Anonymous
Post 08/29/2017 20:45     Subject: Re:People sure love to discuss travel soccer teams
I think we are a very long way from home-grown American FIFA players.

Pulisic was trained by his father and father's friend. He left for Europe at a young age.

Playing for Loudoun or Arlington or the likes is not going to make a World Class $200 million player. The training and coaching is inadequate.
Anonymous
Post 08/29/2017 19:45     Subject: Re:People sure love to discuss travel soccer teams
Everyone thinks the sport they like is just on the cusp of breaking through as a major spectator sport! I think it's going to be lacrosse!
Anonymous
Post 08/29/2017 19:23     Subject: Re:People sure love to discuss travel soccer teams
Soccer will take over football as the major sport to watch in the US. The market is growing tremendously. You can see this that an American is soon going to be the most valuable soccer player, potentially worth over $200mil! An American!!. Can't wait to see it happen for Pulisec

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-0u2zpnjoNw&sns=em



Anonymous
Post 08/29/2017 19:20     Subject: People sure love to discuss travel soccer teams
Bragging
Anonymous
Post 08/29/2017 19:14     Subject: Re:People sure love to discuss travel soccer teams
I love soccer.

Unfortunately travel soccer has come to mean "anyone can play if you can afford it".
Anonymous
Post 08/29/2017 19:10     Subject: People sure love to discuss travel soccer teams
My friend goes on and on about how she has to take her three kids to travel soccer.
We have travel soccer tonight. There are six travel soccer games this weekend. How are we going to get all our kids to their travel soccer fields? Had to wash the travel soccer uniforms. Travel soccer. travelsoccertravelsoccertravelsoccertravel
Anonymous
Post 08/29/2017 19:07     Subject: People sure love to discuss travel soccer teams
Anonymous wrote:I think they are so boring to watch! ANd swim meets are sooo long. Also hate baseball and softball and tee ball.

Sports our kids have tried that were fun to watch: Basketball, flag football, diving, lacrosse.

We are only a rec sports family, so maybe its more exciting when your kids are *elite*.


Watching rec kids play basket, flag football, diving or lacrosse is incredibly boring. Maybe you can start a thread.
Anonymous
Post 08/29/2017 19:04     Subject: People sure love to discuss travel soccer teams
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:Why are these such big hits? People seem to be super in those and swimming. Kind of odd that so many people like those two particular sports since they are both somewhat boring to watch.


Oh, people in those threads don't *watch* the sports. They bask in their children's sporting success as a symbol of the amount of money they're willing to spend and their acumen in picking the "right" coach and club, which also means being condescending or outright hostile to those who've made other choices. Those choices can't be what's best for the kid -- they're clearly signs that these other anonymous parents are inferior to ME, THE GREAT PARENT WHO SPENDS ALL AND KNOWS ALL!!

Most of them have no clue whatsoever about soccer.


Yes it is very similar to the private school forum.
Anonymous
Post 08/29/2017 19:00     Subject: People sure love to discuss travel soccer teams
I think they are so boring to watch! ANd swim meets are sooo long. Also hate baseball and softball and tee ball.

Sports our kids have tried that were fun to watch: Basketball, flag football, diving, lacrosse.

We are only a rec sports family, so maybe its more exciting when your kids are *elite*.
Anonymous
Post 08/29/2017 18:53     Subject: People sure love to discuss travel soccer teams
What I don't understand is how your kid can play soccer for pretty much 15 years of their life then grow up to be fat. I just don't get that and personally, some of the parents should kicking a soccer ball around instead of standing on the sidelines if you know what I mean.
Anonymous
Post 08/29/2017 17:38     Subject: Re:People sure love to discuss travel soccer teams
Travel soccer and swim team are both incredibly time consuming, so I think the people involved with them tend to talk about them a lot because they don't have a whole lot else going on when they're in season.
Anonymous
Post 08/29/2017 17:34     Subject: People sure love to discuss travel soccer teams
You have obviously never played.

https://mobile.nytimes.com/2012/04/10/science/top-soccer-players-are-seen-to-have-superior-brain-function.html
Anonymous
Post 08/29/2017 17:17     Subject: Re:People sure love to discuss travel soccer teams
^^ Nothing condescending about the above post.
Anonymous
Post 08/29/2017 17:00     Subject: People sure love to discuss travel soccer teams
Anonymous wrote:Why are these such big hits? People seem to be super in those and swimming. Kind of odd that so many people like those two particular sports since they are both somewhat boring to watch.


Oh, people in those threads don't *watch* the sports. They bask in their children's sporting success as a symbol of the amount of money they're willing to spend and their acumen in picking the "right" coach and club, which also means being condescending or outright hostile to those who've made other choices. Those choices can't be what's best for the kid -- they're clearly signs that these other anonymous parents are inferior to ME, THE GREAT PARENT WHO SPENDS ALL AND KNOWS ALL!!

Most of them have no clue whatsoever about soccer.
Anonymous
Post 08/29/2017 16:44     Subject: People sure love to discuss travel soccer teams
Why are these such big hits? People seem to be super in those and swimming. Kind of odd that so many people like those two particular sports since they are both somewhat boring to watch.