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Better teams, playing better competition, make for a more competitive region. Games are more fun and exciting when they are competitive.

I've been around long enough to remember when Northwestern would thump Fort Mill every game, and we were in regions with Dorman, Spartanburg, Byrnes, Boiling Springs, Spring Valley and Ridgeview.

Clover was 3A. Rock Hill didn't have a girls team. South Pointe and Nation Ford didn't exist.

It's nice to have some competitive teams up in York County. The 2009 season should be interesting.




Hurst.....it takes a pipeline of good players feeding multiple schools to improve the competitiveness of the region. Not playing in tournaments.

Clover-Fort Mill is a rivalry not because CLover has
"finally" stepped up to play Viking Cup. Its a rivalry because so many of those girls have played club soccer with and in some cases against each other.

Northside did a lot to fill that player pipeline up.....and I don't see Discoveries or Carolina Select filling that void. I see a region that will have big issues on the girls side of things in a couple of years if people don't get cracking. Things will go right back to the way it was back when your oldest played.

You want a more competitive region? Then York County should have at least 2 girls teams in every age group playing club. Somewhere. Charlotte Soccer Club....Charlotte United....Discoveries.....CSSC. Doesn't matter where.

I don't believe we have it.....after the 93's. Maybe 94's.