Houston PGF Qualifier

[feedman1971]

Who all qualified in 18U & 16U divisions at the PGF qualifier in Houston this past weekend?

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The only DFW teams to get births where Firecrackers Gold DFW 18U ( Premier birth) , 16u Glory Adkins Allen (premier birth) Firecrackers Rosales (Platinum birth).

[RlCldH2O]

Premier Birth 18U
Texas Firecrackers Gold - May
Firecrackers DFW 18U Gold
Aces Express Gold


Premier Birth 16U
Texas Sudden Impact
Texas Glory Adkins-Allen
Texas Blaze White

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Looks like Firecrackers DFW Gold 18U is the best team in the metroplex now its time for someome new to take over, but only time will tell!

[Ed Hill]

Hopefully the PGF officials will allow all teams to bring their own umpires from now on just like they allowed the Aces Express to bring their own at the Houston qualifier. I have never seen a team get more favorable calls from umpires than the AE did.

[softballmom52]

Hopefully the PGF officials will allow all teams to bring their own umpires from now on just like they allowed the Aces Express to bring their own at the Houston qualifier. I have never seen a team get more favorable calls from umpires than the AE did.

Same shady things went on at the PGF qualifier in Sequin with an Impact Gold team...........

[feedman1971]

The favorable umpiring seems to follow around the state & it is somewhat human nature. Go to SA & the SA teams seem to get the calls, Dallas...their locals get the calls, etc. etc.. You have to win when in someone else's hometown.

[Phantomz08]

Hopefully the PGF officials will allow all teams to bring their own umpires from now on just like they allowed the Aces Express to bring their own at the Houston qualifier. I have never seen a team get more favorable calls from umpires than the AE did.

WOW... Win 10-1, 4-0 and 9-3 and get accused of having your own umpires. Nice job AE. What a way to start off the summer. Now David, leave the blue at home next time.

[Ed Hill]

Hopefully the PGF officials will allow all teams to bring their own umpires from now on just like they allowed the Aces Express to bring their own at the Houston qualifier. I have never seen a team get more favorable calls from umpires than the AE did.

WOW... Win 10-1, 4-0 and 9-3 and get accused of having your own umpires. Nice job AE. What a way to start off the summer. Now David, leave the blue at home next time.

Don't know who David is but I can assure you that one of the games would have a decidedly different outcome if Aces Express had not been allowed by the PGF to bring their own umpires. From other comments being posted in this thread, "home cooking" seems to a recurring theme for these PGF qualifiers. Never had this particular problem with ASA qualifiers. If PGF only wants certain teams to attend, why don't they just make Premiere an invitational event only and be done with these allegedly rigged qualifiers. Premiere is basically is an invitational event only already. Just need a few suckers to underwrite the event. Is Vince McMahon from the WWE on the board of the PGF? Because they sure seem to have copied his business model in regards to putting on a sham event (especially in Texas).

[Ed Hill]

Good lord are you serious?
Yep a great big conspiracy to guarantee Aces a berth to Nationals and make sure your team doesn't.
You say they brought their own umpires. Did they ride with the coaches or did a parent pick them up on the way to the tournament

Not just the Aces but also a few other teams that have coaches or managers that are part of the "good old boys" network. The PGF elite is taking care of its own. Like I previously stated, judging by the number of posts being made, this seems to be a recurring theme at PGF qualifiers.