Does your kid watch soccer on TV?

[Anonymous]

MLS no, but NWSL, EPL, CL, UEFA, Concacaf yes.

Never really thought about it but yes, given what they're able to explain to me if I watch with them, they've clearly learned from watching.

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Anonymous wrote:DD watches every night. Arsenal or Man City if possible. Otherwise women’s. Collegiate is last option.

+1 for our DD

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I had to foster this with my DD since age 7. Now that she is 10, she likes to watch match highlights all by herself. She will watch about half a game with me now, wether its Man City, AC Milan, Washington Spirit, DC United or Inter Miami.

Had her team over to watch the USWNT Play a match, the girls watched about 1/3 game.

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Anonymous wrote:lol. My kids spent most Sat/Sun watching EPL on Peacock and when streamed on US stations. We have subscription for that. When they are not at home, they stream on apps. They watch together on the field with their teammates. We go to EPL games. They follow their favorite players in social media, and watch all the Champions, FA, and endless extra "cups" that I personally think are damaging to players but on throughout the season.

Speaking of, I'm looking forward to Dortmund winning this weekend.

We watch zero MLS.

Pffft…

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Anonymous wrote:DD watches soccer all the time. we go to united and spirit games on the regular. She follows premier league, WSL, La liga and a couple others.

It helps them understand the game. Our coaches encourage it.

No girls should not watch professional European soccer. The girls/womens game in the US has little to nothing in common with the major European leagues -men’s or women’s. The Europeans change formations based on who has the ball and/or field position, they pass out of pressure, commonly put 4-7 pass together and have a very high speed of play. The majority of US travel coaches do not even watch those leagues or understand was is happening on the field.

If the girls watch that style of play they will want to play that way. That style of play does not fit what the travel coaches want. Now the NWSL and college soccer fits the travel/ECNL style of play.

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Rarely, we're not a sports watching family in general. We do have season tickets to our local USL team though.

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My kids do but only when I'm playing.

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Yes, we watch lots of premier league games. We watch occasional MLS games but not regularly. My son loves learning about the players and teams.

The only other sport we watch regularly is NFL. We are mostly a soccer family through and through.

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My daughter and I watch NWSL on the Apple TV App, usually replays. When we first tried, I would find the games that have a greater number of goals, let her watch from the start and when she starts to lose interest, fast forward to the first/next goal. Now, she has less interest in replays and wants to watch the live broadcasts and go to games (like high school or Spirit). Like other posters have said, comments on what players are doing right or wrong. Bridges the gap from what they learn in practice a lot more than I thought it would.

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Anonymous wrote:I'm just wondering how many kids actually sit and watch professional games once they are old enough to have the attention span to do it? Do you think they benefit, if your kids watch?

yes kid started in kindergarten. Sister watches too.

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DD watches NWSL games and follows a lot of the players. But some of the games she'll turn off because the play is so bad and game becomes hard to watch. Players constantly losing the ball, ball goes out of bounds every minute, kicking the ball up the field to the other team's keeper, punt. It's unwatchable. Some of the teams play better soccer.

She'll also watch EPL but their skills and speed are so good it's not really something she could execute on her own so I'm not sure how much she learns. It's like watching everyone dunking in the NBA. Not something that can be copied.

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Anonymous wrote:DD watches NWSL games and follows a lot of the players. But some of the games she'll turn off because the play is so bad and game becomes hard to watch. Players constantly losing the ball, ball goes out of bounds every minute, kicking the ball up the field to the other team's keeper, punt. It's unwatchable. Some of the teams play better soccer.

She'll also watch EPL but their skills and speed are so good it's not really something she could execute on her own so I'm not sure how much she learns. It's like watching everyone dunking in the NBA. Not something that can be copied.

You are watching only one part of the game. Soccer IQ can be gained from watching epl and other men's leagues.

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My 10 year DS has gotten much more interested in watching soccer on TV this past year. We subscribe to Peacock and he mostly watches the PL matches on demand. He doesn't often catch them live. He also watches MLS but prefers PL. He likes watching the players who play the same position he does.

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Mine didn’t have any interest in elementary school when he first played travel soccer. I remember a team discussion that it would help if the kids watched. But by middle school he was watching. Now in HS, he watches several games a week.

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Anonymous wrote:DD watches soccer all the time. we go to united and spirit games on the regular. She follows premier league, WSL, La liga and a couple others.

It helps them understand the game. Our coaches encourage it.

No girls should not watch professional European soccer. The girls/womens game in the US has little to nothing in common with the major European leagues -men’s or women’s. The Europeans change formations based on who has the ball and/or field position, they pass out of pressure, commonly put 4-7 pass together and have a very high speed of play. The majority of US travel coaches do not even watch those leagues or understand was is happening on the field.

If the girls watch that style of play they will want to play that way. That style of play does not fit what the travel coaches want. Now the NWSL and college soccer fits the travel/ECNL style of play.

Is there a channel that shows tackle kickball?