Just an observation, but if you look at my DDs team, there really hasn't been nearly the change that we saw with my DS through those years...you can pretty much look at a picture of my DDs team at U12 and then now going into U17 and the girls that were the tallest at U12 are still the tallest today. Some of the faster girls on the team at U12, still fast today. Technical skills and soccer IQ continue to grow, but some of those physical traits haven't changed a ton. My DS on the other hand, huge changes with some of the boys. DS was the shortest of his friends at that age and had one of those huge summer growth spurts in his teens and ended up the tallest at almost 6'-3". One of his buddies topped out at about 5'-10" and was really close to that when he was 13 or 14. Everybody's different, but sure, just because you think you have it made at 13, don't think that you will at 18 unless you keep putting in the effort and work. |
Girls mature sooner than boys so at u13 you have a mix of physically mature and those that are only starting to hit puberty. This will give some a huge advantage early but usually these players are 5'1". By the time they hit u15 coaches are on the lookout for bigger 5'6" and above ideally with skills as well. This is because the smaller players get physically pushed off the ball. This is where the disconnect occurs with Talent ID invites. The early developers get looked at first and US Soccer likes to pick who will move forward based on things that arent soccer related. |
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This is why USMNT sucks. |
The new format for USYS National Championship Series comes out on Friday. I’ve seen the leaks, but sworn to secrecy. Sorry. |
What is National Championship series? And does USYS matter? All the clubs in my area only play US Club umbrella. |
Didn’t meant to sound like an ass just really have no idea about what level of teams play in USYS. |
For every Kevin De Bruyne, there are 50 instances of Ally Dick. In youth soccer it’s no different. Not sure why there is debate about this. |
This. Today’s target forward is tomorrow’s WB, and next week’s 2nd teamer. |
Depends on the race. At u13 the race for building foundational pieces and technique is nearly over, if you’re not leading here, your goose is cooked. |
Like what? |
Trish told you too? |
Can you give a hint? |
Last name, who theyre related to (cough Rodman cough) whoever can create some kind of media momentum. Or a player US Soccer can create momentum around. You get the idea. Things that arent directly related to on field play. Once this starts it becomes harder and harder to change course. |
Does USYS matter? Yes, it has the most clubs, teams, players. Even most clubs that play US Club field teams in USYS leagues -- which are organized by state at the base level. It's funny that the whole appeal of US Club/GA/MLSN was that it's ELITE, but now they are adding tiers to support their own eco-systems -- mostly from clubs that have historically been USYS. So, they are becoming more like the USYS. At the same time, the USYS -- which always had its own national level leagues BUT they were not been able to keep talent/attract scouts like the others can/have. Yet in some ways the USYS delivered better competition between teams because the core of its system was based on promotion/relegation until very recently when it started to copy the others with a club-based system as an offshoot (E64, now called Club Premier). So, at the end of the day, all the organizations are trying to copy each other. |