p.s. here's the exception that proves the rule BTW. Last year when my son was in United their first tournament also involved an Extras team, the core of which this last season became a United team from another region. The Extras team beat them 8-0. When this Extras team became a United team, they tore up several tournaments, being only stopped by the TFA pre-academy team. These kids were superfast and could shoot high and into the corner from outside the 18. But it was some of the ugliest soccer I'd ever seen. Keeper would punt to the mid, where one of the team's core players would just try and out run everyone and shoot from a distance...very little by way of passing, very few skill moves so when they ran into a team that actually perfected the passing game and could run with them, they totally melted.
Why some clubs seem to do better and win more?
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p.s. here's the exception that proves the rule BTW. Last year when my son was in United their first tournament also involved an Extras team, the core of which this last season became a United team from another region. The Extras team beat them 8-0. When this Extras team became a United team, they tore up several tournaments, being only stopped by the TFA pre-academy team. These kids were superfast and could shoot high and into the corner from outside the 18. But it was some of the ugliest soccer I'd ever seen. Keeper would punt to the mid, where one of the team's core players would just try and out run everyone and shoot from a distance...very little by way of passing, very few skill moves so when they ran into a team that actually perfected the passing game and could run with them, they totally melted.
Sounds like a team that played according to the rules.
They recruit the top players and have built a brand for their club. All the top players go to these clubs willingly because they are the benchmark. A lot of these clubs have well known coaches that are known for their winning ways. Most of these clubs provide a higher chance to get recognized because of their affiliations with the Academies, ECNL, Colleges, and so on. It’s much easier to win when you have all the best talent and biggest player pool to choose from.
You can have your soccer competitive, developmental/professional or accessible to all. Pick 2. Extras is an exam of what it is like when you choose competitive and accessible to all. I see nothing wrong with that. It's a choice. But it is a choice that goes against all the US men's soccer handwringing.
The great majority of players will never compete at any higher level than where they are right now. Handwringing about how we are not following the correct development path is meaningless to and for them.
Besides which, playing against a team that plays direct longball is a good exercise for defensive skills.
I’ll take a 50/50 ball 8 yards from the goal I’m trying to score in. Cross it 6 times and my team gets on the end of 3 of them?
There are various types of crosses. High in the air. Low. On the ground. Cut back.
Teams should be working on these various options and use cues to play the right one. And off the ball players need to see cues for their positioning. Far post. Near post. On the keeper. Penalty spot. Checking runs.
There are various types of crosses. High in the air. Low. On the ground. Cut back.
Teams should be working on these various options and use cues to play the right one. And off the ball players need to see cues for their positioning. Far post. Near post. On the keeper. Penalty spot. Checking runs.
That's not the case for the good G02/G01 AYSO United (aka Pacific Soccer Club) teams I've seen over the last few years. I believe most or all were AYSO Extra teams that converted to club. So the players were from a single region. They would add/replace some girls from time to time, but the new girls were more likely to come from another club than from an AYSO team. To my knowledge AYSO does not have any formal feeder system where players from a specific group of regions are supposed to play for any particular AYSO United team. (Perhaps that system exists for youngers, but I hadn't heard of it.)
Where AYSO does have an advantage, I think, is in its large coaching base. They have a huge number of coaches and every once in a while they strike gold either with an inexperienced coach with unusual talent or with a highly-trained, experienced coach who chooses to coach their kid in the AYSO club soccer system. See, for example: https://www.aysounitedsouthoc.org/Default.aspx?tabid=941852. They can then hitch on to that coach for as long as that person wants to coach with them (typically until the coach's kid ages out).
The feeder system is more of an aspiration at this point than a practical reality. Part of the issue is that United is organized as separate regions from the local Core/Extras regions. The other issue is tryouts and how they manage them going forward. Finally, that AYSO chapters (including United regions) operate largely as independent agencies with some but not complete oversight from national headquarters.
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I disagree. You must run in some interesting circles. When my player was in club, most people cared about the name on the jersey regardless of whether it was the "A" team or the "D" team. Most have no idea what the path to the YNT or college even looks like. Most don't even know what a decent soccer game looks like. The few that obsess over it are typically sold it by a coach or another parent.
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I think that it is the parents of the top players that have their pick of the clubs not vice versa...
You’ve got no idea!!! Some day I’ll write a book about it all.
