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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote]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. [/quote]

Hmmm.. it's the best of what's out there..

[quote] Travel is the main issue for my family and many families we know. [/quote] travel is the issue?... [b]travel[/b]? 2-3x a year for 1 person for ECNL/GDA? Or do you mean it's expensive for your ENTIRE family. Fund a chaperone to keep costs down.

[quote]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. [/quote]

No one by u8 is getting suckered into travel. When the fees go from $300/yr to $3000, you know you are buying a different product. You don't have to be be pressured into that environment, no one is compelling you to do it; however structured skills development outside of travel team will typically cost $200/month for 1 hr a week. Of course, you definitely don't need that training because it's a cash grab, so your Mia will learn it all for from the streets.

[quote]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. 
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Again, fund a chaperone.. you clearly haven't done any more than a very superficial analysis, not even back of the napkin pros or cons if you really really thought the ECNL or GDA platform was worth it outside the travel costs. If you have more that 2 kids, lots of things aren't feasible, kids are expensive, i'm not sure what you are trying to say? Is everyone of your kids expected to play ECNL or GDA (in soccer or some other expensive activity?). And if they are what was your plan if it wasn't costs for soccer, but it was for something else?[/quote]

You clearly don't have more than two kids. Even if you could afford all the travel, you should not have to travel as much. It isn't necessary -- That is the point.  [/quote]

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