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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I'm guessing you have a young child.  Good luck navigating all of this mess.  It can be exhausting and a lot of times very disappointing.  My advice for a the young is to try to stay as close to home as possible.  No need to travel when all the young kids need are technical skills and small sided play.  Find a knowledgeable parent that you trust and find a good coach.  What is a "good coach" for young kids...to me, it's someone that inspires a kid to work on their own. One that instills a dream. One that provides an environment where mistakes are not only OK but expected.  One that trains the growth mindset.  The club or the league doesn't have anything to do with this stuff at the younger ages.  As you kid gets older, take him to lots of tryouts, so he (and you) can see other players and coaches. Take him to the DCU ID sessions, ECNL team tryouts, any tryouts. Every year do this.  When your kid gets to U12, I'd say is when tactics become more important. You need to find a team that plays good soccer on a team where your kid adds value. where he isn't the best kid, not the worst, he gets a lot of playing time, and he plays a position he wants to play. Again, club and league doesn't matter. When your kid kids to U15 I'd say is when you need to start looking for a team that plays in showcases if playing at the next level is important. This is when club and league often matters.

Again, good luck [/quote]

Oh...more of the coach...I haven't found that licenses mean anything at all. They don't help them connect with kids and that's what is important.  There are great coaches with no licenses and great coaches with licenses. remember coaches are teachers.  Does coming from Harvard make a great teacher? No. It's the person ultimately.  So there is plenty of time to find a coach if your kid is young.  Watch the coaches on the other team?  How do they treat their players? How do the players respond? Talk to other parents?  Know what your kid responds well too.  Ask other coaches if you can bring your kid to a session now and then.  Stuff like that.[/quote]

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