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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Are folks finding their DC's team /level of competition (even if losing or winning all their matches) is sufficient this Spring?  I am for DS and DD with rare exceptions.[/quote]

Sadly, no. Most of the games thus far have been far too easy. This is U9 however, and others report that there is no effort put into parity at this age, only proximity. Seems very foolish to me.[/quote]

With nary a match played on the fall / hardly any data, how do you propose the schedule makers create a competitive schedule? And for new teams forming for this fall at U9, what is your genius solution?[/quote]

Nary a match? We played a full fall season. Is it too much to ask to organize a division so that there’s parity among the teams?  It’s not good for anyone when my boy’s team wins 11-0 even after playing “only left foot shots” from 7-0 on; it’s not good for the winning players (who get complacent, don’t learn from their bad habits, etc.) and it’s not good for the losing team obviously, who get down on the game and can’t try to execute what they’re learning in practice because they are so outmatched.

As for the snark about U9 being a meaningless cash grab — news for you sweetheart, it’s all a cash grab at every age. But not even good life skills are taught by repeatedly being on the winning or losing end of heavily lopsided games. [/quote]

DP.  At U9 and U10, the divisions are done more by geography than by perceived skill because (1) these are still little kids and there’s no value in hauling them all over the region for the same level of competition they can get close to home, and (2) because these are little kids, it is a total crapshoot how good a team will be season to season, even if the roster doesn’t change.  In those years, you’re not in travel because travel is developmentally appropriate, you’re just buying a slot for your kid for future years.[/quote]

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