I know you've been told this a number of times in a dozen different threads here, but this should be a red flag where those coaches are concerned,...
I won't dispute anything you said, but it can be done. The cooler-and-candy idea is from real life, and a woman who was the girlfriend of a...
I think a lot of soccer leagues do run concessions, and I don't think we ever went to a tournament that didn't sell food, drinks, gear, shirts,...
All Against All Football was big in one of our neighborhoods when I was a kid in Texas, and pretty brutal. ;-) One kid received the kickoff or...
The university systems model (like the Wisconsin system or the other big ones) I get. Those schools are separate universities with fairly distinct...
Any idea who else operates with two athletic departments for what is supposed to be a single school (albeit with two campuses)? Unrelated to...
You see a lot more young kids than I do, for sure. And that all makes absolute sense, especially the limits of someone's DNA. FWIW, the kid I...
I might push back a little here, just based on the limits of what I think you can tell at 9 or 10. I saw too many kids over the years at 8, 9 and...
I'm nowhere near Colorado and, if I recall, there aren't too many men's college programs in your state. But with your mention of CU Boulder in...
At those ages, kids should be playing everywhere and not be locked into a spot and -- in practice -- learning universal skills and soccer IQ. They...
You bet. Again, my son's experience may not be representative so hopefully others may chime in, but he's at a DIII. As I mentioned above, his team...
One more thought re fitness: The expectations went up there, too, but -- at least at this club -- there wasn't a ton of time spent on it...
In that case, while I don't have a definitive "here's the difference" answer, I'd say this based on what my soccer son experienced (for context,...
I'll be curious about how others see this, too. For clarity, when he says the high school level, he's talking high school ages as opposed to the...
The addition of lights on the local park district fields was big when my son was still doing local club soccer was a huge plus for club and rec...
