UPDX in Financial Ruin

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Nope, my suggestion is that the bad habits of teenage girls (gossiping on social media, throwing shade, and generally behaving in an immature manner) have rubbed off on a coach who has spent years coaching that age group. And this chat board is not "social media," it's a chat board. And I'm not with UPDX, as I said earlier. But sure, I'll own that I also threw shade on this chat board. Feel better?

How dare you throw shade about throwing shade on a shady forum!

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Commonalities

What do Kevin Legg, Brandon McNeil, and MJ have in common?

Lots of winning titles for their teams

Lots of haters comprised of talented kids who weren't politically connected or who didn't have business connections that would benefit them

Soccer standouts in their youth but now career coaches who want to make the money that they would never be able to make on their own in the "real" business world.

Greedy, self-serving, egomaniacs who can't be financially successful outside of the soccer world so they capitalize on the dumb families who fall for their car salesmen rhetoric

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Not worth it to respond to this troll. We all need better than this right now.

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[QUOTE=Unregistered;2693903]Not worth it to respond to this troll. We all need better than this right now.[/QUOTE

As says Harvey Weinstein and Jeffrey Epstein. We don't want to hear from the victims. Not a good topic to talk about during this time

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Not worth it to respond to this troll. We all need better than this right now.[/QUOTE

As says Harvey Weinstein and Jeffrey Epstein. We don't want to hear from the victims. Not a good topic to talk about during this time

Great analogy. Rape is totally the same thing as someone not liking their soccer coach.

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There are some clubs that are hurting pretty bad, some clubs that are doing just okay and some clubs that are in pretty good shape. Rather than making a list, You can just look at what they are doing for their membership and what they are asking. Any club who is asking for a downpayment to hold their spot, is doing that because they are financially struggling big time. Every one knows its a bad look, with so many people struggling financially, that you would ask families to do this right now and not know when we will get back on the field. The only reason OYSA is allowing teams to start to form beginning of may is so those big clubs who are about to fold needed the ability to start collecting some money. Sad thing is for a parent who does pay that down payment, when tryouts actually come to be, if they decide its not a good fit for them or if they don't make the team they were hoping to make, they aren't getting that money back.

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There are some clubs that are hurting pretty bad, some clubs that are doing just okay and some clubs that are in pretty good shape. Rather than making a list, You can just look at what they are doing for their membership and what they are asking. Any club who is asking for a downpayment to hold their spot, is doing that because they are financially struggling big time. Every one knows its a bad look, with so many people struggling financially, that you would ask families to do this right now and not know when we will get back on the field. The only reason OYSA is allowing teams to start to form beginning of may is so those big clubs who are about to fold needed the ability to start collecting some money. Sad thing is for a parent who does pay that down payment, when tryouts actually come to be, if they decide its not a good fit for them or if they don't make the team they were hoping to make, they aren't getting that money back.

What club are you with? Really not a great time to be criticizing what others are doing.

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What club are you with? Really not a great time to be criticizing what others are doing.

Hate to say this but some kind of player consolidation takes place in Metro Portland.

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Hate to say this but some kind of player consolidation takes place in Metro Portland.

Sorry, some kind of talent consolidation needs to take place to compete on a regular bases.

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Is this a bad joke?? What club is asking for a down payment of $200+ to hold a kids “spot” on one of many teams during a global pandemic. News flash.. there will be no soccer until EARLIEST Fall 2020. If a club is having trouble bridging the financial gap there are and were a number of loans and grants available. Hopefully all clubs can maintain integrity and stay afloat simultaneously.

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Is this a bad joke?? What club is asking for a down payment of $200+ to hold a kids “spot” on one of many teams during a global pandemic. News flash.. there will be no soccer until EARLIEST Fall 2020. If a club is having trouble bridging the financial gap there are and were a number of loans and grants available. Hopefully all clubs can maintain integrity and stay afloat simultaneously.

You are ****ing coward questioning other people's integrity anonymously. Sign your name and club or take it up with the boards at whatever club you are throwing shade at - almost all of them can be found on their club's website, almost all of whom can be found on linkedin, facebook or twitter.

Not the time to be throwing stones at other clubs.

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You are ****ing coward questioning other people's integrity anonymously. Sign your name and club or take it up with the boards at whatever club you are throwing shade at - almost all of them can be found on their club's website, almost all of whom can be found on linkedin, facebook or twitter.

Not the time to be throwing stones at other clubs.

How many clubs are charging fees to hold spots?

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How many clubs are charging fees to hold spots?

None.

United PDX isn't a club, it's a scam.

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Classic Westside Timbers pre tryout season post spotted right on schedule.

Tryouts are 3 months away

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How many clubs are charging fees to hold spots?

I'm not a United parent but if you're an existing player and just paying it as a down payment for what you are going to spend anyway, seems fair to me without a tryout fee.