I just had a great mental image of a field full of players freezing mid-stride and face planting. Though, if I face plant onto the ball, does that mean it's my ball now and I get the possession on restart?



Seriously though, I think infamy is a bit of overkill. Bit of a bad rap as usual, yeah. But rain happens across the country and tournaments are affected everywhere with rain or snow or whatever, several mentioned here.

Part of what anyone has to consider too though is location, season, history, etc. whenever you apply to a tournament and you've already noted knowing the history of rain and cancellations. WAGS can snow-out. We had a Raleigh snow-out when I was young. Field quality/etc. decisions are generally made with the club and the rest of the season in mind, not one weekend of games.

There is always the team's ability to step back and say, hey, we don't want to risk it...let's go elsewhere.

That said, do people ever always make the right decision? Of course not, but they do what they think is best, with whatever justifications, and it won't please anyone. Will they experience this again? Probably, unless something is sorted out. But that doesn't mean anyone needs to be flipping out over it...just quietly vote with your feet because that speaks more eloquently than any threat.


On another note, can we institute Challenges and Replays for when your player beats mine en route to goal and mine falls over?


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