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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]So. If I had to do it all over, I’d likely have my kid play Barca at the pee wee to early middle school ages then switch over to more established competitive DA/ECNL club. Provide a solid fundamental base before going to clubs with more visibility, competitive leagues, and athletes. My kid does well (ECNL) but did miss out on some early 3rd party coaching (i.e no parent dynamics) of proper techniques, spacing and ball movement that would be second nature if ingrained by coaches early on. She’s catching up and still does great but could be closer to her potential I think if the better base had been established. [/quote]

Probably one of the most honest and sensible admissions in this entire thread.

Good post. [/quote]

The kid following this path will most likely have never make a DA/ECNL team in the US.  The training and playing competition there is not comparable to the environments you see on the top teams at high level clubs.  Outside of a few outliers, they will suffer as a result of the lack of good internal competition and being wed to a [b]playing style (tiki taka) [/b]that isn't in favor in the DA/ECNL.  Dead end unless they are good enough to play for Barcelona in Spain, because they don't mesh well with players who don't play in that exact scheme.[/quote]

This is just comically ignorant. Barca may not be a better option than a dozen other development-oriented local clubs, but pushing to a DA/ECNL club before high-school age will offer no benefit over a well-coached team in a small club. And thinking that a player who learned how to implement a system and style of play can't adapt to another style better than someone from DA or ECNL who has never been taught how to play within a structured system is just bass-ackward. Learning how to "get rid of it" when young will make it harder to learn how to keep it later, but learning how to keep the ball when young does not make it harder to get rid of it should you choose to later on.

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LOL tiki taka....I guess you are referring to the style of play demanded in major European professional leagues?  DA/ECNL is not a very high bar for soccer in terms the rest of the world. In general it’s actually a dumped down game relying on primarily athleticism.

Here are some DA players talking about playing for the equivalent of US DA/ECNL in Germany. They talk about speed of play or as you call it Tiki Taka.

https://twitter.com/fcdallas/status/1203811996010893313

DA/ECNL are okay for what they are ...a minor league for college soccer and college soccer is not even a minor league equivalent.

Here’s the thing. PDA most likely had players come through their system with similar potential as the Barca players showed. They were not selected or developed because you do not need them to win in our dumped down game. [/quote]

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