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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]The whole landscape is recruiting. No coaches even attempt to develop kids, they just recruit. It's ridiculous. [/quote]

Recruiting=Wins. Parents want wins makes kids happy and good for IG. More wins increase $$$ revenue at the club that only sells pathways. Lower team enrollment at the U-Little ages increases and more color teams are added, parents think “these guys win they are doing something right” thereby subsidizing the recruiting for the team(s) their kid has no shot of ever play for and it continues. [/quote]

Are you talking about the VDA side?[/quote]

Like PP mentioned its any or all of the clubs that have 'alliances', they all are just aggressively recruiting.  There is no pathway to their top team like they want people to believe.  If you pay attention specifically to the jump from U12-U13, its rare for teams to maintain the entire roster even if they have success as a unit before.  Too many talking heads at the table prevent this.[/quote]

If this is really true, how much of an entire roster is kept when moving from U12-U13?

That is the jump to ECNL or MLSNext, from 9 v 9 to 11 v 11.  Ideally, esp for players on second teams, the first team is supplemented by players on the second team. But reality is that this is an opportunity for clubs to get top players from other clubs.

I think some clubs will promote a few from the second team, but I have not heard of this happening at our club. What happens is that the first team will lose a couple to other top teams and in turn, new players from outside of the club are added.

There is some movement from second teams to top teams but usually to another club. [/quote]

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