DD2 is playing club soccer this year. Every year there’s a huge tournament in a nearby state over Columbus Day weekend. This year, it’s been moved to another nearby state because the usual location canceled all tournaments.
So we are scheduled for Sat-Sun in twinmomma’s state (so I’d be interested in your opinion for sure), about 80 mins away. Then they changed the location, so it’s now 1h40min away. I do not feel comfortable getting a hotel room. This tournament is big, it will be crowded anywhere nearby.
Then they tacked on a Monday game. Then they took off the Monday game.
I’m very nervous. My kids are in school full time. A positive COVID test will seriously disrupt that. At the same time, DD2 will be devastated if we don’t go.
Would you go? Maybe even one day? I don’t know what to do...
Post by mommyatty on Sept 25, 2020 15:10:55 GMT -5
Oh hell no. I def would not drive almost 2 hours, be in a position where we were using portapotties in the middle of a pandemic, and mill about with large groups of strangers.
Post by twinmomma on Sept 25, 2020 15:26:06 GMT -5
I wouldn't go. The case counts are lower further north, but the anti-mask, this is all a hoax mentality gets a lot stronger. I would have zero faith in safety precautions. At beau's son's soccer game here last weekend kids didn't wear masks and not all parents did either. It was crazy. Plus, sounds like you may be heading into college campus territory and I'd be avoiding that too.
Post by sandandsea on Sept 25, 2020 19:36:35 GMT -5
I think soccer tournaments could be done with social distancing. Of course, it will be inconvenient and potentially awkward but I don’t think it has to be a hard no. We’ve been to hotels and they’re different and have lots of distancing and safety guidelines. We’ve even used a portapotty. We wear masks, keep distances, don’t mingle with others indoors, and lots of washing hands and sanitizer. You could also quarantine afterwards to be able to go.
I’m at the point now where I can’t live quarantined forever so it’s about being smart when we do go out and avoiding things that aren’t worth it to be able to do things that are and finding a balance you can live with.
I would not. We decided against soccer this year for this reason. If you want kids in school, you have to be willing to sacrifice the other things, unfortunately.
Last Edit: Sept 25, 2020 20:28:47 GMT -5 by erbear
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I will say my co-worker decided not to go to a similar tournament. It was to another state where things are more open whereas our state is more closed down for sports. So bottom line I would say it’s not high on my list of priorities. I don’t think she regrets the decision.
We aren’t in any travel leagues or even play games at this point for my kids teams. They only practice and do inter squad “games” (same team).
Post by sandandsea on Sept 25, 2020 21:09:59 GMT -5
We have zero chance of going back to school this calendar year and it’s highly unlikely this school year so I’m not holding off on everything else for that at this point. We’ve been ordering groceries and everything online and avoiding the grocery store, mall, target, etc. but I may consider a soccer tournament. For some reason outdoors and being able to avoid people seems key to me.
Of course we can’t do same team scrimmages or games here so tournaments arent an option.
I think as events go, an outdoor soccer tournament is relatively low risk. Personally, if I were going to take some (I believe, minimal) risk to stay in a hotel and likely eat food out and that sort of thing, I’d rather do it for a trip to see family or friends vs a kid soccer tournament. But if soccer were really important to my kid, I’d consider it.