U14 USYNT East ID Camp Girls

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:West has 10x as many kids playing at the high levels and year-round soccer weather, families and parents are less focused on education than east coast

I think there is some merit to this. This weather is near perfect for soccer year round in Southern California. I grew up in a Football Feeder high school in Florida. The young men playing HS football worked hard and hit the weight room starting in 7th grade at middle school. There was a heavy emphasis placed on weight lifting, track and football... the kids that came out of my school in florida held a significant advantage over the kids in this region. Near year round competition, specialty clinics, institutional support and little need to worry about academics created extremely talented athletes. (It was a total environment that supported their development.) I look at the pockets of soccer support in Texas and California and they are at the next level.

[Anonymous]

I’m watching Orlando Pride v Angel City. The crowd turnout at Orlando is sad.

I saw the same at NC Courage last weekend:

Maybe SoCal values soccer a lot more? Wouldn’t be surprised if Bay FC brings out crowds, too. But probably not at the scale of SoCal.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:It’s 20 players from East Region, North, West and South.

Today the East scrimmaged the West. West won 7-1.

How did East do against the other regions?

What made the West so dominant? Individual quality, style of play or both?

[Anonymous]

When is the actual USYNT U14 Training Camp? Looks like IDs are still ongoing.

[Anonymous]

Probably not until July/August ahead of U15 CONCACAF tournament. There will be a mix of 2010s and 2009s who are U15 eligble invited for that camp to play in that tournament

[Anonymous]

ID Centers continue to happen at U14-U17 ages, even with actual domestic/international YNT camps happening at those ages.

it will be interesting to see what changes (if any) Emma Hayes brings to the WNT and the WYNT pipeline (coaching changes, etc.)