couple of things, first soccer as a game at the level that DA aspires to be, member teams at any age level should not be losing a game by more than 3 goals. There are teams losing by wide margins while also being shutout. Not just in Socal also, NoCal, east coast, Florida. Teams with little tactical understanding of the basic elements of soccer, 1v1 defending, team defending, defensive shape, transition from defense to offensive and back again, off the ball movement, providing support to your teammates when in possession, etc. the learning curve is just too great with some teams. Sure coaches will try to develop this over time, but even with a whole season and training 4x a week you can't address everything. Far too many players and clubs are chasing a patch and coding development with delusion of success through failure and calling it development. Not just failure in results but slow failure through mediocre training. My contention is that training at DA teams is not better than years past it is just move frequent. Training 2x a week with high level intensity against the best level of talent is vastly different than training 4x a week against marginal ability at a low level of skill. The players at the top are already at a higher level. the skill gap even at the 04, 03 age group is imo too great to close for most players between the top and the bottom.
