European junior team, not U.K. They BAR-B-Q'd the U.S. squad.Is that UK 11 v USA 0 ?
really? "0" not one win? did we even show up? I know nothing about this event, and if we put up a well played effort and went goose egg, so be it and better luck next year team, but ...
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I guess noone noticed here but Atlantic Challenge Cup aka Mosconi Cup junior edition just finished with Europe winning 11:0. I am playing just a messenger here and will not comment on this topic as according to certain posters my comments are derogatory when it comes to Europe vs USA comparison. Have a nice day
That is exactly the point which I had already mentioned before in the Mosconi cup thread where all the different reasons and problems were discussed. The results of the Atlantic cup where the young and raising stars participate from each continent show that future Europe teams should not become any weaker but only stronger with such guns like Gorst and Zielinski for example. This Atlantic cup was the fourth event and if I remember correctly more or less competitive with some opposition it was only the first event back in 2015 but from year to year the results got worse for youth USA team and 0:11 score is very sad and should make thinking about it because if the things go the same way...Should I continue? Or is it so that the raising talents in USA grow in some shadow and are not so interested to participate in this event?
... Team Europe at the Mosconi will have Kaci and Gorst, who I believe are both under 20, have already won Eurotour titles, and are certainly counted among the world's most elite players. ...
Kaçi -- yes. Gorst -- not on this year's team.
Then USA were out played, believe one match went hill hill.
Correction there were 3 matches that went Hill-Hill
Team USA Played Hard and with a Lot of Pride and Heart.
But we don't have anything like the Euro Tour in the US. Where as most of the players on Team Europe has played Euro events and finished well. The US doesn't sponsor their players like other countries do. But the Young People from the US played well. I watched as Joey Tate (13 year old) asked to be put in. He played hard and to the final match to Hill-Hill. Great young man with lots of heart.
I wish more people would support our juniors instead of just *****ing.
Ricky Bryant
Did Shane, skyler, Thorpe, Bergman, or any of the top Americans ever play in this competition when they were teens? In other words, are the organized amateur ranks known for producing America's top talent?
The Atlantic Cup is only a few years old.
Yes, this was the 4th such event, as said above by Mr. Vaskovskyi.
Edit :
2015 -- 11-9
2016 -- 11-3
2017 -- 11-2
2018 -- 11-0
All wins by Team Europe
I don’t know of a decent junior program since the BCA faded.
The BCA handed out scholarships for the top finishers in those junior tournaments....
...they did some good back then...but they got more criticism than support.