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Which probably describes some of the girls at MPSC in the U14 and U13 agegroups. For some of them the social aspect is important. They want to get better as a team, they don't want to "jump ship." I don't think any of these kids have asperations to play R3....I think they just want to play soccer within the state. Why should that be a bad thing??????? Goals are a good thing for a team....but they need to be realistic goals.

Besides...the rumours and comments over the years are that Bridge has always had an air of superiority to the MP team....so why would anyone from MP even consider going there. It's interesting that we hear a Bridge parent complaining that the MP girls didn't run to Bridge....yet all we hear is how bad the MP team is....so why does Bridge want them???? Something to think about........



Like i said ......my daughter is playing where she wants to play. I would tell you if you took a poll of the U-14 Bridge Girls most of them would say they want to play college soccer.No one has said the MP Team is bad. The Bridge would welcome several players off of that team to join them.
The bottom line of all of this is that all the clubs in the Charleston area should do what is in the best interest of all these kids and join together in some way, shape or form and then build teams that are competitive at all levels in and out of state .It makes me



Actually, some of the early posts in this thread were to put down the MP teams and they were most certainly labeled as bad teams that did not have successful seasons. I don't have the energy to look, but I believe it was stated they were "not successful." If that's not a put down, I don't know what is.

sounds like the girls on both teams have different philosophies for what they want out of soccer. Why exactly should the better players at MP jump ship to go to Bridge? You think they should go just because Bridge wants "some" of them in order to make Bridge happy. In my world, that is called an entitlement attitude. Shows total lack of respect for the MP players and parents.

If MP want to make their team better, AS A TEAM, then good for them. As CHT has stated, the girls need a say in where they want to play. I know of one guy who has two children that play and he constantly is moving all over the place. The kids are miserable because part of soccer for them is having fun with the their teammates. Dad doesn't care, he just wants them on winning teams. Wins don't mean as much when the players don't like playing with the "winning" team because of how those winning players behave and treat one another.

I just think it is incredibly arrogant to think the MP girls should jump ship just because Bridge feels they need a few good players to round out their roster.

Perhaps before any talks of a merger of the teams needs to start, some people need to learn to show respect for the other team, both players and parents.