Discovery League- "We've created a monster!!!"

[timbuck]

As you get older you realize how dumb it is to spend 4 hours on traffic for some youth sport game on a weekend. I could have played a great round of good in that time. These parents that don’t have their kids in sports are smarter than we think.

If my college team was in town playing USC/UCLA, it's not likely I'd drive 2 hours to go watch them play 1 time per year.
But I do it every weekend for a kid to play who will probably be done playing by the time she's 17.

 

[Dargle]

As you get older you realize how dumb it is to spend 4 hours on traffic for some youth sport game on a weekend. I could have played a great round of good in that time. These parents that don’t have their kids in sports are smarter than we think.

Or, looked at differently, as you get older you realize how dumb it was to spend 4 hours playing golf when you could have spent that time with your kids while they were still young (even if much of it was driving them to and from soccer games). Before you know it, they've grown up and left the house and you have as much time as you want for golf or whatever else you like to do on your own.

 

[SoccerFan4Life]

Or, looked at differently, as you get older you realize how dumb it was to spend 4 hours playing golf when you could have spent that time with your kids while they were still young (even if much of it was driving them to and from soccer games). Before you know it, they've grown up and left the house and you have as much time as you want for golf or whatever else you like to do on your own.

Or how dumb it is to drive 4 hours in the car splitting up the family to take kids to different games. My boys are done playing and they told me that they hated the long drives. My little girl still has ways to go but i will not miss it when she quits. This youth soccer obsession is just insane. Playing soccer at 100 degree weather stuck in traffic for 2 hours.
Only in this country do we all chase the youth alphabet soccer. The rest of the world is simple, you are either elite and will commit to play at the top level. Everyone else is fine playing local sports.

 

[timbuck]

In the 05 discovery group- there are 2 teams from the same club. They were scheduled to play each other in Oceanside on Sunday. I don't see a score posted yet.
I really hope these teams are playing today or tomorrow at practice instead of driving 90 minutes to play the team they likely share a field with 2 or 3 times per week.

 

[lafalafa]

If my college team was in town playing USC/UCLA, it's not likely I'd drive 2 hours to go watch them play 1 time per year.
But I do it every weekend for a kid to play who will probably be done playing by the time she's 17.

Thing is hardly anybody fan wise beside a hardcore ish parent wants or will drive 2hrs to see a single youth sports game. Grandmother is not sitting outside in 100 degree weather 2 hours away.

College games at least when local you can have a nice size crowd, friends and fellow students cheering so some sort of culture or fun atmosphere that is often lacking # some random out of County game at a remote complex.

Teaching players to drive by 16 worked for us, personally after watching 1k+ games between the 3 of them I happy watching video highlights of regular league games.

 

[dad4]

In the 05 discovery group- there are 2 teams from the same club. They were scheduled to play each other in Oceanside on Sunday. I don't see a score posted yet.
I really hope these teams are playing today or tomorrow at practice instead of driving 90 minutes to play the team they likely share a field with 2 or 3 times per week.

Why do you guys do it that way?

Up by us, the home team supplies the field. Might be full of gophers, but it's usually pretty close for at least one team.

 

[timbuck]

Why do you guys do it that way?

Up by us, the home team supplies the field. Might be full of gophers, but it's usually pretty close for at least one team.

It's the "Discovery League"
I "discovered" that driving in traffic on weekends makes me angry.
I "discovered" that a lot of teams think they are better than they are and opted into this league.
The league "discovered" that they can make money by convincing parents that this new league will get them college exposure. I can guarantee that unless a college coach lives within 4 miles of silverlakes, oceanside or del mar- aint no coaching making that journey.

 

[lafalafa]

Or, looked at differently, as you get older you realize how dumb it was to spend 4 hours playing golf when you could have spent that time with your kids while they were still young (even if much of it was driving them to and from soccer games). Before you know it, they've grown up and left the house and you have as much time as you want for golf or whatever else you like to do on your own.

Quality time playing golf or tennis with ours is something they still both enjoy.

When younger they tended to enjoy the longer rides and talks more. Older not so much, more into their music, phones, socal apps, mates, etc.

Over the weekend son came by the house and wanted to play some tennis and I was like let's go to the courts. Went down flames in 3, too fast & strong for the old guy but was fun to be humbled.

 

[Speed]

Discovery is a joke on the boys side. Most games this weekend were blowouts. Only one game at 08 had less than a 3 goal differential including a 9-0 . My buddy's kid plays in that league and they're livid about the lack of decent teams.

in the 05 we had a great game that went 3-2

 

[Speed]

And then for competition after our 1.5 hour drive we get 3 boys SD Surf teams (07, 08, 09) that lost by a combined 24-0... Surf is just a ponzi marketing scheme designed to get the paying recruits..these teams have no right to play at this level.

uh ya I looked quite a few of imbalanced games

 

[SoccerFan4Life]

Quality time playing golf or tennis with ours is something they still both enjoy.

When younger they tended to enjoy the longer rides and talks more. Older not so much, more into their music, phones, socal apps, mates, etc.

Over the weekend son came by the house and wanted to play some tennis and I was like let's go to the courts. Went down flames in 3, too fast & strong for the old guy but was fun to be humbled.

100%. Boys quit sports by junior year. They got into playing guitars and playing golf with the old man. They are in college now and they come home to play guitar and sing rock n roll songs. I am just watching them jam and drinking a beer. They bring up old youth sports stories. Their overall assessment on youth sports: coaches yell too much, parents are idiots when their kids don’t play well, and all of their friends playing soccer got minimal to no scholarships. They are loving college life and I have a new perspective on youth sports.

 

[Curious]

I just saw that in the 03/04B Discovery there was a 10-0 game Xolos vs Albion SD. That game couldn’t have been beneficial let alone enjoyable for anyone. I would be livid if I had a player in such a lopsided division.

 

[SoccerSanDiego]

I just saw that in the 03/04B Discovery there was a 10-0 game Xolos vs Albion SD. That game couldn’t have been beneficial let alone enjoyable for anyone. I would be livid if I had a player in such a lopsided division.

Perhaps you missed my above post where sd surf lost 3 games by a 24-0 margin...they pull this bs all the time for marketing...play down in tournaments and up in leagues..guess they aren't alone. There should be a rule that if you lose by more than 7 goals, you dont get to play in that league again for 2 years

 

[Venantsyo]

I saw some 6-0, 7-0, 8-2 in ECNL as well and I only quickly checked a couple age groups on the girls side. Considering for some of those games travel by flight was probably needed, I don’t know what’s more ridiculous..

 

[RedCard]

I just saw that in the 03/04B Discovery there was a 10-0 game Xolos vs Albion SD. That game couldn’t have been beneficial let alone enjoyable for anyone. I would be livid if I had a player in such a lopsided division.

Well, there are 46 total teams in the Boys 03/04 Discovery bracket which is wayyyyyyyy to many teams in my opinion. With that many teams, there are going to be a few teams that really don't belong in the Discovery bracket.

 

[Larzby]

I've never seen a league yet that doesn't have at least a few blowouts each weekend. But maybe I've not been around as long as you all. Is that something that actually exists? A youth soccer league where most every game is competitive? Even in AYSO where there is an actual rule that requires balanced teams - it NEVER happens

 

[Woodwork]

I've never seen a league yet that doesn't have at least a few blowouts each weekend. But maybe I've not been around as long as you all. Is that something that actually exists? A youth soccer league where most every game is competitive? Even in AYSO where there is an actual rule that requires balanced teams - it NEVER happens

Had a season last year at the top level of CSL where there was one blowout in the first weekend but that team quickly corrected. The rest of the season there was never more than a 2 goal differential for any team. Very impressive. Teams often figure out how to step it up if the results matter.

This season may be different because it appears CSL was more accommodating to some teams due to the fear of losing out to SCDSL.

 

[Eagle33]

For someone to say that blowout means a team don't belong in this or that league is an idiotic statement from someone who never played sport.
Blowouts happen all the time in lowest and highest leagues in the world in ALL sports. Sometimes, because one team is having a great day and the other team don't, or a team have their star players injured, or it could be a bad call that changes the game. There are a lot of reasons that this can happen. Arsenal lost 0:5, so does this mean they don't belong in Premier league? Some may say it's a true statement though

 

[dad4]

For someone to say that blowout means a team don't belong in this or that league is an idiotic statement from someone who never played sport.
Blowouts happen all the time in lowest and highest leagues in the world in ALL sports. Sometimes, because one team is having a great day and the other team don't, or a team have their star players injured, or it could be a bad call that changes the game. There are a lot of reasons that this can happen. Arsenal lost 0:5, so does this mean they don't belong in Premier league? Some may say it's a true statement though

If Arsenal loses all their games 0:5, they won’t be in the Premier League.

Perhaps we should be talking about Norwich, so it would be more realistic.

 

[watfly]

For someone to say that blowout means a team don't belong in this or that league is an idiotic statement from someone who never played sport.
Blowouts happen all the time in lowest and highest leagues in the world in ALL sports. Sometimes, because one team is having a great day and the other team don't, or a team have their star players injured, or it could be a bad call that changes the game. There are a lot of reasons that this can happen. Arsenal lost 0:5, so does this mean they don't belong in Premier league? Some may say it's a true statement though

Its not the blowouts don't happen, it's the number of blowouts. Some Discovery age groups had a significant number of blowouts which were entirely predictable before the season began. To your point, yes the wheels can fall off of any good team, that's the exception rather than the rule. Hopefully, the teams that were blown out the 1st week can improve and make the leagues more competitive.

 

[Emma]

For someone to say that blowout means a team don't belong in this or that league is an idiotic statement from someone who never played sport.
Blowouts happen all the time in lowest and highest leagues in the world in ALL sports. Sometimes, because one team is having a great day and the other team don't, or a team have their star players injured, or it could be a bad call that changes the game. There are a lot of reasons that this can happen. Arsenal lost 0:5, so does this mean they don't belong in Premier league? Some may say it's a true statement though

One blowout doesn't mean much but 3 blowouts at 3 different age groups? It's an indication Surf's coach and club is (1) unrealistic about their team's ability or (2) sold a level of play to keep players paying.