Thorns have some of the worst teams in the country

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Looking at the numbers is pretty bleak. Excluding the oldest team, the three young Thorns teams have played 49 games and only won 9. Goal differential of -74.

That is a lot of losing. Do you just get used to it after a while? Did those kids lose a lot on their previous teams?

I think if they allowed high school it might possibly get them better players? I don't know that for sure but speculation.

There are a lot of superstars play HS soccer in Oregon.

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So much conspiracy theories just because of a 13 yo. I hope none of these people are adults.

According to that previous poster, it was his 12 year old daughter who came up with the conspiracy theory on the number of followers so there is nothing to worry about.

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Looking at the numbers is pretty bleak. Excluding the oldest team, the three young Thorns teams have played 49 games and only won 9. Goal differential of -74.

That is a lot of losing. Do you just get used to it after a while? Did those kids lose a lot on their previous teams?

I think if they allowed high school it might possibly get them better players? I don't know that for sure but speculation.

This was legitimately better than when the best teams were in Ecnl and Cu and Fcp Portland had negative -30 goal differentials on every age group. Good thing they got a break from the top talent leaving for DA.

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According to that previous poster, it was his 12 year old daughter who came up with the conspiracy theory on the number of followers so there is nothing to worry about.

Ahhhh....I see, anyone who calls out obvious bullish!t when they see it is a “conspiracy theorist.”



Think for yourself. Look for yourself. Facts are facts, bots are bots.

I’m curious, how much does 50k fake followers cost? Was it worth it?

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Looking at the numbers is pretty bleak. Excluding the oldest team, the three young Thorns teams have played 49 games and only won 9. Goal differential of -74.

That is a lot of losing. Do you just get used to it after a while? Did those kids lose a lot on their previous teams?

I think if they allowed high school it might possibly get them better players? I don't know that for sure but speculation.

It is very short sighted to be concerned about wins and losses at the youth level. Think big picture people.

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It is very short sighted to be concerned about wins and losses at the youth level. Think big picture people.

Are you serious? Big picture?

Here’s a big picture for you.

How about forwards who only score 3-4 goals all season

How about forwards and miss who only get collectively 1-4 shots on goal all game

How about midfielders who don’t connect more then 5-10 passes a half?

How about learning that losing is inevitable and you don’t find success or know what logical development success is?

I’m not a da hater because Ecnl clubs like cu and Fcp were in even worse situations when all the best teams were in Ecnl before the da took them. This is public record. CU had teams that scored 2-3 goals all season.



Big picture? You clearly don’t understand development if you think the above is appropriate placement for an individual player or team.

This also includes the public record of da playing time sub rules with 30% of the team not even seeing the field.

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Are you serious? Big picture?

Here’s a big picture for you.

How about forwards who only score 3-4 goals all season

How about forwards and miss who only get collectively 1-4 shots on goal all game

How about midfielders who don’t connect more then 5-10 passes a half?

How about learning that losing is inevitable and you don’t find success or know what logical development success is?

I’m not a da hater because Ecnl clubs like cu and Fcp were in even worse situations when all the best teams were in Ecnl before the da took them. This is public record. CU had teams that scored 2-3 goals all season.



Big picture? You clearly don’t understand development if you think the above is appropriate placement for an individual player or team.

This also includes the public record of da playing time sub rules with 30% of the team not even seeing the field.

The problem is when clubs like Thorns or CU say they will develop your player and point to a league or a random good team from somewhere else when in all reality they don’t give two craps about your player.

Timbers Academy is nearly worse than all of them.

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Ahhhh....I see, anyone who calls out obvious bullish!t when they see it is a “conspiracy theorist.”



Think for yourself. Look for yourself. Facts are facts, bots are bots.

I’m curious, how much does 50k fake followers cost? Was it worth it?

$6 per 500; think you get bigger volume discounts the more you buy.

Chump change really.

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soccer is one of those strange games where you can dominate a team and they never will see a ball the entire game.

Being out matched isn’t development unless it’s periodically.

This isn’t American sports where each teAm gets a chance or a certain number of tries.

Consider even the emotional effect on a player that won’t attempt moves because not only they don’t see the ball enough, they are outmatched and it’s 90% likely they don’t succeed. You need massive amounts of reps with a lot of success and failures to make a player.

If it’s all failure like any game, kids don’t play or end up learning to survive instead of thrive.

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$6 per 500; think you get bigger volume discounts the more you buy.

Chump change really.

That’s it?

Damn. I’m gonna buy my whole damn family some followers. Maybe we’ll get some attention from somebody. Nike. Thorns. Timbers. Porn Hub. DHS. TMZ. ACLU. Whatever.
Doesn’t matter. Seemed like a good investment😂😂.

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soccer is one of those strange games where you can dominate a team and they never will see a ball the entire game.

Being out matched isn’t development unless it’s periodically.

This isn’t American sports where each teAm gets a chance or a certain number of tries.

Consider even the emotional effect on a player that won’t attempt moves because not only they don’t see the ball enough, they are outmatched and it’s 90% likely they don’t succeed. You need massive amounts of reps with a lot of success and failures to make a player.

If it’s all failure like any game, kids don’t play or end up learning to survive instead of thrive.

You are so smart! are you like a soccer guru? I bet your daughter plays in the OYSA premier second division.

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Looking at the numbers is pretty bleak. Excluding the oldest team, the three young Thorns teams have played 49 games and only won 9. Goal differential of -74.

That is a lot of losing. Do you just get used to it after a while? Did those kids lose a lot on their previous teams?

I think if they allowed high school it might possibly get them better players? I don't know that for sure but speculation.

Negative -74 GD is not bad considering. Somebody has to be the punching bag. In nature the food chain is hard to fight against. Why hit your head on wall over and over.

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Negative -74 GD is not bad considering. Somebody has to be the punching bag. In nature the food chain is hard to fight against. Why hit your head on wall over and over.

Thorns U15 has given up 25 goals in last four games. If it takes 2 minutes to pick the ball out of the net and restart, that’s close 15 minutes per game or 1/6th of the game. But maybe after thorns go down 0-3 the other teams stop celebrating goals four, five, six, seven?

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Thorns U15 has given up 25 goals in last four games. If it takes 2 minutes to pick the ball out of the net and restart, that’s close 15 minutes per game or 1/6th of the game. But maybe after thorns go down 0-3 the other teams stop celebrating goals four, five, six, seven?

It looks like some of the Oregon ECNL teams this year. Actually, some of the Oregon ECNL teams have not scored a single goal yet.

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It looks like some of the Oregon ECNL teams this year. Actually, some of the Oregon ECNL teams have not scored a single goal yet.

and yet to win a single game.