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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]While a HS junior, DS was able to play internationally against the likes of FC Zenit, play u23 summer club ball with and against D1 talent and earn a u23/first team offer from a USL2 club outside our area, but yet not make his HS varsity team.  The bar is EXTREMELY high in PW County![/quote]

Thats because PWC HS sports are very political!!  Do you have another kid at the school? Do you live in the same neighborhood as coach? Is a sibling on another sports team?  In Western PWC coaches do NOT pick by ability - they pick by politics. [/quote]

All HS soccer is political.  I've seen it in private and public.  [/quote]

Political if kids don’t make the team [/quote]

Not sure that it is political but the coaches generally are not good soccer coaches and can only coach to the lowest common denominator style wise so they often select those who are the lowest common denominators as players. If they spend more time at tryouts running sprints than scrimmages your kid is in for a very special time. [/quote]

Our team had the players to play good soccer, but it was a large roster and not once did they use the best combo.  They could have controlled right down the midfield but never had the smartest most finessed players together on the field at the same time.

A good coach would have seen that because the very brief time these kids were on the field together the play was demonstratively so much better.  There are some games they could have won, but never took some of these kids off the bench while they kept getting crushed, beaten and making egregious errors—the kind most kids stopped making in early rec soccer.[/quote]

And the worst part is those parents just accuse you of being bitter and sour grapes when they really have no clue.[/quote]

What exactly are you expecting from high school sports? The coaches all have day jobs and are basically volunteering so kids and the school can have teams. If they were professional coaches they wouldn’t be teaching in high school or coaching HS sports. Outside of football and basketball, high school sports are rec leagues. Let the kids have some fun playing and let the parents enjoy watching. Not everything needs to be about sucking all the fun out to win meaningless games. Do you also spend time at schools and criticize how kids are organizing and performing during recess and PE?[/quote]

Just don't say that it isn't "political" when people tell you that the best team or lineup is not actually being rostered or even selected. And don't get upset when people tell you that the product on the field often times sucks.

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Coaches will select teams that will give the school the highest chance to win. It’s not a conspiracy if a player doesn’t make the team [/quote]

The problem is the coaches usually suck. [/quote]

Translated, “me or my kid didn’t make the HS team, so this is my defense mechanism.” Or, possibly, “I am a travel coach and want you to realize that the money you pay me is well spent.”  [/quote]

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