Not sure if this is the right board, but Brother Martin had a brutal loss

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I would guess most would say getting mercy ruled

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I'd rather get mercy ruled than to lose because of an own goal.

Every time my team lost in the playoffs, it was by 6 or 7. There's not a lot of "what ifs" to be asked. You just know you were beaten and can move on.

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I'd rather get mercy ruled than to lose because of an own goal.

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This x1000. I would rather know that the team was physically better than us then to think of what ifs. Own goals are extra brutal, looking at you Omar Gonzalez.

calallen gfy

My bad. I trusted my autocorrect and it let me down. Regardless, looking at VC’s schedule, they look like a team that could have competed in any bracket. I’m looking forward to the semifinal game. There are some good matchups. I’m going to try to attend the St. Paul vs. Dutchtown game. Dutchtown is supposed to have the best player in the state and St. Paul is supposed to have the best team in the state (at least that is what I’ve been told). Should make for a good match.

As far as the which is situation would be worse question. I would agree with the own goal being the worst way to lose, but I talked to a kid who is a pretty good keeper and is going to college next year on a scholarship. He said getting mercy ruled would be worse because if the embarrassment of losing that badly in the playoffs. He said more than likely the team quit and that was worse than competing and losing in a close game. He is a keeper, so the thought of giving up 8 goals probably stings worse for him.

Also, for future reference, is this the right board to talk about high school soccer/playoffs or is it mainly for professional soccer discussion and this thread was better suited on the MSB? I was kind of surprised that there wasn’t more discussion about the games (maybe I missed it) on the forum.

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is this the right board to talk about high school soccer/playoffs

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Feel free.

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Regardless, looking at VC’s schedule, they look like a team that could have competed in any bracket.

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That’s been VC’s m.o. for over a decade. Normally good enough to compete with D1 teams but play in the easiest division (at least when I played this was the case). We won state by 8 goals my junior year lol.

Most HS teams would lose to a good U16/17 club team, yes.

But probably not St. Paul’s. That program is ridiculous since Coach Moser got the train rolling. Their Varsity team is basically all upperclassmen from the Mandeville and Covington clubs. They’re so deep that their underclassmen alone could probably win state in the other three divisions outside of D-I.

They’ve basically taken the dynasty spot Jesuit used to have. Very likely they’ll win their 6th title in 7 years next week, and it took a miracle goal for them to lose the final to Jesuit in 2018.

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I’m not sure which is the worse way

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Our HS team, up 1-0, into injury time in Quarters, and the goalie tells the Defender to blast it up field, kill time only seconds remain, instead, he back passes it with pace, and nutmegs the goalie, causing them to eventually go into PK's, which they lost.

May have changed (become more pronounced) in the now relatively large time I’ve been out of high school: for MSC, St. Paul’s had greatest representation, but the Mandeville and other Northshore schools made up a decent amount of the team. Didn’t usually work out to where the best few from each MSC team played for St. Paul’s, but they definitely had a team full of competent (or better) club (MSC) players. Southshore teams were a little more concentrated with the extreme being Jesuit and Lakeview (RIP, absorbed into LA Fire). That has actually probably changed, and there were always exceptions.

Do the different Classes all have their own state championships like they do here in MS? Here it’s 1A/2A/3A, 4A, 5A, and 6A brackets with a north vs south finals.

I wish they’d do a 4A/5A/6A bracket instead of them being separate. My son’s school just won their 10th 4A title. There’s no incentive to focus on bettering the program. They lost 0-1 to a 5A finalist and 1-5 to the 6A state champs when they played during the regular season...but that’s without incentive. No reason you couldn’t do better.

I’m probably in the minority thinking this way, but a private school (especially one that’s 7-12th) should be able to develop and recruit players better than the 5A and 6A schools who just have numbers and a likely better paid staff.