Club density in the DMV

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:It seems to me that we have too many clubs in the DMV. Talent gets spread too thin for the area to be nationally competitive with other areas. Why do we have this density problem here?

I care that my kid enjoys the team they are on. More clubs means more teams to choose from. I welcome competition and choices. Being nationally competitive is of no interest to me.

[Anonymous]

Wave your magic wand and condense it, OP.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:It seems to me that we have too many clubs in the DMV. Talent gets spread too thin for the area to be nationally competitive with other areas. Why do we have this density problem here?

I care that my kid enjoys the team they are on. More clubs means more teams to choose from. I welcome competition and choices. Being nationally competitive is of no interest to me.

It seems like this matters to a small subset of parents, who happen to post here frequently, because they think it affects their child’s chances of getting recruited. For the vast majority of kids playing soccer it is better to have more choices.

[Anonymous]

I don’t understand why more parents don’t take matters into their own hands and form a ‘super’ team for a club to take? This seems totally doable?

Like if parents came up with 10-12 really good kids as a base core and went to a TD and said these players want to play together with roughly this lineup/positioning, I’m sure a club would be able to come up with a coaching agreement.

Maybe it’s hard to tell friends that their not good enough even though they are on ‘top’ teams?

[Anonymous]

This happens a lot already.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I don’t understand why more parents don’t take matters into their own hands and form a ‘super’ team for a club to take? This seems totally doable?

Like if parents came up with 10-12 really good kids as a base core and went to a TD and said these players want to play together with roughly this lineup/positioning, I’m sure a club would be able to come up with a coaching agreement.

Maybe it’s hard to tell friends that their not good enough even though they are on ‘top’ teams?

Put this in the hands of the neutral parents who are the best at soccer talent assessment. What could go wrong!

[Anonymous]

More clubs, more density is better! Get to the point that competive games are always nearby and leave travel to a tournament or two and the actual handful of kids destined for more.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:It seems to me that we have too many clubs in the DMV. Talent gets spread too thin for the area to be nationally competitive with other areas. Why do we have this density problem here?

I care that my kid enjoys the team they are on. More clubs means more teams to choose from. I welcome competition and choices. Being nationally competitive is of no interest to me.

It seems like this matters to a small subset of parents, who happen to post here frequently, because they think it affects their child’s chances of getting recruited. For the vast majority of kids playing soccer it is better to have more choices.

I think this subset doesn’t realize just how small they are and the system is not going to change to cater to their niche needs.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I don’t understand why more parents don’t take matters into their own hands and form a ‘super’ team for a club to take? This seems totally doable?

Like if parents came up with 10-12 really good kids as a base core and went to a TD and said these players want to play together with roughly this lineup/positioning, I’m sure a club would be able to come up with a coaching agreement.

Maybe it’s hard to tell friends that they’re not good enough even though they are on ‘top’ teams?

Some of this does happen especially when a coach changes clubs and takes a bunch of players with them.

It might work for little kid teams. The problem is that by 8th grade parents and players eventually start competing against each other on the same team for playing time, exposure, and recruiting spots. It’s a zero sum game and players will start breaking off from the group to improve their own situation.

[Anonymous]

If a team around here was "nationally competitive" this board would just tear it down and hate on it until the end of time. If we had fewer team/opportunities and kids had to drive even further to find teams, you'd complain about that, too. People just want to complain regardless of the setup.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I don’t understand why more parents don’t take matters into their own hands and form a ‘super’ team for a club to take? This seems totally doable?

Like if parents came up with 10-12 really good kids as a base core and went to a TD and said these players want to play together with roughly this lineup/positioning, I’m sure a club would be able to come up with a coaching agreement.

Maybe it’s hard to tell friends that their not good enough even though they are on ‘top’ teams?

That exists, its called VISTA.

[Anonymous]

If your player is good enough for an academy or top D1 school, they will be found as many of the clubs here have great opportunities for scouting.

If your player isn’t that good, why do you care about being nationally competitive?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:If a team around here was "nationally competitive" this board would just tear it down and hate on it until the end of time. If we had fewer team/opportunities and kids had to drive even further to find teams, you'd complain about that, too. People just want to complain regardless of the setup.

SYC has an age group that is national champs and all people do is complain. “They only care about winning.” Some people are just born to complain either way.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:It seems to me that we have too many clubs in the DMV. Talent gets spread too thin for the area to be nationally competitive with other areas. Why do we have this density problem here?

Supply and demand.

I would run from any program and their parents who solely want to be competitive and win in the youth stages.

Such old, tired tripe.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:If a team around here was "nationally competitive" this board would just tear it down and hate on it until the end of time. If we had fewer team/opportunities and kids had to drive even further to find teams, you'd complain about that, too. People just want to complain regardless of the setup.

SYC has an age group that is national champs and all people do is complain. “They only care about winning.” Some people are just born to complain either way.

Please share what age group has a national championship? I’m not aware of a single national championship event in any age group. Many tournaments may call themselves national championships but that’s as valid as worlds best coffee.