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    Empty Fields, why?

    https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/cost-...JgAMo533_clHB8

    #2
    With the number of our club's youth soccer player increasing and knowing the number of youth tackle football players are decreasing, I have to question the premise of this article.

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      #3
      Originally posted by Unregistered View Post
      With the number of our club's youth soccer player increasing and knowing the number of youth tackle football players are decreasing, I have to question the premise of this article.
      The number of players participating in soccer is not increasing. It may well be that many clubs are increasing their numbers of academy/competitive players, but the number of overall participants in FYSA registrations are down year of year for the past decade. The biggest drop is in recreational soccer but that is the feeder to competitive. Pay to play is part of the problem, but so is the year long season for many people. My kids love year long soccer, but they have team mates leave the sport every year over wanting to play multiple sports or get involved in more non-sport extra curricular activities. It is a trend all clubs need to watch.

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        #4
        Originally posted by Unregistered View Post
        The number of players participating in soccer is not increasing. It may well be that many clubs are increasing their numbers of academy/competitive players, but the number of overall participants in FYSA registrations are down year of year for the past decade. The biggest drop is in recreational soccer but that is the feeder to competitive. Pay to play is part of the problem, but so is the year long season for many people. My kids love year long soccer, but they have team mates leave the sport every year over wanting to play multiple sports or get involved in more non-sport extra curricular activities. It is a trend all clubs need to watch.
        Fastest growing youth sport up north is Lacrosse and that is making inroads in the south as well . Would probably attract the same demographics as youth soccer so probably contributes to the drop in numbers .

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          #5
          Originally posted by Unregistered View Post
          Fastest growing youth sport up north is Lacrosse and that is making inroads in the south as well . Would probably attract the same demographics as youth soccer so probably contributes to the drop in numbers .
          lacross??? lol

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            #6
            Originally posted by Unregistered View Post
            lacross??? lol
            LAX is a much smaller sport but is growing very quickly. More colleges are adding teams too. Youth soccer participation has actually dropped 15% in the past three years. Other sports are in decline as well but at not nearly the same drop off. More kids playing video games? Maybe that's part of it. But also the cost of youth sports is getting out of hand, plus all the travel etc. Some families are re-prioritizing.

            https://www.nytimes.com/2018/07/14/s...h-decline.html

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              #7
              Originally posted by Unregistered View Post
              Fastest growing youth sport up north is Lacrosse and that is making inroads in the south as well . Would probably attract the same demographics as youth soccer so probably contributes to the drop in numbers .
              i've noticed so many more teams here in the JAX area.

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                #8
                Originally posted by Unregistered View Post
                LAX is a much smaller sport but is growing very quickly. More colleges are adding teams too. Youth soccer participation has actually dropped 15% in the past three years. Other sports are in decline as well but at not nearly the same drop off. More kids playing video games? Maybe that's part of it. But also the cost of youth sports is getting out of hand, plus all the travel etc. Some families are re-prioritizing.

                https://www.nytimes.com/2018/07/14/s...h-decline.html
                yes , and travel lacrosse is cheap rollingmyeyesemoji

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                  #9
                  Originally posted by Unregistered View Post
                  yes , and travel lacrosse is cheap rollingmyeyesemoji
                  like soccer is cheap? it's all absurd.

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                    #10
                    Originally posted by Unregistered View Post
                    yes , and travel lacrosse is cheap rollingmyeyesemoji
                    I think that's the point . It attracts the same parents who saw soccer as a way to keep their kids away from the plebs . Cost is a plus .

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                      #11
                      No fields because every idiot in Miami is “opening a new club”

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                        #12
                        Lacrosse is for idiots, oligards and retards

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                          #13
                          Unfortunately in the US, soccer is a dying sport. What fueled some of the early interest was parents thinking that the sport would be a way for Little Mia to get money for college. What so many are now realizing is that college soccer is not nearly as glorious as it was made out to be. A lot of kids end up hating it.

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                            #14
                            Originally posted by Unregistered View Post
                            Unfortunately in the US, soccer is a dying sport. What fueled some of the early interest was parents thinking that the sport would be a way for Little Mia to get money for college. What so many are now realizing is that college soccer is not nearly as glorious as it was made out to be. A lot of kids end up hating it.
                            At least Mia has a better shot at a scholarship than Landon. Overall, however, kids are dropping out because the costs and travel have gotten to be absurd, plus the early specialization and professionalization has sucked the fun out of it.

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                              #15
                              Originally posted by Unregistered View Post
                              Lacrosse is for idiots, oligards and retards
                              Speaking of idiots....oligard? If you meant oligarchs, LAX is not a Russian thing. Hockey is.

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