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And mine left because of not playing. On the smaller side, great skills and speed and lots of assists and goals, but overall not big enough to win balls from players over a head taller and 50 percent heavier.

Not playing is a good reason to leave, but you don't necessarily need to be big to win balls from taller players. My son is 25th percentile in height and weight, and can win them. You just need to find a way to win them that doesn't involve direct shouldering off, which I agree is unlikely to work.

And mine left because of not playing. On the smaller side, great skills and speed and lots of assists and goals, but overall not big enough to win balls from players over a head taller and 50 percent heavier.

So he wants to suck?
No offense but sounds fishy to me—how many parents have kids who don’t want to be one of the better players on their team?

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Anonymous wrote:So he wants to suck?
No offense but sounds fishy to me—how many parents have kids who don’t want to be one of the better players on their team?

If you're the best player on the field, you're on the wrong field. Same thing with smarts in the classroom. Hard to fly like an eagle when you're surrounded by turkeys. Not everybody wants to be a frontrunner, believe it or not.

Our kids tended to rise with the level around them. Players can actually look worse when playing for a team below their level. The teammates don't have the tactical awareness (don't anticipate passes or make the correct runs or cover/know how to shift), bad first touch and the overall play is slower. I have been amazed when I watch my kid in games with current team and training scrimmages with team at a higher level. He dominates at the higher level....and he looks so much faster.

There sometimes is a fallacy about good players and not creating challenge for them.

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Anonymous wrote:So he wants to suck?
No offense but sounds fishy to me—how many parents have kids who don’t want to be one of the better players on their team?

If you're the best player on the field, you're on the wrong field. Same thing with smarts in the classroom. Hard to fly like an eagle when you're surrounded by turkeys. Not everybody wants to be a frontrunner, believe it or not.

Anonymous wrote:Still waiting on the offer as returning player. Nail biter.

Anonymous wrote:185. Keto.

Anonymous wrote:So he wants to suck?
No offense but sounds fishy to me—how many parents have kids who don’t want to be one of the better players on their team?

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Anonymous wrote:So he wants to suck?
No offense but sounds fishy to me—how many parents have kids who don’t want to be one of the better players on their team?

Dumb. Anybody who is really good (1) wants to play on the best team, not be the best on an average team, and (2) does not want the burden of scoring all of the goals for a losing team, because the question is, why didn’t Leo score more, not where on earth would be without Leo.

I am going to be kind and assume your kids play defensive positions, so this might not have occurred to you. No, wait a minute, I changed my mind. You are just dumb.

OR maybe not .... https://bleacherreport.com/articles/2713937-the-christian-pulisic-blueprint ...

Christian spurned the academy team of the Philadelphia Union, a unit consistently more talent-laden and successful than the PA Classics.

"When you are the best player on your team but your team is not as good, it means you handle the ball more, you have to do more to carry your team and in the process, you are developing your game," says Richie Williams, an assistant coach with the U.S. men's national team who coached Christian, then 15, at the U17 residency program in Bradenton and in the 2015 U17 World Cup. "If it is a loaded team, that same player might be identified as a role player and never develop those skills."

Christian called the PA Classics "a good platform to excel," in part because he wasn't treated as more special than other kids. "It allowed me to develop as a normal player," he wrote.

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Anonymous wrote:My daughter decided to leave her club this year. Even though she had close friends and liked the team, she was frustrated because the other players were not able to play at the level she wants. Yes she scored the most goals and liked that but not all of the team is as competitive or taking training as seriously as she does.

Did she play up top? Did she play defense, at all? Sounds like a Prima Donna to me. Good riddance.

Actually she plays mid and center back. She wants to build out of the back like they learn in practice but there aren’t enough players on the team capable of receiving and making the passes without losing the ball. Up front would be a more natural position for her but coach and she would rather have her back to stop goals to keep games more competitive. Sometimes teams and players don’t develop equally and it becomes necessary to change teams. We’re talking about 11 year olds where separation tends to start for girls.

You seem like a real Prima Donna parent. I’m sure the other parents would love to get rid of you

11 year olds. Yep. You confirmed you’re typical of an over involved parent at that age. Always want their kid to play up top, complain about her teammates, where the coach puts her, etc. Your kid’s old team will be happier without you. Seen and heard it many times before. Best of luck finding your happy place. Truly.

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Anonymous wrote:My daughter decided to leave her club this year. Even though she had close friends and liked the team, she was frustrated because the other players were not able to play at the level she wants. Yes she scored the most goals and liked that but not all of the team is as competitive or taking training as seriously as she does.

Did she play up top? Did she play defense, at all? Sounds like a Prima Donna to me. Good riddance.

Actually she plays mid and center back. She wants to build out of the back like they learn in practice but there aren’t enough players on the team capable of receiving and making the passes without losing the ball. Up front would be a more natural position for her but coach and she would rather have her back to stop goals to keep games more competitive. Sometimes teams and players don’t develop equally and it becomes necessary to change teams. We’re talking about 11 year olds where separation tends to start for girls.

You seem like a real Prima Donna parent. I’m sure the other parents would love to get rid of you

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Anonymous wrote:So he wants to suck?
No offense but sounds fishy to me—how many parents have kids who don’t want to be one of the better players on their team?

Dumb. Anybody who is really good (1) wants to play on the best team, not be the best on an average team, and (2) does not want the burden of scoring all of the goals for a losing team, because the question is, why didn’t Leo score more, not where on earth would be without Leo.

I am going to be kind and assume your kids play defensive positions, so this might not have occurred to you. No, wait a minute, I changed my mind. You are just dumb.

You’re dumb. In addition to the Pulisic example, look at Landon Donovan’s pro path choice. He preferred to be a big fish (best) in a smaller (weaker) pond. You are speaking in absolutes which is arrogant and dumb.

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Anonymous wrote:My daughter decided to leave her club this year. Even though she had close friends and liked the team, she was frustrated because the other players were not able to play at the level she wants. Yes she scored the most goals and liked that but not all of the team is as competitive or taking training as seriously as she does.

Did she play up top? Did she play defense, at all? Sounds like a Prima Donna to me. Good riddance.