Slammers is just very strong in the 2010 bracket. 4 teams in the top 23 in California (the 5th being in 38th). The RL team is beating mid to low tier ECNL teams and tying some top tier NL teams (took Koge NL to PKs and tied DKSC). The Slammers program and platform is strong and pretty impressive in the 2010 age group being able to offer 2 ECNL teams, 2 ECRL teams and an E64 team all 5 of which are top tier in their leagues. I find it surprising everyone is trying to go where the talent pool is already so saturated considering most are leaving for more play time.
Last I heard Legends was pulling a lot of players from great park to Silverlakes
Pats is making a huge recruitment push and essentially have a full roster pretty much available for people looking for play time with the requirement of playing ECNL.
Arsenal has lots of roster spots too.
Sounds like most are in my opinion going about it differently than I would and should try to understand the landscape better before going right back to where they ended up (in a position they didn’t want to play on the field, eg striker playing defense, fighting tooth and nail with each other for whatever seconds they can get on the field).
Imo there’s no point going to the top team if you’re not going to play. I know it might take a hit to some parents egos, but why not consider other platforms? This is a very talented age group and there are plenty of opportunities at GA, E64, ECRL, DPL to consider too.
Just be happy your kids are still playing a sport and aren’t into boys, more interested in going out with friends than practicing or playing Minecraft / fortnight all day. Imo the focus should be more on getting the a place to play on the field and still being motivated to play soccer instead of being discouraged and losing their confidence because substitution rules make it too challenging for coaches to rotate kids into the competitive games.
Last I heard Legends was pulling a lot of players from great park to Silverlakes
Pats is making a huge recruitment push and essentially have a full roster pretty much available for people looking for play time with the requirement of playing ECNL.
Arsenal has lots of roster spots too.
Sounds like most are in my opinion going about it differently than I would and should try to understand the landscape better before going right back to where they ended up (in a position they didn’t want to play on the field, eg striker playing defense, fighting tooth and nail with each other for whatever seconds they can get on the field).
Imo there’s no point going to the top team if you’re not going to play. I know it might take a hit to some parents egos, but why not consider other platforms? This is a very talented age group and there are plenty of opportunities at GA, E64, ECRL, DPL to consider too.
Just be happy your kids are still playing a sport and aren’t into boys, more interested in going out with friends than practicing or playing Minecraft / fortnight all day. Imo the focus should be more on getting the a place to play on the field and still being motivated to play soccer instead of being discouraged and losing their confidence because substitution rules make it too challenging for coaches to rotate kids into the competitive games.
