MLS Next in High School- Why?

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Anonymous wrote:After long debate, I have decided to have my son play both high school and MLS next Alexandria this season and a few of his teammates will as well. He wanted to play 9th grade last year and has an older brother on the high school team. It’s there last opportunity to play together and we will deal with the consequences but I doubt there will be any as Alexandria will not want him to leave. He will miss probably half the high school games for MLS next practices. I have talked to an ACC college coach friend and he thought that playing against older competition would be great for him as well. The only players that should these rules are the academy teams at DC. I have watched high school division 6 and their competition is definitely just as high as my 15 mls next games(definitely different style tho, more like college soccer). MLS next will be the priority and the high school coach (former college player) is on board as well. The mls rules are silly and probably safer than the futsal pickup my son already plays with random guys. We will probably not let him play next year due to recruiting.

Agree with you per these rules should apply to academy teams like dc, ds is on nva he plan to play hs, we are p2p. consequence's will come, club know where stick it.

Does anyone ask the risk vs rewards?

4 days of training per week with MLS Next + HS training and games with MLS Next games?

A perfect recipe for overuse injuries, then you add the physical low-skilled HS players playing tackle football

Why risk it?

It is a small concern, but I played college soccer as well and did both without any injuries so he should be able to as well. He will sit out some HS practices when there is conditioning or just needs a break. With my older son I have been following the kids who play mls next and HS and to be honest a lot of them are the best players at MlS next. The kids playing both can adapt their game to different circumstances better and are asked to play multiple positions and that’s why they are getting the D1 offers and not D3 and playing immediately as freshman. I see all these kids playing MLS next to play D3 and it is not worth it. If my son was a speed abuse player I would be more concerned about injury but those players will always have injury concerns.

Sounds fictional

You're an adult parent who played both MLS Next and HS yet MLS Next is only 5 years old?

The best MLS Next players are at professional club academies and not playing HS

D3 is worth it to many

Yes I did not play MLS next because it did not exist. However, I played for a top club which continued to practice and have games during the spring season. I went to high school practice then club practice. We always had HS games on Tuesdays/wednesday and Fridays. Luckily I did not have club practice on Fridays.(missed Tuesday/Wednesday practice) And still maintain a 3.8 gpa out of 4.0. It is completely doable, however I did not have time to do anything else.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Are there any actual cases of kids getting 'caught' playing HS and the club or the kid being punished? My kids wants to play HS next fall but still play MLSN in the spring or make some of the games in the fall. At this point, he knows he's not going to be top D1 commit or anything so he's not too worried about having to leave MLSN if it comes down to that.

The dc kid playing for broad run hs was caught. I think he got kicked out but he didn’t care as he was a senior. Who would care?

I'm a college recruiter.
You proved to me you don't follow, care nor respect rules.

Ask again about care

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Are there any actual cases of kids getting 'caught' playing HS and the club or the kid being punished? My kids wants to play HS next fall but still play MLSN in the spring or make some of the games in the fall. At this point, he knows he's not going to be top D1 commit or anything so he's not too worried about having to leave MLSN if it comes down to that.

The dc kid playing for broad run hs was caught. I think he got kicked out but he didn’t care as he was a senior. Who would care?

Once again the kids playing for academies for Free should absolutely not being play HS soccer. However, anyone that pays-to-play (MLS next included) should have the ability as long as they talk to the coaches and reach agreement. Honestly, the coaches have talked to do no care as long as they show up and the clubs themselves are the ones responsible who have to sanction themselves. The sanction is a fine for the club so they would be giving themselves a fine to pay. If they did get rid of someone, they are probably not a starter and not going to play D1 soccer, in there eyes anyway. If that is the case, it's better for the kid to find a club where the coaches believe in them.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Are there any actual cases of kids getting 'caught' playing HS and the club or the kid being punished? My kids wants to play HS next fall but still play MLSN in the spring or make some of the games in the fall. At this point, he knows he's not going to be top D1 commit or anything so he's not too worried about having to leave MLSN if it comes down to that.

The dc kid playing for broad run hs was caught. I think he got kicked out but he didn’t care as he was a senior. Who would care?

I'm a college recruiter.
You proved to me you don't follow, care nor respect rules.

Ask again about care

College recruiter for what? Not soccer? If a kid is already committed and his college soccer coach is aware. He should be allowed to do what he wants. At that point of the season they are just accumulating points for the top age group, which is a joke bc of the year vs school year which is switching back so half the team is not graduating each year.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:After long debate, I have decided to have my son play both high school and MLS next Alexandria this season and a few of his teammates will as well. He wanted to play 9th grade last year and has an older brother on the high school team. It’s there last opportunity to play together and we will deal with the consequences but I doubt there will be any as Alexandria will not want him to leave. He will miss probably half the high school games for MLS next practices. I have talked to an ACC college coach friend and he thought that playing against older competition would be great for him as well. The only players that should these rules are the academy teams at DC. I have watched high school division 6 and their competition is definitely just as high as my 15 mls next games(definitely different style tho, more like college soccer). MLS next will be the priority and the high school coach (former college player) is on board as well. The mls rules are silly and probably safer than the futsal pickup my son already plays with random guys. We will probably not let him play next year due to recruiting.

Agree with you per these rules should apply to academy teams like dc, ds is on nva he plan to play hs, we are p2p. consequence's will come, club know where stick it.

Does anyone ask the risk vs rewards?

4 days of training per week with MLS Next + HS training and games with MLS Next games?

A perfect recipe for overuse injuries, then you add the physical low-skilled HS players playing tackle football

Why risk it?

It is a small concern, but I played college soccer as well and did both without any injuries so he should be able to as well. He will sit out some HS practices when there is conditioning or just needs a break. With my older son I have been following the kids who play mls next and HS and to be honest a lot of them are the best players at MlS next. The kids playing both can adapt their game to different circumstances better and are asked to play multiple positions and that’s why they are getting the D1 offers and not D3 and playing immediately as freshman. I see all these kids playing MLS next to play D3 and it is not worth it. If my son was a speed abuse player I would be more concerned about injury but those players will always have injury concerns.

Sounds fictional

You're an adult parent who played both MLS Next and HS yet MLS Next is only 5 years old?

The best MLS Next players are at professional club academies and not playing HS

D3 is worth it to many

The problem is the MLS next clubs are sending 50% of the players to D3, maybe 10% to D1/Pro levels and 40% not playing anything. Of the 50% going to D3 half are only play 1 year and quitting bc they are not good enough. The kids/parents are being given these promises that the clubs are not meeting and instead of shrinking the league to get higher quality teams they are adding more every year. My suggestion is if you kid is not a top 3-4 player on his MLS next team and you believe he will go pro/D1. Find a new team!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:After long debate, I have decided to have my son play both high school and MLS next Alexandria this season and a few of his teammates will as well. He wanted to play 9th grade last year and has an older brother on the high school team. It’s there last opportunity to play together and we will deal with the consequences but I doubt there will be any as Alexandria will not want him to leave. He will miss probably half the high school games for MLS next practices. I have talked to an ACC college coach friend and he thought that playing against older competition would be great for him as well. The only players that should these rules are the academy teams at DC. I have watched high school division 6 and their competition is definitely just as high as my 15 mls next games(definitely different style tho, more like college soccer). MLS next will be the priority and the high school coach (former college player) is on board as well. The mls rules are silly and probably safer than the futsal pickup my son already plays with random guys. We will probably not let him play next year due to recruiting.

Agree with you per these rules should apply to academy teams like dc, ds is on nva he plan to play hs, we are p2p. consequence's will come, club know where stick it.

Does anyone ask the risk vs rewards?

4 days of training per week with MLS Next + HS training and games with MLS Next games?

A perfect recipe for overuse injuries, then you add the physical low-skilled HS players playing tackle football

Why risk it?

It is a small concern, but I played college soccer as well and did both without any injuries so he should be able to as well. He will sit out some HS practices when there is conditioning or just needs a break. With my older son I have been following the kids who play mls next and HS and to be honest a lot of them are the best players at MlS next. The kids playing both can adapt their game to different circumstances better and are asked to play multiple positions and that’s why they are getting the D1 offers and not D3 and playing immediately as freshman. I see all these kids playing MLS next to play D3 and it is not worth it. If my son was a speed abuse player I would be more concerned about injury but those players will always have injury concerns.

Sounds fictional

You're an adult parent who played both MLS Next and HS yet MLS Next is only 5 years old?

The best MLS Next players are at professional club academies and not playing HS

D3 is worth it to many

The problem is the MLS next clubs are sending 50% of the players to D3, maybe 10% to D1/Pro levels and 40% not playing anything. Of the 50% going to D3 half are only play 1 year and quitting bc they are not good enough. The kids/parents are being given these promises that the clubs are not meeting and instead of shrinking the league to get higher quality teams they are adding more every year. My suggestion is if you kid is not a top 3-4 player on his MLS next team and you believe he will go pro/D1. Find a new team!

LOL
So you're not a top player wearing a green shirt you think changing to a red shirt makes you a better player?

Many players happily go to D3 soccer universities like Johns Hopkins because of the academics

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:After long debate, I have decided to have my son play both high school and MLS next Alexandria this season and a few of his teammates will as well. He wanted to play 9th grade last year and has an older brother on the high school team. It’s there last opportunity to play together and we will deal with the consequences but I doubt there will be any as Alexandria will not want him to leave. He will miss probably half the high school games for MLS next practices. I have talked to an ACC college coach friend and he thought that playing against older competition would be great for him as well. The only players that should these rules are the academy teams at DC. I have watched high school division 6 and their competition is definitely just as high as my 15 mls next games(definitely different style tho, more like college soccer). MLS next will be the priority and the high school coach (former college player) is on board as well. The mls rules are silly and probably safer than the futsal pickup my son already plays with random guys. We will probably not let him play next year due to recruiting.

Agree with you per these rules should apply to academy teams like dc, ds is on nva he plan to play hs, we are p2p. consequence's will come, club know where stick it.

Does anyone ask the risk vs rewards?

4 days of training per week with MLS Next + HS training and games with MLS Next games?

A perfect recipe for overuse injuries, then you add the physical low-skilled HS players playing tackle football

Why risk it?

It is a small concern, but I played college soccer as well and did both without any injuries so he should be able to as well. He will sit out some HS practices when there is conditioning or just needs a break. With my older son I have been following the kids who play mls next and HS and to be honest a lot of them are the best players at MlS next. The kids playing both can adapt their game to different circumstances better and are asked to play multiple positions and that’s why they are getting the D1 offers and not D3 and playing immediately as freshman. I see all these kids playing MLS next to play D3 and it is not worth it. If my son was a speed abuse player I would be more concerned about injury but those players will always have injury concerns.

Sounds fictional

You're an adult parent who played both MLS Next and HS yet MLS Next is only 5 years old?

The best MLS Next players are at professional club academies and not playing HS

D3 is worth it to many

The problem is the MLS next clubs are sending 50% of the players to D3, maybe 10% to D1/Pro levels and 40% not playing anything. Of the 50% going to D3 half are only play 1 year and quitting bc they are not good enough. The kids/parents are being given these promises that the clubs are not meeting and instead of shrinking the league to get higher quality teams they are adding more every year. My suggestion is if you kid is not a top 3-4 player on his MLS next team and you believe he will go pro/D1. Find a new team!

LOL
So you're not a top player wearing a green shirt you think changing to a red shirt makes you a better player?

Many players happily go to D3 soccer universities like Johns Hopkins because of the academics

Actually believe it or not the answer is yes, especially in youth. All the best players are playing the same 2-3 positions on a given team. They are the priority of the team and are developing faster than everyone else. I would have to find the article but like 70% of professional players played 2 main positions growing up in youth soccer.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:After long debate, I have decided to have my son play both high school and MLS next Alexandria this season and a few of his teammates will as well. He wanted to play 9th grade last year and has an older brother on the high school team. It’s there last opportunity to play together and we will deal with the consequences but I doubt there will be any as Alexandria will not want him to leave. He will miss probably half the high school games for MLS next practices. I have talked to an ACC college coach friend and he thought that playing against older competition would be great for him as well. The only players that should these rules are the academy teams at DC. I have watched high school division 6 and their competition is definitely just as high as my 15 mls next games(definitely different style tho, more like college soccer). MLS next will be the priority and the high school coach (former college player) is on board as well. The mls rules are silly and probably safer than the futsal pickup my son already plays with random guys. We will probably not let him play next year due to recruiting.

We are also planning to ignore those stoopid rules and will play HS - DS is a starter at NVA

NVA is holding hard and fast to this rule as a newer entrant to MLS Next. Unless your kid is in private and has a waiver you will put your players future slot at
risk. The coaches and club don’t want to get reprimanded simply because your kid decided to ignore their clear expectations in order to play public HS soccer in spring.

FWIW- tons of Alexandria kids playing private HS soccer this fall, so the OP complaining about SYC and in the same breath praising ASA as a rule follower is ironic. Of course, many private HS require students to play a sport for graduation so MLS Next waivers to play HS are possible (without scholarship) which is something OP should read up on before claiming everybody is breaking the rules …could be they are actually following them to a tee- especially if their are playing fall HS (which may signal private).

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:After long debate, I have decided to have my son play both high school and MLS next Alexandria this season and a few of his teammates will as well. He wanted to play 9th grade last year and has an older brother on the high school team. It’s there last opportunity to play together and we will deal with the consequences but I doubt there will be any as Alexandria will not want him to leave. He will miss probably half the high school games for MLS next practices. I have talked to an ACC college coach friend and he thought that playing against older competition would be great for him as well. The only players that should these rules are the academy teams at DC. I have watched high school division 6 and their competition is definitely just as high as my 15 mls next games(definitely different style tho, more like college soccer). MLS next will be the priority and the high school coach (former college player) is on board as well. The mls rules are silly and probably safer than the futsal pickup my son already plays with random guys. We will probably not let him play next year due to recruiting.

We are also planning to ignore those stoopid rules and will play HS - DS is a starter at NVA

NVA is holding hard and fast to this rule as a newer entrant to MLS Next. Unless your kid is in private and has a waiver you will put your players future slot at
risk. The coaches and club don’t want to get reprimanded simply because your kid decided to ignore their clear expectations in order to play public HS soccer in spring.

FWIW- tons of Alexandria kids playing private HS soccer this fall, so the OP complaining about SYC and in the same breath praising ASA as a rule follower is ironic. Of course, many private HS require students to play a sport for graduation so MLS Next waivers to play HS are possible (without scholarship) which is something OP should read up on before claiming everybody is breaking the rules …could be they are actually following them to a tee- especially if their are playing fall HS (which may signal private).

NVA sucks. We lost the chance to play the NY Red Bulls x2 year for this turd team.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Are there any actual cases of kids getting 'caught' playing HS and the club or the kid being punished? My kids wants to play HS next fall but still play MLSN in the spring or make some of the games in the fall. At this point, he knows he's not going to be top D1 commit or anything so he's not too worried about having to leave MLSN if it comes down to that.

The dc kid playing for broad run hs was caught. I think he got kicked out but he didn’t care as he was a senior. Who would care?

He was kicked from MLSN? Did the club get fined?