OMG this mlsnext hysteria is ridiculous

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:
As a European who grew up with rabid soccer fans, I peruse this forum but don't understand the intensity of feeling towards children's clubs, coaches' decisions, and soccer life in general. It's not like that at all in Europe. None of your children are going to make it, so you might as well enjoy the ride...

This doesn't really pertain to MLS Next, but the bolded is kind of the point. Everyone wants to make this all about crazy soccer parents, but the problems lie just as much, if not more, with the coaches and clubs. How can you enjoy a ride with constant coaching and roster changes, with clubs merging, reorganizing, and changing leagues on a regular basis? How is a kid or parent supposed to enjoy the ride when coaches treat every U little game as though their careers depend on a win, benching and often ignoring any kid who displeases them?

The whole point is that most kids aren't going to make it, but most of them want to get better and play at a level higher than a rec league. A club with good coaches, stability, effective training and decent communication should be easy to find, but it isn't.

Yes many of the travel soccer professionals are con men. But the crazy soccer parents play a big role in the mess by continuing to buy what the con men are selling, even when they have every way to know better.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:
As a European who grew up with rabid soccer fans, I peruse this forum but don't understand the intensity of feeling towards children's clubs, coaches' decisions, and soccer life in general. It's not like that at all in Europe. None of your children are going to make it, so you might as well enjoy the ride...

This doesn't really pertain to MLS Next, but the bolded is kind of the point. Everyone wants to make this all about crazy soccer parents, but the problems lie just as much, if not more, with the coaches and clubs. How can you enjoy a ride with constant coaching and roster changes, with clubs merging, reorganizing, and changing leagues on a regular basis? How is a kid or parent supposed to enjoy the ride when coaches treat every U little game as though their careers depend on a win, benching and often ignoring any kid who displeases them?

The whole point is that most kids aren't going to make it, but most of them want to get better and play at a level higher than a rec league. A club with good coaches, stability, effective training and decent communication should be easy to find, but it isn't.

Yes many of the travel soccer professionals are con men. But the crazy soccer parents play a big role in the mess by continuing to buy what the con men are selling, even when they have every way to know better.

You are absolutely correct, and I've been guilty of this. The problem is that so many clubs have these problems that there's nowhere else to turn, other than playing rec.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:
As a European who grew up with rabid soccer fans, I peruse this forum but don't understand the intensity of feeling towards children's clubs, coaches' decisions, and soccer life in general. It's not like that at all in Europe. None of your children are going to make it, so you might as well enjoy the ride...

This doesn't really pertain to MLS Next, but the bolded is kind of the point. Everyone wants to make this all about crazy soccer parents, but the problems lie just as much, if not more, with the coaches and clubs. How can you enjoy a ride with constant coaching and roster changes, with clubs merging, reorganizing, and changing leagues on a regular basis? How is a kid or parent supposed to enjoy the ride when coaches treat every U little game as though their careers depend on a win, benching and often ignoring any kid who displeases them?

The whole point is that most kids aren't going to make it, but most of them want to get better and play at a level higher than a rec league. A club with good coaches, stability, effective training and decent communication should be easy to find, but it isn't.

You can get everything except stability without looking too hard. To get stability you have to get lucky. If you don't get stability then you have to be prepared to move clubs when the instability happens.