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[quote=Anonymous][quote=RantingSoccerDad][quote=Anonymous][quote=RantingSoccerDad][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Metro United is an awesome organization.  My daughter loves the coaching style and her new friends[/quote]
Have you noticed Metro's game record is at the bottom of every age group in the GA? Even the NPL GFR teams struggle. Great org. So much for the coaching style.[/quote]

Results matter less than a lot of things.

It's Metro United. Not Manchester United.

The people I know who are involved with Metro United are terrific. I do wonder how such a geographically awkward partnership will work out in the long run. I can't imagine a lot of people traveling from D.C. or Potomac to Great Falls at rush hour, and I wonder if Herndon or Vienna would be better partners. (Disclaimer: I live in Vienna, coached in rec league, ref there, etc.) 
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If results don't matter, then what does?[/quote]

1. Development. Would you rather win at U-17 or U-12? Would you rather be a U-10 stud or play in college?

2. Fun. It's a game. I bet half of the miserable U-10 girls I saw in some "high-level" WAGS games quit before high school.

3. Coaches who aren't psychopaths. I've seen some coaches I would *never* let my kids play for. I don't care if they win every game between now and U-13. *Never*.[/quote]

That's all very well and I agree.  But - in my experience

1.  Development leads to wins.  Not immediately I agree - and good coaches who stick to development as a goal will indeed lose some games that they might perhaps have won if they didn't stick to their plan.  But the development should lead to visibly improved performance within weeks, and improved results within months.  At any age.  I would argue that teams which consistently lose for years are not benefitting from development.  They're just losing.

2.  Teams which lose consistently are not fun for the kids.  Sure it's not necessary to win all your games to have fun.  But it is necessary to not always finish last.

3.  I agree entirely.  But - in my experience - psychopath coaches usually don't win - their behavior is self-defeating.

I'm not familiar with metro united.  But if their game record is truly "at the bottom of every age group in the GA?" and the NPL GFR teams are indeed struggling, then I would seriously question whether any development or fun is actually happening.[/quote]

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