USA Cup Diary 2006
Even with some flaws this year, it's still the best run, and one of the most memorable, if not the most optimistic, tournaments in the nation. As usual, the good, the bad, and the ugly - with the ugly being more spread out this year, but not quite as intense as last.
Day One: Like you thought it wouldn't be hot
Day Two: A cop already?
(there were no games on days three and four)
Day Five: a farce of a game
Day Six: Obnoxious coach, almost like a normal day
Day Seven: Some inherent injustice
Day Eight: I didn't have to mock him
Day Nine: More adults behaving badly
Once again I feel like I was right there with you. USA and Dallas Cup were the only 2 tournaments that I wished that I had done. You should try WAGS and let me know how that goes for you.
Marc Silverstein () - 28 November '06 - 21:34
I’d love to work the Dallas Cup, but run into a problem with lack of vacation time. It’s too bad, because my parents used to live in Dallas, but moved to Houston shortly before I started reffing.As I’m working over the summer to improve my physical abilities, I’m going to take another shot at Regionals, and if that doesn’t happen USA Cup.
Except I’ve heard rumors of a referee boycott at the USA Cup. I’ve seen several emails on SocRef saying they’ve switched their assignor, but I’ve also heard from others (nothing solid, strictly rumor, and I’m making no decisions based on them) that things weren’t done well, and people aren’t happy. No idea if it’s true (other than yes, theres a new assignor at the National Sports Center) or not.
TheRef - 29 November '06 - 15:25
Hi, I’m a 21 years old Italian referee (I’ve started reffing on 2001), some weeks ago I’ve read on my local ref department that a low number of us (we’re about 200 in my province, but just 9/10 referees will be called) could come to Blaine to ref this international tournament (for free, or with low cost)... I was excited by this opportunity so I registered myself to the “join list”...Actually I don’t know yet if I could participate to the USA Cup event (but there are few requests yet), however I’d like to know something about the “USA cup life”... I mean, also if my first will is that of reffing an international event, coming to America is a great adventure for us also from the social point of view (knowing new people, new uses, new culture…) so I’d like to know what happens in the non-reffing time…
Bye!
Treviño (URL) - 02 April '07 - 06:39
It’s a large enough group of people that I think my one viewpoint isn’t going to give it justice – especially since I tend not to be a party-person. Here’s what I can say:USA Cup provides a lot of after-game activities for both the players and adults, and transportation to other events in the region. There are an increasing number of restaurants and bars in the area, so there’s also some more… traditional (booze) methods of socialization and relaxation, too.
I’d suggest joining SocRef (http://pete.uri.edu/archives/socref-l.html) and asking, because there are several people who go there every year, and can give you some more specific example than I can.
TheRef - 02 April '07 - 10:56