soccerdad79
BRONZE
Next season will be interesting with all the player movement, especially at SD Surf. Quite a few starters leaving.
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justneededaname
SILVER ELITE
Congrats and best of luck to the boys heading off to RSL. Should be an exciting new chapter in their lives.
DefenseWins
BRONZE
I've heard that there has been some surf players at LAFC. Are these families uprooting for LA, or are they going to commit to the commute? Where else are these players looking at?
DefenseWins
BRONZE
Are you saying there are surf boys (as in multiple) moving to Utah?
soccerdad79
BRONZE
Yes, there are 4 boys who have signed to play at Real Salt Lake in Herriman, UT.
RedCard
GOLD
Well, my son is one that will not be returning to his DA team. He decided to forgo the tryouts and have informed the team of his decision a couple of days after the final game of the season. Sucks that they (coaches/DOC) are going around telling the players/parents that he quit on the team, but the season has ended and tryouts for next season had started, so I just see it as leaving the team at the correct time, not quitting, but it is what it is. We spoke to a couple of the families we were close with and they know our situation and the reasons on why he/we decided not to continue with this team which I will not air out. My son also has decided to tryout for the freshman football at his school and seems to be enjoying it. He also may want to play high school soccer so if that happens, DA is definitely out of the question. We have been in contact with a couple of teams in ECNL and Flight 1/Discovery for tryouts, so we will see were that goes. He does want to continue with club soccer and hopefully we will find a good team that will help him develop him and at the same time have some fun with it. High School is a new chapter in his life and he told us he wants to focus on his education but have fun in high school which I am are for it.
I just want to thank everyone here on the Boys DA 05 message boards for all the input and updates you do. And @Kante, you do an excellent job on this board. With all the work in updating the standings and the analysis you do is simply incredible. You put a lot of time and effort in this and it shows. Keep up the good work. Good luck to everyone in the upcoming season and who knows, we may be back soon. Thank you again.
DefenseWins
BRONZE
Wow! Best of Luck to them! RSL currently have 12 homegrown players on their roster to LA Galaxy's 2. (still to early to see what LAFC will do for their youth) If you are going to make a move to pursue soccer seems like a smart move. Good for them.
soccerdad79
BRONZE
There might be 3 or 4 going to Barca academy also from Surf.
RSL doesn't even compete in the DA at U15 next year. This is an interesting move but hope it pans out for them. It's tough to be away from family at that age. Maybe their families will move?
I believe that this past year for U15, the RSL 2004s were not in-residence in UT. They would come together at times for training and tournaments, with RSL evaluating those players for inclusion in their in-residence academy for the following season. Could be wrong, but that was the impression I had. If so, wonder if they plan to change that for the coming season for U15?
They may have changed that and maybe they will be in-residence but they won't be competing in the DA. They must have a program that helps evaluate and develop those U15s apart from playing in a league.
soccerdad79
BRONZE
RSL U-15's for next year will be playing in DA. It hasn't been announced yet but they were awarded a spot in DA for U-15. They will be in the Southwest Division. They will be in-residence in Utah.
Kante
PREMIER
there's a new 05 RSL coach, this year, who's building out the 05/u15 team and has been actively recruiting 05s this year to join RSL for 2019-20 as part of UT residency program.
Kante
PREMIER
redcard, thanks for the kind words. best of luck! transitions are always tough but sounds like you all are making a solid, well considered choice.
An appropriate evolution for RSL's program. Excellent facilities, best in the country actually. And a great track record of developing pros.
Makes sense. Should be interesting to see what kind of team they put together. They definitely have first class facilities!
justneededaname
SILVER ELITE
I wouldn't call it imploding. I would call it more of a natural progression. Surf's 05s had a lot of players who want to be on a professional track. Pay to play, non-MLS, clubs like Surf are primarily a college track and there is no professional track available in San Diego.
soccerdad79
BRONZE
I completely agree. The one thing killing Surf is not having a pathway to the pros. Everything else is outstanding.
RedCard
GOLD
It's the circle of life... club soccer style.
Kante
PREMIER
just to take devil's advocate position for a minute re: surf.
couple of key things happened this year that were disruptive
1) The Surf coach - who had been with the 05s for a bit - left mid season to go to LAFC. Plus, immediately after his departure, rumors started that 05 and 04 players were likely to follow him to LAFC in 2019-20. So at least a little shock to the system...
2) Reportedly, only two Surf players were among the 60 total players called into the June 4th u14 YNT camp.
Given that the Surf were ranked as the #1 team in the country for most of the 2018-19 season by TDS, this must have been a disappointment. invite letter would have gone out in first part of May.
And, since one of the Surf players called up was only added to the Surf mid last season - while most of the 05 surf team (who weren't called up for 6/4 ) has been together for a bit - that must have been also a little bit of a shock.
the piece about the Surf not having a path to the pros is fair, and certainly MLS DA players are also more likely to get called up to the ynt. For example, an 04 left the Strikers to go to u15 LAG this year and then, magically, got called up to the YNT for the first time...
But, if only two players were called up for June, not sure that playing pro is a reasonable expectation for most of the Surf.
maybe reading too many tea leaves but can see why things w/ the 05 surf would reasonably start to transition at the end of the season as expectations by players/families started to not be met.
maybe a cautionary tale...
couple of key things happened this year that were disruptive
1) The Surf coach - who had been with the 05s for a bit - left mid season to go to LAFC. Plus, immediately after his departure, rumors started that 05 and 04 players were likely to follow him to LAFC in 2019-20. So at least a little shock to the system...
2) Reportedly, only two Surf players were among the 60 total players called into the June 4th u14 YNT camp.
Given that the Surf were ranked as the #1 team in the country for most of the 2018-19 season by TDS, this must have been a disappointment. invite letter would have gone out in first part of May.
And, since one of the Surf players called up was only added to the Surf mid last season - while most of the 05 surf team (who weren't called up for 6/4 ) has been together for a bit - that must have been also a little bit of a shock.
the piece about the Surf not having a path to the pros is fair, and certainly MLS DA players are also more likely to get called up to the ynt. For example, an 04 left the Strikers to go to u15 LAG this year and then, magically, got called up to the YNT for the first time...
But, if only two players were called up for June, not sure that playing pro is a reasonable expectation for most of the Surf.
maybe reading too many tea leaves but can see why things w/ the 05 surf would reasonably start to transition at the end of the season as expectations by players/families started to not be met.
maybe a cautionary tale...
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