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[quote=Anonymous]This is all so crazy, as are the parents.    I’m curious how many kids they had for steady state in every team with no movement just based on the age changes.   There may have been some easy gaps to promote into and some log jams.  You may have two kids of equal age group quality and in one group go up and one group they go down for no other reason than age group shuffle.

It appears they are recruiting to try and have a nationally competitive team.  It also appears they tell young athletes to learn the skills (take the clinics!) and be the best player they can be and they will try to put them on the highest team.   Eventually these two concepts collide.    I don’t understand how these things affect college decisions well enough. Can coaches not independently assess kids who are on a very good team (but not the top team) in other ways?  If you’re on the 2 or 3 team and deserve to be on the 1 team do you stick out like a sore thumb on the lower team (in a good way) or does it not make much difference?

IRS 990 data shows this is a 7.5-9m/yr org, and I believe the stated issue is that they default promotions to kids (parents) that pay for clinics, then crush their dreams when they recruit for larger players to compete 11v11?    
Can’t they just say this out loud cause it all seems super reasonable.

The three top people there make less than 200k/year.    Assuming this is a mostly full time job, this doesn’t really seem to be the money grab that folks make it out to be.   A few thousand a year for all the practices and games seems inexpensive.  Especially given other sports in the area.   Try hockey.  If these program directors are trying to fleece parents for their own benefit, they’re doing a terrible job of it.   I’d bet all of us are close friends with or directly working for c3/c4/527 and are killing it from their orgs donations.

These kids will stop playing competitive soccer before you know it and the only thing that will remain is whether or not they picked up some grit, grace and determination that they can carry with them to their next season in life.  There will be well deserved promotions that are missed, and unearned fame given to others a.  Stressing out in front of your kids  about being rightfully recognized as a top 99% vs top 98.7% soccer player can undo all the positives they get from playing by making them and anxious Ahole as an adult.

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