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SILVER ELITE
I can't help but laugh at this post. I watched two college games yesterday and let's just say that Arsenal team doesn't have one player that my players team would recruit. You can keep puffing out your chest and think what you will but I doubt you have ever seen high level girls soccer if you think that game was good.
How many 8 or more pass sequences did Arsenal complete? They seemed to be just a physical team which WILL NOT WIN ANYTHING at the higher levels. You say 4 Arsenal players made the cut. How did they do in the winter pool this year? I think that you are mistaking me for a ULittle parent. You are wrong and clearly a whacko.
MAP total respect for you honest question here- I have felt the same this year that #9 on Surf is a great player, quick feet, athletic, bursts of speed and all around nice vision and have enjoyed watching her. I find though that coaches typically are favoring this large and lumbering type of midfielder and the more middle sized but clearly faster and more "quick to react" are not first recognized.
It worked at age 9 but I see it really starting to catch up with the girls as they are slow, they don't play defense, I feel like I am watching slow motion soccer.
I am a physician and have thought about this from a developmental aspect so are we at the age group where the hormones and growth etc are coming into play? Hips getting wider, body changes etc? Did you see that with your daughters teams? Did their rate and speed of play change at the 14-15 year old mark? I feel as if we are in a transitional year of "soccer" so to speak