Anonymous wrote:Imagine being a grown adult and hopping on the internet to brag about a 2015 birth year soccer team like you just won the FIFA World Cup. These are nine year olds who still argue about Capri Sun flavors and forget which way they are supposed to run after halftime. Half the roster probably tied their cleats wrong and one kid is definitely picking dandelions at left back. Yet here comes a full blown victory lap on social media like a dynasty has been established. Relax. They are kids. The trophy is roughly one juice box away from being traded for Pokémon cards.


The truly impressive part is the level of self congratulation required to turn a group of elementary schoolers chasing a ball into some kind of personal achievement. Unless the post also includes “I personally ran every sprint, scored every goal, and drove the minivan,” maybe let the nine year olds just play soccer without the LinkedIn style press release about it.

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Anonymous wrote:I was there watching the 2017 kids yesterday scrimmaging and I was shocked to see how well they were passing the ball and moving into the open spaces. It was fast and basically 1 touch. If it wasn’t first touch it was because the kid had to make a move to buy some time before making the pass. I found out Bethesda doesn’t even put all their best players onto one single team. They take like their 14 best players and split them into 2 teams. Then they fill out the rest of the teams with second tier kids. Then they have a pretty good Bethesda 3rd team and then an average 4th team. If Bethesda put a their 14 best kids into a team they would crush everyone. I’m not a Bethesda parent. My son plays for another club. But I’m looking to change so that’s why I was there

How, and why, are you watching a team of 10-11 year olds scrimmage if you aren't a team parent or have a kid at the club and happen to see them while your kid's team is practicing nearby. Do you often show up to watch random teams of 5th graders practice?

This is either a staff post or a troll post. On the slight chance it is legitimate, it makes you sound like a weirdo.

I am not the PP, but every club in the area packs 4-6 teams on a field for practice. I am sure this was not a random outing to go watch this one team, who according to your logic, had the who field all to themselves and therefore no reason for anyone else (besides their own parents) to be watching.
-Don't be so daft. Any given night, we all can observe 6-10 teams practicing before us, with us or after us. It ain't rocket science.

"Daft" LOL

-Don't be so obtuse. The guy said his kid isn't even a player at Bethesda. Yes. Clubs may have their teams from different age groups practicing at the same time. I am unaware of two clubs sharing the same facility at the same time. I've not seen it. I suppose it could happen but in all my years, almost ten, with a kid playing locally it isn't something I've seen.

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Anonymous wrote:I was there watching the 2017 kids yesterday scrimmaging and I was shocked to see how well they were passing the ball and moving into the open spaces. It was fast and basically 1 touch. If it wasn’t first touch it was because the kid had to make a move to buy some time before making the pass. I found out Bethesda doesn’t even put all their best players onto one single team. They take like their 14 best players and split them into 2 teams. Then they fill out the rest of the teams with second tier kids. Then they have a pretty good Bethesda 3rd team and then an average 4th team. If Bethesda put a their 14 best kids into a team they would crush everyone. I’m not a Bethesda parent. My son plays for another club. But I’m looking to change so that’s why I was there

How, and why, are you watching a team of 10-11 year olds scrimmage if you aren't a team parent or have a kid at the club and happen to see them while your kid's team is practicing nearby. Do you often show up to watch random teams of 5th graders practice?

This is either a staff post or a troll post. On the slight chance it is legitimate, it makes you sound like a weirdo.

Anonymous wrote:I’d hate for the team to win Jeff Cup this weekend cause what will people here say then?

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Anonymous wrote:Imagine being a grown adult and hopping on the internet to brag about a 2015 birth year soccer team like you just won the FIFA World Cup. These are nine year olds who still argue about Capri Sun flavors and forget which way they are supposed to run after halftime. Half the roster probably tied their cleats wrong and one kid is definitely picking dandelions at left back. Yet here comes a full blown victory lap on social media like a dynasty has been established. Relax. They are kids. The trophy is roughly one juice box away from being traded for Pokémon cards.

The truly impressive part is the level of self congratulation required to turn a group of elementary schoolers chasing a ball into some kind of personal achievement. Unless the post also includes “I personally ran every sprint, scored every goal, and drove the minivan,” maybe let the nine year olds just play soccer without the LinkedIn style press release about it.

I agree in some way with this sentiment, but the post itself is misguided and incorrect. I think they'd be surprised if they actually watched a match of 10 yr. olds at some of the area clubs. There definitely are not dandelion pickers, and the level is getting relatively high.

Anonymous wrote:Imagine being a grown adult and hopping on the internet to brag about a 2015 birth year soccer team like you just won the FIFA World Cup. These are nine year olds who still argue about Capri Sun flavors and forget which way they are supposed to run after halftime. Half the roster probably tied their cleats wrong and one kid is definitely picking dandelions at left back. Yet here comes a full blown victory lap on social media like a dynasty has been established. Relax. They are kids. The trophy is roughly one juice box away from being traded for Pokémon cards.

The truly impressive part is the level of self congratulation required to turn a group of elementary schoolers chasing a ball into some kind of personal achievement. Unless the post also includes “I personally ran every sprint, scored every goal, and drove the minivan,” maybe let the nine year olds just play soccer without the LinkedIn style press release about it.

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Anonymous wrote:I was there watching the 2017 kids yesterday scrimmaging and I was shocked to see how well they were passing the ball and moving into the open spaces. It was fast and basically 1 touch. If it wasn’t first touch it was because the kid had to make a move to buy some time before making the pass. I found out Bethesda doesn’t even put all their best players onto one single team. They take like their 14 best players and split them into 2 teams. Then they fill out the rest of the teams with second tier kids. Then they have a pretty good Bethesda 3rd team and then an average 4th team. If Bethesda put a their 14 best kids into a team they would crush everyone. I’m not a Bethesda parent. My son plays for another club. But I’m looking to change so that’s why I was there

How, and why, are you watching a team of 10-11 year olds scrimmage if you aren't a team parent or have a kid at the club and happen to see them while your kid's team is practicing nearby. Do you often show up to watch random teams of 5th graders practice?

This is either a staff post or a troll post. On the slight chance it is legitimate, it makes you sound like a weirdo.

I am not the PP, but every club in the area packs 4-6 teams on a field for practice. I am sure this was not a random outing to go watch this one team, who according to your logic, had the who field all to themselves and therefore no reason for anyone else (besides their own parents) to be watching.
-Don't be so daft. Any given night, we all can observe 6-10 teams practicing before us, with us or after us. It ain't rocket science.

"Daft" LOL

-Don't be so obtuse. The guy said his kid isn't even a player at Bethesda. Yes. Clubs may have their teams from different age groups practicing at the same time. I am unaware of two clubs sharing the same facility at the same time. I've not seen it. I suppose it could happen but in all my years, almost ten, with a kid playing locally it isn't something I've seen.

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Anonymous wrote:I was there watching the 2017 kids yesterday scrimmaging and I was shocked to see how well they were passing the ball and moving into the open spaces. It was fast and basically 1 touch. If it wasn’t first touch it was because the kid had to make a move to buy some time before making the pass. I found out Bethesda doesn’t even put all their best players onto one single team. They take like their 14 best players and split them into 2 teams. Then they fill out the rest of the teams with second tier kids. Then they have a pretty good Bethesda 3rd team and then an average 4th team. If Bethesda put a their 14 best kids into a team they would crush everyone. I’m not a Bethesda parent. My son plays for another club. But I’m looking to change so that’s why I was there

How, and why, are you watching a team of 10-11 year olds scrimmage if you aren't a team parent or have a kid at the club and happen to see them while your kid's team is practicing nearby. Do you often show up to watch random teams of 5th graders practice?

This is either a staff post or a troll post. On the slight chance it is legitimate, it makes you sound like a weirdo.

I am not the PP, but every club in the area packs 4-6 teams on a field for practice. I am sure this was not a random outing to go watch this one team, who according to your logic, had the who field all to themselves and therefore no reason for anyone else (besides their own parents) to be watching.
-Don't be so daft. Any given night, we all can observe 6-10 teams practicing before us, with us or after us. It ain't rocket science.

"Daft" LOL

-Don't be so obtuse. The guy said his kid isn't even a player at Bethesda. Yes. Clubs may have their teams from different age groups practicing at the same time. I am unaware of two clubs sharing the same facility at the same time. I've not seen it. I suppose it could happen but in all my years, almost ten, with a kid playing locally it isn't something I've seen.

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Anonymous wrote:I was there watching the 2017 kids yesterday scrimmaging and I was shocked to see how well they were passing the ball and moving into the open spaces. It was fast and basically 1 touch. If it wasn’t first touch it was because the kid had to make a move to buy some time before making the pass. I found out Bethesda doesn’t even put all their best players onto one single team. They take like their 14 best players and split them into 2 teams. Then they fill out the rest of the teams with second tier kids. Then they have a pretty good Bethesda 3rd team and then an average 4th team. If Bethesda put a their 14 best kids into a team they would crush everyone. I’m not a Bethesda parent. My son plays for another club. But I’m looking to change so that’s why I was there

How, and why, are you watching a team of 10-11 year olds scrimmage if you aren't a team parent or have a kid at the club and happen to see them while your kid's team is practicing nearby. Do you often show up to watch random teams of 5th graders practice?

This is either a staff post or a troll post. On the slight chance it is legitimate, it makes you sound like a weirdo.

I am not the PP, but every club in the area packs 4-6 teams on a field for practice. I am sure this was not a random outing to go watch this one team, who according to your logic, had the who field all to themselves and therefore no reason for anyone else (besides their own parents) to be watching.
-Don't be so daft. Any given night, we all can observe 6-10 teams practicing before us, with us or after us. It ain't rocket science.

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Anonymous wrote:I was there watching the 2017 kids yesterday scrimmaging and I was shocked to see how well they were passing the ball and moving into the open spaces. It was fast and basically 1 touch. If it wasn’t first touch it was because the kid had to make a move to buy some time before making the pass. I found out Bethesda doesn’t even put all their best players onto one single team. They take like their 14 best players and split them into 2 teams. Then they fill out the rest of the teams with second tier kids. Then they have a pretty good Bethesda 3rd team and then an average 4th team. If Bethesda put a their 14 best kids into a team they would crush everyone. I’m not a Bethesda parent. My son plays for another club. But I’m looking to change so that’s why I was there

How, and why, are you watching a team of 10-11 year olds scrimmage if you aren't a team parent or have a kid at the club and happen to see them while your kid's team is practicing nearby. Do you often show up to watch random teams of 5th graders practice?

This is either a staff post or a troll post. On the slight chance it is legitimate, it makes you sound like a weirdo.