LA Galaxy to remove alliance program

newwavedave said:
Justus is No More!!!! I put him away for good :) Newwavedave is here to lighten things up and just have fun with all this crazy youth soccer. No more Justus in this country!!!! I'm here to provide light hearted digs here and there, advice and opinion if you want it and positive vibes from South OC. Go Soccer!!!! I understand Coach Woodcock decision here. He's going from MLS to EPL and that my friend is a BIG step up. "They came after me, not me going after them. After 3 year success at MLS, we getting our big EPL call up"
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jpeter said:
:eek: upgrade at least on the uniforms

The one kit my player won't mind having

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Problem wasn’t kits but this does prove a bit of the mindset some parents and kids have - “what does the uniform look like? Niiiice. Sign me up”. Not saying it’s the case with you, but I hear the “what do the kits look like” often. Still same Chick you dumped, Same attitude with a new hair cut.
 
Not_that_Serious said:
See it didnt take that long to get it out. You can search and find what you need to know about that club and people behind it. They can basically swap the entire marketing they have been doing, the sales pitches and ramp them up using a bigger international name. Still selling a logo versus selling a development plan. The admin can sell it how they like but no DA or any other upward path. I’m sure they will go full Euro Soccer Snobs and say that isn’t important because their UK backgrounds fall inline with the Liverpool system and it’s truly about proven results. Not like they are bringing in staff from Liverpool or getting full educational support from them - hell they wouldn’t even take a couple hour drive to LA to see observe their pro training. Again, they have their own thought process about soccer - mainly that it’s a way to make money. These guys are not about integrating into the domestic system - specifically DA. So then what does the club have to offer if they don’t have DA, ECNL or support ODP? Cool jerseys and future emails with Mo Salah highlights?
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Liverpool supported & fan but this is said actually. Sure there is supporter groups in OC but that's adults. Most youth know the Galaxy & have some connection but Liverpool I dunno about that, seems like a lost opportunity for the community to represent orange county by not continuing with that in some part of their identity
 
Not_that_Serious said:
Problem wasn’t kits but this does prove a bit of the mindset some parents and kids have - “what does the uniform look like? Niiiice. Sign me up”. Not saying it’s the case with you, but I hear the “what do the kits look like” often. Still same Chick you dumped, Same attitude with a new hair cut.
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Yeah I hear you and was clowing, son is a big liverpool fan and has trained with their youth academy before and has a bunch of kits from them. Likely going back again this year for a couple weeks hopefully if the scheduling works out.
 
jpeter said:
Yeah I hear you and was clowing, son is a big liverpool fan and has trained with their youth academy before and has a bunch of kits from them. Likely going back again this year for a couple weeks hopefully if the scheduling works out.
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I hear you. We played “Chelsea” this year, didn’t see anything related to Chelsea other than 2 year old kits. My oldest has a lot of kits, my friends bring him kits from all the places they go for work travel - always tell them to bring back smaller club teams they see. I think my kid gets a bigger kick when someone from the city/town hits him up about where he got the kit.
 
Eagle33 said:
Every weekend I see teams playing in Santa Ana wearing fake Man U, Arsenal, Chelsea, Real Madrid, Puma and others.....affiliated? o_O
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Yeah been that way for ages, son referrals to those as the "swap meet" leagues. Just about everything there are knocksoffs.

Brands are pretty big with the kids nowadays especially the limited release stuff with all the socal media promotions. My kids have jobs and spends most of there salary on clothes & shoes but only certain higher end limited brands. They track release events, spend many hours trying to get stuff, and have low key kind of clubs & group involved at some of the events.
 
jpeter said:
Yeah been that way for ages, son referrals to those as the "swap meet" leagues. Just about everything there are knocksoffs.

Brands are pretty big with the kids nowadays especially the limited release stuff with all the socal media promotions. My kids have jobs and spends most of there salary on clothes & shoes but only certain higher end limited brands. They track release events, spend many hours trying to get stuff, and have low key kind of clubs & group involved at some of the events.
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Yeah but the reason they wear knockoff gear? The jersey isn’t important. They just want to all look the same as a team. Sporting $75-120 buck jerseys to play in is cuckoo. My kid ‘s friends play in Sunday leagues and he joins them often. Usually a MX national team or Liga Mx team, etc. Yep, always knockoffs so they can lose the gear and it’s not a big deal. Some teams have started to print their gear with local sponsors. We all know $300 for kits is nonsense and ways for clubs to make money. I don’t knock whatever kids are wearing. A little different when they show up to school in the gear as kids will rip on one another - some kids can’t take the ribbing.. My kid use to order knockoffs of oddball clubs - he didn’t care it was off a little. End of the day whatever gets kids playing and enjoying themselves - as long as they aren’t being taken advantage of.
 
Not_that_Serious said:
Yeah but the reason they wear knockoff gear? The jersey isn’t important. They just want to all look the same as a team. Sporting $75-120 buck jerseys to play in is cuckoo. My kid ‘s friends play in Sunday leagues and he joins them often. Usually a MX national team or Liga Mx team, etc. Yep, always knockoffs so they can lose the gear and it’s not a big deal. Some teams have started to print their gear with local sponsors. We all know $300 for kits is nonsense and ways for clubs to make money. I don’t knock whatever kids are wearing. A little different when they show up to school in the gear as kids will rip on one another - some kids can’t take the ribbing.. My kid use to order knockoffs of oddball clubs - he didn’t care it was off a little. End of the day whatever gets kids playing and enjoying themselves - as long as they aren’t being taken advantage of.
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Big $$ in the gear business, crazy prices with some of those club kickback vendor deals.

Replica stuff is normally good quality at a lower price and some of the other brands & knockoffs are also. I'm more into quality vs brand and don't mind saving on replica or even 2nd's (blemishes) stuff before I go to knockoffs but I remember those working swap meet days when I might not have a cost alternative.
 
Biggest thing I noticed with the knockoffs is that they don't breathe like the real thing would.
Pretty sure they are 100% nylon and plastic
Adult indoor league I used to play in bought each team a Euro team jersey. We were Inter-Milan. After one wear, you couldn't wash the stink out of it.
 
timbuck said:
Biggest thing I noticed with the knockoffs is that they don't breathe like the real thing would.
Pretty sure they are 100% nylon and plastic
Adult indoor league I used to play in bought each team a Euro team jersey. We were Inter-Milan. After one wear, you couldn't wash the stink out of it.
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I tried to buy my wife's dad (from Guatemala) a knock off Maradona jersey for his 50th bday back in 97, the year we got married. She took one look at that tag and said, "hell no, he would never forgive you for that." I kept it and my wife found the real one that was 10x more :)
 
my kid only wears knock off jersey, I go to downtown LA and you can get a kit of any team you like with socks, shorts , jersey and your own name and number for 22 bucks,
 
timbuck said:
Those downtown vendors should start selling kids so cal club kits. $250 on soccer.com or $19.95 in LA.
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I don't mind the characters & dispensaries next door but regular OC soccer mom's might not enjoy the ambiance
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