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It looks like that same coach might also have some teams at Elite Development Academy Worldwide, which has some strong teams in the youngers. Their 2015B is #32 in state, #94 nationally.
How’s the 2024-2025 season going?
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The NC teams already come over here for playoffs after having an undefeated season and then they fly back home going WTF just happenedDumb, dumb advice. 'Come fly to NC" and waste your money. You work for the airlines or hotels? No team from Socal should be flying to NC to test their grit. Horrible advice for young girls playing soccer in Socal. If your team wants to try its luck against the best, then your team has to pay to play Socal. Get your team on a flight and fly to sunny Socal. What a joke you are
Happens every year for the 2010's.
100%. Back in 2015, some red team from Texas thought they were #1. They would come on here and brag and boast for being undefeated. Then they came to Surf Cup (when it was best of the best) with their big Red Texas Flag and went home with zero wins. My dd team won it all and then again in 2016.The NC teams already come over here for playoffs after having an undefeated season and then they fly back home going WTF just happened
go to the 2011 forum. We don't care
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Sorry, I forgot this thread is reserved just for men weirdly obsessed with the 2010 girls.
My comment was in response to the brewing discussion on how club soccer is pricing out talented kids and how LA's pilot program, which costs just $10 a month, shows promise. But I realize now I didn't mention how SW 2010 girls are the best in the whole wide world and there are no other talented players anywhere else in the country and there are definitely no talented girls locally who can't afford club soccer and who might benefit from a wider expansion of LA's pilot program.
I apologize, sincerely.
I loved your post for the $10 a month part and the fact a rec team beat club teams. My pal coached rec softball in Covina with his dd and his team would play travel ball teams and spank them. Then, the travel ball coach would poach his best players.
well as long as you recognize its all good
just messing with you! Some of the LA players drive down to play in the Southwest if they are good enough but you definitely need to have the means to make that work. Not obsessed (well maybe) but I like posting to get some action in this forum. If your in here you should have a 2010 girl but Crush gets a pass because he knows what age group the best girls are in right now.Game of Throw-ins
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All checks out. Nothing weird about this. No pass here from me for the creep accusing anyone who disagrees with him for being a DOC out to get him because of his DD who is now in her mid 20's. Softball references now? Go awaywell as long as you recognize its all good
2010's will start to do ECNL showcases on the east Coast so we will see how that plays out.
yeah I don't go back far enough so I'm revoking my ability to hand out passes!
I do appreciate the free hall pass. The cheating Docs hate me because I caught them cheating, lying and taking kickbacks and banging a few moms for promised play time for their kid. It's all good. I just want the cheaters to come clean, say sorry and promise not to cheat and take kickbacks for a spot ever again. Is that too much too ask?
I’m going to go out on a limb on this one as well. And I’m sure I may get some heat for this from 09 Dads I know. But having seen the top girls in SoCal for the 10’s and 09’s. If we were to take these 2 age groups & have them go pound for pound and the bets were on in Vegas, I would put my money on the 10’s to win the game. That’s how I feel about this group…
To be honest I think USA soccer has done a much better job lately with the scouting process. The way they are testing different combinations of players within their 24 player camp events. As far as the 10’s I believe it’s been tough because there is lots of depth in this group. They have the best forwards figured out. You can obviously see they have the right picks. They haven’t solidified the mid and defense just yet… a few more 24 player camps of testing & inserting different combinations of mids and defenders will probably help them further fine tune this team. 09’s, 08’s, 07/06’s all pretty much set. At the end of the day if you haven’t been noticed yet by USA at 14 years old is fine. Making a national team at 14 is not as impressive as making it at 17 or 18… if the system is right then we should soon see the cream rise to the top
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CRUSH baby drop the rock bro'....
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To be honest I think USA soccer has done a much better job lately with the scouting process. The way they are testing different combinations of players within their 24 player camp events. As far as the 10’s I believe it’s been tough because there is lots of depth in this group. They have the best forwards figured out. You can obviously see they have the right picks. They haven’t solidified the mid and defense just yet… a few more 24 player camps of testing & inserting different combinations of mids and defenders will probably help them further fine tune this team. 09’s, 08’s, 07/06’s all pretty much set. At the end of the day if you haven’t been noticed yet by USA at 14 years old is fine. Making a national team at 14 is not as impressive as making it at 17 or 18… if the system is right then we should soon see the cream rise to the top
Whether on purpose or not, the YNT is slowly walking away from their focus on positional profiles and starting to focus a bit more on players who are multi position capable, better rounded. Several EU clubs and WPSL teams are trending in the same direction with scouting and selections as well.
The scouts have told the DOCs for years that they could usually make 4 YNT teams per age group.
Problem was they would only bring 40-50 kids prior to the final U17WC rosters.
With the size of the US the should have 70-100 in camp before their final U17WC roster is set.
The 08s and 09s might see a rush to bring in more and more kids. The 08s have U17WC in 6mo and they still bringing in new kids by the handful.
70-100 players per age group sounds about right for the depth we have in this country. A larger, long-term player pool would allow the team to form organically, ensuring the best talent naturally rises to the top just like cream. One can argue that the current approach of working with only a limited amount of kids narrows the field too soon and risks missing late bloomers and top end potential.
The reality is, that yes the U.S. has the talent to form 4 competitive YNTs per age group, no question about that. The challenge? Maybe it's the Logistics and possibly funding these large projects. But there's a simple solution why not host one possibly two national ID camps per year, bringing in the top 80-100 players for extended evaluation. I bet parents would cover flights and hotels. Why would this work? Because the experience alone to train and compete with the best in the country for a chance to represent the U.S. is invaluable to many. Many families would gladly invest in this opportunity for their kids. They already invest in showcases. tournaments, ODP etc...you can pick and chose what you invest your money in.
Smaller regional camps can still happen, but the big national camps should be the backbone of the system. Over three years, leading up to the U17 World Cup, this model would create a fluid, dynamic, and merit based roster selection process. You track player development holistically through puberty, growth spurts, and athletic maturity rather than risking to make premature selections based on early physical dominance.
By the time these players reach U17, the team wouldn’t just be a collection of the best at 14 but it would be the most complete, battle tested, and well developed squad possible. This system would maximize the US talent pipeline and finally close the gap on top global programs. It's not about just finding the best players now but about developing the best national team for the future.
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Don Johnson cut off daughter from 'family payroll' when she refused to go to college. Dakota Johnson is the daughter of Don Johnson and Melanie Griffith.
Typical Elite parent's way to control their children. The elites bought youth soccer folks for this very reason. It's a way for them to use their money to get thier kids what they want for Susie and Tommy. Docs know this more than anyone, trust me. This is the youth soccer business in a nutshell. The poor and middle class is now priced out of elite travel soccer for the rich, so their child does what is told by dad or else. I experienced and witnessed the bribes and blackmail put on these poor children controlled by mommy & daddy.
The smart ones don't invest anything into California's ODP
I watched the U15 game against Canada and with how good this 2010 group is - US Soccer is behind. @Luis Andres says they figured out the best forwards for the age group - ill disagree. If you cant get the ball off the foot for the open player making a run since hero balls prioritized - player evaluation is a failure. Ill take Canadas 2010's over the product we have now. They can play possession and figured out its best to roster technical soccer players. Speeds great but with out fundamentals its a waste. The average goal conversation rate for the NWSL's 9.9% - MLS 9.5% in retrospect FIFA converts at 15%. That's 1-2 extra passes to the open player a game. Is it that hard to see why and how the US style of play is falling behind the world? s-e-l-f-I-s-h Play.
What really isn't being talked about and should be - the amount of games this 2010 age group has played. Injuries throughout the last 6 months -playing too many games/minutes is shocking for both the boys and girls.
Is the importance of rest that over looked?
Can US Soccer not govern a better youth system protecting their players from overzealous parents and coaches?
Why is player safety so disregarded? I mean come on. Why should any amateur at this level have back to back matches and play 80 minutes a crack? Is it that hard to implement a max work load to limit these knee injuries?
Why are ECNL players even allowed to play High School Soccer?!?!?
Why don't teams have unlimited substitutions till U17-U18?
Just like stated before - Making the USNT at 17-18 carries weight over 15 years old. @Luis Andres likes driving his sports cars bumping Ice Ice baby with the windows down so he should understand this - give me the base Ferrari 296 with low miles and maintenance records that's been taken care of for a long term ROI vs the fully loaded SF90 Spider that's gone over 100K miles in 5 years. Which Ferrari in another 5 years will still be on the road with fewer breakdowns and problems?
(Sorry for the Ferrari analogy. True middle class Soldiers like @crush understand the need to speak to the majority of the ECNL landscape to get a point across)
Glad you got out. Liberals were left un supervised for 10 minutes and almost burned down the state.