Turning Pro at 13

Sidekick said:
Exactly!! Foot skills yes, game skills NO! Beach was the only club willing to take demands from Mommy/Daddy to play her up! Soccer 43 has it correct... not a game changer with US soccer but that’s why Mommy pushed so hard for other opportunities. No one juggles a ball 1,000 times in a game... Lol! Good luck!
Click to expand...
It sounds like you have touched upon a small bit of the truth.
 
I thought there was an unwritten rule about singling out kids on this forum? Man there's some real bitter losers out there. I'd love to see these people react if their kid was under the forum spotlight.
 
Last edited:
She is a public figure with a large social media following that has been promoted by her parents and she has signed a contract with Nike as a professional spokesperson- she is hardly just a kid that plays soccer somewhere. You can’t promote yourself in the public arena and make money off of it and not expect people to have opinions. I am neither bitter nor a loser just have some opinions like everyone else. I am extremely proud and happy with where my DD’s are in this world and would not want that life for them. I also make a point of not parading my DD’s in social media and all over the internet. Their lives are their own and I honor their privacy
 
Soccer43 said:
She is a public figure with a large social media following that has been promoted by her parents and she has signed a contract with Nike as a professional spokesperson- she is hardly just a kid that plays soccer somewhere. You can’t promote yourself in the public arena and make money off of it and not expect people to have opinions. I am neither bitter nor a loser just have some opinions like everyone else. I am extremely proud and happy with where my DD’s are in this world and would not want that life for them. I also make a point of not parading my DD’s in social media and all over the internet. Their lives are their own and I honor their privacy
Click to expand...

You have kids. Maybe act like a parent or at least an adult. She's still a kid. Social media or not.
 
What is your agenda? this is a public forum for adults. I have a right to express my thoughts and I have not said anything disparaging about her other than I didn’t see her stand out or make a difference in a match which was also posted in a public way on the internet by US Soccer. I have also made comments only about her parent’s decision and how it wouldn’t be a decision I would make. Talk to her dad if you are concerned about her public presence and people comenting on her. I wish only the best for her as I have said time and again in this thread - I am just not buying the sales pitch and media marketing that has been developed and promoted by her own father. If your statements are being challenged by other posters here don’t turn it into a public attack on me. You can’t be a public figure and engage in grown up contract to be a highly paid spokesperson and expect that people won’t have thoughts about it.
 
Soccer43 said:
Everyone keeps talking about her talent but if she was that significantly better than other players (even those her own age) she would have /should have been able to make a difference on the field and stand out during the U15 concacaf games. She has some mad foot skills but that doesn't necessarily add to your soccer IQ or ability to do something with those skills during actual games and under pressure.
Click to expand...
She was 13 at the time....EVERY player has a spell where they don’t perform at their best especially when they are at that stage in their human development. We have no idea what she may have been coping with during that time.

As an FYI, she has a tremendous Soccer IQ. My only knock would be that she tries to do too much and doesn’t play enough of the team game.
 
“Man there's some real bitter losers out there. I'd love to see these people react if their kid was under the forum spotlight.”

Does not single you out. You engaged. Justify all you want
 
Better be careful, SI doesn’t think you should be making those kinds of comments about what she is not doing right.

I agree with your comments. My reaction to all of this is raising her up on a pedestal above all other elite players that work hard too and already assuming she is on the WNT soon
 
Soccer43 said:
Better be careful, SI doesn’t think you should be making those kinds of comments about what she is not doing right.

I agree with your comments. My reaction to all of this is raising her up on a pedestal above all other elite players that work hard too and already assuming she is on the WNT soon
Click to expand...

I’d take the same position for any child. Regardless of ability or social presence.
 
Sunil Illuminati said:
“Man there's some real bitter losers out there. I'd love to see these people react if their kid was under the forum spotlight.”

Does not single you out. You engaged. Justify all you want
Click to expand...

I don’t have to justify anything - you only made the attack on me when a couple posters agreed with some of my comments and yes you did make it a personal statement about me in your post above. Are you her dad and the discussion now isn’t fitting with your agenda? This has been an interesting thread but I think it has run its course for me. At this point just seem to have to keep repeating things that have already been said.
 
15 minutes of fame, and then she'll be 14...

Best of luck, have fun, but all this hype is a joke and will be over soon.
 
socalkdg said:
Sadly this is what everyone said about Kylie Jenner. Now the youngest billionaire.
Click to expand...
Actually no one said that about Kylie Jenner, but I digress. Everyone has the right to try to make a living and do what makes them happy. If it works out for her great, if it doesn't that's okay too because its her choice. I just don't understand why so many adults (presumably soccer fans) would be rooting for this kid to fail? Jealous your precious kid isn't getting the same hype. Let's grow up people.
 
GKDad65 said:
15 minutes of fame, and then she'll be 14...

Best of luck, have fun, but all this hype is a joke and will be over soon.
Click to expand...
This hype is just about over already, for this initial move with Nike and Portland. My guess is she will develop over the next few years (she won't be 14 until September) and, by 16 or so, will be proving to be the next Mia Hamm or Alex Morgan.
 
You must log in or register to reply here.
Back
Top