Washington Spirit

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Anonymous wrote:Haters gonna hate

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You are all such hateful jealous adults. I'm sorry you're kid isn't good enough to make a professional team or USWNT of any age group. If you don't know the teen professional players stfu. They are human beings that you know absolutely nothing about her or her family. I can assure you Chloe is completely fine and happy. Stop reaching so hard and focus on your own child and come to terms with them never being her or any other younger professional player instead of hating on other players.

This has nothing to do with being a hater. I hope she is fine and happy. Simply having an opinion on a chat forum.

Someone posted earlier Chloe Ricketts being on the Spirit is the same thing as Freddy Adu on DC United...whatever happened to Fred Adu?

He is still in the area doing private training. My son's team trained with him a few years ago.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Fuller is a star. She is the future of the national team and I think will be a starter in Nwsl for a long time. I do not think she looks confused.

While I think most girls or almost all girls should go to college —- not for development but because there is no future in women’s soccer—- Fuller is not one of them. She is the real deal.

I don't see it, but you might be right. It will be fun to watch in play out. I hope she does well contrary to the hater comments.

In any event she got giant deals from Nike and Gatorade.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Fuller is a star. She is the future of the national team and I think will be a starter in Nwsl for a long time. I do not think she looks confused.

While I think most girls or almost all girls should go to college —- not for development but because there is no future in women’s soccer—- Fuller is not one of them. She is the real deal.

I don't see it, but you might be right. It will be fun to watch in play out. I hope she does well contrary to the hater comments.

In any event she got giant deals from Nike and Gatorade.

How big $$ do you think those deals are?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Fuller is a star. She is the future of the national team and I think will be a starter in Nwsl for a long time. I do not think she looks confused.

While I think most girls or almost all girls should go to college —- not for development but because there is no future in women’s soccer—- Fuller is not one of them. She is the real deal.

I don't see it, but you might be right. It will be fun to watch in play out. I hope she does well contrary to the hater comments.

In any event she got giant deals from Nike and Gatorade.

How big $$ do you think those deals are?

Does big money = happiness? Not always.

[Anonymous]

Isn't the whole narrative college is better because you can have a professioanl career to make "big money". Figure out what you are actually saying first champ.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Isn't the whole narrative college is better because you can have a professioanl career to make "big money". Figure out what you are actually saying first champ.

LOL. What is that supposed to mean? College isn't better for everybody, my point was that if a kid wants to chase the dreams of being a pro, let her. That is HER happiness, we're all sitting here assuming that there needs to be big money attached for it to make sense. Sometimes people are perfectly okay chasing their dream and making enough to get to the next day.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Isn't the whole narrative college is better because you can have a professioanl career to make "big money". Figure out what you are actually saying first champ.

LOL. What is that supposed to mean? College isn't better for everybody, my point was that if a kid wants to chase the dreams of being a pro, let her. That is HER happiness, we're all sitting here assuming that there needs to be big money attached for it to make sense. Sometimes people are perfectly okay chasing their dream and making enough to get to the next day.

This.

People pushing college aren't all in, which is fine; but don't make it sound like that's the best and only path worth taking.

[Anonymous]

The Santos rumor was confirmed as true today. I'm excited for the Spirit and their new blood.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Isn't the whole narrative college is better because you can have a professioanl career to make "big money". Figure out what you are actually saying first champ.

LOL. What is that supposed to mean? College isn't better for everybody, my point was that if a kid wants to chase the dreams of being a pro, let her. That is HER happiness, we're all sitting here assuming that there needs to be big money attached for it to make sense. Sometimes people are perfectly okay chasing their dream and making enough to get to the next day.

If your child was national team camp, sure. Otherwise no. You have to remember that a lot of elite girls soccer is UMC not even middle class. Probably more higher than UMC than middle class. This applies to most of the elite teams around here. No parents are not going to let someone chase their dream of pro soccer over college unless they are Kennedy Fuller level. Even then it is unlikely. Women’s pro soccer is not a career. Sorry but true.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Fuller is a star. She is the future of the national team and I think will be a starter in Nwsl for a long time. I do not think she looks confused.

While I think most girls or almost all girls should go to college —- not for development but because there is no future in women’s soccer—- Fuller is not one of them. She is the real deal.

I don't see it, but you might be right. It will be fun to watch in play out. I hope she does well contrary to the hater comments.

In any event she got giant deals from Nike and Gatorade.

How big $$ do you think those deals are?

Does big money = happiness? Not always.

No but it mostly does.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Isn't the whole narrative college is better because you can have a professioanl career to make "big money". Figure out what you are actually saying first champ.

LOL. What is that supposed to mean? College isn't better for everybody, my point was that if a kid wants to chase the dreams of being a pro, let her. That is HER happiness, we're all sitting here assuming that there needs to be big money attached for it to make sense. Sometimes people are perfectly okay chasing their dream and making enough to get to the next day.

If your child was national team camp, sure. Otherwise no. You have to remember that a lot of elite girls soccer is UMC not even middle class. Probably more higher than UMC than middle class. This applies to most of the elite teams around here. No parents are not going to let someone chase their dream of pro soccer over college unless they are Kennedy Fuller level. Even then it is unlikely. Women’s pro soccer is not a career. Sorry but true.

But it is a career. Teachers make little more or less is that not a career. You're a donkey

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Isn't the whole narrative college is better because you can have a professioanl career to make "big money". Figure out what you are actually saying first champ.

LOL. What is that supposed to mean? College isn't better for everybody, my point was that if a kid wants to chase the dreams of being a pro, let her. That is HER happiness, we're all sitting here assuming that there needs to be big money attached for it to make sense. Sometimes people are perfectly okay chasing their dream and making enough to get to the next day.

If your child was national team camp, sure. Otherwise no. You have to remember that a lot of elite girls soccer is UMC not even middle class. Probably more higher than UMC than middle class. This applies to most of the elite teams around here. No parents are not going to let someone chase their dream of pro soccer over college unless they are Kennedy Fuller level. Even then it is unlikely. Women’s pro soccer is not a career. Sorry but true.

But it is a career. Teachers make little more or less is that not a career. You're a donkey

Teacher, yes it is -- one that they do until they retire. Not the 2.7 years the average player spends in the NWSL. Pro femal soccer player -- no not a career.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Isn't the whole narrative college is better because you can have a professioanl career to make "big money". Figure out what you are actually saying first champ.

LOL. What is that supposed to mean? College isn't better for everybody, my point was that if a kid wants to chase the dreams of being a pro, let her. That is HER happiness, we're all sitting here assuming that there needs to be big money attached for it to make sense. Sometimes people are perfectly okay chasing their dream and making enough to get to the next day.

If your child was national team camp, sure. Otherwise no. You have to remember that a lot of elite girls soccer is UMC not even middle class. Probably more higher than UMC than middle class. This applies to most of the elite teams around here. No parents are not going to let someone chase their dream of pro soccer over college unless they are Kennedy Fuller level. Even then it is unlikely. Women’s pro soccer is not a career. Sorry but true.

But it is a career. Teachers make little more or less is that not a career. You're a donkey

Teacher, yes it is -- one that they do until they retire. Not the 2.7 years the average player spends in the NWSL. Pro femal soccer player -- no not a career.

+1
And teachers who retire after a full career receive a pension so $$$ until the day they day.
NWSL players, not so much

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Isn't the whole narrative college is better because you can have a professioanl career to make "big money". Figure out what you are actually saying first champ.

LOL. What is that supposed to mean? College isn't better for everybody, my point was that if a kid wants to chase the dreams of being a pro, let her. That is HER happiness, we're all sitting here assuming that there needs to be big money attached for it to make sense. Sometimes people are perfectly okay chasing their dream and making enough to get to the next day.

If your child was national team camp, sure. Otherwise no. You have to remember that a lot of elite girls soccer is UMC not even middle class. Probably more higher than UMC than middle class. This applies to most of the elite teams around here. No parents are not going to let someone chase their dream of pro soccer over college unless they are Kennedy Fuller level. Even then it is unlikely. Women’s pro soccer is not a career. Sorry but true.

It is a career, but it is such a long shot that it's ridiculous to push it as a viable option at an early age. The NBA is a career, but focusing on NBA to the exclusion of college at a young age is rightly viewed by most people as idiotic. The same goes for every sport.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Isn't the whole narrative college is better because you can have a professioanl career to make "big money". Figure out what you are actually saying first champ.

LOL. What is that supposed to mean? College isn't better for everybody, my point was that if a kid wants to chase the dreams of being a pro, let her. That is HER happiness, we're all sitting here assuming that there needs to be big money attached for it to make sense. Sometimes people are perfectly okay chasing their dream and making enough to get to the next day.

15 year olds in the NWSL is just an irresponsible decision even if the kid is a phenom. the league does not have the proper infrastructure and support to have that work out at a decent percentage. Maybe a few more years down the line when the league is stable. 18 would have been a good place to start and go from there after some results.