Anonymous
Post 05/31/2024 13:47     Subject: Re:Does your kid watch soccer on TV?
All.of.the.time.

Our 14 DS will take up early on Saturday morning to watch -- particularly if Liverpool is playing. He schedules life around Liverpool playing. But will watch any soccer that's on.
If he's not watching, he's playing XBox FIFA.
He will start HS in the fall and we went to sevearl JV/Varsity games to watch and learn what the HS is doing.
He refs.
He watches YouTube or Reels about game highlights.
We've watched Ted Lasso, Welcome to Wrexham, and The English Game movie.

He's been like this for years so maybe not as a little kid but for quite a while it's soccer. more soccer. and then more soccer.
Anonymous
Post 05/30/2024 19:33     Subject: Does your kid watch soccer on TV?
Anonymous wrote:
McLean just announced that they are hosting the Olympique Lyonnaise's U19 team in June. Will be interesting to see how their style of play compares to US / northern Virginia! They'll scrimmage VA Union 2007s and the McLean WPSL team while they're here.


That would be a fun game to watch!
Anonymous
Post 05/30/2024 18:15     Subject: Does your kid watch soccer on TV?
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:DD watches soccer all the time. we go to united and spirit games on the regular. She follows premier league, WSL, La liga and a couple others.

It helps them understand the game. Our coaches encourage it.


No girls should not watch professional European soccer. The girls/womens game in the US has little to nothing in common with the major European leagues -men’s or women’s. The Europeans change formations based on who has the ball and/or field position, they pass out of pressure, commonly put 4-7 pass together and have a very high speed of play. The majority of US travel coaches do not even watch those leagues or understand was is happening on the field.

If the girls watch that style of play they will want to play that way. That style of play does not fit what the travel coaches want. Now the NWSL and college soccer fits the travel/ECNL style of play.


McLean just announced that they are hosting the Olympique Lyonnaise's U19 team in June. Will be interesting to see how their style of play compares to US / northern Virginia! They'll scrimmage VA Union 2007s and the McLean WPSL team while they're here.
Anonymous
Post 05/30/2024 07:01     Subject: Re:Does your kid watch soccer on TV?
Nope. I don’t even know if they know there is soccer on tv.
Anonymous
Post 05/30/2024 06:55     Subject: Does your kid watch soccer on TV?
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:DD watches soccer all the time. we go to united and spirit games on the regular. She follows premier league, WSL, La liga and a couple others.

It helps them understand the game. Our coaches encourage it.


No girls should not watch professional European soccer. The girls/womens game in the US has little to nothing in common with the major European leagues -men’s or women’s. The Europeans change formations based on who has the ball and/or field position, they pass out of pressure, commonly put 4-7 pass together and have a very high speed of play. The majority of US travel coaches do not even watch those leagues or understand was is happening on the field.

If the girls watch that style of play they will want to play that way. That style of play does not fit what the travel coaches want. Now the NWSL and college soccer fits the travel/ECNL style of play.


That’s the joke, isn’t it. My DD would do much better in Europe than here in the US. She is fast but small and light.
Anonymous
Post 05/30/2024 06:29     Subject: Does your kid watch soccer on TV?
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:Kids should definitely watch soccer on TV.

So should parents. They might yell at the refs a bit less if they learn the danged Laws of the Game. (Not that all pro coaches and commentators know them.)


True about the parents needing to know the game more


Especially before trying to give their kids coaches and others advice
Anonymous
Post 05/29/2024 20:28     Subject: Does your kid watch soccer on TV?
Anonymous wrote:Kids should definitely watch soccer on TV.

So should parents. They might yell at the refs a bit less if they learn the danged Laws of the Game. (Not that all pro coaches and commentators know them.)


True about the parents needing to know the game more
Anonymous
Post 05/29/2024 19:08     Subject: Does your kid watch soccer on TV?
Kids should definitely watch soccer on TV.

So should parents. They might yell at the refs a bit less if they learn the danged Laws of the Game. (Not that all pro coaches and commentators know them.)