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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Since all of the top clubs in the US are moving to ECNL, the DA parents have try something.

New tactic - Push too many games as the ECNL issue. Too much soccer! No wait, since their kids can't get enough and want 11 months of soccer it's not too much soccer. But games are bad. Training is good but games are bad.[/quote]

What is the value of two ECNL spring showcases when your primary training environment is a HS team and not the actual ECNL team playing in the showcase?

And what is the value of the ECNL training environment during the spring when over a 1/3 of the players are never at practice because they are at High School?

Just tell me the upside? Please it has to be more than a concession stand with popcorn and pregame music. [/quote]

You are really asking why some teenagers see upside in playing for their HS? Wow[/quote]

Ok, so I'll also ask my teen what the upside of driving a car full of loaded kids is? Or whats the upside of going out till 1am on a school night. Certainly asking the HS kid if they understand the upside of 30 games in 3 months with one day a week off during that time frame is the right course of action. In general it is pretty solid advice to just let teenagers make all of their decisions without guidance.[/quote]

Right - because playing with your friends, classmates and potentially being a hero for your school and community is the same as dangerous driving and late partying.

You win the DA parent of the year award. You should home school little Mia through HS so you can do Rondos in the backyard at lunchtime. LMAO[/quote]

Ohhh High School "Hero"!

That is the best you've got? Still looking back, trying to recapture glory? [/quote]

Dude are you serious? LMAO. No way you have a high school kid. You just don't get it.[/quote]

Oh I get it, I just don't subscribe to the notion that HS Soccer is the peak of anything and that should be awarded any significant social status because it is not good soccer. HS soccer does not represent the best that the sport can offer. That for most club players not being able to make varsity would be considered more of an embarrassment than making varsity is considered an accomplishment.

Nobody goes to the games. The games are hack fests. The style is awful. The players are average. In short I guess if you play in ECNL HS soccer might just be the pinnacle. [/quote]

The fake bravado is telling[/quote]

What is telling is that you have to defend HS Soccer in order to promote ECNL.

If your player is only interested in playing a season or two, junior and senior years due to actual impact and role, then where is the value in paying ECNL money for a 6 month league? If your value of HS soccer is so high you certainly don't need ECNL to get onto Varsity.

You are paying a lot of money to essentially have your HS soccer coach prepare your DD for two spring college showcases. [/quote]

WTF are you paying money for? The national team? You are really starting to sound like a club representative. [/quote]

If you are in ECNL I’ll tell you what your paying for. Your paying for 10 months of training so that HS can do 3-4 months of it for your club. It isn’t what you are paying for but what you are getting in return for your bill. Go and play HS soccer, they don’t care because you’re still paying them regardless.

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