I'm sure it happens a lot. Not all D1 caliber players go play for D1 schools. Sometimes they play D3 for the academics, or financial reasons, or...
Thanks for the post. Listened to a few of these. A lot of the basic recruitment stuff is similar. The D1 guys were definitely more about...
There were only 4 starters in the USA vs. England game that you could say were fully brought up in the US system. Matt Turner, Tim Ream, Walker...
Sometimes. The rest will wish they learned to play the full game.
We have the problem of our first team being US Club Soccer/ECNL affiliated and the second team is USYS. If we need a player due to injuries,etc,...
Our son's academy was U6 through U8, but they mostly separated the U7/8s from the U6s. U9 was called academy still and they all practiced...
If there is a definitive article for that, the author should get a Nobel prize.
Tell your kid that if they are going to get someone back, don't look at other team's player before you do it. If the ref sees you eyeing up the...
Yeah, crazy "uptick" in heart related issues lately. Wonder what changed in the last year or so? Might be that global warming thing I keep...
I really like this type of club mentality. I think clubs here do so little community outreach and it hurts their big picture. It's thought of as...
Then he has a good basis. Touch shots are something that comes with good technical ability. If you can create enough space or know how to find...
I credit our trampoline for a lot of my kids' athletic abilities. They would be on it for hours, every day between the ages of 5-12. Once they...
I'm really glad you posted this. The distances required for good players to travel in the US puts us at a disadvantage. Not just travel to go...
At younger ages (U12 and below), when soccer isn't so all encompassing yet, training outside of practice is even more essential. They need...
Focus first on proper technique when striking the ball. No different than golf. There is a reason 115lb women in the LPGA can drive a ball...
How many co-morbidities did they have?
Honest question for all of you. If it weren't for the media and state government telling you there is a pandemic, would you know there is one?
It won't matter, but if you think it will help then by all means. Let your child be the clinical trials for a gene therapy against a disease that...
I literally quoted the CDC and you say everything I stated is false? Where is your truth then? Guess what? I am a properly educated scientist....
I look at it this way. My son, as a healthy young person with no pre-existing conditions, has zero chance of dying from COVID. If I give him the...
Well if the leagues shut down then not much else you can do. I think the health dictators will try again though. I'd be more worried now about a...
Yes. You rarely see U10 parents happy that their kid is playing in the back. Some of these clubs keep way too big of rosters though at younger...
If my son was a little older, I would seriously consider moving to Texas or Florida. At least for the short term, until this nonsense blows over....
He looks taller than 6'0" in the videos. If he's a shade over 6'0, list him at 6'1. He runs very upright, so that may be why. He looks to have...
He probably would help the offense, but the trade off of losing a good center back would be worse. You can't just groom someone at HS age to be a...