it seems this mic/michael guy has a few followers. i have been around soccer long enough to know there are a lot of ignorant parents out there. as SCUMPY says - beware of the kool aid. seems strange to me at the very onset y'all mentioned his email was sent to a select few on his team. (but not ALL members of his team..?) it also seems strange that he certainly seems to have (and play) favorites. if anyone knows anything about coaching, those two combinations are B-A-D bad for team cohesiveness. he brought these girls from another team and, it seems, through the kool aid, got SCUMP to allow him to coach an Elite team. seems SCUMP can also be to blame for choosing a coach of his caliber to coach a team that should have easily been #1 in their group. wait - is this the same story i've heard floating around that this mic/michael character brings only 1/4-1/2 of his SCUMP team to tourneys using both a ton of guest players and the SCUMP 95 Elite name? i see the light now. what a sorry excuse for a man to call himself "Coach". shame on him.