In the grand plan of things, it doesn't matter. What matters is family, health, character and what you do with the education you earn. So many youth players go on to be recruited to play in college, some are in over their heads academically, a lot quit soccer after a year or two, party too much in college and don't achieve much. Enjoy whatever youth soccer club you belong to, it all ends very quickly.
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Or some jump to da Pros. 2021-2022 is the year of the female. Time to let kids choose other paths besides Big U. Dont get me wrong, I love Big U and I know Big U will be back better then ever. I'm super stoked on the future of Socal soccer. I also think choice is key here and options in one's life. Is it possible for a girl to go to college, study, party and play ball?
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Education should be part of the equation if they skip college to go pro. We need to encourage our kids to take on a technical career or some other type of education even if they skip college. A soccer player is just an injury away to end their career before it starts. What’s the point of going pro if they don’t have a degree once they finish their career.
How many US women soccer players make more money than the average computer programmer?
I am all for supporting the sport, but be realistic. For any birth year, perhaps 4000 girls play elite level soccer. Of those, maybe 2 will ever make more than chump change in the pros.
Phoenix Rising 04s ----> The team to beat in the SW ECNL conference -----> change my mind.. They were already at the top. They've been training, they love the heat.....
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Blues 04s added big time this off season...... and our Real 04s can play a bit too
..... I know they good but did Rising 04s add talent? Training time in Arizona definitely helps!Just for fun here is my top 5......
1. Blues
2. LAFC
3. Real
4. Surf
5. Rising
Says who??? Just kidding.....lol!!! I get it now. I believe in the future you can do whatever you like if you play by the rules. Why not go travel and play soccer?
Happy is happy his team is #1 AZ. That is a good squad in the dessert and their training as we speak. I must say though, the haul the Blues got in the off season was, as futbol dad said, "Big Time." I personally love the challenge to play against the best and so does my DD.. For many clubs in socal minus Beach and Surf, playing Blues is like playing Stanford. They recruit the best and they usually win. Tad's team was well on their way to be crown top team in the USA before Covid. I'm serious you guys. Here's my top SW Teams:Blues 04s added big time this off season...... and our Real 04s can play a bit too
Just for fun here is my top 5......
1. Blues
2. LAFC
3. Real
4. Surf
5. Rising
1. Blues
2. LAFC
3. Real SC (If the two sisters play, then I move them to the top))
5. Arsenal IE ((I hear they picked up some real good players))
5. Surf SD
On a side not, if Beach FC were granted a waiver this year ((I support 100%)), then they would be top 3 for sure.
100% a new league with new top teams from GDA and players leaving for greener pasture. Big movement Happy. Rising is real good but not socal good. Sorry about that and that might not make you happy, but I called my shot and now let's see whose right. Happy's Top 5
1. Rising
2. ?
3. ?
4. ?
5. ?
Let's here from the desert. DH?
Dad 4, do you honestly believe I think my dd can go pro 2022 and skip college like Kobe and LeBron? Plus, that chump change was how they treated the females in the past, like chumps. Not no more dude IMO. So if 100 of the best of the best goats of the 04 age, how many in this country could go pro if the girls weren't treated like chumps? 10? 20? So if your top 100, then the odds to make some coin improves. I agree the chumps treated the girls like sh*t!!!!
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A women's right to choose is so important in all aspects of their lives. We do not live in medieval times or in the 1950's or 1960's. Many people have fought hard for freedom and equality. Hopefully young women will choose what is best for them, not their parents and not their friends, but what is right for them. So many women in the world don't have choices. How lucky our girls are!
Girls rock!!!!
Blues 04s added big time this off season...... and our Real 04s can play a bit too
Just for fun here is my top 5......
1. Blues
2. LAFC
3. Real
4. Surf
5. Rising
I'm just giving you socal folks a hard time. If you've read any of my other posts (beyond the political ones, purely futbol) I don't really see things through the win/loss lens. Do I like to win, hell yea. Does my DD like to win, yep, almost to a fault. And, we are not in ECNL, in DA now GA with no plans to move unless the coach moves - which is doubtful.
But this letter league youth soccer gig is about getting to college, YNT, and maybe, just maybe, beyond that. Girls on teams that are middle of the pack but play good soccer get seen just as much as the ones who play on the teams at the very top. In many ways colleges like to scout players on good teams that play well against the "best" teams - or so I'm told.
I don't know if 04 rising team added. Their big add was last year. There is one 05 goat who left a DA club because they had her playing up too much of the time (parents did not like it) and went to Rising. Does Rising convince her to play up again? I don't know, but she's worthy of playing up and possibly should be playing 2 up (she's that good, big, strong, fast, mature, etc).
Not too much movement from former GA teams to ECNL. Most girls stayed put (for now) and those that were being recruited to DA/GA teams still came. All bets are off after this season.
ECNL boys teams traveled here this weekend to play MLS teams, wish ECNL girls teams would travel. Maybe we would revive sold old rivalries - Real, Blues, Surf.
We will see, they were socal good last season. They haven't had a drop off in talent. I know how the socal talent machine goes, so maybe a bit of talent redistribution occurred. But bring it, let them settle it on the pitch.
And to remind you again, I don't have a dog in the fight, we are not ECNL, we just know plenty of people on that wrong side of the track...ha..
I know Happy. I just like to talk soccer rankings for fun.
Yes, God will help us all. I'm only hear to talk about soccer and how I can be a helper when needed. I just spoke to a lovely lady whose DD played DPL last year and her team is gone kind of. I was able to help her her and she thanked me. Regarding the obvious, I will just say over the last three weeks my mind and heart has been changed unlike any other time in my life. I see clearly now. For me, the lesson is not to project my pain towards others. I'm alive and I have today so do something and stop making excuses and get happy for the life you have
What I think my expression would be before Corona and how I kind of felt towards Bio mom
What I think I would look like today and I love my Bio mom and have so much appreciation for my bio mom.
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I hear you... but will counter your argument. There are sick and injured humans that can't live on their own without medication, surgery or life support. Do we just let them die?