[EricH]

Originally Posted by Andrew Schreiber

But if UMD can run 12 matches for 40 teams in a single day I don't have a ton of understanding why your guys can't run more than 8 matches. Work volunteers in shifts to lighten the load.

Andrew, the part you're not getting is that this is a 60-team event, PER EVENT, for 120 teams total (on two fields). And if it wasn't that many, there'd be a bunch of annoyed MN teams.

Understand this: the key part to getting more matches is smaller events. I'd suspect that some folks might consider a 50-team event optimal (10 matches/team, and time to fix issues), but 40 gives more plays. If you want more matches, the easy way to do that is to go to a smaller regional, or a district system.