Deza communicated his expectations seven months ago, clearly telling everyone he discouraged HS, playing HS would get in the way of his ability to get their child recruited, and kids ran the risk of getting passed over by other more committed kids. Go figure, that is exactly what happened.
Of course he isn't taking kids who played HS to the ECNL showcase. They inevitably picked up bad habits that takes more than a couple weeks to unlearn, their timing is way off with their teammates. It's hard and takes time to reincorporate kids into his system within a couple weeks when they've been gone playing boot ball for three months. Most kids come back from HS soccer banged up and worn out because they were often overworked on their HS teams, especially if they did well, which means an increased risk of injury at the showcase. He also needs to make decisions about who will and won't go weeks in advance because it isn't fair to lead kids on who were committed to his process and did what he asked, only to tell them never mind because your daughter who lacks the same level of commitment rolled in last week expecting all the benefits without any of the obligations, and pretending what he said seven months ago didn't happen. He also doesn't need kids who may not be ready to get back to playing his system screwing things up for the others who are trying to get recruited. In his opinion, its better to bring up a younger player whom he knows will make the right passes, be in the right positions, and do what he wants than the kid who just missed three months dribbling too much, passing too little, and whose timing is way off because she hasn't played with her teammates in months.
When you say he told kids he would not help them get recruited if they played HS, you are just lying. He did say it would get in the way of that, and that is exactly what happened. Those kids missed the ECNL showcase because they weren't as committed as the others, and he didn't want to have to deal with uncertainty about who would and wouldn't be ready to play when they came back from HS, or even when they would be back to start training again. If a kid chose HS, that was their decision and good for them, but claiming that a kid who played HS deserves a spot on the ECNL roster a few weeks after missing almost three months over kids who prioritized club over HS is just selfish clueless bs. And, honestly, the kids who played HS deserved punishment.
Life is about choices. He gave everyone options, he communicated to what would happen if they picked HS, and they chose HS over maximizing their kid's ability to get recruited for college. Why are you so mad? Why do you think a kid who was not as committed to club should get selected for the showcase over someone who was?
