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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]My kids GA team was playing in an ECNL clubs tournament (beat a very good ECNL team and lost by a goal to an ok ECNL team). It was clearly obvious that ECNL players relied on cheap shots and fighting type tactics over skill. Why do parents put up with this type of behavior? Putting your kid through a gladiator cage when they're young wont make them better. It will make them get hurt earlier in their career which very likely will affect their chances to play in college or professionally.

One teams center defender was so dirty all she was doing was trying to hurt other players. One time after getting burned she dove head first into one of our players knees trying to take her out. I'd never seen such a blatant red card get completely ignored before. Later she did something similar which hurt one our players and she received a yellow. This kind of play needs to be addressed. You dont see it in the pros why is it allowed in youth soccer? If its allowed other clubs will find their own enforcer and over time it becomes 80s hockey with kids.

It just seems stupid to me to let kids get hurt by allowing play that the pros dont even allow.[/quote]

If you want anecdote against anecdote - my U12 (smaller team in general) pre-ECNL played a [url]U13 GA team and they were doing nothing other than throwing their size around[/url]. The amount of fouls called was at least a 5/1 ratio. I think you just ran into a dirty team and a bad ref. Also why the hell are "decent" GA teams playing in 4th flights against teams a year younger!?![/quote]

100% this is Revolution.  The team is completely devoid of any skill.  This is how they play and it gets worse when a team is better than than them football skill wise.[/quote]

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