Sacred Heart

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Why the negativity towards the kid? Might not be a world beater at that level, but has had a good career in HS and is playing in college. I don’t get people who are so nasty.

I don't know this kid. I just don't like to see lies posted in public about someone's records. Do you lie on your resume too? No way that in the history of FCIAC soccer that the most goals a player scored in a season was 30. Maybe she had the most in the season she played, but not in FCiAC history. They mention iD2 but don't mention it was JN and Yankee that got here there.

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Why the negativity towards the kid? Might not be a world beater at that level, but has had a good career in HS and is playing in college. I don’t get people who are so nasty.

Jealousy! You are right, this kid had an amazing HS soccer career and then is playing in college. Hopefully she is happy in new situation. Why does everyone have to worry about other peoples decisions and experiences.

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1 SOG in 4 games for SHU is hard to believe.

I don't mean to be a dik, but if she was so great, why hasn't she started a single game at either of the 2 awful college programs she played at?

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I don't mean to be a dik, but if she was so great, why hasn't she started a single game at either of the 2 awful college programs she played at?

Kind of dikish, but still a relevant question

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Kind of dikish, but still a relevant question

In hs, kid was strong and fast vs the average hs player. Was the same vs the average 3rd tier npl player in the league yankee played in. In the ecnl, the playing field was leveled. Which is why she didn’t excel there. Then, in d1, when you are playing against the better players and they are all pretty fast and have been lifting for a couple years, it is hard to get by with straight runs up to the ball. D1 defenders don’t fall down on contact like the trinity catholic girls.

She could still be an impactful player, just going to have to work harder and get some better coaching then she has had.

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It is hard to believe. Bc it isn’t true. They scored 2 goals in their first game. Or are those considered shots IN goal? Lol. I’d caution against drawing too many conclusions early in the season. Things might look a little different when the season is done.

Now 0-5 on the season. Have been shut out in the last 4 games.....Columbia next, so likely a sixth loss looming.

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In hs, kid was strong and fast vs the average hs player. Was the same vs the average 3rd tier npl player in the league yankee played in. In the ecnl, the playing field was leveled. Which is why she didn’t excel there. Then, in d1, when you are playing against the better players and they are all pretty fast and have been lifting for a couple years, it is hard to get by with straight runs up to the ball. D1 defenders don’t fall down on contact like the trinity catholic girls.

She could still be an impactful player, just going to have to work harder and get some better coaching then she has had.

Better coaching come on man at what level has her coach at sacred heart played maybe varsity in high school!

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Why is everyone being so critical? If in years 3/4 SHU is still struingbthen you can chirp. These coaches weee ha fed a bad bunch of kids and a bad returning team. Give them time to get “their” kids in and then judge.

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Why is everyone being so critical? If in years 3/4 SHU is still struingbthen you can chirp. These coaches weee ha fed a bad bunch of kids and a bad returning team. Give them time to get “their” kids in and then judge.

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College soccer is where all teh BS you were fed in Club and HS comes home t roost. In reality, there is ONLY one level in any game, you are either good or you are not.

In the US there are so many different paths and levels that all lay claim to relevance than kids can be conned into thinking they are good.

awards and accolades flow throughout this system and many players who are not particularly good, get told they are.

College is the great leveler

1. Recruiting. who recruits you says a lot about how good you are. Forget the $$ you get, just who recruits you.

2. once you actually get to a school to play, which is it and how well do you do ?

College coaches jobs are on the line. They are going to go with kids who can help them win. At that point the years of lies suddenly catch up.

People are suddenly surprised that all those accolades etc do not make a player good in the wider scheme of things. Its usually the parents of kids who were less decorated who come here to gloat.

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College soccer is where all teh BS you were fed in Club and HS comes home t roost. In reality, there is ONLY one level in any game, you are either good or you are not.

In the US there are so many different paths and levels that all lay claim to relevance than kids can be conned into thinking they are good.

awards and accolades flow throughout this system and many players who are not particularly good, get told they are.

College is the great leveler

1. Recruiting. who recruits you says a lot about how good you are. Forget the $$ you get, just who recruits you.

2. once you actually get to a school to play, which is it and how well do you do ?

College coaches jobs are on the line. They are going to go with kids who can help them win. At that point the years of lies suddenly catch up.

People are suddenly surprised that all those accolades etc do not make a player good in the wider scheme of things. Its usually the parents of kids who were less decorated who come here to gloat.

The odds of playing four meaningful years are not great. By junior year many have been cut, quit out of frustration or transfer, or just drop out as they move onto bigger and better things in life. Probably the most helpful thread ever on TS is the MA boys commitment threads where someone tracks how much players are playing through the years, if at all.
It's very eye opening. It's good for players to go in knowing that it can happen (and obviously to work hard so that it doesn't). It also reinforces the importance of picking the right school for academics, not just athletics

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The odds of playing four meaningful years are not great. By junior year many have been cut, quit out of frustration or transfer, or just drop out as they move onto bigger and better things in life. Probably the most helpful thread ever on TS is the MA boys commitment threads where someone tracks how much players are playing through the years, if at all.
It's very eye opening. It's good for players to go in knowing that it can happen (and obviously to work hard so that it doesn't). It also reinforces the importance of picking the right school for academics, not just athletics

Its not about bigger and better things. its just the NATURAL weeding your process that SHOULD occur a lot earlier. When talent and commitment are the deciding factors and NOT the size of parents wallet, reality sets in. Kids are not stupid.

it better for player to know that sports is ALL about talent. best to know that early. long before you get to College.

you last line is clearly true, but the BALANCE of a kids like with respect to academics, athletics an./or anything else is something they should be addressing long before College. In girls soccer, parents pay fortunes to skew that balance to an unhealthy place that quite often

THE KIDS DESIRE DOES NOT MATCH

its this that creates what we have now. millions of dollars spent on kids who do not have the talent or frankly desire it takes. then the pressure is on to play in College, etc and that creates the problem. Over time as the kids gain some independence, they may manage to actually do what they should have done years ago. Play at a level that allows them to do all the other things they want to do or perhaps not play at all.

the top level soccer market is built on parental pressure . it is MANY x the size it should be based on talent alone because no one wants to tell the truth an the Clubs are not going to.

its how they make money

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Its not about bigger and better things. its just the NATURAL weeding your process that SHOULD occur a lot earlier. When talent and commitment are the deciding factors and NOT the size of parents wallet, reality sets in. Kids are not stupid.

it better for player to know that sports is ALL about talent. best to know that early. long before you get to College.

you last line is clearly true, but the BALANCE of a kids like with respect to academics, athletics an./or anything else is something they should be addressing long before College. In girls soccer, parents pay fortunes to skew that balance to an unhealthy place that quite often

THE KIDS DESIRE DOES NOT MATCH

its this that creates what we have now. millions of dollars spent on kids who do not have the talent or frankly desire it takes. then the pressure is on to play in College, etc and that creates the problem. Over time as the kids gain some independence, they may manage to actually do what they should have done years ago. Play at a level that allows them to do all the other things they want to do or perhaps not play at all.

the top level soccer market is built on parental pressure . it is MANY x the size it should be based on talent alone because no one wants to tell the truth an the Clubs are not going to.

its how they make money

Well you just hit what is wrong with youth athletics - there's a league and club for everyone, all trying to sell the unrealistic dream. Unfortunately that horse left the barn a long time ago and I don't think we can ever close the door again.

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Well you just hit what is wrong with youth athletics - there's a league and club for everyone, all trying to sell the unrealistic dream. Unfortunately that horse left the barn a long time ago and I don't think we can ever close the door again.

yes, but in sports that the country actually care about, parents, media and onlookers are much more demanding in their standards and their own perception of talent.

Womens soccer is a backwater. it allows this phenomenon to just carry on rampant

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yes, but in sports that the country actually care about, parents, media and onlookers are much more demanding in their standards and their own perception of talent.

Womens soccer is a backwater. it allows this phenomenon to just carry on rampant

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