Not enough tried out for Thorns to post U15/U17 selections???

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Playing for your school and community gives kids pride and a reason to come together and play hard. Sad that anyone wants to take that away. None of my business however I do think it limits the quality of the players. Elite players don’t have to give up anything. But it gives some kids that might got not be all that good a chance to play and get better so that is good.

First nugget of truth, not playing in HS allows for player development and improvement. Preach on! Think Globally and act locally.

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Playing for your school and community gives kids pride and a reason to come together and play hard. Sad that anyone wants to take that away. None of my business however I do think it limits the quality of the players. Elite players don’t have to give up anything. But it gives some kids that might got not be all that good a chance to play and get better so that is good.

US Soccer appears to not be interested in the social connections or the holistic development of kids. Look at the men's national team. Very talented, but boring, dull, lack creativity and they get thumped. In addition they all look pretty unhappy.

Watching the USMNT is about as interesting as watching paint dry. Painfully boring.

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The thorns da let girls play high school last year. Did they change?

Other states are letting kids do both this year.

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Other states are letting kids do both this year.

States don’t decide. US soccer decided to let players do both. The local program didn’t communicate that.

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States don’t decide. US soccer decided to let players do both. The local program didn’t communicate that.

The problem is that if you let kids go play with their high school friends they tend to start hanging out with them and that can be problematic. Then you have 18 kids on your roster but 6 of them don't come back after high school. It is simply unacceptable unless you solve that problem. If you carry a roster of 25 then you have a lot of kids that don't get to play or travel and you face the wrath of parents. It's a catch-22.

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States don’t decide. US soccer decided to let players do both. The local program didn’t communicate that.

You are correct. States don’t decide. US Soccer has been going back and forth on their own rules.

It is really up to the DA Club.

Even if US Soccer allows, some clubs may not.

If the clubs make an exception then they are less competitive during the Fall and carry a huge roster in the Spring.

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The problem is that if you let kids go play with their high school friends they tend to start hanging out with them and that can be problematic. Then you have 18 kids on your roster but 6 of them don't come back after high school. It is simply unacceptable unless you solve that problem. If you carry a roster of 25 then you have a lot of kids that don't get to play or travel and you face the wrath of parents. It's a catch-22.

HS is about the 'W" with the level of coaching provided.

Just an FYI DA Timbers are moonlighting (no practice in HS some cases) and these teams are not even blinking about the no show training..yes this true..OSSA doesnt care HS AD's don't even want to be bothered with Soccer in the Fall.

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HS is about the 'W" with the level of coaching provided.

Just an FYI DA Timbers are moonlighting (no practice in HS some cases) and these teams are not even blinking about the no show training..yes this true..OSSA doesnt care HS AD's don't even want to be bothered with Soccer in the Fall.

The DA is also about the “W”

Only people who lose all the time say they don’t care about the “W”

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States don’t decide. US soccer decided to let players do both. The local program didn’t communicate that.

That is a positive development.

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The problem is that if you let kids go play with their high school friends they tend to start hanging out with them and that can be problematic. Then you have 18 kids on your roster but 6 of them don't come back after high school. It is simply unacceptable unless you solve that problem. If you carry a roster of 25 then you have a lot of kids that don't get to play or travel and you face the wrath of parents. It's a catch-22.

Anyone have a solution to this?

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You are correct. States don’t decide. US Soccer has been going back and forth on their own rules.

It is really up to the DA Club.

Even if US Soccer allows, some clubs may not.

If the clubs make an exception then they are less competitive during the Fall and carry a huge roster in the Spring.

That is a problem. Kids don't get better if they don't get to play in games. So you bulk up the roster so that half your team can play high school and then when those girls come back you have a problem. So you have a weak team in the fall and you have drama after that. You can't win for trying.

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States don’t decide. US soccer decided to let players do both. The local program didn’t communicate that.

I don’t think this is true. US Soccer said no. Local clubs said “we’re doing this and you can kiss our backends”. US Soccer demured, mumbled under their breath and slunked off to eat a microwave Stoufers lunch and another meeting with “consultants”.

Consultants is code for former soccer players who don’t want to get a real job.

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You are correct. States don’t decide. US Soccer has been going back and forth on their own rules.

It is really up to the DA Club.

Even if US Soccer allows, some clubs may not.

If the clubs make an exception then they are less competitive during the Fall and carry a huge roster in the Spring.

This is not totally true. Kids can do both at the same time. Nobody really cares. Just watch you will see DA players in HS playoffs. Bring them on.

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This is not totally true. Kids can do both at the same time. Nobody really cares. Just watch you will see DA players in HS playoffs. Bring them on.

Ok, where is your game report of da players in the high school playoffs?

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It is pretty clear that most of the best players in the state are playing high school.

There are plenty of good players playing on the thorns too, but not the best.

If the Thorns Academy truly wanted to get and retain the best players they would drop the silly ban on high school sports.

Just my opinion of course.