Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Since all of the top clubs in the US are moving to ECNL, the DA parents have try something.
New tactic - Push too many games as the ECNL issue. Too much soccer! No wait, since their kids can't get enough and want 11 months of soccer it's not too much soccer. But games are bad. Training is good but games are bad.
What is the value of two ECNL spring showcases when your primary training environment is a HS team and not the actual ECNL team playing in the showcase?
And what is the value of the ECNL training environment during the spring when over a 1/3 of the players are never at practice because they are at High School?
Just tell me the upside? Please it has to be more than a concession stand with popcorn and pregame music.
You are really asking why some teenagers see upside in playing for their HS? Wow
Ok, so I'll also ask my teen what the upside of driving a car full of loaded kids is? Or whats the upside of going out till 1am on a school night. Certainly asking the HS kid if they understand the upside of 30 games in 3 months with one day a week off during that time frame is the right course of action. In general it is pretty solid advice to just let teenagers make all of their decisions without guidance.
Right - because playing with your friends, classmates and potentially being a hero for your school and community is the same as dangerous driving and late partying.
You win the DA parent of the year award. You should home school little Mia through HS so you can do Rondos in the backyard at lunchtime. LMAO
Ohhh High School "Hero"!
That is the best you've got? Still looking back, trying to recapture glory?
Dude are you serious? LMAO. No way you have a high school kid. You just don't get it.
Oh I get it, I just don't subscribe to the notion that HS Soccer is the peak of anything and that should be awarded any significant social status because it is not good soccer. HS soccer does not represent the best that the sport can offer. That for most club players not being able to make varsity would be considered more of an embarrassment than making varsity is considered an accomplishment.
Nobody goes to the games. The games are hack fests. The style is awful. The players are average. In short I guess if you play in ECNL HS soccer might just be the pinnacle.
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Since all of the top clubs in the US are moving to ECNL, the DA parents have try something.
New tactic - Push too many games as the ECNL issue. Too much soccer! No wait, since their kids can't get enough and want 11 months of soccer it's not too much soccer. But games are bad. Training is good but games are bad.
What is the value of two ECNL spring showcases when your primary training environment is a HS team and not the actual ECNL team playing in the showcase?
And what is the value of the ECNL training environment during the spring when over a 1/3 of the players are never at practice because they are at High School?
Just tell me the upside? Please it has to be more than a concession stand with popcorn and pregame music.
You are really asking why some teenagers see upside in playing for their HS? Wow
Ok, so I'll also ask my teen what the upside of driving a car full of loaded kids is? Or whats the upside of going out till 1am on a school night. Certainly asking the HS kid if they understand the upside of 30 games in 3 months with one day a week off during that time frame is the right course of action. In general it is pretty solid advice to just let teenagers make all of their decisions without guidance.
Right - because playing with your friends, classmates and potentially being a hero for your school and community is the same as dangerous driving and late partying.
You win the DA parent of the year award. You should home school little Mia through HS so you can do Rondos in the backyard at lunchtime. LMAO
Ohhh High School "Hero"!
That is the best you've got? Still looking back, trying to recapture glory?
Dude are you serious? LMAO. No way you have a high school kid. You just don't get it.
Oh I get it, I just don't subscribe to the notion that HS Soccer is the peak of anything and that should be awarded any significant social status because it is not good soccer. HS soccer does not represent the best that the sport can offer. That for most club players not being able to make varsity would be considered more of an embarrassment than making varsity is considered an accomplishment.
Nobody goes to the games. The games are hack fests. The style is awful. The players are average. In short I guess if you play in ECNL HS soccer might just be the pinnacle.
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:The poster seems to be a parent of 07 or 08 player.
Agreed. He will figure it out when Lily gets a little older.
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Since all of the top clubs in the US are moving to ECNL, the DA parents have try something.
New tactic - Push too many games as the ECNL issue. Too much soccer! No wait, since their kids can't get enough and want 11 months of soccer it's not too much soccer. But games are bad. Training is good but games are bad.
What is the value of two ECNL spring showcases when your primary training environment is a HS team and not the actual ECNL team playing in the showcase?
And what is the value of the ECNL training environment during the spring when over a 1/3 of the players are never at practice because they are at High School?
Just tell me the upside? Please it has to be more than a concession stand with popcorn and pregame music.
You are really asking why some teenagers see upside in playing for their HS? Wow
Ok, so I'll also ask my teen what the upside of driving a car full of loaded kids is? Or whats the upside of going out till 1am on a school night. Certainly asking the HS kid if they understand the upside of 30 games in 3 months with one day a week off during that time frame is the right course of action. In general it is pretty solid advice to just let teenagers make all of their decisions without guidance.
Right - because playing with your friends, classmates and potentially being a hero for your school and community is the same as dangerous driving and late partying.
You win the DA parent of the year award. You should home school little Mia through HS so you can do Rondos in the backyard at lunchtime. LMAO
Ohhh High School "Hero"!
That is the best you've got? Still looking back, trying to recapture glory?
Dude are you serious? LMAO. No way you have a high school kid. You just don't get it.
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Since all of the top clubs in the US are moving to ECNL, the DA parents have try something.
New tactic - Push too many games as the ECNL issue. Too much soccer! No wait, since their kids can't get enough and want 11 months of soccer it's not too much soccer. But games are bad. Training is good but games are bad.
What is the value of two ECNL spring showcases when your primary training environment is a HS team and not the actual ECNL team playing in the showcase?
And what is the value of the ECNL training environment during the spring when over a 1/3 of the players are never at practice because they are at High School?
Just tell me the upside? Please it has to be more than a concession stand with popcorn and pregame music.
You are really asking why some teenagers see upside in playing for their HS? Wow
Ok, so I'll also ask my teen what the upside of driving a car full of loaded kids is? Or whats the upside of going out till 1am on a school night. Certainly asking the HS kid if they understand the upside of 30 games in 3 months with one day a week off during that time frame is the right course of action. In general it is pretty solid advice to just let teenagers make all of their decisions without guidance.
You are a helicopter parent.
My guess is that his DD is 11 years old...
Ok, so ECNL is better because in the spring you don't get to actually play ECNL. But, at the soccer games you do get to play in, your kid might be a hero because the competition is bad and you can buy popcorn and listen to pregame music. And since it is girls HS school soccer the stands of course are loaded with pretty much just the parents.
Anonymous wrote:The poster seems to be a parent of 07 or 08 player.
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Since all of the top clubs in the US are moving to ECNL, the DA parents have try something.
New tactic - Push too many games as the ECNL issue. Too much soccer! No wait, since their kids can't get enough and want 11 months of soccer it's not too much soccer. But games are bad. Training is good but games are bad.
What is the value of two ECNL spring showcases when your primary training environment is a HS team and not the actual ECNL team playing in the showcase?
And what is the value of the ECNL training environment during the spring when over a 1/3 of the players are never at practice because they are at High School?
Just tell me the upside? Please it has to be more than a concession stand with popcorn and pregame music.
You are really asking why some teenagers see upside in playing for their HS? Wow
Ok, so I'll also ask my teen what the upside of driving a car full of loaded kids is? Or whats the upside of going out till 1am on a school night. Certainly asking the HS kid if they understand the upside of 30 games in 3 months with one day a week off during that time frame is the right course of action. In general it is pretty solid advice to just let teenagers make all of their decisions without guidance.
You are a helicopter parent.
My guess is that his DD is 11 years old...
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Since all of the top clubs in the US are moving to ECNL, the DA parents have try something.
New tactic - Push too many games as the ECNL issue. Too much soccer! No wait, since their kids can't get enough and want 11 months of soccer it's not too much soccer. But games are bad. Training is good but games are bad.
What is the value of two ECNL spring showcases when your primary training environment is a HS team and not the actual ECNL team playing in the showcase?
And what is the value of the ECNL training environment during the spring when over a 1/3 of the players are never at practice because they are at High School?
Just tell me the upside? Please it has to be more than a concession stand with popcorn and pregame music.
You are really asking why some teenagers see upside in playing for their HS? Wow
Ok, so I'll also ask my teen what the upside of driving a car full of loaded kids is? Or whats the upside of going out till 1am on a school night. Certainly asking the HS kid if they understand the upside of 30 games in 3 months with one day a week off during that time frame is the right course of action. In general it is pretty solid advice to just let teenagers make all of their decisions without guidance.
Right - because playing with your friends, classmates and potentially being a hero for your school and community is the same as dangerous driving and late partying.
You win the DA parent of the year award. You should home school little Mia through HS so you can do Rondos in the backyard at lunchtime. LMAO
Ohhh High School "Hero"!
That is the best you've got? Still looking back, trying to recapture glory?
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Since all of the top clubs in the US are moving to ECNL, the DA parents have try something.
New tactic - Push too many games as the ECNL issue. Too much soccer! No wait, since their kids can't get enough and want 11 months of soccer it's not too much soccer. But games are bad. Training is good but games are bad.
What is the value of two ECNL spring showcases when your primary training environment is a HS team and not the actual ECNL team playing in the showcase?
And what is the value of the ECNL training environment during the spring when over a 1/3 of the players are never at practice because they are at High School?
Just tell me the upside? Please it has to be more than a concession stand with popcorn and pregame music.
You are really asking why some teenagers see upside in playing for their HS? Wow
Ok, so I'll also ask my teen what the upside of driving a car full of loaded kids is? Or whats the upside of going out till 1am on a school night. Certainly asking the HS kid if they understand the upside of 30 games in 3 months with one day a week off during that time frame is the right course of action. In general it is pretty solid advice to just let teenagers make all of their decisions without guidance.
Right - because playing with your friends, classmates and potentially being a hero for your school and community is the same as dangerous driving and late partying.
You win the DA parent of the year award. You should home school little Mia through HS so you can do Rondos in the backyard at lunchtime. LMAO
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Since all of the top clubs in the US are moving to ECNL, the DA parents have try something.
New tactic - Push too many games as the ECNL issue. Too much soccer! No wait, since their kids can't get enough and want 11 months of soccer it's not too much soccer. But games are bad. Training is good but games are bad.
What is the value of two ECNL spring showcases when your primary training environment is a HS team and not the actual ECNL team playing in the showcase?
And what is the value of the ECNL training environment during the spring when over a 1/3 of the players are never at practice because they are at High School?
Just tell me the upside? Please it has to be more than a concession stand with popcorn and pregame music.
You are really asking why some teenagers see upside in playing for their HS? Wow
Ok, so I'll also ask my teen what the upside of driving a car full of loaded kids is? Or whats the upside of going out till 1am on a school night. Certainly asking the HS kid if they understand the upside of 30 games in 3 months with one day a week off during that time frame is the right course of action. In general it is pretty solid advice to just let teenagers make all of their decisions without guidance.
You are a helicopter parent.
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Since all of the top clubs in the US are moving to ECNL, the DA parents have try something.
New tactic - Push too many games as the ECNL issue. Too much soccer! No wait, since their kids can't get enough and want 11 months of soccer it's not too much soccer. But games are bad. Training is good but games are bad.
What is the value of two ECNL spring showcases when your primary training environment is a HS team and not the actual ECNL team playing in the showcase?
And what is the value of the ECNL training environment during the spring when over a 1/3 of the players are never at practice because they are at High School?
Just tell me the upside? Please it has to be more than a concession stand with popcorn and pregame music.
You are really asking why some teenagers see upside in playing for their HS? Wow
Ok, so I'll also ask my teen what the upside of driving a car full of loaded kids is? Or whats the upside of going out till 1am on a school night. Certainly asking the HS kid if they understand the upside of 30 games in 3 months with one day a week off during that time frame is the right course of action. In general it is pretty solid advice to just let teenagers make all of their decisions without guidance.
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Since all of the top clubs in the US are moving to ECNL, the DA parents have try something.
New tactic - Push too many games as the ECNL issue. Too much soccer! No wait, since their kids can't get enough and want 11 months of soccer it's not too much soccer. But games are bad. Training is good but games are bad.
What is the value of two ECNL spring showcases when your primary training environment is a HS team and not the actual ECNL team playing in the showcase?
And what is the value of the ECNL training environment during the spring when over a 1/3 of the players are never at practice because they are at High School?
Just tell me the upside? Please it has to be more than a concession stand with popcorn and pregame music.
You are really asking why some teenagers see upside in playing for their HS? Wow
Ok, so I'll also ask my teen what the upside of driving a car full of loaded kids is? Or whats the upside of going out till 1am on a school night. Certainly asking the HS kid if they understand the upside of 30 games in 3 months with one day a week off during that time frame is the right course of action. In general it is pretty solid advice to just let teenagers make all of their decisions without guidance.
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:^^^US Soccer is proud of you.
Solar rumored to announce DA defection for all in ECNL after showcase.
Ok, Captain ECNL, now tell me, regardless of league how the presented and accurate schedule is actually good for a HS age player.
Start your own thread broski. This one is titled, "More DA defections to ECNL."
If you want DA players to also defect then sell me why I' should pay the value of 10 months of training to get 6 months of training.
DA players to defect? Nobody is trying to get you or anyone else to defect. Kids who want to play HS defect on their own. The good kids are getting recruited regardless of league. College is the end game. Period.
You really are a parent of a young player.