How’s the 2024-2025 season going?

SuperSoccerStar said:
They also need to have girls from all over the country on the team and they will form a less talented team to make that happen. If you really want to be on the womens National team and your in the SW ECNL pool I would recommend to move clubs to somewhere out of CA and your chances will greatly increase to get selected. It just is what it is. Pretty much every one of these girls your honestly splitting hairs on talent so that's where the politics comes in to be the differentiator.
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I can’t really go with the “they’re all the same” argument.

Try making that claim for professionals. It sounds ridiculous: “Yeah, Mbappe is good. But there are half a dozen other Frenchmen at that level. It’s really splitting hairs on talent to pick one over another.”

There is a difference at the highest level of any profession. That’s why we have scouts.
 
SuperSoccerStar said:
They also need to have girls from all over the country on the team and they will form a less talented team to make that happen. If you really want to be on the womens National team and your in the SW ECNL pool I would recommend to move clubs to somewhere out of CA and your chances will greatly increase to get selected. It just is what it is. Pretty much every one of these girls your honestly splitting hairs on talent so that's where the politics comes in to be the differentiator.
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And in come other nations who flock to California to recruit youth players for their teams because of politics.
 
There must be a U15 camp coming up soon, but checking the latest U17 roster released a few days ago, there are 6 players from CA, which sounds fair. A little less than 1/3 of the team.
 
fms said:
There must be a U15 camp coming up soon, but checking the latest U17 roster released a few days ago, there are 6 players from CA, which sounds fair. A little less than 1/3 of the team.
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The point is that fairness isn’t based on where they are from, it is based on merit. 6 may be, may be too many or too little. It shouldn’t be a factor where they are from.
 
Surfer_dad said:
The point is that fairness isn’t based on where they are from, it is based on merit. 6 may be, may be too many or too little. It shouldn’t be a factor where they are from.
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Unfortunately some people like to add skin color, background, heritage, etc into what they consider fairness and merit. You believe on field performance should be the only determiner of merit. (Which I agree with)

When you see a scout with a checklist of items to review/identify for players on their clipboard. It's an attempt at focusing them into into merit only. Some people just can't help themselves from adding things that shouldn't matter into the decision process.
 
Carlsbad7 said:
When you see a scout with a checklist of items to review
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This act helps a few get over the finish line. The best of the best (usually 5 in each age group) will always be picked but it's the rest of the best that have to think outside the box and scout knows that really well. Pay for play will soon be over. If one tells you this, no one believes you and then one gets called names like, "medal chaser, crazy dad, bitter, full of sour grapes, club hopper, moron, dumb, off his medications and so many other beautiful names." My pals told me to STFU or you will ruin your kids chances for the next list. I got attacked from those who I caught cheating, sleeping with moms and coaches for favors, lying and stealing dreams from little girls. It takes a real asshole type of elite loser to pull this stunt. Good luck everyone. When real men and women want to fix this kind of cheating, I can help be a voice in the room. I would love that opportunity.

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crush said:
This act helps a few get over the finish line. The best of the best (usually 5 in each age group) will always be picked but it's the rest of the best that have to think outside the box and scout knows that really well. Pay for play will soon be over. If one tells you this, no one believes you and then one gets called names like, "medal chaser, crazy dad, bitter, full of sour grapes, club hopper, moron, dumb, off his medications and so many other beautiful names." My pals told me to STFU or you will ruin your kids chances for the next list. I got attacked from those who I caught cheating, sleeping with moms and coaches for favors, lying and stealing dreams from little girls. It takes a real asshole type of elite loser to pull this stunt. Good luck everyone. When real men and women want to fix this kind of cheating, I can help be a voice in the room. I would love that opportunity.

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Clubs don't want to let multiple kids go to camp at the same time. Kids come back with return to play restrictions or injured.
Pro clubs have the same problem, and SoCal is traditionally worse if Mexico is running camp in parallel.
No DOC wants 1/4 to 1/3 their team out at the same time.
 
Carlsbad7 said:
Unfortunately some people like to add skin color, background, heritage, etc into what they consider fairness and merit. You believe on field performance should be the only determiner of merit. (Which I agree with)

When you see a scout with a checklist of items to review/identify for players on their clipboard. It's an attempt at focusing them into into merit only. Some people just can't help themselves from adding things that shouldn't matter into the decision process.
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When you say some people? I hope you are not refering to USWYNT teams. Rosters tend to reflect who can afford private training and then ECNL more than anything else. Talent tends to balance things out at the professional ranks but lets be fair and not call out US soccer for being a champion for diversity HA!
 
Game of Throw-ins said:
When you say some people? I hope you are not refering to USWYNT teams. Rosters tend to reflect who can afford private training and then ECNL more than anything else. Talent tends to balance things out at the professional ranks but lets be fair and not call out US soccer for being a champion for diversity HA!
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If US Soccer cared about being the best they would have never gone into the 2023 World Cup with a washed up roster of left overs and has been's from 2019. That's at least fair.

Kelley O'Hara

Lindsey Horan

Alex Morgan

Alyssa Naeher

Crystal Dunn

Megan Rapinoe

Julie Ertz

Rose Lavelle

Emily Sonnett

Until they actually put the best product on the field to represent the country with out a political bias women's sports are going to fail and 15 year old boys will always beat our best women
 
Lemmon Pepper Lou said:
If US Soccer cared about being the best they would have never gone into the 2023 World Cup with a washed up roster of left overs and has been's from 2019. That's at least fair.

Kelley O'Hara

Lindsey Horan

Alex Morgan

Alyssa Naeher

Crystal Dunn

Megan Rapinoe

Julie Ertz

Rose Lavelle

Emily Sonnett

Until they actually put the best product on the field to represent the country with out a political bias women's sports are going to fail and 15 year old boys will always beat our best women
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I would also add that most of all these players made a pack with the men in charge (either or) that allows a man to be a woman and steal a roster spot that belongs to biological females only. It's a hard enough for any woman to make this team but adding biological men to the competition is mind bugling. It defiles basic scientific logic and is insane!!!

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Game of Throw-ins said:
When you say some people? I hope you are not refering to USWYNT teams. Rosters tend to reflect who can afford private training and then ECNL more than anything else. Talent tends to balance things out at the professional ranks but lets be fair and not call out US soccer for being a champion for diversity HA!
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I used those items as examples of things not talent or merit related that some people can't help themselves from adding into the decision process. It could be anything.
 
any surprises from the battle of southwest? Seemed to be about the same. Maybe Eagles taking a back seat this year even with their new pickups? Looks like Lemon was on the right track taking them out of the top 8. 4-8 is probably going to move around every week until we are done.

TOP 8

1. HBK
2. Legends
3. Surf
4. Blues
5. Beach
6. Pats
7. Slammers FC
8. LAFC
 
It'll sort itself out one way or another in a month or two. The top 3 teams are close enough that the smallest swings may continue to shift the order. Newer results are always weighted significantly more than older results as they age - so while it's always going to be a lagging indicator - it's not nearly so as people may assume.
 
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