US is playing catch up once again. Even some euro countries have gone to SY. Chaos will begin in November. If these clubs were smart communication letters should go out September 1st on direction.
Get ready folks
- Thread starter soccer4us
- Start date
outside!
DA
Smart? When has that entered into the youth soccer environment?
FlintDempsey
BRONZE
I love sports and youth sports, soccer especially. I keep thinking the bubble is going to pop with each change made at the NCAA level, but keep gettign disappointed. On the men's side in the US, MLS is getting closer to the dream which is that every halfway decent prospect is in a club academy or MLS-Next Level 1 thru 452. That is where the men's side is headed and college soccer will be even more irrelevant (single tear running down my cheek as a former community college and NCAA player). However, the women's game isn't quite to that level yet. NWSL hasn't yet "cornered" the youth market racquet and all of the various leagues clamor for their slice of the pie. What I keep hoping is that the pro leagues will become so dominant that the rest of the youth systems outside of that can have more "common sense" and can't even claim to be a pathway to McDonald's let alone college or the pros. Let's make the very top of the pyramid hyper competitive and survival of the fittest. But let's make it more fun and less confusing (i.e. the alphabet soup of leagues) for the vast majority of players out there. Wishful thinking, but a guy's gotta dream right?!?
Ummmm the girls top of the pyramid is not confusing at all. It’s ECNL and only ECNL at the top. What’s the confusion? It is hyper competitive. Nothing gets more competitive than girls soccer in the Southwest Conference of ECNL. Everything you’re asking for is already there.
The current girls pyramid is set up for college ONLY.
What about the girls who want to play professionally? There needs to be an academy system that takes American politics out of the equation (this means parents & their $$$$$ completely) and focuses on soccer development. These girls who put the sport before anything else should be pooled together and their primary focus should be all about becoming the best footballers they can be.
In 2019, I asked the same question on here. I was attacked by elite parents, lying Docs who play pay for play with rich parents and coaches who take kickbacks and look to sleep with mommy to insure playtime. Not all Docs and coaches, just a few cheaters and liars. I even got threats to "STFU, we know where you live, so it's best to STFU or else." These are ruthless selfish pigs, man who only care about the bottom-line, which is your money and time. Youth Soccer is controlled by the elites and college is the prize. Trinity Rodman was mocked for going pro. The elites on here said she wasn't smart enough to attend Big U and that's why she chose to be the #2 pick in NWSL draft in 2021. ECNL is 100% about college and that's ok. The problem with this is the pressure they put on girls to be true Unicorns. A player could be a goat at soccer but a dope in school and then gets yelled at to get better grades or leave. That's how the elites play. They add SAT, GPA and each girl must be a "goody goody two shoes" and basically be a perfect human to be a true soccer player in our country. Rodman opened the flood gates and got others to join, like Olivia, Alyssa (#1 pick), her sister and many, many others that have now gone pro before college.
Last edited:
JeterwastheBEST
SILVER ELITE
Remember we live in one of the more ethically and morally challenged areas of America- SoCal. The DDs attending Harvard Westlake get preference... That's what the SoCal grift- $$$$$$$$ is ALL about.
The really difficult part of this whole organizational mess is it effects the girls negatively; it makes them as greedy and mischievous and soulless and entitled as their parents... Gone are the days where we need to save money for DD's college and now must pray, we get sports welfare (i.e., "Scholarship" (often, frequently a "partial scholarship)) so parents $$$$ contribution to education is that much less- intentionally. I truly believe these parents believe they will get a medal
when it's all over after commuting 10000s+ of miles and being obnoxious for the better part of a decade...These new acronym leagues ensure one thing- gas
companies keep getting richer, kids spend more ass in car
seat time, kids spend less time studying
or going to the movies
or volunteering or going to birthday parties
, etc., etc... It exists solely to make the organization more money. The game is over, dust in the wind....Crush baby- it's "ensure" and not "insure"
Thanks for the spelling correctionRemember we live in one of the more ethically and morally challenged areas of America- SoCal. The DDs attending Harvard Westlake get preference... That's what the SoCal grift- $$$$$$$$ is ALL about.
The really difficult part of this whole organizational mess is it effects the girls negatively; it makes them as greedy and mischievous and soulless and entitled as their parents... Gone are the days where we need to save money for DD's college and now must pray, we get sports welfare (i.e., "Scholarship" (often, frequently a "partial scholarship)) so parents $$$$ contribution to education is that much less- intentionally. I truly believe these parents believe they will get a medal
These new acronym leagues ensure one thing- gas
Crush baby- it's "ensure" and not "insure"