Someone was asking about MPSC and LSYSA league. I don't have the official answer, but having coached U9/U10 LSYSA and having a sister on the U14 team, I can make an educated guess.
There were only two or three teams in the U14 bracket last year, so the teams played each other every weekend with generally the same result. This was neither fun nor productive for the girls and I know they and a lot of parents as well as the coach complained about it.
At the younger level that I coached, there were multiple teams, but the MPSC teams almost consistently beat their opponents by at least 3 goals, if not more, with the exception of a James Island Red team that was on par with MPSC. The players, coaches, and parents all agreed that it was not helping player development and not providing any sort of challenge to make the players work harder.
If these same problems held true in other age groups and for the boys, I am not surprised at all that they broke ties with LSYSA. Otherwise, I have no idea why they're no longer playing.
On a side note, I have a question for the other clubs. I was looking at the MPSC coaching staff and many of the coaches are listed as head coaches for more than one team, usually two, but sometimes even three teams. Back when I played, it was customary for each coach to work full time with one team and move up with them. Jarrett Smith was "our" coach, Kara Slick and her husband had the Ice.
Is the multiple team trend occurring in other clubs as well and I'm just out of the loop? I know MPSC has other willing and perfectly able coaches to take on some of the teams, but aren't being allowed to.
