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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]It's a money grab and as consumers you can choose to buy or not.  Know that after it's all done, your kids will not remember if they were DA, ECNL, etc.....They will remember the friends, the overnight trips, the coaches, and that's all that should really matter.  I have a college kid that just tossed every medal/trophy into the recycle from his days of travel soccer, travel basketball, etc.  When I asked him why he's tossing them his answer was simple, "I can't remember any of those games, but I remember which pizza place was good at some of those tournaments"
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This is so spot-on. I just threw out all my big box old soccer trophies too — Ex D2 college player, played travel as a kid when it was called 'select'[/quote]

I have good memories and I actually do remember games, like scoring the winning penalty in Eastern Regionals, our severe rivals from up in Long Island, etc.  The training I will never forget.  There's a reason I could easily run marathons later in life and crossfit and other extreme sports.

As a woman, it also made me tough.  I remember beating all of the boys in my grade in 6th grade pacer run, the old 'Physical Fitness tests'.  It helped playing a team sport, especially in the workplace.  I am no shrinking violet.

I could give a cr*p about the actual trophies.  My mom got rid of  the mountain in her basement.  I only saved the 'select jacket' with all of those patches you sewed on from all the tournaments and my HS letter jacket (state champ patch).

Most of all I bonded so closely with my dad.   He helped coach, and was at all the practices, tournaments.  My dad was part of all of our teams and tougher on us than everyone else, but it did make us stronger.  And he never brought it home or in the car afterwards.

We have so many funny stories from those years.  Ridiculously funny stories about the team road trips, etc.  Kids used just pile in the back of the station wagon.

I don't see the same bonds on travel teams today.  For one, we didn't have yearly tryouts.  Once we became the top team, players would come to practices to tryout and there were a few cuts and replacements over the  years.  But, there was nothing like the 2 month long tryout season that eclipses the ENTIRE spring season like today.  Players were actually developed and the team was developed together.  I am not a huge fan of what has become of youth soccer today.  Yes, there is a body of better coaches, more skill taught younger, etc., but it is a business first and foremost and the kids are the ones losing out.[/quote]

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