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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]That DeAnza force video is fun to watch.  Where are those girls playing now?  Is there a list of where they committed?  It must have been really fun for their community to watch them grow from little players into, I'm assuming, college stars (and some on the WNT?).[/quote]

Love the sarcasm....  if you're the parent of a U12 player thinking about college commitments and the WNT for your daughter right now, it's time for a reality check.  And I say this as a parent of a daughter playing for a club with multiple players currently on YNT's at multiple age groups.  Reading these posts, it seems that most of the focus is on a particular U12 team and how many games they win.  Games won at U12 will mean nothing when they are 15, 16, 17...  and it certainly won't determine which kids play at a higher level.  Don't pick a club based on wins and losses.  Pick a club based on their development philosophy and, more importantly, the coach that will be training your kid.  [/quote]

+1000 Amen[/quote]

I agree that it may be too early to think about college commitment at this age but it is not to early to pay attention to what your DD is learning.  Is she on a team that kicks long and does not play out of the back?  If so, these are the skills that she will carry over to the older age groups.  De Anza girls were getting crushed at younger ages by more direct teams because they were trying to execute passes and play out of the back and, of course, had turnovers which cost them multiple games.  By U14, they have mastered their style of play that you could see in the video.  The teams that were destroying them at U11-U12, could not longer compete with their direct style of play, which was extremely effective at younger ages.  What the team is trying to execute on the field at younger ages is more important than a number of wins, scores, or got soccer rankings.      [/quote]

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