dcut5, thanks for the reply. The Carolina Soccer Classic was once again a great tourney, but I would like to add some additional comments:
- The Town of Mount Pleasant needs to realize that the CSC is a high school tournament and that space is needed on the sidelines (substitutes, coaching staffs, player bags, ball bags, water coolers, etc.). The adjacent field issue does not work well as play was halted constantly for balls entering one field to the other. In previous years when the lower fields were utilized along with Field 1 and Field 2/3 it was much better.
- The tents certainly would have come in handy Saturday afternoon when the rain set in and for the 4 o'clock games, lights should have been turned on at least by halftime.
- The tournament packets that were distributed upon arrival at the CSC seemed easy enough to be sent via e-mail prior to the tourney. Once there it was almost too late, because there was miscommunication regarding uniform colors, which teams were playing on what fields, etc. Also, the tournament board with the scores and results seemed to be on the ground more than it was pinned to the 'wall', which caused a mass of humanity around the area and a time consuming wait-and-see.
- The lack of ball boys was disappointing to say the least. When a tournament is being held, I think it is of the utmost importance for things to run in a timely fashion. That can't happen when minutes are being ticked off the actual game due to actual players chasing down balls. Plus, the use of just two balls for a match is senseless. One of the teams even lost their ball so that meant there was only one ball for the game.
Again, super tournament and an incredible venue for the CSC. These are just some things that need to be addressed in the future.
