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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]The guys limited experience is with a U9 and U10.  Enough said.[/quote]

If you read closely, or at all, the point is that none of these scores or records is likely to give you meaningful information about player development or coaching, even the apparently big-stakes U15-18 matches. LOL. You really think any of this ever begins to become important or meaningful for making decisions about which team to leave or join?  [/quote]

There is a huge swath of parents that think their kid has to be on 'X club, on X team which plays in X league' at the earliest of ages.  It means they are destined for the World Cup and their child is superior to all others in the DMV.  The way they talk about their kids' team and introduce themselves...:Hi, I'm Jim and my son, Ryan, plays on the U9 Madison County A team'.  Oh--your child is at X Club or on Madison County C team---oh too bad, last time I will be talking to you.  Sadly, poor Ryan will slowly make his descent down the chain over the years and dad won't know what to do when he can't run around bragging that Ryan's team won the Eliteeliteness Cup and no other teams came close.[/quote]

Agreed, and all this becomes even sillier when membership in a different league becomes the basis for distinction and snobbery.  [/quote]

Do you really meet a lot of people like this?  Maybe things are just a lot better on the Maryland side, but I've only ever met 1 or 2 people who sound like this, and I've had various kids in travel soccer for 15 years now.[/quote]

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