAGS has had terrible "luck" in the last few years, but this is the second year in a row for the rain. Last year my kid went up to DC, stayed around a hotel for a while, and came back home without playing a game because eventually things were cancelled. A year or so before that, the tournament was cancelled due to the sniper stuff. As I said, terrible luck.

Unless my kid wanted to go to a Region I school, I'm not sure why I'd want her to go to WAGS. And even if she did want to go to a Region I school, I'd tell her to find a team on which to guest rather than expect her team to en masse go up to a tournament that would have little revelancy to them.

I'm not a fan of the CASL Showcase -- it seems to be sliding every year -- but at least you can make a reasonable argument for attending it despite lousy scheduling, facilities, and field conditions -- I don't know how you make a reasonable argument for WAGS.

Here's the NC soccer forum comments on the subject:

http://www.nc-soccer.net/forum/viewthread.php?tid=12117&page=1

I enjoyed the new name—RAGS—:)