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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]My son is considering City Sporting Club for next year (he is already committed to a different team through Spring) but I hear very little about them. Does anyone have any experience playing for them? Thanks![/quote]

Why is your son considering them if you don't know anything about them?[/quote]

Pre-considering  :lol:  :lol: [/quote]

https://system.gotsport.com/org_event/events/24442/clubs/26303[/url]

does this work?  if so, you can at least see what age groups they have and how they did in the fall.[/quote]

For me this is all about what your aspirations are as a player.  The club isn't competing anywhere at the highest level.  What that means is that even if the focus is on technical development, which is great, your son isn't testing his skills at the highest level.  Tons of players can be successful playing against weak competition.  Speed the game up and bring in better players and those same players will likely struggle, which means their skills aren't actually that good.  It's all relative.  I think the club has the right focus on skill development and individual development which is missing in most of the clubs in our area and I credit them for that focus.  I think they miss the competition side of things and minimize the competition side in service of the skill development.  There is some wisdom in that because there is less pressure on winning and kids can play with more freedom. BUT, The problem with that is that if you play fourth and fifth division soccer your entire youth career, that is the player you probably are when you're older.  You can't flip a switch and play faster at 17.  It just doesn't work that way.  Muscle.memory doesn't work that way. Your body calls up the speed you've been playing for years not weeks.  Maybe the standouts are a little better.  That means the majority of the players are WAY far off from top level.  If you're ok with that and it is convenient, maybe a good option.  But if you want to compete at the highest levels, not so much.  And if you're not competing at the highest levels, how do you know what kind of skills you actually have because even I (and I'm old) could look like Messi against weak players.  [/quote]

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