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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Found some of the FCB teams. Most only just started playing tournaments.  Good results but starting in lower brackets

U17 boys [url]https://home.gotsoccer.com/rankings/team.aspx?teamid=1172614[/url]
U15 boys [url]https://home.gotsoccer.com/rankings/team.aspx?teamid=1246363[/url]
U14 boys [url]https://home.gotsoccer.com/rankings/team.aspx?teamid=1218831[/url]
U13 boys [url]https://home.gotsoccer.com/rankings/team.aspx?teamid=1238111[/url]
U12 boys [url]https://home.gotsoccer.com/rankings/team.aspx?TeamID=1218840[/url]
U12 girls [url]https://home.gotsoccer.com/rankings/team.aspx?teamid=1246360[/url]
U14 girls [url]https://home.gotsoccer.com/rankings/team.aspx?teamid=1246358[/url][/quote]

Yup, as a new club with no tourney history they have to play the Gotsoccer points game. The results should start to give them a history to start climbing the tournament pecking order. But in most cases they will be at a NCSL level for tournaments in the coming year as their teams navigate the quagmire of tournament hierarchy.

The fact that they are not in leagues also counts against them in regards to tourney acceptances and seeding with no tournament playing history to go on. All they can really do for now is enter lower tournaments and play the games. [/quote]

Yes.  If anyone is primarily concerned about 'league prestige' and tournament wins, this isn't the place for them. The parents/players in this Academy are concerned first and foremost about development. The TRAINING is what matters.  Yes, wins will follow as they progress. But--this isn't a schmooze with the Coach and lobby to get your kid on some 'top team'/top league. You will not fit in. Parents are a very modest, intelligent bunch about the sport-- pretty much the antithesis of your typical travel soccer parent. Also, they don't 'see' players the same way most travel coaches do. Many kids used to being the star at their Clubs were humbled initially as they are looking at completely different characteristics when they evaluate players---they are often looking at them when they don't even have the ball and how a player 'thinks'. They see minute details.

Many age groups have zero intention of joining leagues next year because they are too restrictive for the way they develop players. Kids are mixed between teams and age groups often. This is seen as a long-term development process.

They have several teams per age group and they do not release all of them for competitive play. They want to make sure the players know the methodology well enough before they go out there and start competing because the pressure will make them revert to bad habits and the typical US kick and run.

And, yes, they have to start in lower brackets because that is how it works in the US--any team has to work their way up. That said, some teams had impressive wins against decent teams this Spring.[/quote]

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