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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]My friend goes on and on about how she has to take her three kids to travel soccer.
We have travel soccer tonight. There are six travel soccer games this weekend. How are we going to get all our kids to their travel soccer fields? Had to wash the travel soccer uniforms. Travel soccer. travelsoccertravelsoccertravelsoccertravel[/quote]

You sound like the kind of person who might refer to their dogs or cats as your "kids". "Oh lol what my dog did today". Or perhaps you're the person who talks about your new diet that nobody cares about. Either way I'm sure you are passionate about something that nobody else gives a shit about either but they listen to you anyway. [/quote]
You missed the point. Travel! Travel! Not soccer. Travel soccer. [/quote]

This drives me batty.  I played 'select' soccer back in the day:).  It used to not be anyone with a checkbook sport.  It was that way in most youth 'select/travel' sports.  Talent was required, not just money.  I am the last one to go on and on about 'travel' because in this day and age, it's really just Rec soccer for more $$$.  The people going on about it's good because 'there is a travel team for everyone now' miss the g-damn point.  If everyone just played rec, except for the top 1% they wouldn't have to waste thousands of dollars every year and countless hours driving all over creation because the Rec programs would still have talent.[/quote]

This simply isn't true.  Rec soccer is NOT the same as a travel program today. I think the rise of travel soccer for everyone who has money has led to the demise of rec soccer, but in no way are they the same.  There should be a place for a kid who is motivated to get better and wants to play more often than once a week who isn't the next Lio Messi, but in many cases, rec soccer ain't it.  What's wrong with paying for an environment that has professional coaches, training 2-3x per week, nice fields, organized league play and tournaments, etc. even if your kid isn't in the top 1%?  If you don't want to pay, then stay in rec.  Our travel club has B teams through high school full of good kids who are good athletes who like the challenge of a travel program but know they're not going to play D1 - what's wrong with that?  They wouldn't get what they want/need from a rec program. [/quote]

Amen. Basically what all these "back in the day" complainers are upset about is that the amount of travel soccer today, that is inclusive for a price, somehow devalues their experience. They claim that they are not living through their kids but what they are doing is comparing themselves and their achievements against their kids or their kids teammates or friends. Its not "look at me because my kid is great" instead it is "look at me because when I played it was more 'meaningful' than your kids experience"

On the douche o'meter I'll place "ex college star" high above the overweight proud parent any day of the week.[/quote]

FWIW I am a "Back in the day" poster but definitely not a complainer.  We don't even have a kid who plays soccer!  Was just throwing out my observations.  I only clicked on this link because my husband loves soccer.  That's it.[/quote]

Ahh, got it, so you know nothing of current youth soccer. Have never seen a youth team play, never attended a practice, seen a youth tournament but you have observations about the game to compare to your husbands day?[/quote]

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