At what point do youth soccer customers (IE - us), say "screw it." We'll play a 12 game fall season. We'll do State Cup. We'll play in 2 or 3 tournaments in the Summer. And if one of those tournaments happens to fall during a weekend that we have planned our family vacation - Too bad. We'll play a bit in Spring. And we're going to do it without having to ever get on an airplane. Oh and- We aren't going to pay more than $2,000 for the basic needs of soccer (fields, leagues, refs, coaches, uniforms).
Between DA, DPL, ECNL, ECNL Reserve, CRL, Discovery League, Super Y, Flight 1, Flight 2, Flight 3, Premier, Gold, Silver Elite, Silver, Bronze, Governors, Presidents, National Cup, Far West Regionals,yada yada.... Why not just play in the highest tier you can in either SCDSL, Coast or Presidio and call it a day?
Is this really all being done to make it easier for college scouts to give a kid a partial college scholarship? Or for a player to become a National team player? Do you know how many senior national team players are added each year?
Seriously- Seems all of these new leagues are there for a "Pathway" - A pathway to what? What was the "pathway" 6 years ago?
Has it gotten easier for players and parents to get to whatever level they are trying to get to?
Why do youth soccer clubs care about making it easier for college scouts to see top players? Is it just for marketing purposes so they can say "we placed 12 kids in a D1 program over the past 3 years?"
A good coach, is a good coach. Regardless of what acronym league they are playing in. A jackass coach is a jackass coach.
Rant over (for now)
Between DA, DPL, ECNL, ECNL Reserve, CRL, Discovery League, Super Y, Flight 1, Flight 2, Flight 3, Premier, Gold, Silver Elite, Silver, Bronze, Governors, Presidents, National Cup, Far West Regionals,yada yada.... Why not just play in the highest tier you can in either SCDSL, Coast or Presidio and call it a day?
Is this really all being done to make it easier for college scouts to give a kid a partial college scholarship? Or for a player to become a National team player? Do you know how many senior national team players are added each year?
Seriously- Seems all of these new leagues are there for a "Pathway" - A pathway to what? What was the "pathway" 6 years ago?
Has it gotten easier for players and parents to get to whatever level they are trying to get to?
Why do youth soccer clubs care about making it easier for college scouts to see top players? Is it just for marketing purposes so they can say "we placed 12 kids in a D1 program over the past 3 years?"
A good coach, is a good coach. Regardless of what acronym league they are playing in. A jackass coach is a jackass coach.
Rant over (for now)