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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Coach recommendation but the reality is that some coaches just have more pull than others unfortunately. Not as transparent and/or fully merit based as many would think.[/quote]

This is right. A lot of coaches’s kids at these ID events.

One always wonders why the US, with the youth soccer bench we have, always seems to be lacking specific talents on the national teams. This system of “coaches’ pick two” is one of the biggest contributors.

The pool gets tainted. At 600-800 kids, you’ve got, at best, 1/2 that in merit. And they have to compete with a ton of kids that shouldn’t be there, in an environment where it’s all about getting looks. Sounds like a recipe for poor behavior.

As for kids rolling off and new kids coming in. One thing that seems to happen a lot, year to year, is the kids who are nepotism based keep going back even though they won’t make a YNY camp. It’s the non-nepotism kids / more merit based that often only get 1 shot. Unless the NT coaches ask for specific player types, the clubs will rotate in their flavor of the month.[/quote]

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