In Colorado high school soccer for boys and football are both in the fall, however, you can play both sports if the coaches agree, and many...
I got a general email today from big soccer and it reminded me to come back to see what was going on here. Here's a quick update: my son's...
The best advice I can give you is to help your child learn to be her own advocate. She will need to learn how to do this the rest of her life, so...
Funny, on my son's U18 club team, only one player took up the invitation to an Academy team in the area (several others were asked.) That...
Seems like an appropriate place for this news story. I have NO idea what the coach did to get the cards. Bad timing as they advance to state, but...
I should say, while it was predominantly high school boys, there were girls who played and some younger (20s) adult men who dropped in as well....
Players from the nearby high school have informal drop-in games all summer, several times a week, unsupervised by adults. My kid said they had to...
Well, in our case, they didn't approach us out of the blue, so much as he started kicking field goals after soccer practice, which ends 1/2 hour...
Then what is the magic number? Should there be a mercy rule at 8-0? or a 10-point differential? (We've had refs use both as measurements.) Does...
Someone shoulda told the Red Sox there was a mercy rule before they clobbered the Rockies 13-1.
I appreciate the thread discussion. It's always better when you play an opponent that is a close match, it's better for both teams, they work...
I've also been on both sides of lopsided games. Factors to consider: -Once the score began to get lopsided, say 5-0 or 6-0, the other team may not...
Sorry for bumping this again, but in case anyone's interested. The season -both sports- has gone well. My son is the lead scorer for high...
That's a pretty broad statement. I've paid more than my share of fees, "loaned" uniforms, "found" boots that just happened to fit a player, etc....
A =Assists G =Goals IS =Independent Saves SOG =Shots on goal SW =Shots Wide CH =Challenges ST =Stops Hope that helps.
I agree. Just putting it into a very broad formula to look at the odds. Yes, on both points. Many of the soccer players I know ended up...
The NCAA allows each division 1 soccer program 9.9 scholarships for men and 12 for women. In division 2 the ratio is 9 for men and 9.9 for women....
No offense taken. I put that last line about girls because (as a parent of boys), I wanted to be fair in saying there are more soccer scholarships...
and I didn't even include the cost for Capri Suns and oranges. :D
Yes, that was a couple years back, and we are at a larger club now, with higher fees, and as the boys reached high school the quality (and cost)...
I dug around and found a per-player budget that we worked up in 2004 for my then-U13 son. It shows what we thought the most was we could spend...
update: He's played one football game and two high school soccer games this season and right now, he's scored one point for each sport. But the...
If your only goal, and your kid's goal, in life is to play professional soccer, maybe this is the way to go. For me, I would prefer my kids...
As many good coaches have pointed out, very little replaces the number of touches on the ball. When my kids choose to spend their free summer...
Keep in mind that you need to be an all around candidate for the schools in which you are interested. Keeping grades up, and doing more than just...