What are you weighing? What did you decide?

[Anonymous]

With many offers already out what is your child planning to do?

[Anonymous]

Still waiting on the offer as returning player. Nail biter.

[Anonymous]

Change clubs. It is not necessarily that we are unhappy, but we think trying a different style of play will be good for our child's development.

[Anonymous]

185. Keto.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Change clubs. It is not necessarily that we are unhappy, but we think trying a different style of play will be good for our child's development.

Was your child happy?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:185. Keto.

Lol. Worst thread title ever.

[Anonymous]

198 pounds

[Anonymous]

Change clubs. It is not necessarily that we are unhappy, but we think trying a different style of play will be good for our child's development.


Was your child happy?

He liked the other kids, but he was definitely one of the better players on the team, which he found frustrating.

[Anonymous]

So he wants to suck?
No offense but sounds fishy to me—how many parents have kids who don’t want to be one of the better players on their team?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:So he wants to suck?
No offense but sounds fishy to me—how many parents have kids who don’t want to be one of the better players on their team?

Dumb. Anybody who is really good (1) wants to play on the best team, not be the best on an average team, and (2) does not want the burden of scoring all of the goals for a losing team, because the question is, why didn’t Leo score more, not where on earth would be without Leo.

I am going to be kind and assume your kids play defensive positions, so this might not have occurred to you. No, wait a minute, I changed my mind. You are just dumb.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:So he wants to suck?
No offense but sounds fishy to me—how many parents have kids who don’t want to be one of the better players on their team?

Dumb. Anybody who is really good (1) wants to play on the best team, not be the best on an average team, and (2) does not want the burden of scoring all of the goals for a losing team, because the question is, why didn’t Leo score more, not where on earth would be without Leo.

I am going to be kind and assume your kids play defensive positions, so this might not have occurred to you. No, wait a minute, I changed my mind. You are just dumb.

OR maybe not .... https://bleacherreport.com/articles/2713937-the-christian-pulisic-blueprint ...

Christian spurned the academy team of the Philadelphia Union, a unit consistently more talent-laden and successful than the PA Classics.

"When you are the best player on your team but your team is not as good, it means you handle the ball more, you have to do more to carry your team and in the process, you are developing your game," says Richie Williams, an assistant coach with the U.S. men's national team who coached Christian, then 15, at the U17 residency program in Bradenton and in the 2015 U17 World Cup. "If it is a loaded team, that same player might be identified as a role player and never develop those skills."

Christian called the PA Classics "a good platform to excel," in part because he wasn't treated as more special than other kids. "It allowed me to develop as a normal player," he wrote.

[Anonymous]

My daughter decided to leave her club this year. Even though she had close friends and liked the team, she was frustrated because the other players were not able to play at the level she wants. Yes she scored the most goals and liked that but not all of the team is as competitive or taking training as seriously as she does.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:So he wants to suck?
No offense but sounds fishy to me—how many parents have kids who don’t want to be one of the better players on their team?

Dumb. Anybody who is really good (1) wants to play on the best team, not be the best on an average team, and (2) does not want the burden of scoring all of the goals for a losing team, because the question is, why didn’t Leo score more, not where on earth would be without Leo.

I am going to be kind and assume your kids play defensive positions, so this might not have occurred to you. No, wait a minute, I changed my mind. You are just dumb.

You’re dumb. In addition to the Pulisic example, look at Landon Donovan’s pro path choice. He preferred to be a big fish (best) in a smaller (weaker) pond. You are speaking in absolutes which is arrogant and dumb.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:My daughter decided to leave her club this year. Even though she had close friends and liked the team, she was frustrated because the other players were not able to play at the level she wants. Yes she scored the most goals and liked that but not all of the team is as competitive or taking training as seriously as she does.

Did she play up top? Did she play defense, at all? Sounds like a Prima Donna to me. Good riddance.

[Anonymous]

And mine left because of not playing. On the smaller side, great skills and speed and lots of assists and goals, but overall not big enough to win balls from players over a head taller and 50 percent heavier. Onto a team that will let her play and worry less about wins.