People sure love to discuss travel soccer teams
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Anonymous
| Why are these such big hits? People seem to be super in those and swimming. Kind of odd that so many people like those two particular sports since they are both somewhat boring to watch. |
Anonymous
Oh, people in those threads don't *watch* the sports. They bask in their children's sporting success as a symbol of the amount of money they're willing to spend and their acumen in picking the "right" coach and club, which also means being condescending or outright hostile to those who've made other choices. Those choices can't be what's best for the kid -- they're clearly signs that these other anonymous parents are inferior to ME, THE GREAT PARENT WHO SPENDS ALL AND KNOWS ALL!! Most of them have no clue whatsoever about soccer. |
Anonymous
^^ Nothing condescending about the above post. 
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Anonymous
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You have obviously never played.
https://mobile.nytimes.com/2012/04/10/science/top-soccer-players-are-seen-to-have-superior-brain-function.html |
Anonymous
| Travel soccer and swim team are both incredibly time consuming, so I think the people involved with them tend to talk about them a lot because they don't have a whole lot else going on when they're in season. |
Anonymous
| What I don't understand is how your kid can play soccer for pretty much 15 years of their life then grow up to be fat. I just don't get that and personally, some of the parents should kicking a soccer ball around instead of standing on the sidelines if you know what I mean. |
Anonymous
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I think they are so boring to watch! ANd swim meets are sooo long. Also hate baseball and softball and tee ball.
Sports our kids have tried that were fun to watch: Basketball, flag football, diving, lacrosse. We are only a rec sports family, so maybe its more exciting when your kids are *elite*. |
Anonymous
Yes it is very similar to the private school forum. |
Anonymous
Watching rec kids play basket, flag football, diving or lacrosse is incredibly boring. Maybe you can start a thread. |
Anonymous
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My friend goes on and on about how she has to take her three kids to travel soccer.
We have travel soccer tonight. There are six travel soccer games this weekend. How are we going to get all our kids to their travel soccer fields? Had to wash the travel soccer uniforms. Travel soccer. travelsoccertravelsoccertravelsoccertravel |
Anonymous
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I love soccer.
Unfortunately travel soccer has come to mean "anyone can play if you can afford it". |
Anonymous
| Bragging |
Anonymous
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Soccer will take over football as the major sport to watch in the US. The market is growing tremendously. You can see this that an American is soon going to be the most valuable soccer player, potentially worth over $200mil! An American!!. Can't wait to see it happen for Pulisec
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-0u2zpnjoNw&sns=em |
Anonymous
| Everyone thinks the sport they like is just on the cusp of breaking through as a major spectator sport! I think it's going to be lacrosse! |
Anonymous
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I think we are a very long way from home-grown American FIFA players.
Pulisic was trained by his father and father's friend. He left for Europe at a young age. Playing for Loudoun or Arlington or the likes is not going to make a World Class $200 million player. The training and coaching is inadequate. |