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Originally posted by Unregistered View PostThe cost is mostly in the travel. It is a problem that US Soccer made worse by creating the girl's DA because your club season is now longer which means more travel games.
If all the value is in the training then there has to be a cheaper way to get in meaningful games. As it is right now, every away game (that is not to Portland) is about $300 to $500 per game.
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Originally posted by Unregistered View PostPaying almost 9K for training when playing time is critical for player development is insanity. The reign training alone will not help a player reach next level if you kid only gets 0 -20 min/game. Sounders invests 12K/yr in each player with a LOT more extras, like meals included on trips, a fulltime tutor/college advisor, etc, at no cost to parents. Of course girls DA is on a shoestring, but 8K for Reign shows how much parents' $ is funding the full progam...with Sounders Academy, your kid may not play all the time but they can do PT with local clubs to get that critical game experience and it's FREE. Reign also travels much more than the Sounders boys do -- RA players are missing all that school and incurring lots of travel expense whether they play or not
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Originally posted by Unregistered View PostPaying almost 9K for training when playing time is critical for player development is insanity. The reign training alone will not help a player reach next level if you kid only gets 0 -20 min/game. Sounders invests 12K/yr in each player with a LOT more extras, like meals included on trips, a fulltime tutor/college advisor, etc, at no cost to parents. Of course girls DA is on a shoestring, but 8K for Reign shows how much parents' $ is funding the full progam...with Sounders Academy, your kid may not play all the time but they can do PT with local clubs to get that critical game experience and it's FREE. Reign also travels much more than the Sounders boys do -- RA players are missing all that school and incurring lots of travel expense whether they play or not
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Originally posted by Unregistered View PostSo if they practise 4 times a week and travelling all over the place for a hobby , when do they get time for school ?
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Originally posted by Unregistered View PostPaying almost 9K for training when playing time is critical for player development is insanity. The reign training alone will not help a player reach next level if you kid only gets 0 -20 min/game. Sounders invests 12K/yr in each player with a LOT more extras, like meals included on trips, a fulltime tutor/college advisor, etc, at no cost to parents. Of course girls DA is on a shoestring, but 8K for Reign shows how much parents' $ is funding the full progam...with Sounders Academy, your kid may not play all the time but they can do PT with local clubs to get that critical game experience and it's FREE. Reign also travels much more than the Sounders boys do -- RA players are missing all that school and incurring lots of travel expense whether they play or not
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I believe Reign DA had 9+ travel trips this year.
I heard that there might be close to 16 this next season.
My kid had like 4 travel trips including summer tournaments this year
and teachers were not happy. I can't imagine going 1-2 times a month.
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Originally posted by Unregistered View PostI believe Reign DA had 9+ travel trips this year.
I heard that there might be close to 16 this next season.
My kid had like 4 travel trips including summer tournaments this year
and teachers were not happy. I can't imagine going 1-2 times a month.
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ECNL teams in the older age groups travel to 3 showcases and a couple out of state league games during the school year. Just saying.
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Originally posted by Unregistered View PostThe Reign rosters (at least in the two older age groups) are small, and there really aren’t players who aren’t traveling or getting significant playing time. That’s a difference with xf— where some rostered players don’t travel. The Reign, unlike the Sounders, don’t have the luxury of having 40k paying customers and a decent tv deal (or even, like xf, the paying customers at summer tournaments and on lower level teams) to fund their operations. I’m not sure what if anything they can or will do to address that issue in the short term, or even if doing so is considered a priority.
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Originally posted by Unregistered View PostMy kid used to play for the Reign. Not everyone gets siignificant playing time, especially at the showcase tournaments.
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Originally posted by Unregistered View PostMy kid used to play for the Reign. Not everyone gets siignificant playing time, especially at the showcase tournaments.
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Originally posted by Unregistered View PostOne could quibble over what significant means, but I think they met us soccer’s 25% start guideline for all non-injured players and that players on the end of the bench were playing 1/2 of a lot of games and 1/4 to 1/3 of others. Exceptionally rare for a player not to get in a game or to play less than 15 minutes. That’s a pretty stark contrast with xf and other clubs that carry bigger rosters. But yes, it’s a competitive environment, there’s always a battle for playing time, and not everyone plays as much as they’d like.
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Originally posted by Unregistered View PostIf you are not playing you can never improve . No matter how many cones you run around . If your kid is playing less ten 40% of the game on average you should be pulling them and putting them in a team where they will be getting game time . How could anyone pay to play and then not play ? That would be super weird .
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