Anonymous
Post 02/13/2018 14:23     Subject: Travel Soccer teams around NOVA let's discuss Part II
Anonymous wrote:Are there some teams that exist only to play tournaments? I can't locate SYC Lions Orange 2006 boys anywhere.

I think a while back we tried to sort out which teams play in which leagues, but I couldn't find that.


Trying to scout teams for Arlington ASIST?
Anonymous
Post 02/13/2018 14:08     Subject: Travel Soccer teams around NOVA let's discuss Part II
Are there some teams that exist only to play tournaments? I can't locate SYC Lions Orange 2006 boys anywhere.

I think a while back we tried to sort out which teams play in which leagues, but I couldn't find that.
Anonymous
Post 02/08/2018 11:22     Subject: Travel Soccer teams around NOVA let's discuss Part II
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:Why do you take it personally when parents are simply showing they are proud of their children? All of my stickers are about my kids' accomplishments, not mine. Not one of the stickers or magnets is about myself.


I guess if you think playing in a league is an accomplishment. But really, nobody cares about your kids accomplishments. Hell, half the time your Facebook friends don’t really care and they presumably know you. Plastering accomplishments on the back of a car is stupid.


Kids will get criticized and dumped on soon enough. There's no harm in celebrating your child and pushing him/her to do better. There's a short window in life to building up your kid's confidence. They need confidence in life to push themselves, ignore the haters (ahem), and succeed.


And they get that confidence from a car magnet or bumper sticker?
Anonymous
Post 02/08/2018 11:16     Subject: Travel Soccer teams around NOVA let's discuss Part II
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:Why do you take it personally when parents are simply showing they are proud of their children? All of my stickers are about my kids' accomplishments, not mine. Not one of the stickers or magnets is about myself.


I guess if you think playing in a league is an accomplishment. But really, nobody cares about your kids accomplishments. Hell, half the time your Facebook friends don’t really care and they presumably know you. Plastering accomplishments on the back of a car is stupid.


Kids will get criticized and dumped on soon enough. There's no harm in celebrating your child and pushing him/her to do better. There's a short window in life to building up your kid's confidence. They need confidence in life to push themselves, ignore the haters (ahem), and succeed.


Confidence and grit come from experience, particularly disappointment/failure and overcoming.

You are doing your kid zero favors by shielding and providing constant unearned praise/fawning. Study after study bears that out.

Encourage and support, but they will earn it.
Anonymous
Post 02/08/2018 11:08     Subject: Travel Soccer teams around NOVA let's discuss Part II
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:Why do you take it personally when parents are simply showing they are proud of their children? All of my stickers are about my kids' accomplishments, not mine. Not one of the stickers or magnets is about myself.


I guess if you think playing in a league is an accomplishment. But really, nobody cares about your kids accomplishments. Hell, half the time your Facebook friends don’t really care and they presumably know you. Plastering accomplishments on the back of a car is stupid.


Kids will get criticized and dumped on soon enough. There's no harm in celebrating your child and pushing him/her to do better. There's a short window in life to building up your kid's confidence. They need confidence in life to push themselves, ignore the haters (ahem), and succeed.
Anonymous
Post 02/08/2018 09:20     Subject: Travel Soccer teams around NOVA let's discuss Part II
Anonymous wrote:Why do you take it personally when parents are simply showing they are proud of their children? All of my stickers are about my kids' accomplishments, not mine. Not one of the stickers or magnets is about myself.


I guess if you think playing in a league is an accomplishment. But really, nobody cares about your kids accomplishments. Hell, half the time your Facebook friends don’t really care and they presumably know you. Plastering accomplishments on the back of a car is stupid.
Anonymous
Post 02/08/2018 08:24     Subject: Travel Soccer teams around NOVA let's discuss Part II
Anonymous wrote:Why do you take it personally when parents are simply showing they are proud of their children? All of my stickers are about my kids' accomplishments, not mine. Not one of the stickers or magnets is about myself.


As those are the kids' accomplishments, not yours, maybe they should put the stickers on their vehicles (bikes?).
Anonymous
Post 02/08/2018 08:23     Subject: Travel Soccer teams around NOVA let's discuss Part II
Anonymous wrote:Why do you take it personally when parents are simply showing they are proud of their children? All of my stickers are about my kids' accomplishments, not mine. Not one of the stickers or magnets is about myself.


I certainly do not. I thought people were being sarcastic. And I don’t think the league sticker falls into the category of personal or child accomplishment in any event.
Anonymous
Post 02/08/2018 07:18     Subject: Travel Soccer teams around NOVA let's discuss Part II
Why do you take it personally when parents are simply showing they are proud of their children? All of my stickers are about my kids' accomplishments, not mine. Not one of the stickers or magnets is about myself.
Anonymous
Post 02/07/2018 19:46     Subject: Travel Soccer teams around NOVA let's discuss Part II
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:I’m in VA, not been in the soccer scene for as long as PP (girls though) but I haven’t seen that... most parents have been really nice or plain ok. yeah, there is some tension between some teams, inter and intra club, but not bad.


I don’t think it is tension. It is more like elititude. It usually comes up in the context of discussing league results. It is hard to explain why people put league stickers on their cars. And it is not just CCL vs VPL. There are some quite nasty attitudes about ODSL from NCSL parents. It is all nuts.


The stickers are the most obnoxious. Especially those “Baby on Board” people just rubbing their fertility in my face or those 26.2 stickers rubbing their marathon running in my face and of course the “my kid is an honor student”. Then there is the “alumni” stickers and the gymnastics stickers, dance stickers, but yes “elitism” is just a soccer thing.



My '05 minivan rocks the 0.0 sticker if that makes anyone feel any better about the state of the DMV.
Anonymous
Post 02/07/2018 19:36     Subject: Travel Soccer teams around NOVA let's discuss Part II
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:I’m in VA, not been in the soccer scene for as long as PP (girls though) but I haven’t seen that... most parents have been really nice or plain ok. yeah, there is some tension between some teams, inter and intra club, but not bad.


I don’t think it is tension. It is more like elititude. It usually comes up in the context of discussing league results. It is hard to explain why people put league stickers on their cars. And it is not just CCL vs VPL. There are some quite nasty attitudes about ODSL from NCSL parents. It is all nuts.


The stickers are the most obnoxious. Especially those “Baby on Board” people just rubbing their fertility in my face or those 26.2 stickers rubbing their marathon running in my face and of course the “my kid is an honor student”. Then there is the “alumni” stickers and the gymnastics stickers, dance stickers, but yes “elitism” is just a soccer thing.



LOL. Fair enough. I think it falls more on the inexplicable side than on the elitist side. Some of the other examples do as well. Now about those hood ornaments . . .


Ha! I draw the line at hood ornaments!

Anonymous
Post 02/07/2018 18:04     Subject: Travel Soccer teams around NOVA let's discuss Part II
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:I’m in VA, not been in the soccer scene for as long as PP (girls though) but I haven’t seen that... most parents have been really nice or plain ok. yeah, there is some tension between some teams, inter and intra club, but not bad.


I don’t think it is tension. It is more like elititude. It usually comes up in the context of discussing league results. It is hard to explain why people put league stickers on their cars. And it is not just CCL vs VPL. There are some quite nasty attitudes about ODSL from NCSL parents. It is all nuts.


The stickers are the most obnoxious. Especially those “Baby on Board” people just rubbing their fertility in my face or those 26.2 stickers rubbing their marathon running in my face and of course the “my kid is an honor student”. Then there is the “alumni” stickers and the gymnastics stickers, dance stickers, but yes “elitism” is just a soccer thing.



LOL. Fair enough. I think it falls more on the inexplicable side than on the elitist side. Some of the other examples do as well. Now about those hood ornaments . . .
Anonymous
Post 02/07/2018 17:29     Subject: Travel Soccer teams around NOVA let's discuss Part II
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:I’m in VA, not been in the soccer scene for as long as PP (girls though) but I haven’t seen that... most parents have been really nice or plain ok. yeah, there is some tension between some teams, inter and intra club, but not bad.


I don’t think it is tension. It is more like elititude. It usually comes up in the context of discussing league results. It is hard to explain why people put league stickers on their cars. And it is not just CCL vs VPL. There are some quite nasty attitudes about ODSL from NCSL parents. It is all nuts.


The stickers are the most obnoxious. Especially those “Baby on Board” people just rubbing their fertility in my face or those 26.2 stickers rubbing their marathon running in my face and of course the “my kid is an honor student”. Then there is the “alumni” stickers and the gymnastics stickers, dance stickers, but yes “elitism” is just a soccer thing.

Anonymous
Post 02/07/2018 16:12     Subject: Travel Soccer teams around NOVA let's discuss Part II
My kid got an EDP magnet from a tournament couple years ago. WTF was I gonna do with that other than toss it?
Anonymous
Post 02/07/2018 16:10     Subject: Travel Soccer teams around NOVA let's discuss Part II
i’ve always wondered why i see ncsl and odsl magnets on cars. it never made any sense to me.