Top Team Dilution in the So Cal

[LadiesMan217]

I honestly cant believe that parents are willing to chase the BS with a 13 year old child chasing this load of crap these clubs are selling is totally insane! All for what? Have these families honestly put any thought into why they are actually doing this?

Doing what?

 

[younothat]

Remember when tryouts where really tryouts....X number for kids showed up for the 3 or so teams and a smaller % of the kids would get called back after the first two tryouts. Kids where excited to get selected and/or disappointed if there buddies might have not. Now it seems clubs try to accommodate as many players as they can, if the turnout is larger than anticipated they will try to add more teams on the fly with a coach to be named later.

Seems to be a trend; separate outside & inside tryouts where many players are already placed on teams before tryouts. That sort of happen before too and the coach told a smaller number of the players in advance but they still wanted them to attend the tryout to filter some of the other players or those on the bubble. Seems like retention is more important now, outside players have a tougher time getting on the higher level teams unless they have been recruited.

Same goes for Surf cup, was much more difficult to get in...top 4 finish in st/nt cup or previous champ or very high ranking. Now with the 3 flights if you get a app in time and pay they try to accommodate as many as the have the field space for Good for business and gives more opportunities but lost some of the best of the best luster.

St/Nt cup now has what (4) levels: Mayors, Gov, Pres, Nat whats next? another brackets: Super for those that don't fit any of the others.

We like to compartmentalize and categorize competition too much IMO and there is less openness, with the competing orgs like: usys, usclub, ussda, cal south, cal north, etc ) we don't share a common approach or vision and that unfortunate that we cant get on the same page.

 

[MakeAPlay]

Remember when tryouts where really tryouts....X number for kids showed up for the 3 or so teams and a smaller % of the kids would get called back after the first two tryouts. Kids where excited to get selected and/or disappointed if there buddies might have not. Now it seems clubs try to accommodate as many players as they can, if the turnout is larger than anticipated they will try to add more teams on the fly with a coach to be named later.

Seems to be a trend; separate outside & inside tryouts where many players are already placed on teams before tryouts. That sort of happen before too and the coach told a smaller number of the players in advance but they still wanted them to attend the tryout to filter some of the other players or those on the bubble. Seems like retention is more important now, outside players have a tougher time getting on the higher level teams unless they have been recruited.

Same goes for Surf cup, was much more difficult to get in...top 4 finish in st/nt cup or previous champ or very high ranking. Now with the 3 flights if you get a app in time and pay they try to accommodate as many as the have the field space for Good for business and gives more opportunities but lost some of the best of the best luster.

St/Nt cup now has what (4) levels: Mayors, Gov, Pres, Nat whats next? another brackets: Super for those that don't fit any of the others.

We like to compartmentalize and categorize competition too much IMO and there is less openness, with the competing orgs like: usys, usclub, ussda, cal south, cal north, etc ) we don't share a common approach or vision and that unfortunate that we cant get on the same page.

I agree. Tryouts mean very little although a great player will be offered by anyone. That hasn't changed and never will. Ability is still the key. Divide and conquer is the mantra of soccer management these days.

 

[clubfees]

Remember when tryouts where really tryouts....X number for kids showed up for the 3 or so teams and a smaller % of the kids would get called back after the first two tryouts. Kids where excited to get selected and/or disappointed if there buddies might have not. Now it seems clubs try to accommodate as many players as they can, if the turnout is larger than anticipated they will try to add more teams on the fly with a coach to be named later.

Seems to be a trend; separate outside & inside tryouts where many players are already placed on teams before tryouts. That sort of happen before too and the coach told a smaller number of the players in advance but they still wanted them to attend the tryout to filter some of the other players or those on the bubble. Seems like retention is more important now, outside players have a tougher time getting on the higher level teams unless they have been recruited.

Truth!

 

[Axa]

On the note of top team dilution: http://goalnation.com/ac-milan-academy-launches-san-diego/

 

[Axa]

For your information, we are the real academy of A.C. Milan. And I'm the Director. For more information, just stop by at our training field in rancho Bernard park.

 

[Sandypk]

There are parents that will be making long drives 4x a week for the DA program. Time better spent on academics, so they can make more than $30k a year playing soccer. I'm sure they would all jump at the chance to has their daughter at a residency program.

It's the opposite. More options now. We went from driving an hour to driving 5 minutes. Not looking for pro $, looking for good old fashioned competition with a great coach and found it. As for a residency program, no thank you.

 

[NoGoal]

It's the opposite. More options now. We went from driving an hour to driving 5 minutes. Not looking for pro $, looking for good old fashioned competition with a great coach and found it. As for a residency program, no thank you.

Your DD was at an ECNL club and now the local club has Girls DA.