'24-‘25 SoCal and National Forecast and Updates
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I was very surprised by the 2011. My DD actually played against her in 3v3. I think she was maybe 12 at the time? Maybe even 11 which would make the other player 9 years old. Even at 9 the young player was quick and savvy for her age. She used to play up on SUSA 09s but moved to the NYSC MLS Next last year I think.
That said, I think their is a multitude of other players they could have picked. Word is the 2011 has multi-citizenships and the US does not want to lose her to Spain or Italy. As always, politics.
In other news, LV Surf/Heat won it's first USYS National title, cruising all the way. Another great 09 team moving into ECNL and it will certainly be interesting to watch going into ECNL.
Also, PDA ended up winning the Nike Premier Cup which included Clubs and All Star teams from 11 other countries. I'm sure some SoCal teams would have had similar results.
The bad news is that NCAA D1 roster talk is beginning to heat up with the new roster limits. A few '25s have already lost offers from these rules. Between the roster adjustment and players entering the transfer window, both '26s and 27's are going to take the brunt of the hit. Bottom line is less oppurtunities BUT those who are fortunate enough are likely to get more money as the 14 Scholarships is no longer capped meaning that after 14 it up to the schools discretion to offer scholarships. At least that is what I gather. It's very confusing.
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She is a dual citizen, many others on that roster are as well.
Since Concacaf is a FIFA event once a player is on the field for a few seconds, even subbed at the very end of the game they lock into that sporting nationality. FIFA sort of created this behavior. They wanted to avoid the "federation shopping" but the rules in the current form locks a player down and you get a one time change that has to be approved by FIFA. US Soccer always makes sure to let the prospective players know that the petition process can be quite complex, requires comprehensive documentation, and requests are not always granted by FIFA.
I don't think kids this age should have to worry about big decisions about what country to lock in with.
Not really. SoCal and Texas Divisions look harder than ever. VDA is cleaning up Mid Atlantic and destroyed Loudoun last weekend.
I am still banking on SoCal, Texas, VDA, SLSG, KC, and PDA.
Iron sharpens Iron so SoCal benefits the most.
I believe it is the same as to what happened to the 2010 Blues team. Poor handling from coach, lost them all to HBK, Legends, & Pats.
We'll have to hope that someone that made a move can give us the story and details, otherwise generally all of the Younger Parents see how Blues runs the youngers and doesn't develop teams or individuals, but selects a group optimized (including play-time) around athleticism, aggression (tactical and physical), and outside-of-club work ethic and development (ahead by 10000s of touches by 6-8 years old) to amass Wins and medals. There is 0 loyalty or connection in any direction as the teams transition into 11v11 when the dominance and W's start to wane - the team culture can't stand the mediocrity and losing in the ECNL playoffs so they all start to really focus on individuality and their own pathway to college. The teams seem to tend to stick together a bit longer if there are 1-2 leaders/outliers who are buying what the Blues Coaching staff is selling and these parents try to play manager and hold the team together. It seems to also work best if these families are rich and not making a large sacrifice for club soccer (time and money), vs if the Rich families are on the outside then things tend to go bad more quickly it seems. In that situation, the not-rich GOAT parents carrying the team and Rich parents really have no problem getting a head start in the race to who goes to Slammers or Surf first and are itching for a reason.
Just a wild guess with no facts but it seems there might have been some strong hold outs or a core group on the 2009 team that finally gave in. Next up will be the 2011-2012's to see if they follow the trend. The 2013 and 2014s are evidence of the migration beginning to start earlier but it seems it is easy to replace at 9v9 and the smaller fields and the Blues teams continue to do well despite the parental experiment. 2015+ they are of course doing very well at 7v7.