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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]In a heartbeat [/quote]

I highly doubt it, since there is nothing gained and no development happening in 18-0 and 14-0 games. (And to the “but they didn’t know!” people, if as someone else posted most of those kids play for 2014 or 2015 boys teams, pretty sure they did know what was going to happen)[/quote]

Development doesn't happen at tournaments, it happens at training and practices. With losses like these, parents in this area should be waking up to what their club soccer and private training fees are paying for at these younger ages. [/quote]
Not every team in a metro area can have elite talent at every position in u-little soccer. There are always going to be levels to it. Looking at the scores, one of those teams ballers played got scored 0-7 in their consolation game and the coach probably, and rightfully so, pulled back. That bracket just had teams that shouldn’t have been in the top division.

The idea that poorly-seeded clubs are at fault for losing to a national “all-star” team of guest players is silly. If anything, ballers underperformed against a local club in the semis. [/quote]

true, local clubs aren't at fault for being incorrectly placed in the top bracket. That's on the tournament organizers . And also agreed not every local team will have talent at every position. That was the point though of pp. Parents in this area are paying thousands a year to local clubs and trainers. Spending so much time and money.  Why aren't they able to properly compete against a team of "all star" talent? Is it poor coaching, poor training, poorly rostered teams, kids in multiple sports with parents that don't care until they get destroyed at a tournament?? honestly just curious. Reading these threads, as a parent with a younger player, it seems overall that the dmv has a harder time (apart from some exceptional teams) competing nationally. [/quote]
You answered your own question. “Not every local team will have talent at every position” and could be “incorrectly placed in the top bracket.” That’s why a select team from across the country will do so well.

The bigger question is pay to play. Too many clubs with too many teams and diluted rosters and coaching staff. This is the landscape and not new, but obvious when kids fly in from around the country to exploit it. And honestly, seems like they really aren’t that good given these facts. Wonder what the score was at the half in the semis?[/quote]

so if this all star team loses, which has happened in the past, are we still having this conversation?
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