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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]^^^ Another, "let them eat cake," commentator. I think folks who make such comments are afraid that the change in the status quo might negatively impact their DC. I get it but I am more focused on two things which are making sure that more kids can participate in elite youth soccer and competing on the international stage.

Look, we need to get serious -- The ECNL/DA is the best of what is out there but it is no where near the best that our nation can do. Travel is the main issue for my family and many families we know. Parents get suckered into thinking they have to get into to travel by u8 or it is over. Then you are playing $2,000-3,000 in fees a year plus other costs to travel between Baltimore and Richmond to play against weak competition when you are better off at U10 working on individual skills. By the time you hit u12, you are going to out of town tournaments where you spend a thousand. By u14, if you are doing ECNL or DA or even non-ECNL/DA you are on a plane three to five times a year going to showcases and national playoffs. If you have more than two kids, such an agenda is not feasible.

Given that we live in a system driven by capitalism, the dollar drives the market. As long as parents are willing to pay, some entrepreneur is willing to take their money, even if the product is inferior.

All the take or leave it folks can pound sand. If they would pull their own heads out of you know where, they would see the light. We can fix the system.

Here are two real suggestions:
1. Limit the travel. There is no way that a player in Vienna should have t travel do 6 hours several times a year for a soccer game or that any player should be flying more than once or twice a year to compete.
 
2. Consolidate the leagues under one umbrella to not only address the above but to get rid of the multiple national championships and the money grab aspect of youth soccer.

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I stopped reading after this:
“ Look, we need to get serious --”

Lol. Soccer isn’t an entitlement. End of story. [/quote]

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