Yes, all teams are automatically put into the LI Cup. It is up to the team to to request a withdrawal, and the window to withdraw is very small. The LI Cup seems to me to be just another league game in a different dress. If I were a coach I would not have my team play this event, but rather look to play something meaningful if I wanted to play extra games.

It can be as many as 4 or 5 extra games, all for $100, against teams you should be competitive against. What meaningful games would you rather play the 3 in bad weather for $700 like the MSC tourney ?

Without question the MSC. What makes you think the weather is so wonderful for the first two rounds of the LI Cup? I also highly disagree with your definition of 'competitive' between the two events. As I said, the LI Cup is just another league game in a different dress.

I really can not believe someone would write about themselves saying they saved a team and turned them around. These are 10 year old kids playing soccer and trying to have fun. I really thought bayport was a top team??

Well IF that is true our Club is nice and pick's up the tab which I doubt. None of my teams have ever paid for LI/Waldbaum's Cup. Sounds like someone is pocketing some cash

Must be included in your registration but you're paying one way or the other.

$375 to register a team this age for league play and $100 for LI Cup. Some clubs pay for those fees out of the player regsitration feees collected, others bill individual teams.

With all due respect to Mr. Miller and BOTN, but there are about 130 teams in this age bracket in LIJ. About 110 of them, would not be remotely competitive in the MSC tournament. So why is that the better choice? Yeah, you are very likely to draw a team in the LI Cup that's also in your division in the regular season. But what I like about it is that like the NFL, nearly every team goes into the tourney thinking they have a shot at winning, or at least being competitive. Don't think the MSC tourney is even trying to cater to D5 teams.

So, you are saying that there are no competitive teams out of the 130 in lij?

You are saying that playing another league game is better?

I don't blame you for positing anonymously.

larry - In your experience, would there be any reason to redo a draw? BU12 was published, then taken down and republished with completely different match-ups and different teams with 1st round byes.