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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Poster needs to come to terms with reality. If his U15 DD is getting benched with no playing time, and he is that frustrated... then DA is clearly not for his family. Certainly D1 and D2 college is off the table so move to another club and enjoy the rest of the time playing youth soccer in high school or a non-DA or ECNL club. [/quote]

The only parents who would defend the things they are hearing here is that 1 or 2 players that may be getting all the benefits and perks.  The level of anger rising within WS families is rising.  It can be swept aside or attacked here by the same 1-2 WS apologists ad nauseam.  That doesn't erase facts on the ground.[/quote]

Different poster here, but I don't understand why you are so upset by this situation.  The DA programs are basically set up to help find and develop a few stars who will go into the national youth system, and for everyone else there is the benefit of good training and potential college offers.   There is no goal of ensuring that all kids get equal treatment.  Parents angry that their kids aren't considered to be in the top of the group can join together and complain all they want.  It's not going to change anything, nor should it.  I suppose if there are others out there like you who didn't really understand what kind of a program they were signing up for, then your warning is a good one.  Certainly everyone should do their research before committing to DA.[/quote]

The expectation is that parents will get the minimum professionalism and treatment found at the rest of the local DA and ECNL clubs.  When that isn't matched, parents get upset.  Everyone at WS has done travel at varying levels before, some have done ECNL and some have done DA at other clubs.  So they expect what is the norm.

Nothing being described here is normal.[/quote]

The overloading of a field one night a week may or may not be an issue at other DAs, but large roster sizes, players playing up and pushing older players to the bench,  unequal playing time,  having to compete for a roster spot every week - let alone playing time,  not finding out until Friday whether you've made the roster for Saturday, ... all of that is perfectly normal in the DA.

I'm not saying that's necessarily the right way to do things, but Spirit is certainly not alone if that's the way they are operating.

Whether the demand for their program is strong enough to handle that kind of cut throat environment remains to be seen.   
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That is how the DA and other highly competitive sports leagues are run. It's normal and it gets harder from this point on. Much much harder.

If you think this is cut throat - college is brutal. Imagine the average D1 program of 30 players and only 27 can be on the bench per NCAA rules. So 3 players on the team watch from the stands!

Only 21 are eligible to play and the official roster comes out 15 minutes before the game. So another 6 can be dressed but know right before the game starts that WILL NOT play no matter what happens. That's for a home game. For an away game they probably won't travel with the team!

The 21 that travel...maybe 13 or 14 will play in the game.

The starting 11 get better everything, more attention and focus at practices, coaching, video reviews, etc. The bottom 4-5 barely feel like they are on the team at all.

The point is that if you think the DA roster situation is "unfair" or "unprofessional" save yourself and leave DA and ECNL.

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