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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]There is a lot of discussion here about clubs, usually the negatives. Without naming specific clubs what are the measures by which you’d even determine a good club. 
The club that wins the most consistently across all age groups? 
The best coaches (and how is that even measured)?
The most players? 
The most money? 
The most D1 college signings?
The least player turnover?[/quote]

The best club [b]for your kid[/b] is the one with the best coaches.  A group of good coaches who remain together usually end up with clubs that have all the other criteria you list - but:
1.  Your kid benefits from the coaches, not the symptoms of good coaching which you also describe
2.  After good coaches leave, the symptoms can persist for some time.

How do you tell a good coach?  Certainly all the other things you list are correlated with good coaching, so picking a club by those metrics give you a better chance of finding a good coach than picking clubs with the opposite attributes - but they are no guarantee.  The only sure way to find a good coach is to
-  know what good coaching looks like, and watch practices to see how he coaches
-  know what good soccer looks like, and watch games to see how the team plays

Many parents do not have the knowledge to do that, in which case you just have to go by reputation/word of mouth/team record etc.

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There are some clubs, typically smaller, with good coaches but they don’t have the player pool to field consistent teams in every age group. With less competitive teams, mixed age group teams, it’s hard to attract players, which makes teams less competitive. Even with good coaching is this still a good club?[/quote]

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