Richmond Senior Soccer League 2007-2008

[canucklehead]

Sounds good, Tuna. We'll be there. Our womans' game has been postponed thanks to a scheduling bollockup by the league. Who is playing by the way?

Richmond Town err... Dragons versus Ante Up. They played in League last week with Dragons pulling out a 2-1 win.

 

[Captain Shamrock]

I might come and try and recruit a few players for Indo.

 

[canucklehead]

I might come and try and recruit a few players for Indo.

Seeing as they poached Levitt and Hikida from you I guess all is fair

 

[Captain Shamrock]

They did?

 

[canucklehead]

Was that not where they played prior to moving over to Dragons some years back?

 

[Captain Shamrock]

Was that not where they played prior to moving over to Dragons some years back?

I'm not sure but I know they played with Club Ireland at one point.

 

[beckhamandposh]

looks like dragons won the league cup 3-2 over ante up for their third straight cup. will lucardo protest the result?

 

[no right peg]

Seeing as they poached Levitt and Hikida from you I guess all is fair

You forgot Gronlund! And we are still waiting for that 1000 lb bag of rice we were promised when we left!!

 

[Tuna]

My predictions for games in the premier division this weekend:

Dragons 5 - Harps 2
All Blacks 3 - Hounds 1
Athletics 2 - Ante Up 2

 

[coolhead]

Harps 3 - Dragon 1

Harps are making a run for the league title but will need some help with the Dragons 5 points up and only one head to head match left.

Coolhead

 

[canucklehead]

The RSSL is looking at creating a Master's Division (Over-35's). Requirements from the city of Rmd states a team must have 60% of its players work or live in Richmond. The league is taking applcations in the hopes to have it up and running for 2008-2009.
Thoughts??

 

[beckhamandposh]

a spot in the provincial masters will increase your applications.

 

[canucklehead]

a spot in the provincial masters will increase your applications.

Point taken.
I am talking with BCSA to see what can be done.

 

[Bifficus]

How many teams can you get in an o-35 legue in Richmond? If a Richmond team wants to play O-35 they can go to VMSL or FVSL, especially if you don't have any way of getting into the BC's. One of the problems is that the Dragons are basically an O35 team as it is. How are you going to control the 60% quota for players from Richmond? I know for a fact that some of the teams in Richmond do not have any players from Richmond (see 1st division). So how is the city going to control it. Stupid rule anyways since we already pay for the field use anyways.

 

[beckhamandposh]

It's not written in stone who gets spots in the BCs. With an aging population of players, there will no doubt be new masters league sprouting up. If all the players are signed to an "M" form, BCSA will have to address this issue and may have to revamp the masters competition.

Isn't a team supplying a field a solution to the 60% rule. The RRSL does that and has teams from Westside, Delta, Twasswassen, and Burnaby in the summer league.

 

[Tuna]

I would have thought that the demand would have been greater for a U-21 type of division to be established in Richmond?

With loads of Richmond based players graduating from the youth system each year, why not try to cultivate this youth base? Providing them with an alternative than having to make the jump to VMSL/FVSL or having to enter a full squad into the RSSL 2nd div.

The RSSL is already pretty damn old (present co. included). Why make it any older with the intro of a Masters Division?

Just my two cents.

 

[beckhamandposh]

I think there is a mix of really young and really old teams in the RSSL. If you look at the lower standings, all teams probably have similar skills (that being very little, haha) and the real differene is the fitness level which is generally from the age of the player. Maybe the creation of a Masters division will also add more teams since older players not affiliated with a current team may no reconsider since they don't have to run up against a 20 year old.

As for U-21 development, there are no answers for that. The VMSL and FVSL cat systems are a joke. I don't think RSSl can do much better except to give teams a chance to develop and start in Div 2 and work there way up in a few years. Ante Up and Athletics can't be more than 27 year old teams. That's young.

Rovers players generally left for masters teams. Heard All-blacks and dragons were enquiring about spots too. Maybe this way RSSL will keep these teams in their fold.

As for spots in the provincials, I bet VMSL or FVSL won't like it one bit. I would be money the all-blacks or dragons can do well in the master's division in the VMSL. They can hump the ball just as well as anyone.

 

[Tuna]

Heard All-blacks and dragons were enquiring about spots too. Maybe this way RSSL will keep these teams in their fold.

The All Blacks would prefer to see their older players put out to pasture rather than to move the team over to a masters division.

 

[beckhamandposh]

Tuna. I guess it all depends on who controls your team and how many old guys vs younger guys. Last few years, firemen and shamrocks folded and had players move straight to masters teams in other leagues. If RSSL does have a fourth division being Masters, maybe it will retain some of these old farts while recruiting others that don't play in the area.

There is a reason why Richmond is building more turf fields. One being more players are expected in the future. And the shocking mud fields in the 2nd half of the season.

10 years ago, the master's league was mocked. Now there's talk of not only over 30's, now over 35 and perhaps over 42. Give it 5 years and we'll start hearing over 50's etc league. That's assuming oestoperosis or enlarged prostate doesn't end their soccer playing days.

 

[Captain Shamrock]

The RSSL just hasn't been the same since 2000, they year of the first team to win the QUAD. Good luck the rest of the season, lads.