Champions Club Summer 2021 Final Attendance
Chris Sinagoga | Friday, September 3, 2021 at 1:56PM There have been rare instances over the course of history where I have been wrong. Such instances come so infrequently and unexpectedly that their magnitude is amplified disproportionate to their offense. For example I was wrong about Dillon Sharp and Bubs; they both turned out to be slightly-above average Champions Club members despite my initial predictions. Also Harry Potter; I always thought the books would be a waste of time to read, and now I read them about once a year.
I regret to inform you that I have, indeed, found another error in judgement buried in the depths of this website.
Other than the people who invented Zoom and facemasks, I can't think of too many more people who would be a little (privately) sad to see things returning to normal. I was spoiled in the sense that everything else in your lives were subtracted from you - some of it unnecessary and some of it not - and the only thing that stood in the way of you and a 12-hour bingewatching marathon was a trip to the Champions Club, or wherever the Champions Club was meeting on that particular day. Our Summer attendance was at a level we'll probably never see again [...]
Then our first weekend mobility session came through with 36 people...
...and now that does not read any better in September than it did in June. So let's get right to just how wrong I was. Here's our previous Summers for reference.
Summer 2021 Final Attendance
| Name | Days Attended | Days Counted | PERCENT |
| 1Jaylee | 67 | 70 | 96% |
| Loretta | 44 | 46 | 96% |
| Lulu | 66 | 70 | 94% |
| Mrs. Van | 65 | 70 | 93% |
| Luke | 62 | 67 | 93% |
| Josh Van | 64 | 70 | 91% |
| Mr. Gjon | 64 | 70 | 91% |
| Mr. Van | 63 | 70 | 90% |
| Cecilia | 51 | 58 | 88% |
| 10Anto | 60 | 70 | 86% |
| Bethany | 59 | 70 | 84% |
| Mrs. Colussi | 59 | 70 | 84% |
| Mrs. Burton | 58 | 70 | 83% |
| Erica S | 55 | 67 | 82% |
| Mr. Carey | 56 | 70 | 80% |
| Jessica | 43 | 54 | 80% |
| Katelyn | 52 | 66 | 79% |
| Wesley | 55 | 70 | 79% |
| Bewick | 54 | 70 | 77% |
| 20Kyron | 54 | 70 | 77% |
| Mr. Kuiper | 53 | 70 | 76% |
| Shakes | 52 | 70 | 74% |
| Moustaache | 51 | 70 | 73% |
| Mr. Slade | 51 | 70 | 73% |
| Mrs. Carey | 51 | 70 | 73% |
| Samantha | 50 | 70 | 71% |
| Schulz | 50 | 70 | 71% |
| Madelyn | 37 | 52 | 71% |
| Aaron | 49 | 70 | 70% |
| 30Dylan | 49 | 70 | 70% |
| Paris | 37 | 53 | 70% |
| Ashlyn | 43 | 62 | 69% |
| Priti | 47 | 70 | 67% |
| Mr. Malak | 45 | 70 | 64% |
| Owen | 45 | 70 | 64% |
| Crystal | 43 | 70 | 61% |
| Langston | 43 | 70 | 61% |
| Conamora | 38 | 63 | 60% |
| Kadence | 42 | 70 | 60% |
| 40Mrs. Hana | 42 | 70 | 60% |
| Perk | 42 | 70 | 60% |
| Dillon | 37 | 62 | 60% |
| Jenna | 41 | 70 | 59% |
| Tea | 41 | 70 | 59% |
| Karen | 32 | 55 | 58% |
| Arthur | 32 | 56 | 57% |
| Bubs | 40 | 70 | 57% |
| Coach Casey | 39 | 70 | 56% |
| JBack | 38 | 70 | 54% |
| 50Mrs. Nevarez | 38 | 70 | 54% |
| Lily | 37 | 70 | 53% |
| Sam C | 33 | 63 | 52% |
| Calan | 35 | 67 | 52% |
| William | 36 | 70 | 51% |
| Mr. Andrew | 34 | 67 | 51% |
| Mrs. Jayme | 34 | 67 | 51% |
| Erica | 35 | 70 | 50% |
| Makenna | 35 | 70 | 50% |
| Blake | 34 | 70 | 49% |
| 60Caleb | 34 | 70 | 49% |
| Isabella | 34 | 70 | 49% |
| Woorden | 33 | 68 | 49% |
| Madison | 33 | 70 | 47% |
| Mr. Bettys | 33 | 70 | 47% |
| Mr. Mark | 33 | 70 | 47% |
| Zander | 33 | 70 | 47% |
| Cam | 31 | 70 | 44% |
| Jay | 31 | 70 | 44% |
| Caitlin | 21 | 48 | 44% |
| 70Chase | 30 | 70 | 43% |
| Reese | 28 | 67 | 42% |
| Zach | 29 | 70 | 41% |
| Jack | 28 | 70 | 40% |
| Mr. Bennis | 28 | 70 | 40% |
| Mrs. Lanette | 28 | 70 | 40% |
| Schott | 27 | 70 | 39% |
| Sydney | 27 | 70 | 39% |
| Grace | 26 | 70 | 37% |
| Sara C | 23 | 63 | 37% |
| 80Emily | 15 | 43 | 35% |
| Gavin | 17 | 54 | 31% |
| Coach T | 22 | 70 | 31% |
| Allie | 19 | 63 | 30% |
| Sammy B | 21 | 70 | 30% |
| Koltin | 18 | 70 | 26% |
| Lang | 18 | 70 | 26% |
| Dickey | 9 | 70 | 13% |
Late Registration/Double-A/Babies
| Name | Days Attended | Days Possible | PERCENT |
| Evan | 8 | 8 | 100% |
| Carvin | 27 | 28 | 96% |
| Alejandro | 12 | 18 | 67% |
| Mr. Robinson | 3 | 7 | 43% |
| Mrs. Robinson | 3 | 7 | 43% |
| Mr. Krstich | 6 | 15 | 40% |
| Double-A | Days Attended | Days Possible | PERCENT |
| Dita | 10 | 10 | 100% |
| Ryan | 8 | 9 | 89% |
| Parker | 7 | 8 | 88% |
| Mallory | 8 | 10 | 80% |
| Ashley | 5 | 7 | 71% |
| Ender | 5 | 7 | 71% |
| Paul | 5 | 7 | 71% |
| Rob | 5 | 7 | 71% |
| Josh B | 7 | 10 | 70% |
| Kendall | 6 | 10 | 60% |
| Michael | 6 | 10 | 60% |
| Avery | 3 | 5 | 60% |
| Coltin | 3 | 5 | 60% |
| Luke | 3 | 5 | 60% |
| Zeena | 4 | 8 | 50% |
| Zoe | 3 | 10 | 30% |
| Brooklyn | 2 | 8 | 25% |
| Alannah | 2 | 10 | 20% |
| Babies | Days Attended | Days Possible | PERCENT |
| Baby Cameron | 8 | 10 | 80% |
| Baby Summer | 8 | 10 | 80% |
| Baby Melodi | 6 | 8 | 75% |
| Baby Cody | 6 | 9 | 67% |
| Baby Collin | 5 | 9 | 56% |
| Baby El | 5 | 10 | 50% |
| Baby Johnny J | 5 | 10 | 50% |
| Baby Hazel | 4 | 10 | 40% |
| Baby Lucas | 3 | 8 | 38% |
It is now time for Dean, the ghost of a 5-year old Iraqi boy summoned here by Amy Potter and now trapped in a bolded alter ego, to make a yearly appearance. Dean, kind sir, may you please come out for a bit?
Not now, college football is tomorrow!
Yes but you help me not have to resort to paragraph structure and lead sentences and such. The readers have had enough of my typos for a lifetime.
Are we doing Summer attendance again?
Yes!
Haven't you realized nobody really cares about this to the extent you do?
A long time ago. That is why I place arbitrary intentives on it.
Fine, fine. Anything noteworthy?
Yes, actually. First, Mr. Van was in the top 10, and also -
Welp. I'm leaving.
Ha ha. Good one. You aren't going anywhere...
...
... hello?
Dagnabbit. Okay well we'll just have to do without him. So anyway, before anything else I'd like to draw the attention to our top-10. 3 parents in there has never happened before, and Mrs. Van has the highest attendance percentage out of any parent in our history. We also have 3 college kids, 2 high schoolers, and 2 middle schoolers. And we haven't had an entire family in the top-10 since 2014 and 2015, when all 4 Banet girls did it in back-to-back years.
Also I think the locations are important: 5 from Lamphere, 2 from Troy, and 1 from Mott, with Luke and Cecilia the only ones from out in Uticaland. With all the soccer people we are getting from the edges of the map, I am really placing a high importance on making sure our local crowd remains a solid foundation. Also, 8 out of the 10 were 90%, which is the most we've ever had. Of the last 5 Summers, only Shakes and Fry would have had good enough attendance to be in 2021's top-10. Going forward I think we're going to have to alter the criteria for AOTS; if Cecilia missed two more days she would have been at 84% and out of the top-10, which is negligible in real-life, non arbitrary internet postings.
Now if you look further down the list you'll really see the absurdity of it. There are so many other cool things to take away from these numbers: 120 people in total, with a few extras added towards the end not counted in attendance, 6 days a week leaves you out of the top-10, 5 days a week gets you around 30th place, no parent finished under 40%, the Rookies combined to average 60%. And the compare-to looks even better:
10th place
2021 - 86% (Anto)
2014 - 85% (Ricky)
2015 - 82% (Lauren Higgins)
2020 - 81% (Conamora)
2013 - 79% (Meaghan Murley)
2019 - 76% (Bewick/Andre)
2018 - 67% (Jennifer/Mrs. Tara)
20th place
2021 - 77% (Bewick, Kyron)
2020 - 70% (Mrs. Tara)
2015 - 67% (Mrs. Carey)
2019 - 64% (Sajib)
2013 - 60% (Faust)
2014 - 58% (Sabal)
2018 - 55% (Mrs. Carey)
30th place
2021 - 70% (Aaron, Dylan, Paris)
2020 - 63% (Javier, Mr. Van, Mrs. Hana)
2015 - 57% (Hannah - Sabal's wife)
2019 - 51% (Erika/Jacob)
2013 - 51% (Alex Andreoli - my cousin)
2018 - 47% (Dylan Colussi/Emily Walker)
2014 - 42% (JZ)
40th place
2021 - 60% (Dillon, Conamora, and crew)
2020 - 56% (Coach Casey and crew)
2013 - 46% (Mama V and a bunch of others)
2015 - 47% (Mrs. Pip)
2019 - 47% (Joe/Makenna)
2018 - 40% (Murley/Conor)
2014 - 32% (Mr. Wonsil/Crystal)
50th place
2021 - 54% (Mrs. Nevarez/Josh Backos)
2020 - 46% (Abbi)
2019 - 41% (Mr. Carey)
2015 - 38% (Nick from DLS Soccer)
2013 - 37% (Jesse)
2018 - 29% (Maddy Wesner)
2014 - 21% (Tara Taylor)
and we're going to keep going because it's great!
60th place
2021 - 49% (Caleb Backos, Woorden, and crew)
70th place
2021 - 43% (Chase)
There are so many intangibles that goes into what makes a Summer great, and also makes it really unfair to compare one to another. But from a sheer numbers perspective this is clearly the best Summer we've ever seen, and by quite a long shot. And that also doesn't take into account the overflowing attendance on weekend sessions. I honestly can't fathom what 150 people... Champions Club people... would look like, or how that could be managed. We can take a few more Babies and Double-A kids, but otherwise we're just about full, y'all.
Speaking of being wrong...
Oi! I thought you left, Dean!
I never truly leave.
So what do you want now?
Time to share the only attendance thing the people actually care about.
You mean they don't care that our 70th place this year beats the 50th place for any other year except 2020?
No, they don't. What they want is Mel.
I know that, but we can't have him. He lives out in North Carolina. And we don't really want any Minnesota fans, either. They're weird.
Not that Mel... this Mel:
Oh... about that.
Yes.
Well, yes I suppose I might have been wrong there as well.
Indeed. Share with the people!
Fine then. Here's the Draft results.
4th place: Jenny From the Block (59.2%)
K(u)iper's postseason analysis. Mrs. Van would've finished first any other year. So I am not going to rescind one bit on my preseason prediction of her finishing first overall: great Rookie selection, best mid-round pick with Mr. Gjon, and picking Mrs. Burton over Mrs. Tara proved to be negligible. I don't know what else she could've done other than bribe Paris with Get Out Of Running Free cards to come in, but even then she was a solid 70%. While this may be a crushing blow to the loving mother, hopefully her Dream Team selection will overrule any arguments she may hear from fellow family members.
3rd Place: Jess-I-Can'traisemyarmsoverhead (62.0%)
K(u)iper's postseason analysis. Jessica's drafting remains a mystery even three months after it happened. How can someone nail the top picks so well (including the Wild Card with Evan) and overlook the fact that you have 5 people who live over 30 minutes away, 1 person who lives over 40 minutes away, and 1 who lives an hour away. As predicted, Jessica's early-round choices saved her from a bottom finish. Jaylee, Luke, Cecilia, and Evan all were no-brainers, and Mr. Carey even proved to surprise everyone by dropping an 80-spot. This would have been good enough most Summers.
Ol' Hitches-in-Short-Britches (63.3%)
K(u)iper's postseason analysis. Allow me to rant on here for a minute. If Owen Munk would have attended a mere 4 more days*, himself, his team would have been able to bask in the glow of an Attendance Championship. But instead of making sure he got to bed on weeknights before 3 am, Owen resorted to trade requests, badgering teammates already ahead of him, and good ol-fashioned cheating. Much like wearing a Paul Pierce jersey to the Olympics Workout, Owen's lack of attention to detail cost him in the end.
1st Place: Bruce Almighty (64.1%)
K(u)iper's postseason analysis. Credit needs to be given where credit is due: simply put, Mr. Van out-worked all the other team captains this Summer. He drafted based on projections, not favorites, he relentlessly hounded Schott, dragging him to a somewhat respectable 39%, threatened his own son with voilence and verbal beratement to get out of bed, and he, himself, had the 2nd best attendance out of all the captains. This was truly earned and as a reward he gets to sit back and grill for a bit!
*not quite the exact math there, but it makes for better writing
...........
The last of our Summer recap posts will be Everybody's All American, the AOTS mini-editoruial feature on Cecilia. Be on the lookout for that in a week or so, maybe more.
Did you thank Erica yet?
You're still here?
I never -
Yes, yes. I know. And no I haven't. Not gonne lie, I forgot until I was about to click Publish.
How could you forget about Erica?
I don't know! Rachael Kroll was the same way, just so quiet and low maintenance that they kinda fly under the radar.
So are you going to thank her?
Yes. Erica was the one who did all the attendance stuff for me this year. I wanted Coach Casey to focus on his knee recovery, so Erica took the lead, which means getting random texts on Sundays asking to check on a person, or meeting up during lunch hours to go over little exceptions that, quite frankly, aren't that important, or printing out the weekly team standings and taping them to the board, or having to rearrange those standings when Owen and Jessica made the trade. There are many important things in here that can't be measured - stuff like family bonding, injuries that don't happen, networking and connections, and mental improvements. But it is really helpful for me, and for you guys, to be able to have something concrete to point to when someone says, "how come you're seeing these results and I'm not?" Having attendance numbers takes care of most of that. Having to deal with me in addition to all the tedious work is an unfortunate side effect. Thank you Erica!
Reader Comments (1)
Thanks for being slightly above average