So much for catching up to good old California!!

[DBLUE]

15 of the final 40 left at Gold Nationals, all from California, and 21 from west coast!! Maybe next year you'll all catch up. I'm saying top ten all from Cali!!

[Martin]

Virginia Shamrocks are still hanging around. They just sent the Corona Angels home, 6-0.

[NumeroUno]

Which Corona Angels Team?

[TheCloser]

It wasn't the Corona Angels-Tyson team

[Martin]

They were Corona Angels - Adishian.

Shouldn't matter, though. As I understand it from DBLUE, the mere fact that these players reside in California makes their loss to a team from east of the Mississippi River something of an upset. Hopefully, the Shamrocks can hang on for another game or two before being put in their place.

[TheCloser]

A W is a W, I agree with you!

[dustyshoes]

I don't know what's more amusing, Cal arrogance or the chipiness of Cal haters. When I first started lurking on these FP forums a year ago, there was much angst among the left coasters over the fact that the 10u's hadn't fared well at nationals.

Was the rest of the country catching up or was Ernie Parker's departure the begining of the end of Cal dominance? I personally suspected that at the 10u level, it was possible that the margin between 1st and 10th place could be anything from star players forgetting to bring their blankies to their hotel rooms with them, succumbing to insane adult pressure placed on them or maybe, just maybe they played at the same high level of their opponents and didn't get the key break or bounce of the ball at a key moment in an elimination game. I dunno, I've never been to nationals but isn't that what happens every year regardless of where your team is from?

Let the Californians enjoy their success this year at nationals on all levels, they pay a very high price for it.