Cfc - let the kids play

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So there's no reason to be in CFC before they merge the teams into one for ECNL?

If your kid is a star and has been developed elsewhere, you should be fine showing up for U14 United and getting for a spot. However, if your kid is average you may want to join a CFC branch (Arsenal is strongest) a year or two in advance since they will likely take the CFC kid versus an outsider if it is a toss up.

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They form the ECNL teams at U14 now. It's basically the best of the branch teams and typically anchored by a core from the Arsenal branch. Wolves, Sound and rest typically get a player or two, the rest come from outside the club.

Next year's 14 would 2006 I think. 2007 would be pre ECNL. Don't do that. Waste of money. poor players all get booted at u14 anyway.

ECNL starts at U13 now..... See the ECNL website.
In this current season, U13 (2006s) are represented in the league by the Arsenal Branch. You would think that given ECNL now starts at an age group earlier, CFC United program would also adjust and form at U13.

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If your kid is a star and has been developed elsewhere, you should be fine showing up for U14 United and getting for a spot. However, if your kid is average you may want to join a CFC branch (Arsenal is strongest) a year or two in advance since they will likely take the CFC kid versus an outsider if it is a toss up.

My kid is at oakwood, will they take her?

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My kid is at oakwood, will they take her?

If your kid can ball, they will take her. Does not matter where they come from.

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If your kid can ball, they will take her. Does not matter where they come from.

What is her crying have anything to do with it?

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CFCU rosters have kids from all over. Rosters lean heavier FC county, but not all of FC county is Westport elitists either.

How many more anti-CFC threads and posts are there going right now? FSA should do some soul searching about this past weekend's abysmal performance.

Why should they be soul searching about youth club soccer results?

What do you expect the club to do?

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Why should they be soul searching about youth club soccer results?

What do you expect the club to do?

I don't know...hire better coaches would be a good start.

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Question Man Responds

I don't know...hire better coaches would be a good start.

Can you even define "better" in this context? How easy is it to simply toss a general, non-specific criticism like that?

And where would you find this cache of "better" coaches? How much more will you be prepared to pay for "better"?

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Can you even define "better" in this context? How easy is it to simply toss a general, non-specific criticism like that?

And where would you find this cache of "better" coaches? How much more will you be prepared to pay for "better"?

Definition: adjective, compar. of good with best as superl. 1. of superior quality or excellence: a better coat; a better speech.

How do you get them? You look for them, offer them slightly higher pay and promise them certain working conditions that are more appealing than where they are currently. Basic human resources but it takes motivation from the higher ups.

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Definition: adjective, compar. of good with best as superl. 1. of superior quality or excellence: a better coat; a better speech.

How do you get them? You look for them, offer them slightly higher pay and promise them certain working conditions that are more appealing than where they are currently. Basic human resources but it takes motivation from the higher ups.

So,why did you not answer my question?

Did I not ask you to define "better" in this context? Would that not require you to tell us what better means in terms of improved coaching at this club? Why do you feel a dictionary definition suffices here? Perhaps you cannot make clear what you mean by "better"? Should we assume you don't know or cannot recognize existing shortcomings?

How much more should the pay be? Do you know what they earn now? Is it a competitive stipend with other comparable clubs? What working conditions are lacking that would require some kind of upfront guarantee to a new coach?

And again, where is this pool of "better" coaches found in the first place?

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So,why did you not answer my question?

Did I not ask you to define "better" in this context? Would that not require you to tell us what better means in terms of improved coaching at this club? Why do you feel a dictionary definition suffices here? Perhaps you cannot make clear what you mean by "better"? Should we assume you don't know or cannot recognize existing shortcomings?

How much more should the pay be? Do you know what they earn now? Is it a competitive stipend with other comparable clubs? What working conditions are lacking that would require some kind of upfront guarantee to a new coach?

And again, where is this pool of "better" coaches found in the first place?

Most FSA parents wouldn't even know what coaches are paid. Club management knows the going rate. If they can't lure over local coaches with more $ or other enticements (could be coaching fewer teams or more autonomy), broaden the search. Learn how to use Indeed or hundred other job search sites on the internet. As for better? Coaches that teach the game, not bootball, and that don't rely on the most athletic kids.

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Question Man Responds

Most FSA parents wouldn't even know what coaches are paid. Club management knows the going rate. If they can't lure over local coaches with more $ or other enticements (could be coaching fewer teams or more autonomy), broaden the search. Learn how to use Indeed or hundred other job search sites on the internet. As for better? Coaches that teach the game, not bootball, and that don't rely on the most athletic kids.

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How do you know that the coaches are not teaching the game? How much culpability do the players have once the whistle blows? Are they not being taught or do they simply revert to their comfort zones? Isn't this a progression over time?

What kids are you supposed to rely on? Isn't athleticism a strong attribute to any soccer player's bag of tools? Are you saying the athletic kids lack technical ability? Don't all the players on the roster have athletic ability? Is a very slow and small technical player, who can be easily caught and taken off the ball more desirable than a quicker and stronger player who has approximately the same level of skill? Or do you take the more athletic player, who might cost you some turnover, but who can escape more pressure and is harder to take off the ball?

Isn't it easy to sit on the sideline and offer all this sage wisdom? What's it like to have to make these decisions down in the trenches?

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More inane questions from FSA management, refusing to admit they have a problem.

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How do you know that the coaches are not teaching the game? How much culpability do the players have once the whistle blows? Are they not being taught or do they simply revert to their comfort zones? Isn't this a progression over time?

What kids are you supposed to rely on? Isn't athleticism a strong attribute to any soccer player's bag of tools? Are you saying the athletic kids lack technical ability? Don't all the players on the roster have athletic ability? Is a very slow and small technical player, who can be easily caught and taken off the ball more desirable than a quicker and stronger player who has approximately the same level of skill? Or do you take the more athletic player, who might cost you some turnover, but who can escape more pressure and is harder to take off the ball?

Isn't it easy to sit on the sideline and offer all this sage wisdom? What's it like to have to make these decisions down in the trenches?

You make some very good points, and it even goes much deeper. The vast majority of soccer parents today have little or absolutely no experience in developing a child athlete over the course of time. Therefore , they lack a foundation of knowledge and a basic understanding of the process .They are in reality an uneducated consumer.

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You make some very good points, and it even goes much deeper. The vast majority of soccer parents today have little or absolutely no experience in developing a child athlete over the course of time. Therefore , they lack a foundation of knowledge and a basic understanding of the process .They are in reality an uneducated consumer.

Which is why many parents rely heavily on team performance as a measuring stick for development. They can't tell good coaching from bad because they didn't play the game. they don't know that some coaches only play to win, not to develop.

However, development doesn't have to mean an absence of winning. You can win AND develop at the same time. FSA does neither (girls; boys is different).