DTS - Mercy Rule

Somebody told me about a 3v3 Kick It result, and I was wondering if anybody can confirm it.

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4 or 5 of the top DTS players entered this weekend's 3v3 Kick It Tournament under the team name of Soccertoughness.

In their final game of the tournament, DTS (Soccertoughness) played a team called Azzurri '02, which is a Plano Premiere team.

12 minutes into the game, the score was 7-0.

20 minutes into the game, the referee stopped the game due the 'mercy rule'. The final score was 12-2.

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The results are not yet posted on the 3v3 Kick It site, so I was wondering if anybody can confirm this?

who cares?!?

In every 3v3 tournament my son has played in there have been games stopped prematurely due to reaching the 12 goal max. It's also very common for teams to play under different "fun names" for these tournaments.

Based on the team name, I wouldn't be surprised if a certain poster's son was on the team, but he's not a DTS player. However he's very talented and maybe was mistaken for a DTS player.

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Not sure if you meant to imply this in the post, but it was the Azurri team that won the game 12-2. It was the semi-finals and a great day for the tournament.

I also think there were about 2 DTS kids, some Dt Thornber kids and a FCD player or so on the SoccerToughness Team. In these tournaments, it is normal to just see who wants to play and put them in there as a group.

The Azzurri team was largely Solar Red players and an Azzuri player.

The Azzuri team went on to win the tournament in the finals against Leon FC, a feisty 03 group with some Odyssey 03 and FCD 03 dynamos.

I don't think you can take much from these things other than the kids had fun, played some games and competed.

interesting...wonder why Azzuri isn't in Classic league or competing in tournaments where they could play DTS under their proper name? Instead of trying to claim they beat them so bad the ref had to stop the game. That's laughable, not 1 D1 team came close during the fall season!
Also, DTS happened to be winning an 00 game at Arlington indoor early afternoon Saturday, don't think its possible to have their "top" players 2 places at the same time =( Nice try
And, last game Dts vs Solar Red (futsal) was DTS 14 - Solar 4, solar even with help from some of their top 01s

If a team gets to 12, the ref stops the game. Could be 12-0 or 12-11.

goscore! wrote:interesting...wonder why Azzuri isn't in Classic league or competing in tournaments where they could play DTS under their proper name? Instead of trying to claim they beat them so bad the ref had to stop the game. That's laughable, not 1 D1 team came close during the fall season!
Also, DTS happened to be winning an 00 game at Arlington indoor early afternoon Saturday, don't think its possible to have their "top" players 2 places at the same time =( Nice try
And, last game Dts vs Solar Red (futsal) was DTS 14 - Solar 4, solar even with help from some of their top 01s

I'm not sure how you jumped to this conclusion, but don't think there was an implication that DTS was a full squad of DTS players.. I think he said there were 2 players mixed with players from other teams. Oh well. Good luck.

I do not understand all the fuss about a 3 v 3 tournament. I suggest ya'll forget about the scores and who won tied or loss as soon as you leave the facility. 3 v 3 is truly about soccer development and nothing else. Let kids figure it out on their own and leave YOUR competitive spirit (and the coaches) at home. Enjoy and encourage.

Real Barcelona wrote:I do not understand all the fuss about a 3 v 3 tournament. I suggest ya'll forget about the scores and who won tied or loss as soon as you leave the facility. 3 v 3 is truly about soccer development and nothing else. Let kids figure it out on their own and leave YOUR competitive spirit (and the coaches) at home. Enjoy and encourage.

well said!

SDadX2 wrote:

goscore! wrote:interesting...wonder why Azzuri isn't in Classic league or competing in tournaments where they could play DTS under their proper name? Instead of trying to claim they beat them so bad the ref had to stop the game. That's laughable, not 1 D1 team came close during the fall season!
Also, DTS happened to be winning an 00 game at Arlington indoor early afternoon Saturday, don't think its possible to have their "top" players 2 places at the same time =( Nice try
And, last game Dts vs Solar Red (futsal) was DTS 14 - Solar 4, solar even with help from some of their top 01s

I'm not sure how you jumped to this conclusion, but don't think there was an implication that DTS was a full squad of DTS players.. I think he said there were 2 players mixed with players from other teams. Oh well. Good luck.

The OP stated there were 4-5 of DTS top players, that's what I was responding to...I should of quoted the OP to clarify

'Sprint' thank you for the confirmation. The Kick It 3v3 results are now posted, and they also confirm the Azzuri win. First let me say, congratulation to Azzuri. You have done something that few teams have been able to do.

When I was told four of the Soccertoughness players names, and I knew them to be long term DTS key players; I thought I knew the game results before the person finished telling me his story. DTS is a 11v11 powerhouse. 3v3 may be different, but since many of the DTS key players are part of the Futsal residency, they also know how to play small side games. With a roster of top talent DTS players, I expected a wipe out score. I was very surprised to hear that DTS was down 0-7 in 12 minutes, and given the 'mercy rule' at 20 minutes. A while later my surprise turned to disbelief. I thought the person may have been smoking too much pixie dust. So I had to ask for confirmation in this forum.

Now that the story is confirmed; here is the question that I really wanted to ask.

How did Azzuri beat DTS so handedly?

Was the referee calling fouls only one way? Or did Azzuri just outplay the DTS stars?

If Azzuri had an honest win, then please tell us how it was done so that we can all be a little more competitive with DTS.

It seems weird you are so concerned with this... 11v11 and 3v3 dont equate at all, and if you want the secret formula to beating DTS, its simple... get better players. They win because they have the most talent on the field (talent includes soccer iq in this case). That doesnt mean that every single player they have is better than everyone else. I've seen players that i thought were more talented in key areas, and obviously the results show that there are kids that are better in small sided games. It's easy to say that because the team always wins, they must be the best individual players in all aspects. However, that belief doesnt make sense.

proud_parent02 wrote:

How did Azzuri beat DTS so handedly?

Was the referee calling fouls only one way? Or did Azzuri just outplay the DTS stars?

If Azzuri had an honest win, then please tell us how it was done so that we can all be a little more competitive with DTS.

First, I don't think it matters. Second, it didn't look dishonest. The blue team jumped all over the black team and then the black team looked largely dispirited and forlorn and the score escalated. I don't know much of anything about the composition of the black team, nor the 02 age group at large. Either way....if that was "DTS", then I guess all you need to do is score the first 5 goals in 11v11 vs them and you will probably be in good shape.

Blue team more or less thumped BB's team also. I think we'll still take the field in outdoor in the Spring.

'Sprint' thank you for the confirmation. The Kick It 3v3 results are now posted, and they also confirm the Azzuri win. First let me say, congratulation to Azzuri. You have done something that few teams have been able to do.

When I was told four of the Soccertoughness players names, and I knew them to be long term DTS key players; I thought I knew the game results before the person finished telling me his story. DTS is a 11v11 powerhouse. 3v3 may be different, but since many of the DTS key players are part of the Futsal residency, they also know how to play small side games. With a roster of top talent DTS players, I expected a wipe out score. I was very surprised to hear that DTS was down 0-7 in 12 minutes, and given the 'mercy rule' at 20 minutes. A while later my surprise turned to disbelief. I thought the person may have been smoking too much pixie dust. So I had to ask for confirmation in this forum.

Now that the story is confirmed; here is the question that I really wanted to ask.

How did Azzuri beat DTS so handedly?

Was the referee calling fouls only one way? Or did Azzuri just outplay the DTS stars?

If Azzuri had an honest win, then please tell us how it was done so that we can all be a little more competitive with DTS.




You have some kind of mental issue...Why do you keep insisting that "soccertoughness" is/was DTS? Get over it. You are wrong. If 1 DTS player decided to join some friends for two 3v3 games, that doesn't equal "DTS" or even 4-5 of their "top players" as you so exaggeratedly stated. Repeating yourself only makes you look like a weird stalker, doesn't make it true.

Quit being passive aggressive and say what you really want to say. Is it that you think DTS isn't as good as everyone says (or their track record proves? maybe your bb is finally closing the gap?) or are you trying to say that some Plano Premiere team would come into classic league and whip up on every D1 team?
You keep referring SoccerToughness as DTS, but not Azzuri as Solar Red Crushers. You obviously spend way too much time focusing on the DTS boys maybe your bb would benefit from the same attention

proud_parent02 wrote:'Sprint' thank you for the confirmation. The Kick It 3v3 results are now posted, and they also confirm the Azzuri win. First let me say, congratulation to Azzuri. You have done something that few teams have been able to do.

When I was told four of the Soccertoughness players names, and I knew them to be long term DTS key players; I thought I knew the game results before the person finished telling me his story. DTS is a 11v11 powerhouse. 3v3 may be different, but since many of the DTS key players are part of the Futsal residency, they also know how to play small side games. With a roster of top talent DTS players, I expected a wipe out score. I was very surprised to hear that DTS was down 0-7 in 12 minutes, and given the 'mercy rule' at 20 minutes. A while later my surprise turned to disbelief. I thought the person may have been smoking too much pixie dust. So I had to ask for confirmation in this forum.

Now that the story is confirmed; here is the question that I really wanted to ask.

How did Azzuri beat DTS so handedly?

Was the referee calling fouls only one way? Or did Azzuri just outplay the DTS stars?

If Azzuri had an honest win, then please tell us how it was done so that we can all be a little more competitive with DTS.

Let's call it what it is & stop calling it DTS. It's a team with 2 DTS guest players. Not the same.

To make it clear, this was not an Azzurri team vs a DTS team. This was a few kids from Solar Red and an Azurri player against some kids from a group put together called soccertoughness, with maybe one or two kids that play on DTS. As I said before, these 3v3 teams are often thrown together at the last minute and whoever wants to play, plays.

The larger point being it doesn't mean anything and the kids were out there to have fun, compete, and learn to play. Kids at this age should not go into a 3v3 or any tournament worried that if they lose some parents will take it way to seriously and think it is more than it is. Talk about too much pressure. How about we make each kid tell us who wins at pick-up soccer in recess so we can come on here and talk about it?


My kid has played these kids in Futsal, 3v3 and Classic league and the competition is good they like playing each other. That is the most anyone should take from this. By the way, they are 11 and on any given day, a kids play could range from inspiring to "eh".

I thought our 9 yr olds play was pretty "eh" on Saturday. But BB already texted me to tell me that he won at recess today though, so I guess I will put his Xmas gifts back under the tree. I'm a loving father and believe in 2nd chances.

Number13 wrote:I thought our 9 yr olds play was pretty "eh" on Saturday. But BB already texted me to tell me that he won at recess today though, so I guess I will put his Xmas gifts back under the tree. I'm a loving father and believe in 2nd chances.

My littlest guy often boasts about playing 2 v 5 soccer at recess and his two always wins. All this time I gave it the "thats nice", but I should have been keeping track of the won/loss records. I guess I owe him some ribbons, trophies or medals of some sort. ( Caveat, I think the other teams had girls on them, so i need to look into these wins)

The girls are always tougher at those ages, give him an extra trophy!

proud_parent02 wrote:'Sprint' thank you for the confirmation. The Kick It 3v3 results are now posted, and they also confirm the Azzuri win. First let me say, congratulation to Azzuri. You have done something that few teams have been able to do.

When I was told four of the Soccertoughness players names, and I knew them to be long term DTS key players; I thought I knew the game results before the person finished telling me his story. DTS is a 11v11 powerhouse. 3v3 may be different, but since many of the DTS key players are part of the Futsal residency, they also know how to play small side games. With a roster of top talent DTS players, I expected a wipe out score. I was very surprised to hear that DTS was down 0-7 in 12 minutes, and given the 'mercy rule' at 20 minutes. A while later my surprise turned to disbelief. I thought the person may have been smoking too much pixie dust. So I had to ask for confirmation in this forum.

Now that the story is confirmed; here is the question that I really wanted to ask.

How did Azzuri beat DTS so handedly?

Was the referee calling fouls only one way? Or did Azzuri just outplay the DTS stars?

If Azzuri had an honest win, then please tell us how it was done so that we can all be a little more competitive with DTS.

So DTS is not allowed to lose a game?

Sprint wrote:\they are 11 and on any given day, a kids play could range from inspiring to "eh".

Did you watch my son play last Saturday? He went from inspiring to "eh" within an hour. I made him ride home tied to the hood of the car. One of these days, he will learn.

wow so im not alone

fairly new to the site, but have read a lot of the old threads. this is by far one of the dumbest threads i have seen. some of you need to get a life.

Man you guys are softies. I make mine run home and bump him with the fender if he goes too slow.

my2cents wrote:Man you guys are softies. I make mine run home and bump him with the fender if he goes too slow.

I have more compassion. Mine runs behind me, and I just drag him along when he starts slacking off.