Anonymous
05/30/2024 07:53
Subject: Mediocre soccer players is what our country produces
Anonymous wrote:Kids don't set up goals with couple rocks and kick the ball around out in the streets for hours every day. All they get is couple hours of structured play a week, that's the reason.
Yup our delicate little flowers don't face enough boredom. Boredom prompts creativity and activity.
Anonymous
05/30/2024 07:06
Subject: Mediocre soccer players is what our country produces
Anonymous wrote:All MLSNext and "academy" teams are, for the most part, made up of mostly boys whose parents have the financial means to make donations to their clubs and keep the directors and coaches happy. The coaches that want to select talented players are shut down by directors. If we really wanted to produce quality players the clubs would get sponsors and provide skilled players, regardless of financial means, 100% free admission. But I guess that would not make the not-for-profit soccer clubs any money very quickly.
Just look at your club and tell me I am wrong.
And so, with this model, we will continue to produce mediocre soccer players representing our country in World Cups. College is a joke. All foreign students getting free tuition are the players on the team and staters.
The truth.
Awwww. Little Jimmy didn’t make the cut.
Anonymous
05/30/2024 06:58
Subject: Mediocre soccer players is what our country produces
I don't know, OP. My son doesn't play MLS Next but the few friends he has who do are pretty damn good.
Anonymous
05/30/2024 06:55
Subject: Mediocre soccer players is what our country produces
Kids don't set up goals with couple rocks and kick the ball around out in the streets for hours every day. All they get is couple hours of structured play a week, that's the reason.
Anonymous
05/30/2024 06:51
Subject: Mediocre soccer players is what our country produces
Anonymous wrote:I agree that many highly skilled youth with few resources are left out of the soccer rat race unless they have a coach or another adult advocating for them in the club. This is true. My SO has been a player, coach, and player parent for 30 years now and makes it a point to connect with families/players with high potential and skill who don't know how to navigate the system to show them the way. Most of them get lost in the shuffle/fall through the cracks. Even then the families don't always have the resources/time for travel.
This is true not just in soccer. Not just in sports. Those without resources do not get the same opportunities.
Anonymous
05/30/2024 06:47
Subject: Mediocre soccer players is what our country produces
It is what it is. Soccer is not a top tier sport in this country. It’s not in the culture like football or basketball or even baseball. Unless you could change the culture it will never be on par with the rest of the world. The truly top players aspiring to play outside this country tells all you need to know
Anonymous
05/30/2024 00:41
Subject: Mediocre soccer players is what our country produces
I agree that many highly skilled youth with few resources are left out of the soccer rat race unless they have a coach or another adult advocating for them in the club. This is true. My SO has been a player, coach, and player parent for 30 years now and makes it a point to connect with families/players with high potential and skill who don't know how to navigate the system to show them the way. Most of them get lost in the shuffle/fall through the cracks. Even then the families don't always have the resources/time for travel.
Anonymous
05/30/2024 00:24
Subject: Mediocre soccer players is what our country produces
Anonymous wrote:All MLSNext and "academy" teams are, for the most part, made up of mostly boys whose parents have the financial means to make donations to their clubs and keep the directors and coaches happy. The coaches that want to select talented players are shut down by directors. If we really wanted to produce quality players the clubs would get sponsors and provide skilled players, regardless of financial means, 100% free admission. But I guess that would not make the not-for-profit soccer clubs any money very quickly.
Just look at your club and tell me I am wrong.
And so, with this model, we will continue to produce mediocre soccer players representing our country in World Cups. College is a joke. All foreign students getting free tuition are the players on the team and staters.
The truth.
Wrong!
Anonymous
05/29/2024 21:31
Subject: Mediocre soccer players is what our country produces
I am more of a kumbaya kinda person and even I think this post is stupid.
Anonymous
05/29/2024 20:56
Subject: Mediocre soccer players is what our country produces
Lol tell me your child is mediocre and your butthurt without telling me you are ...
Anonymous
05/29/2024 20:49
Subject: Mediocre soccer players is what our country produces
Clubs do get sponsors, MLSNext academies for MLS teams are free and sports outside of schools cost money (coaches aren't unpaid interns and turf is pricey).
Everything costs money here; healthcare, college, etc. So are we going to subsidize youth soccer but still charge for healthcare and college and turn more and more roads into tolls?
Everything costs money here; healthcare, college, etc. So are we going to subsidize youth soccer but still charge for healthcare and college and turn more and more roads into tolls?
Anonymous
05/29/2024 20:49
Subject: Mediocre soccer players is what our country produces
Anonymous wrote:All MLSNext and "academy" teams are, for the most part, made up of mostly boys whose parents have the financial means to make donations to their clubs and keep the directors and coaches happy. The coaches that want to select talented players are shut down by directors. If we really wanted to produce quality players the clubs would get sponsors and provide skilled players, regardless of financial means, 100% free admission. But I guess that would not make the not-for-profit soccer clubs any money very quickly.
Just look at your club and tell me I am wrong.
And so, with this model, we will continue to produce mediocre soccer players representing our country in World Cups. College is a joke. All foreign students getting free tuition are the players on the team and staters.
The truth.
I'm confused as to why you think this is important enough to post about
Anonymous
05/29/2024 20:43
Subject: Mediocre soccer players is what our country produces
What about the players playing in top leagues outside the USA?
Mediocre if you're not Top World Class? (of which there are few)
Mediocre if you're not Top World Class? (of which there are few)
Anonymous
05/29/2024 20:42
Subject: Mediocre soccer players is what our country produces
Cool story bruh
Anonymous
05/29/2024 20:29
Subject: Mediocre soccer players is what our country produces
All MLSNext and "academy" teams are, for the most part, made up of mostly boys whose parents have the financial means to make donations to their clubs and keep the directors and coaches happy. The coaches that want to select talented players are shut down by directors. If we really wanted to produce quality players the clubs would get sponsors and provide skilled players, regardless of financial means, 100% free admission. But I guess that would not make the not-for-profit soccer clubs any money very quickly.
Just look at your club and tell me I am wrong.
And so, with this model, we will continue to produce mediocre soccer players representing our country in World Cups. College is a joke. All foreign students getting free tuition are the players on the team and staters.
The truth.
Just look at your club and tell me I am wrong.
And so, with this model, we will continue to produce mediocre soccer players representing our country in World Cups. College is a joke. All foreign students getting free tuition are the players on the team and staters.
The truth.