Where did McLean go wrong?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:What if your DD put all that extra time spent playing soccer into her academics instead?

Most if not all of those recruits did. I know a few from last year. They were tippy top students in their schools as well as being ECNL players.
Where they landed has more to do with their grades than their soccer skills.

Correct. Most girls that excel at sports also excel academically. My kid’s team are almost all over 4.0 students.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:What if your DD put all that extra time spent playing soccer into her academics instead?

Most if not all of those recruits did. I know a few from last year. They were tippy top students in their schools as well as being ECNL players.
Where they landed has more to do with their grades than their soccer skills.

Correct. Most girls that excel at sports also excel academically. My kid’s team are almost all over 4.0 students.

LOL the number of privileged parents drooling over the athletic "excellence" of their kids in this thread is disturbing. We are glad you are enjoying and able to pay for your kids travel soccer and (and the majority if not all of their expensive college tuition). Your kids are getting into good colleges because they are come from privileged backgrounds, not because they are soccer wunderkinds. If you can just accept that, the arrogance meter might go down a notch, Until that, most people can see the reality.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:What if your DD put all that extra time spent playing soccer into her academics instead?

Most if not all of those recruits did. I know a few from last year. They were tippy top students in their schools as well as being ECNL players.
Where they landed has more to do with their grades than their soccer skills.

Correct. Most girls that excel at sports also excel academically. My kid’s team are almost all over 4.0 students.

LOL the number of privileged parents drooling over the athletic "excellence" of their kids in this thread is disturbing. We are glad you are enjoying and able to pay for your kids travel soccer and (and the majority if not all of their expensive college tuition). Your kids are getting into good colleges because they are come from privileged backgrounds, not because they are soccer wunderkinds. If you can just accept that, the arrogance meter might go down a notch, Until that, most people can see the reality.

Amen. This feeds entitlement among the privileged and breeds resentment among the less privileged.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:What if your DD put all that extra time spent playing soccer into her academics instead?

Most if not all of those recruits did. I know a few from last year. They were tippy top students in their schools as well as being ECNL players.
Where they landed has more to do with their grades than their soccer skills.

Correct. Most girls that excel at sports also excel academically. My kid’s team are almost all over 4.0 students.

LOL the number of privileged parents drooling over the athletic "excellence" of their kids in this thread is disturbing. We are glad you are enjoying and able to pay for your kids travel soccer and (and the majority if not all of their expensive college tuition). Your kids are getting into good colleges because they are come from privileged backgrounds, not because they are soccer wunderkinds. If you can just accept that, the arrogance meter might go down a notch, Until that, most people can see the reality.

Bitter much? Our kids are smarter, better players, and richer than yours. Should we shed a tear for you?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:What if your DD put all that extra time spent playing soccer into her academics instead?

Most if not all of those recruits did. I know a few from last year. They were tippy top students in their schools as well as being ECNL players.
Where they landed has more to do with their grades than their soccer skills.

Correct. Most girls that excel at sports also excel academically. My kid’s team are almost all over 4.0 students.

LOL the number of privileged parents drooling over the athletic "excellence" of their kids in this thread is disturbing. We are glad you are enjoying and able to pay for your kids travel soccer and (and the majority if not all of their expensive college tuition). Your kids are getting into good colleges because they are come from privileged backgrounds, not because they are soccer wunderkinds. If you can just accept that, the arrogance meter might go down a notch, Until that, most people can see the reality.

Amen. This feeds entitlement among the privileged and breeds resentment among the less privileged.

Wrong. You feel you’re entitled. You’re not. You have to earn it. That’s reality.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:What if your DD put all that extra time spent playing soccer into her academics instead?

Most if not all of those recruits did. I know a few from last year. They were tippy top students in their schools as well as being ECNL players.
Where they landed has more to do with their grades than their soccer skills.

Correct. Most girls that excel at sports also excel academically. My kid’s team are almost all over 4.0 students.

LOL the number of privileged parents drooling over the athletic "excellence" of their kids in this thread is disturbing. We are glad you are enjoying and able to pay for your kids travel soccer and (and the majority if not all of their expensive college tuition). Your kids are getting into good colleges because they are come from privileged backgrounds, not because they are soccer wunderkinds. If you can just accept that, the arrogance meter might go down a notch, Until that, most people can see the reality.

Amen. This feeds entitlement among the privileged and breeds resentment among the less privileged.

Wrong. You feel you’re entitled. You’re not. You have to earn it. That’s reality.

Georgetown recruits based on privilege? That’s odd. I thought it was based off talent and academics.

[Anonymous]

Why are you pushing this privilege non-sense? If McLean or Bethesda or FCV had to rely on the kids of the rich to compete, they would suck. The teams are made up of kids from diverse backgrounds. They come to these clubs because these clubs play a high level of soccer. Period. I knew a kid whose parents had immigrated here. His father worked as a soccer official to pay his kid's club fees and travel expenses. The kid is now plays ate an elite DIII school. I know dozens of others kids in similar situations across ECNL teams at Bethesda and McLean.

[Anonymous]

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[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Why are you pushing this privilege non-sense? If McLean or Bethesda or FCV had to rely on the kids of the rich to compete, they would suck. The teams are made up of kids from diverse backgrounds. They come to these clubs because these clubs play a high level of soccer. Period. I knew a kid whose parents had immigrated here. His father worked as a soccer official to pay his kid's club fees and travel expenses. The kid is now plays ate an elite DIII school. I know dozens of others kids in similar situations across ECNL teams at Bethesda and McLean.

Home run. Born on third base. Get it now?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Why are you pushing this privilege non-sense? If McLean or Bethesda or FCV had to rely on the kids of the rich to compete, they would suck. The teams are made up of kids from diverse backgrounds. They come to these clubs because these clubs play a high level of soccer. Period. I knew a kid whose parents had immigrated here. His father worked as a soccer official to pay his kid's club fees and travel expenses. The kid is now plays ate an elite DIII school. I know dozens of others kids in similar situations across ECNL teams at Bethesda and McLean.

Home run. Born on third base. Get it now?

Oh, and also the fact that you hyphenate non-sense. Your lack of merit is showing.

[Anonymous]

LOL these responses are such a joke to anyone who knows the backgrounds of the vast majority of girls on these Mclean teams. Love how the privileged parents here call out the one window dressing kid from the other side of the tracks on their team to emphasize their nonsense.

I know it hits a nerve, but your privileged child isn’t as great as you think she is.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:LOL these responses are such a joke to anyone who knows the backgrounds of the vast majority of girls on these Mclean teams. Love how the privileged parents here call out the one window dressing kid from the other side of the tracks on their team to emphasize their nonsense.

I know it hits a nerve, but your privileged child isn’t as great as you think she is.

Yeah, but she’s better than your kid, just like I am better than you. I know this because I’m not complaining about how hard and unfair things are and how everyone else sucks and is elitist etc. The fact is that I was not born with a silver spoon, but I worked hard and smart and now I can make things easier on my kid from an access perspective. There’s is nothing wrong with that and to have some blog troll act like there is, is kind of funny.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:LOL these responses are such a joke to anyone who knows the backgrounds of the vast majority of girls on these Mclean teams. Love how the privileged parents here call out the one window dressing kid from the other side of the tracks on their team to emphasize their nonsense.

I know it hits a nerve, but your privileged child isn’t as great as you think she is.

I know enough players at both McLean and Bethesda to know that the image you paint is off by a mile. There might be a handful of week-to-do folks on each team but the majority our middle-class folks who choose to spend their disposable income on travel soccer like every other parent across the country. Get a life!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:LOL these responses are such a joke to anyone who knows the backgrounds of the vast majority of girls on these Mclean teams. Love how the privileged parents here call out the one window dressing kid from the other side of the tracks on their team to emphasize their nonsense.

I know it hits a nerve, but your privileged child isn’t as great as you think she is.

Yeah, but she’s better than your kid, just like I am better than you. I know this because I’m not complaining about how hard and unfair things are and how everyone else sucks and is elitist etc. The fact is that I was not born with a silver spoon, but I worked hard and smart and now I can make things easier on my kid from an access perspective. There’s is nothing wrong with that and to have some blog troll act like there is, is kind of funny.

Lol. Yep. Arrogant Mclean parent. This answer nails it. What a pleasure you must be to hang out with.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:LOL these responses are such a joke to anyone who knows the backgrounds of the vast majority of girls on these Mclean teams. Love how the privileged parents here call out the one window dressing kid from the other side of the tracks on their team to emphasize their nonsense.

I know it hits a nerve, but your privileged child isn’t as great as you think she is.

Yeah, but she’s better than your kid, just like I am better than you. I know this because I’m not complaining about how hard and unfair things are and how everyone else sucks and is elitist etc. The fact is that I was not born with a silver spoon, but I worked hard and smart and now I can make things easier on my kid from an access perspective. There’s is nothing wrong with that and to have some blog troll act like there is, is kind of funny.

Lol. Yep. Arrogant Mclean parent. This answer nails it. What a pleasure you must be to hang out with.

We’re all sorry you’ve failed in life. Also, I am not a McLean parent, just one that’s had some success and don’t spend my time bitching about those that have done better in life than I have. Take a long look in the mirror and think about what you could have been had you tried a little harder and worked a little smarter.