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[quote=Nova2Euro]Everyone. I don't know anything about NVU as a specific club. Maybe the coaches suck. Maybe the kids aren't that talented. Maybe it's not a good club.

I'm just talking about the model. I think it would be awesome if every club in the area had a senior team or two, and I'm glad to hear that I was wrong and that SYC and Alexandria do have these teams. I don't recall recommending that anyone sign their kid up for NVU--but I would be very happy to see this model widely adapted. I don't assume that NVU is superior, but I do really dislike the model where the main purpose of these "elite" leagues appears to be to allow coaches to make it to multiple games in a day. I'm not saying the club NVU is the answer, but I'm all for the model, and not sure why anyone would be against it. I mean, do you LIKE shelling out $7-9K a year for ECNL and your kid not having a clear path to senior football?

@Rountree, completely agree that for it's about the journey. Come on, there is an EXTREMELY low percentage of senior players that make millions. The vast majority make somewhere between 0 and perhaps [b]dozens of thousands[/b] of dollars annually. But that's exactly my point--the model of having senior teams, especially multiple levels of senior teams--at the top of a club structure allows the opportunity for the journey to continue. These lower-tier senior teams not only allow acceleration of development for teens, but also allow later bloomers like N'golo Kante and Jamie Vardy more time to develop. I think maybe our perspectives are different regarding the "cream of the crop." Truly unusually "special" players that can be picked out at 15 years old or younger do exist. They are rare. There are structures in place to assist and advance them. Some make it; some don't. But widespread adoption of the European model would benefit exactly those kids who are not "the cream of the crop" at U15/U16 but are still very good and could develop into very good players later.

@Rountree again, kind of off-topic, but who are the kids coming to play US college soccer from Europe? Anecdotally, I've read about several who have come from top-level academies, but haven't ever seen a rigorous breakdown. Probably better a discussion for a different thread, but this is a really interesting topic. [/quote]

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