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I would also like to say Congratulations to the CESA DOCs and coaching staff for the successes of their teams at Regionals. Being a first time parent at Regionals, I was so impressed by the organization of the tournament, the venue (best soccer park I've ever seen) and the top-notch level of competition and even reffing! But I was also impressed by the top-notch performance of the CESA coaching staff, and the way they all worked together to encourage the successes of their teams. From the behind-the-scenes weeks of preparing their teams to compete,to the days in advance arrival at Regionals to acclimate and put the finishing touches on their team's preparation, to the at-the-moment-of-truth execution at game time, the CESA coaching staff was on top of their game. Of the matches I saw involving CESA teams (and I did see a lot),there were at least 2, sometimes 3, CESA coaches (including the head coach) on the bench at every game,to encourage, coach and support, as well as help during warm-ups. And that's not to mention the numerous other CESA coaches on hand on the sidelines observing when their schedules allowed. The CESA coaches were up early and to the fields for the first games of the day, and stayed until the very last CESA team had played each evening, as well as managing to take care of their own teams and making sure they were sufficiently prepared for their own games. It was obvious to me that this was a club effort amongst the coaches, not just individual teams that happened to play for the same club. Never was this more obvious than, when it was apparent that goal differential was going to be the determining factor as to which of two teams would advance to the quarters (1 of them a CESA team). These 2 teams were playing different opponents simultaneously on adjacent fields, and one of the CESA DOCs was radioing scoring updates to the CESA bench as the 2 games were progressing, to let the CESA team know how many more goals they would have to score in order to advance. I haven't stopped to research it but I wouldn't be surprised if CESA had more teams at Regionals than almost any other club. I think the CESA coaching staff has done a remarkable job in the last 2 years of taking their teams to a new level of competitiveness, and after watching them in action at Regionals, it's easy to see why. Congratulations on a job well-done.