Anonymous wrote:SYC will win! They rostered their MLS Next future players to play.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Coming up final 4 matches! SYC big favorite to win on the boys side u11 and u12.

SYC U11 boys won’t get past McLean in final4

I am not sure about this particular situation. My DS plays MLS Next with futures players. They are second team players who receive that designation to play with the MLS Next team. So I'm not sure why someone would be upset about futures players playing on the team they are permanently rostered for. They are capped on how many games they can play with the MLS Next team.

MLS Next provides insurance and other benefits/requirement for players in MLS Next, so the only way for a player to guest play in their system is to be a designated futures player. Not sure if the new second tier will change this type of designation or not.

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Anonymous wrote:You all worried about winning and losing at 2012 are weird. I had a kid in both tournaments and our team did fine, but we didn’t win either.

Seriously, at what age do you think coaching and player development value are reflected in pure wins and loses?

Goalie development is more than half the battle at that age if you care about final scores.

I totally get your points. They are valid. We did beat teams, that maybe we should not have simply because the goalie position was rotated by field players and or/ the kids who were full time goal keepers still did not master the basics (standing at the near post on corner kicks for example) which resulted in easy goals scored.

I will say you're right and true player development often does not go hand in hand with a winning record. I saw plenty of kids & teams doing the right things/ who were coached the correct way who did not make it to the finals in the tournament.

No you didnt