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That site was just created and that's the first post.... If your kid isn't featured then you might as well hang it up. Like seriously who creates something like that and then starts posting.
Gets ridiculious doesn't it.

Unfortunately College soccer recruitment is corrupt. The more you know the less you want to know.
 
That site was just created and that's the first post.... If your kid isn't featured then you might as well hang it up. Like seriously who creates something like that and then starts posting.
So do the ECNL guru’s agree or disagree with the list ?
Whoever created it wasn’t doing it for likes ….

6 girls on the list played in multiple ECNL championship games
 
So do the ECNL guru’s agree or disagree with the list ?
Whoever created it wasn’t doing it for likes ….

6 girls on the list played in multiple ECNL championship games
Are they top players, sure I would agree with the list that these are some of the top ECNL players from Socal. Are they the top 10 in Socal? Probably not it is subjective. Maybe 3 players from this list make my top 10
 
So do the ECNL guru’s agree or disagree with the list ?
Whoever created it wasn’t doing it for likes ….

6 girls on the list played in multiple ECNL championship games
Disagree with most of the players on this list.

Clearly put together by a parent with a kid that plays ODP. The number of times ODP is listed is telling. The only people that brag about ODP are parents with kids who play ODP. So not a big deal...
 
Disagree with most of the players on this list.

Clearly put together by a parent with a kid that plays ODP. The number of times ODP is listed is telling. The only people that brag about ODP are parents with kids who play ODP. So not a big deal...
I didn't read enough to catch ODP. That's absolutely hilarious if anyone is claiming that as anything special. Its literally a pay to play thing for Cal South. Come on!!!
 
Are they top players, sure I would agree with the list that these are some of the top ECNL players from Socal. Are they the top 10 in Socal? Probably not it is subjective. Maybe 3 players from this list make my top 10
I'm with you here, 3 player from that list make my top 10 too. Not even sure who a few of the players are. Not that that means anything but this page/post seemed like a parent post.
 
I'm with you here, 3 player from that list make my top 10 too. Not even sure who a few of the players are. Not that that means anything but this page/post seemed like a parent post.

Damn, I should have thought of this! Make an Instagram account with a top 10 list and put my kid in it. The offers would have been rolling in! I guess we'll just have to do it the old fashioned way ... see what she can and wants to achieve on her own.
 
Damn, I should have thought of this! Make an Instagram account with a top 10 list and put my kid in it. The offers would have been rolling in! I guess we'll just have to do it the old fashioned way ... see what she can and wants to achieve on her own.
Bruh, the old Girls Development League (no real development, just politics & pay for play) actually had parents write up their highlight news. I kid you not. It was obvious mommy or daddy wrote the press release🤣🤣🤣
 
Maybe some of the girls listed in this post had no idea about being included until the post came out (if any did). Girls didn't ask or pay to have someone write about them on this new IG account. Maybe some people do that, I don't know. Anyway, no matter what is written about a player or how many times their names or faces are posted on social media, if they can't play then they can't play. There are a lot of girls in this age group who can actually play, regardless of what is or what is not written about them. Some don't care about these things and just show up and show out every game no matter if they are recognized on social or not.
 
Wonder whose parent created this, LOL. Its all so gross. Not the kids fault, its the parents. Its almost laughable. The gross part is a parent created this and then the "kids" I mean dads of the girls are commenting on the page. Its all so very bizzare. Hate to see kids caught up in the crossfire.

SO much will sort itself out in the coming years.
 
Damn, I should have thought of this! Make an Instagram account with a top 10 list and put my kid in it. The offers would have been rolling in! I guess we'll just have to do it the old fashioned way ... see what she can and wants to achieve on her own.
I know of several parent run "kids/players" Insta and X accounts. You see it and you want to just shake your head because its all so gross. I dont know whats worse the DIY hype parent or the parent that pays 3rd parties to hype their kid. Unfortunately if it didnt work to some degree they wouldn't be doing it.
 
I know of several parent run "kids/players" Insta and X accounts. You see it and you want to just shake your head because its all so gross. I dont know whats worse the DIY hype parent or the parent that pays 3rd parties to hype their kid. Unfortunately if it didnt work to some degree they wouldn't be doing it.
I hear you and I understand wanting to hype up our kids. So many players do get overlooked and Im sure using these tactics can help. BUT, there is something that feels so slimy about it. This sort of thing doesnt sit right with me and has a gross feeling to it. Isnt this why our kids play sports, to learn these tough life lessons. Things do not always go our way, sometimes we do get over looked, our parents cant solve everything for us etc.
 
Bruh, the old Girls Development League (no real development, just politics & pay for play) actually had parents write up their highlight news. I kid you not. It was obvious mommy or daddy wrote the press release🤣🤣🤣
I know that TDS is one place that you pay for subscription and parental posts are sent in and publishd. I find that to be comical, the only place you will see some girls names for their parents sake.
 
I hear you and I understand wanting to hype up our kids. So many players do get overlooked and Im sure using these tactics can help. BUT, there is something that feels so slimy about it. This sort of thing doesnt sit right with me and has a gross feeling to it. Isnt this why our kids play sports, to learn these tough life lessons. Things do not always go our way, sometimes we do get over looked, our parents cant solve everything for us etc.
This is what grossed 🤢🤢me out in 2017. Daddy working the board and the Doc to make sure his kid gets over the finishline to make The List.
 
I know that TDS is one place that you pay for subscription and parental posts are sent in and publishd. I find that to be comical, the only place you will see some girls names for their parents sake.

It's all Kool Aid Folks. Only the suckers drink it. In the beginning of ECNL I fell for it as well. The minute I cancelled all the subscriptions, was the minute they stopped paying attention to my kid.
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