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Anybody watch any of the ICC Futures games?

My daughter would have thought she was in heaven if we could have found a team in this area that played like that Barcelona team.

The original post asked about teams in this area that play like the Barcelona team in the ICC tournament. It is a fact that Barca NoVa does teach the same methodology because they are literally teaching from the same book.

That doesn’t mean Barca teams will win more games, or that their methodology is the best, or their talent is good. But in answer to the original poster’s question, there is an area team that plays the exact game as the Barcelona team in ICC. To the OP, if you were serious I’d suggest checking out for yourself some of the more developed in the Barca style (2004 girls, 2001 boys) and make your own conclusion.

Please stop. It was Barcelona from Spain, where they selected the best girls from the country and train them in a professional club environment for free. Barca NV is a pay to play program, where parents pay a lot of money for training, and the quality of players is inconsistent. I like many things about Barca NV, but it is a very different animal from the academy that won the U14 group at ICC.

Nobody said they were but the general training methods are the same.

And so does the official US soccer curriculum, so what’s your point. At the end of the day Barca Academy NOVA/Sporting Global is simply another club trying to make money.

http://resources.ussoccer.com/n7v8b8j3/cds/downloads/Part%201%20-%20Style%20and%20Principles%20of%20Play%20U.S.%20Soccer%20Coaching%20Curriculum.pdf

This is what US Soccer stresses for member clubs to teach to their members.

Style Of Play: General
The key elements for coaches and players that define the style of play

Match
Offensive Style
All teams will be encouraged to display an offensive style of play based on keeping possession and quick movement of the ball.

Quick Transitions and Finishing
Speed of play, avoiding over-dribbling, looking for an organized and quick movement of the ball and finishing will be encouraged in all age groups.

Position Specific
A team must be organized defensively, keeping their specific positions in the formation. However, players will look for spaces and movements to support forward when attacking by moving away from their origi- nal positions.



Seems they share value in possession and quick ball play, with less emphasis on dribbling. Glad you agree with US Soccer!

The difference is in actually implementing the curriculum. Barca does that. They might actually have more success if they coached to win versus coaching to play the style taught.

Nah, they wouldn’t. The talent isn’t there outside a few. It isn’t la Masia, just a shrewd business run by Sporting Global. Hats off to the marketing though

You keep acting like talent is the only thing that determines whether or not a player should or can learn a particular style. The Barca teams compete at their level of talent. The Barca Academy teams are trained with many of the same principles as was displayed in the PDA game. That does not mean that a Barca Academy team can execute those tactics against a strong team like PDA with any success. No, unequivocally no but that is not the point. They are trained with the same methodology and CAN execute similar ball movement against their own level of competition.

Kids are who they are talent wise but that doesn't mean they have to be trained poorly because they are not "elite". You can still be a NCSL level team and be trained to play a particular style and execute that style to your best ability at the level of competition you are playing. Playing a nice attractive style of soccer does not need to be limited to elite teams or players. And the sad thing is, that these "lower quality, non-elite" players can actually pick it up and execute the style means that it is not some higher form of calculus.

The Barca style is almost a national brand for Spain and kids all over Spain know how to play that way and many have never set foot on La Masia. Barca isn't isn't doing any vodooo at Evergreen. They are just teaching kids a more disciplined methodical way of moving the ball around.

And you keep acting as though this was some generic Spanish recreational level club that came here and beat a PDA team instead of a handpicked set of top level Spanish kids who have been trained for free by one of the largest soccer academies in the world. US girls teams routinely go over to Europe and bea European teams at the appropriate level. This wasn't the equivalent US national team at the age group, it was a NJ club team who, no matter how they do against FCV, does not represent the best talent, tactics, and coaching in the NE US, much less the nation.

This was not the Spanish National team. They do not train any more a week than does PDA.

LOL. if you believe that Barcelona came over with some random 14 year olds and not those they identified as the best they could find in Spain (and beyond) then I have a bridge in Brooklyn for sale. Hit me up!

I wasn't aware that Barcelona was the ONLY club in Spain.

Now you’re just being silly. It shouldn’t be a surprise that Barcelona would have this pull seeing as they are now making the women’s side a priority. How many other Spanish clubs are doing the same?? Not many

Try all the clubs in La Liga. You do realize that the Barca pro women's team plays in Women's La Liga right?

They are all not as invested as Barca on the women's side....sorry.

There are 16 Women's La Liga teams in Spain. NWSL has 9. Yes, Spain is dedicated to the women's game. Stop with your ignorant fiction.

PDA got their ass beat in every facet of the game. Bury your head in the sand if you don't see the train that is coming.

Ignorant fiction? Who owns the La Liga women’s table with a 50-4 goal differential. That would be Barcelona. I’ll bet the US has far more youth soccer clubs than Spain, does that make us better at soccer overall as a nation—NO.

I could care less about PDA losing, it’s not apples against apples and the more you argue it, the sillier you look.

What is an apples to apples comparison then?

The U15 PDA team is the number one ranked team in the US based on Youth Soccer Rankings. They are the best club team, or at least the best representation of our best club teams.

Not to mention, 3 of PDAs 05 Midfielders were part of the 60 players called in to the YNT training camp in October.

Don't waste your time. It will take losses to Spain (and other countries) at the senior team level. That won't happen quite yet, as both sides are still represented by teams that are the product of soccer 5-10 years ago. It's already happening at the youth level, so the time is coming. As the youth teams graduate into the senior teams, that's when people will see. It will be too late by then, but it will be undeniable.

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So. If I had to do it all over, I’d likely have my kid play Barca at the pee wee to early middle school ages then switch over to more established competitive DA/ECNL club. Provide a solid fundamental base before going to clubs with more visibility, competitive leagues, and athletes. My kid does well (ECNL) but did miss out on some early 3rd party coaching (i.e no parent dynamics) of proper techniques, spacing and ball movement that would be second nature if ingrained by coaches early on. She’s catching up and still does great but could be closer to her potential I think if the better base had been established.

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Anonymous wrote:So. If I had to do it all over, I’d likely have my kid play Barca at the pee wee to early middle school ages then switch over to more established competitive DA/ECNL club. Provide a solid fundamental base before going to clubs with more visibility, competitive leagues, and athletes. My kid does well (ECNL) but did miss out on some early 3rd party coaching (i.e no parent dynamics) of proper techniques, spacing and ball movement that would be second nature if ingrained by coaches early on. She’s catching up and still does great but could be closer to her potential I think if the better base had been established.

Probably one of the most honest and sensible admissions in this entire thread.

Good post.

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Anybody watch any of the ICC Futures games?

My daughter would have thought she was in heaven if we could have found a team in this area that played like that Barcelona team.

The original post asked about teams in this area that play like the Barcelona team in the ICC tournament. It is a fact that Barca NoVa does teach the same methodology because they are literally teaching from the same book.

That doesn’t mean Barca teams will win more games, or that their methodology is the best, or their talent is good. But in answer to the original poster’s question, there is an area team that plays the exact game as the Barcelona team in ICC. To the OP, if you were serious I’d suggest checking out for yourself some of the more developed in the Barca style (2004 girls, 2001 boys) and make your own conclusion.

Please stop. It was Barcelona from Spain, where they selected the best girls from the country and train them in a professional club environment for free. Barca NV is a pay to play program, where parents pay a lot of money for training, and the quality of players is inconsistent. I like many things about Barca NV, but it is a very different animal from the academy that won the U14 group at ICC.

Nobody said they were but the general training methods are the same.

And so does the official US soccer curriculum, so what’s your point. At the end of the day Barca Academy NOVA/Sporting Global is simply another club trying to make money.

http://resources.ussoccer.com/n7v8b8j3/cds/downloads/Part%201%20-%20Style%20and%20Principles%20of%20Play%20U.S.%20Soccer%20Coaching%20Curriculum.pdf

This is what US Soccer stresses for member clubs to teach to their members.

Style Of Play: General
The key elements for coaches and players that define the style of play

Match
Offensive Style
All teams will be encouraged to display an offensive style of play based on keeping possession and quick movement of the ball.

Quick Transitions and Finishing
Speed of play, avoiding over-dribbling, looking for an organized and quick movement of the ball and finishing will be encouraged in all age groups.

Position Specific
A team must be organized defensively, keeping their specific positions in the formation. However, players will look for spaces and movements to support forward when attacking by moving away from their origi- nal positions.



Seems they share value in possession and quick ball play, with less emphasis on dribbling. Glad you agree with US Soccer!

The difference is in actually implementing the curriculum. Barca does that. They might actually have more success if they coached to win versus coaching to play the style taught.

Nah, they wouldn’t. The talent isn’t there outside a few. It isn’t la Masia, just a shrewd business run by Sporting Global. Hats off to the marketing though

You keep acting like talent is the only thing that determines whether or not a player should or can learn a particular style. The Barca teams compete at their level of talent. The Barca Academy teams are trained with many of the same principles as was displayed in the PDA game. That does not mean that a Barca Academy team can execute those tactics against a strong team like PDA with any success. No, unequivocally no but that is not the point. They are trained with the same methodology and CAN execute similar ball movement against their own level of competition.

Kids are who they are talent wise but that doesn't mean they have to be trained poorly because they are not "elite". You can still be a NCSL level team and be trained to play a particular style and execute that style to your best ability at the level of competition you are playing. Playing a nice attractive style of soccer does not need to be limited to elite teams or players. And the sad thing is, that these "lower quality, non-elite" players can actually pick it up and execute the style means that it is not some higher form of calculus.

The Barca style is almost a national brand for Spain and kids all over Spain know how to play that way and many have never set foot on La Masia. Barca isn't isn't doing any vodooo at Evergreen. They are just teaching kids a more disciplined methodical way of moving the ball around.

And you keep acting as though this was some generic Spanish recreational level club that came here and beat a PDA team instead of a handpicked set of top level Spanish kids who have been trained for free by one of the largest soccer academies in the world. US girls teams routinely go over to Europe and bea European teams at the appropriate level. This wasn't the equivalent US national team at the age group, it was a NJ club team who, no matter how they do against FCV, does not represent the best talent, tactics, and coaching in the NE US, much less the nation.

This was not the Spanish National team. They do not train any more a week than does PDA.

LOL. if you believe that Barcelona came over with some random 14 year olds and not those they identified as the best they could find in Spain (and beyond) then I have a bridge in Brooklyn for sale. Hit me up!

I wasn't aware that Barcelona was the ONLY club in Spain.

Now you’re just being silly. It shouldn’t be a surprise that Barcelona would have this pull seeing as they are now making the women’s side a priority. How many other Spanish clubs are doing the same?? Not many

Try all the clubs in La Liga. You do realize that the Barca pro women's team plays in Women's La Liga right?

They are all not as invested as Barca on the women's side....sorry.

There are 16 Women's La Liga teams in Spain. NWSL has 9. Yes, Spain is dedicated to the women's game. Stop with your ignorant fiction.

PDA got their ass beat in every facet of the game. Bury your head in the sand if you don't see the train that is coming.

Ignorant fiction? Who owns the La Liga women’s table with a 50-4 goal differential. That would be Barcelona. I’ll bet the US has far more youth soccer clubs than Spain, does that make us better at soccer overall as a nation—NO.

I could care less about PDA losing, it’s not apples against apples and the more you argue it, the sillier you look.

What is an apples to apples comparison then?

The U15 PDA team is the number one ranked team in the US based on Youth Soccer Rankings. They are the best club team, or at least the best representation of our best club teams.

Not to mention, 3 of PDAs 05 Midfielders were part of the 60 players called in to the YNT training camp in October.

Which part of international soccer club team vs local New Jersey club don't you understand? When PDA starts recruiting and landing the best players in the country (ignoring all the money and institutional knowledge FCB has to work with in running a very successful international pro men's side) come back so we can start the discussion.

It's pretty obvious to those of us who aren't wearing the blue and garnet blinders.

I asked for what would be an apples to apples comparison in your eyes.

If Barca dragged our U15 national team would that convince you? Or would you say “not apples because the Barca team trains together constantly.”?

Is there another goal post you would like to move? Barca kicked the ass of one our nations best teams from one of our most respected youth clubs. Ask any youth soccer coach, high level player or players parent to name five top clubs in the country and PDA will ALWAYS be in that list. And frankly, if it wasn’t as apples to apples as you can get, then why did PDA apply, get accepted and play PDA in the FINALS of the same tournament? If it wasn’t “apples to apples” then why the hell was PDA doing there in the first place?

They went, THEY MADE THE FINALS and they got humiliated.

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Anonymous wrote:So. If I had to do it all over, I’d likely have my kid play Barca at the pee wee to early middle school ages then switch over to more established competitive DA/ECNL club. Provide a solid fundamental base before going to clubs with more visibility, competitive leagues, and athletes. My kid does well (ECNL) but did miss out on some early 3rd party coaching (i.e no parent dynamics) of proper techniques, spacing and ball movement that would be second nature if ingrained by coaches early on. She’s catching up and still does great but could be closer to her potential I think if the better base had been established.

Yes. Barca Spain, not the Sporting Global knock off. Good luck getting in and bon voyage!

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Anonymous wrote:So. If I had to do it all over, I’d likely have my kid play Barca at the pee wee to early middle school ages then switch over to more established competitive DA/ECNL club. Provide a solid fundamental base before going to clubs with more visibility, competitive leagues, and athletes. My kid does well (ECNL) but did miss out on some early 3rd party coaching (i.e no parent dynamics) of proper techniques, spacing and ball movement that would be second nature if ingrained by coaches early on. She’s catching up and still does great but could be closer to her potential I think if the better base had been established.

Probably one of the most honest and sensible admissions in this entire thread.

Good post.

The kid following this path will most likely have never make a DA/ECNL team in the US. The training and playing competition there is not comparable to the environments you see on the top teams at high level clubs. Outside of a few outliers, they will suffer as a result of the lack of good internal competition and being wed to a playing style (tiki taka) that isn't in favor in the DA/ECNL. Dead end unless they are good enough to play for Barcelona in Spain, because they don't mesh well with players who don't play in that exact scheme.

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Anybody watch any of the ICC Futures games?

My daughter would have thought she was in heaven if we could have found a team in this area that played like that Barcelona team.

The original post asked about teams in this area that play like the Barcelona team in the ICC tournament. It is a fact that Barca NoVa does teach the same methodology because they are literally teaching from the same book.

That doesn’t mean Barca teams will win more games, or that their methodology is the best, or their talent is good. But in answer to the original poster’s question, there is an area team that plays the exact game as the Barcelona team in ICC. To the OP, if you were serious I’d suggest checking out for yourself some of the more developed in the Barca style (2004 girls, 2001 boys) and make your own conclusion.

Please stop. It was Barcelona from Spain, where they selected the best girls from the country and train them in a professional club environment for free. Barca NV is a pay to play program, where parents pay a lot of money for training, and the quality of players is inconsistent. I like many things about Barca NV, but it is a very different animal from the academy that won the U14 group at ICC.

Nobody said they were but the general training methods are the same.

And so does the official US soccer curriculum, so what’s your point. At the end of the day Barca Academy NOVA/Sporting Global is simply another club trying to make money.

http://resources.ussoccer.com/n7v8b8j3/cds/downloads/Part%201%20-%20Style%20and%20Principles%20of%20Play%20U.S.%20Soccer%20Coaching%20Curriculum.pdf

This is what US Soccer stresses for member clubs to teach to their members.

Style Of Play: General
The key elements for coaches and players that define the style of play

Match
Offensive Style
All teams will be encouraged to display an offensive style of play based on keeping possession and quick movement of the ball.

Quick Transitions and Finishing
Speed of play, avoiding over-dribbling, looking for an organized and quick movement of the ball and finishing will be encouraged in all age groups.

Position Specific
A team must be organized defensively, keeping their specific positions in the formation. However, players will look for spaces and movements to support forward when attacking by moving away from their origi- nal positions.



Seems they share value in possession and quick ball play, with less emphasis on dribbling. Glad you agree with US Soccer!

The difference is in actually implementing the curriculum. Barca does that. They might actually have more success if they coached to win versus coaching to play the style taught.

Nah, they wouldn’t. The talent isn’t there outside a few. It isn’t la Masia, just a shrewd business run by Sporting Global. Hats off to the marketing though

You keep acting like talent is the only thing that determines whether or not a player should or can learn a particular style. The Barca teams compete at their level of talent. The Barca Academy teams are trained with many of the same principles as was displayed in the PDA game. That does not mean that a Barca Academy team can execute those tactics against a strong team like PDA with any success. No, unequivocally no but that is not the point. They are trained with the same methodology and CAN execute similar ball movement against their own level of competition.

Kids are who they are talent wise but that doesn't mean they have to be trained poorly because they are not "elite". You can still be a NCSL level team and be trained to play a particular style and execute that style to your best ability at the level of competition you are playing. Playing a nice attractive style of soccer does not need to be limited to elite teams or players. And the sad thing is, that these "lower quality, non-elite" players can actually pick it up and execute the style means that it is not some higher form of calculus.

The Barca style is almost a national brand for Spain and kids all over Spain know how to play that way and many have never set foot on La Masia. Barca isn't isn't doing any vodooo at Evergreen. They are just teaching kids a more disciplined methodical way of moving the ball around.

And you keep acting as though this was some generic Spanish recreational level club that came here and beat a PDA team instead of a handpicked set of top level Spanish kids who have been trained for free by one of the largest soccer academies in the world. US girls teams routinely go over to Europe and bea European teams at the appropriate level. This wasn't the equivalent US national team at the age group, it was a NJ club team who, no matter how they do against FCV, does not represent the best talent, tactics, and coaching in the NE US, much less the nation.

This was not the Spanish National team. They do not train any more a week than does PDA.

LOL. if you believe that Barcelona came over with some random 14 year olds and not those they identified as the best they could find in Spain (and beyond) then I have a bridge in Brooklyn for sale. Hit me up!

I wasn't aware that Barcelona was the ONLY club in Spain.

Now you’re just being silly. It shouldn’t be a surprise that Barcelona would have this pull seeing as they are now making the women’s side a priority. How many other Spanish clubs are doing the same?? Not many

Try all the clubs in La Liga. You do realize that the Barca pro women's team plays in Women's La Liga right?

They are all not as invested as Barca on the women's side....sorry.

There are 16 Women's La Liga teams in Spain. NWSL has 9. Yes, Spain is dedicated to the women's game. Stop with your ignorant fiction.

PDA got their ass beat in every facet of the game. Bury your head in the sand if you don't see the train that is coming.

Ignorant fiction? Who owns the La Liga women’s table with a 50-4 goal differential. That would be Barcelona. I’ll bet the US has far more youth soccer clubs than Spain, does that make us better at soccer overall as a nation—NO.

I could care less about PDA losing, it’s not apples against apples and the more you argue it, the sillier you look.

What is an apples to apples comparison then?

The U15 PDA team is the number one ranked team in the US based on Youth Soccer Rankings. They are the best club team, or at least the best representation of our best club teams.

Not to mention, 3 of PDAs 05 Midfielders were part of the 60 players called in to the YNT training camp in October.

Which part of international soccer club team vs local New Jersey club don't you understand? When PDA starts recruiting and landing the best players in the country (ignoring all the money and institutional knowledge FCB has to work with in running a very successful international pro men's side) come back so we can start the discussion.

It's pretty obvious to those of us who aren't wearing the blue and garnet blinders.

I asked for what would be an apples to apples comparison in your eyes.

If Barca dragged our U15 national team would that convince you? Or would you say “not apples because the Barca team trains together constantly.”?

Is there another goal post you would like to move? Barca kicked the ass of one our nations best teams from one of our most respected youth clubs. Ask any youth soccer coach, high level player or players parent to name five top clubs in the country and PDA will ALWAYS be in that list. And frankly, if it wasn’t as apples to apples as you can get, then why did PDA apply, get accepted and play PDA in the FINALS of the same tournament? If it wasn’t “apples to apples” then why the hell was PDA doing there in the first place?

They went, THEY MADE THE FINALS and they got humiliated.

Looks like someone needs a drink...

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No, claiming that two teams who meet in the finals of the same tournament is not “apples to apples” is claimed by someone who is clearly drinking.

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Anonymous wrote:So. If I had to do it all over, I’d likely have my kid play Barca at the pee wee to early middle school ages then switch over to more established competitive DA/ECNL club. Provide a solid fundamental base before going to clubs with more visibility, competitive leagues, and athletes. My kid does well (ECNL) but did miss out on some early 3rd party coaching (i.e no parent dynamics) of proper techniques, spacing and ball movement that would be second nature if ingrained by coaches early on. She’s catching up and still does great but could be closer to her potential I think if the better base had been established.

Probably one of the most honest and sensible admissions in this entire thread.

Good post.

The kid following this path will most likely have never make a DA/ECNL team in the US. The training and playing competition there is not comparable to the environments you see on the top teams at high level clubs. Outside of a few outliers, they will suffer as a result of the lack of good internal competition and being wed to a playing style (tiki taka) that isn't in favor in the DA/ECNL. Dead end unless they are good enough to play for Barcelona in Spain, because they don't mesh well with players who don't play in that exact scheme.

How will they suffer? By seeing the field well and finding open teammates in the scheme that they are playing.

I swear to God the mental gymnastics on this board.

A good, smart, well trained soccer player can flourish in any environment.

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Anonymous wrote:As someone else stated earlier, another veiled Barca Academy advertisement thread. They are becoming so obvious it’s pathetic.

Nailed it early on page 2—impressive!!

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Anonymous wrote:So. If I had to do it all over, I’d likely have my kid play Barca at the pee wee to early middle school ages then switch over to more established competitive DA/ECNL club. Provide a solid fundamental base before going to clubs with more visibility, competitive leagues, and athletes. My kid does well (ECNL) but did miss out on some early 3rd party coaching (i.e no parent dynamics) of proper techniques, spacing and ball movement that would be second nature if ingrained by coaches early on. She’s catching up and still does great but could be closer to her potential I think if the better base had been established.

Probably one of the most honest and sensible admissions in this entire thread.

Good post.

The kid following this path will most likely have never make a DA/ECNL team in the US. The training and playing competition there is not comparable to the environments you see on the top teams at high level clubs. Outside of a few outliers, they will suffer as a result of the lack of good internal competition and being wed to a playing style (tiki taka) that isn't in favor in the DA/ECNL. Dead end unless they are good enough to play for Barcelona in Spain, because they don't mesh well with players who don't play in that exact scheme.

Only if there is something wrong with the DA/ECNL style. There are players who come up through Barcelona in Spain, and they move to teams playing a different style regularly without there being an issue. It's not just about tiki take. It's about being tactical and technical. You can use those skills in a Barcelona style. You can use them in a Klopp style.

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Anonymous wrote:As someone else stated earlier, another veiled Barca Academy advertisement thread. They are becoming so obvious it’s pathetic.

Nailed it early on page 2—impressive!!

They can't help it. It has been happening since they started a year and a half ago. It used to be in one overt thread, but now they use various sneaky ways the try to work in in, all based on the play of teams not affiliated in any way with Sporting Global's enterprise in the US.

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Anonymous wrote:As someone else stated earlier, another veiled Barca Academy advertisement thread. They are becoming so obvious it’s pathetic.

Nailed it early on page 2—impressive!!

They can't help it. It has been happening since they started a year and a half ago. It used to be in one overt thread, but now they use various sneaky ways the try to work in in, all based on the play of teams not affiliated in any way with Sporting Global's enterprise in the US.

You’ve mentioned the academy more in this thread than anyone else. The topic has pretty much been on the different styles of play.

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Anonymous wrote:As someone else stated earlier, another veiled Barca Academy advertisement thread. They are becoming so obvious it’s pathetic.

Nailed it early on page 2—impressive!!

They can't help it. It has been happening since they started a year and a half ago. It used to be in one overt thread, but now they use various sneaky ways the try to work in in, all based on the play of teams not affiliated in any way with Sporting Global's enterprise in the US.

I’m sorry nobody earlier in the thread asked where can I take my kid to learn how to play like PDA. Perhaps if PDA won AND looked good they would have though.

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Anonymous wrote:As someone else stated earlier, another veiled Barca Academy advertisement thread. They are becoming so obvious it’s pathetic.

Nailed it early on page 2—impressive!!

They can't help it. It has been happening since they started a year and a half ago. It used to be in one overt thread, but now they use various sneaky ways the try to work in in, all based on the play of teams not affiliated in any way with Sporting Global's enterprise in the US.

I’m sorry nobody earlier in the thread asked where can I take my kid to learn how to play like PDA. Perhaps if PDA won AND looked good they would have though.

LOL Barca NOVA didn't even qualify to play in this bracket, they'd have been crushed. As was stated earlier, enjoy your trip to Spain in the hopes your kid will be able to play like the team that beat this one PDA team. It's not happening here.