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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Regardless of league, parents, if college soccer is the goal, you should be putting together a video resume, attending summer soccer camps at target schools and probably have an expert trainer outside the team your  kid is are currently on. Yes, it's that crazy.[/quote]
It is that crazy and iamyouthsoccer charges parents to get kids recruited. Theres a reason they post things to stroke ECNL parent egos. They're the ones willing to spend big money. [/quote]

So does soccer wire. It’s a business.[/quote]
Some people dont know this yet and swallow the bait hook line and sinker. For those that haven't figured it out yet. Once you get to olders wins take a backseat to recruitment. Everyone wants to win but if a certain recruiter is expected to be at a game to look at a bench player guess who gets to start? This happens because clubs want to have committments and clubs want committments because its something they can advertise on instragram which brings on more younger players.[/quote]

That is a pretty cynical view.  While I am sure the clubs want commitments because it looks good for the coach and club, there are also other reasons.  For instance, couldn’t it also be true they care for each kid and want the best for them, they got to coaching to help kids and help each kid seek their dreams?[/quote]

That's may of how it started for a lot of coaches but that is not how it is today.  The business side of things has taken over for club soccer, now it's all about commitments and youth national team social media posts because parents will see those and want that for their kid so they'll join the club that they think can best do that for me.   It's why we're failing in soccer at the national level because it's not about development or coaching our youth, it's about increasing college commitments to get more kids to join the club, so a club can have 4 teams in the same age group or have 20-25 kids per team[/quote]
I don't know where people get their idolized view of club soccer and coaches. Club soccer is a business like any other business. Do we expect people working at Cartoon Cuts to be all about the kids feeling good about their hair and self image? Do we expect workers at shoe stores to be in it because they care about people's feet? Soccer coaches are employees working a job for a paycheck. Where does the expectation come from that coaches and clubs exist for the betterment of the sport and kids?[/quote]

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