Reply to Travel soccer parents - you’re the reason US soccer is failing

Forum Index » Soccer

Reply to "Travel soccer parents - you’re the reason US soccer is failing"

Subject:

Emoticons





More smilies

Text Color: Font: Close Marks

[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]“Emotionally Over-Invested Parents” should be the title of this thread. [/quote]

Passion for a sport is a good thing.  The over-invested parents are the ones buying into the sh*t and kissing up ruthlessly.  The normal ones are the ones fed up with the BS.

And, you have got the premise and message of this thread completely wrong.   Parents are tired of the myth.  They are tired of the crooks.  They are tired of coaches taking the love of sports from kids and shoving it down their throats beginning with mini-kickers at age 3.

Let the coaches and Club officials and US youth soccer crooks come out and start bashing parents. That's the MO.[/quote]

OMG, it is youth soccer. Get a grip. There is no reason to be "fed up with the BS". It is a game that your kids play nothing more. If your kid chose Piano or dance would be so concerned about the State of American piano playing? [/quote]

I think you belong on the 'music forum'.  This is a soccer forum.  And the discussion isn't YOUTH soccer based  it's the market for ADULT soccer, the World Cup, etc.   Kid activities are hashed around in the 'elementary school' forum, btw.[/quote]

The title of this thread is "Travel soccer parents - you’re the reason US soccer is failing", the topic is youth based. Let the kids play for the love of the game, find the right training for your kid and what happens happens. Travel soccer is not intended to to develop a "National Team". It is intended for kids to enjoy playing soccer at a competitive level that fits their talent level.

We do not have kids play piano or any other recreational activity with the intention of being a part of a nationalized system of talent collecting. So yes, stop worrying about World Cup, none of our kids will ever play in it. With each generation the game is growing and will do so organically.

Just enjoy watching your kid play and stop worrying about the international game. [/quote]

Nope. Travel soccer segregates kids whose parents can afford to pay for it. It has little or nothing to do with athletic ability, as proved out by poor kids from marginal countries who put US in the shade.[/quote]

Are you suggesting that US Soccer should be a Socialist System where travel parents with money have to subsidize the poor so they can play soccer?  In other countries, youth soccer is heavily subsidized by Professional Teams with very deep pockets. MLS & NWSL are poor due to low public interest, game attendance and TV deals. Move to Venezuela if your kid has talent and you don’t want to pay for travel soccer. They have a great socialist system. [/quote]

Actually, MLS/USSF/SUM created a socialist type closed command and control system, which kills investment into soccer in general and youth soccer in particular.  If the system were to open and anyone could form a club and work its way up the chain to the top division, there would be meaningful investment in the game and youth soccer.   The open market system works in both real life and in sports.  The USSF is trying to do something different because it is too cosy with MLS/SUM to the detriment of the rest of the US soccer.  Japan opened up its system and it league is only one year older than MLS.   Their team  looked great at the World Cup, while we could not beat T&T's B team to qualify.  [/quote]

Options

	Disable HTML in this message
	Disable BB Code in this message
	Disable smilies in this message

Review message

Search Recent Topics Hottest Topics