As a parent of a kid who got beat by both True Blue and Rebels I don't understand all the trash talk. Both teams had a great tournament. Hats off to both. As an impartial observer whos kid wanted to stick around and watch the championship game seemed like Rebels coach did the right thing and had his players clog the front of the net. True Blue has great inside passing and looked like world beaters with this fancy passing against the other teams but Rebels did the right thing and kept the middle clogged which made it hard for their inside game. They got out to a fast start due to some sloppiness by True Blue in their zone and held on for the win. It was a nice comeback attempt by True Blue but ultimately it was too little to late. True Blues faceoff kid was great again which lead to True Blue having 60%+ off possession but Rebels goalie saved the day when needed. Looked to me like a case of True Blue having too easy a path to the final after dominating everyone including Turtles and it took them a while to adjust to a well coached team. By the time they did Rebels had the lead and True Blue couldn't come back for the win.
Not sure about who was there 1st day and who wasn't but both teams should be happy with their performance. It could be worse
