U/13 - We are playing in the U-13 Challenge Division this Spring. If my child played for Aiken I would not be happy in the Classic League, beating teams week after week 9 to 0, however I think where a team plays is a coaches decision. However, now that we have play beyond the state cup level at Classic, maybe some of those teams that stayed back in Classic rather than Challenge are dreaming of going beyond just South Carolina.
My disappointment with the Spring Season has to do with the number of games we are playing. Initially there were 7 teams in our division and so we were looking at playing everyone twice for 12 games total. Now we have 8 teams so we will only play 7 matches. One of the Bridge teams is actually playing their entire season in one month. Could we not limit the Challenge Division to a certain number of teams and then say, the top 8 teams or 7 teams that apply are in that division. Whatever number selected would be a number that would produce the teams playing each other 2 times, for 12 or 14 games total. The top teams would be determined based on the fall results - With teams that played in the Challenge division having priority over teams that played in the Classic division. This would avoid the "Mandatory" label of promotion/relegation Chico does not like.
