johnnybluenose
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Not for the poor suckers in Grps 2 and 4 in the open FFS!!! 
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2010 Nations Cup
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whataboutbob
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One thing for certain, losing a game early in groups 2 & 4 does not put you out of the tourney by any means. Even if you are down a couple of goals, if you don't give up the 3rd, it might make a huge difference in you advancing if you go 1-1-1 or 2-1. I love it!
Captain Shamrock
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FFS.....that is a massive pisstake for the OVER 38s.......
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We have set up a deal with the River Rock Casino Resort for Hotel Deals for the Nations Cup. On the front page of thenationscup.com site has a link and group code to get the deal. We are working on trying to have them send their bus to the beer garden on Saturday night and take everyone back to the hotel.
Cheers, Lean
Cheers, Lean
After struggling blindly trying to run this tournament for 31 years, the committee must be so relieved that RL RCD has finally come to show them how to run a tournament. It's obvious he has done a lot of research and put alot of time into it and this tournament would probably not have survived another year without his input.
First off, I can not comment directly to the games (and Officiating) as I was at the Indy 500 this weekend with the sunburn to prove it
But what I can comment on are a couple of things:
1) All games are played 30min halves in the tournament, so we felt it was right to play the qualifiers with the same rules. We would have gone to extra time and then into penalties just like the semi's and final's
2) The ethnic question continues to come up and We do not mind that people are so concerned with maintaining the integrity of the tournament...
3) We will be announcing the draw and schedule very soon and posting the schedule here and on our website.
Cheers and thanks to all who participated or supported the Qualifying Tournament and we look forward to seeing you all at Nations in 6 weeks!
Lean
First of all, I have to apologize for a naive (or stupid) question about the 2x30 minutes games. Of course, if the Nations Cup games are played 2x30 than it is perfectly normal that qualifying games are also 2x30. I am fairly new to the Nations Cup, watched some games last year, completely forgot about 2x30. Anyway, the organizers should think about changing the rule and maybe next year start playing 2x45. This is, in fact, adult soccer and it really, with all due respect, does not make a lot of sense to play 2x30.
Secondly, to enforce ethnicity at Nations Cup may be a lot harder than numerous people think but something has to be done to protect the basic idea of the Nations Cup. I recommend that in registration papers every player states how he is connected to his nation. The offered options could be:
1) By birth in that country,
2) By having a citizenship of that country, and/or
3) By belonging to an ethnic group which is a majority in that country.
These three options would solve a lot of problems. Easy to check (if necessary), gives a lot of options to all players to play for a country of their choice. Of course, that would entitle some players to be eligible to play for more than one nation. But, they would have to choose only one for which they want to play that year (nothing wrong if some change thier heart next year, so many people have dual citizenhips, were born in one country, have a citizenhip of another one, and so on).
If a player states 1, 2, or 3 (see above) then the organizers should accept that without any questioning (and it makes it a lot easier for the organizers). Rosters should be posted on a web site. No reason to lie, especially if organizers officially allow up to 3 "guests" to be registered too. This would, most likely, prevent all those negative comments about certain teams and all teams could easier deal with the tournament rules.
Anyway, a great tournament, watched some games last year, really enjoyed, will come again this year.
bergamascho
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Nevermind thx regs
I have a friend who would love to get on a team he is 38 plays forward has great skill and knows how to play the game the way it should be played.He is polish,canadian and would play for any takers if he's allowed to not sure of rules playing for a country you have no ties to.please reply if intrested.
Justwanttoplay
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ginger tours
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Wild stab in the dark but under the tournament rules he is eligible to play for either the Polish or the Canadian Over 38 sides - pm me if you would like contact details - cheers
