Is FSA really putting up 4 U18 teams?

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No PDA. Only GPS. But, also no regular coach and not inexpensive.

Depends on the year. in 2017 the ECNL had a composite showcase in Mass that FSA and CFC both attended. Nothing in 2018. Maybe they'll do one next season, maybe not.

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My kid is committed and was composite FSA this past year. You get 2 practices, mostly with the correct coach, and you get 1 fitness training each week, and you get league games most weekends. It's true that the coach missed games because of other commitments on his end, such as his bonafide ECNL team. It's also true that one guest coach brought several of their own players and played them instead of kids on the composite team, who rode the bench. Make of that what you will.

Being on the composite team will keep you running, and will keep you playing, and so checks those boxes, if you need them checked. This is one way to stay in approximate game shape for fall college soccer, but there are other ways.

Morale and camaraderie on the team aren't the greatest, there's no chemistry, because of the way FSA ignores this group, one tournament was insufficient, for example, and so nobody from the coach on down is excited or even happy about the team. The team is just "there." Hope this helps.

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Depends on the year. in 2017 the ECNL had a composite showcase in Mass that FSA and CFC both attended. Nothing in 2018. Maybe they'll do one next season, maybe not.

We paid more than they paid in 2017. Just saying.

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Agree, it is designed to give committed kids a place to play. They keep the travel costs down by only attending GPS and PDA (no flights). For uncommitted kids, it is an expensive waste of time if you are looking for college looks. It is hardly taken seriously.

So if it's so ****ty, why were the tryouts so competitive? If it's a second thought team, the coach wouldn't really care about player selection. From what we saw, that was not the case this year. Perhaps the club is finding religion and trying to do better in face of all the negative feedback this past year.

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So if it's so ****ty, why were the tryouts so competitive? If it's a second thought team, the coach wouldn't really care about player selection. From what we saw, that was not the case this year. Perhaps the club is finding religion and trying to do better in face of all the negative feedback this past year.

Tryouts weren't competitive. They pretty much kept the previous year's NPL team together. I don't think the coaches did any work at tryouts.

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. No college recruiting happens at Composite games....NONE.

Right. But kids get looks in the U19/18 lower brackets at GPS. I must have been imagining those coaches sitting there.

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Tryouts weren't competitive. They pretty much kept the previous year's NPL team together. I don't think the coaches did any work at tryouts.

Several prior year NPL kids dropped for financial or other reasons. There were open spots and there was movement.

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Several prior year NPL kids dropped for financial or other reasons. There were open spots and there was movement.

They dropped because they weren't committed and didn't see the point in spending.

Of course that resulted in movement. The only time FSA has movement is when a check isn't paid. If all the checks are paid, then there's no movement. See how that works? Tryouts isn't actually a tryout.

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Several prior year NPL kids dropped for financial or other reasons. There were open spots and there was movement.

Sure, kids were moved into open spots to fill in for the missing checks. Bet you money the kids who got moved weren't chosen because of tryouts, but were pre-picked based on either size or speed. They likely weren't the best soccer players. Boot it!

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My kid is committed and was composite FSA this past year. You get 2 practices, mostly with the correct coach, and you get 1 fitness training each week, and you get league games most weekends. It's true that the coach missed games because of other commitments on his end, such as his bonafide ECNL team. It's also true that one guest coach brought several of their own players and played them instead of kids on the composite team, who rode the bench. Make of that what you will.

Being on the composite team will keep you running, and will keep you playing, and so checks those boxes, if you need them checked. This is one way to stay in approximate game shape for fall college soccer, but there are other ways.

Morale and camaraderie on the team aren't the greatest, there's no chemistry, because of the way FSA ignores this group, one tournament was insufficient, for example, and so nobody from the coach on down is excited or even happy about the team. The team is just "there." Hope this helps.

Boy you made it sound so appealing! If the goal is fitness it's cheaper to join a gym. Do that and join a cheaper team, enjoy other activities

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Boy you made it sound so appealing! If the goal is fitness it's cheaper to join a gym. Do that and join a cheaper team, enjoy other activities

Joining a gym is another option (with speed work outside). But, it's not structured like practices and games are, so organizing your workouts is on you.

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It will shake out as ECNL, Composite, and State. Not enough kids to field four teams. Too bad. They have the field space :)

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I'll pass. Too much $ for a stupid jersey patch.

It's only a few hundred more than the State team and at least you dont have to play Cromwell Travel. Under 3k.

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It's only a few hundred more than the State team and at least you dont have to play Cromwell Travel. Under 3k.

IKR, Cromwell Travel said the game wasn't challenging enough for them.

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It's only a few hundred more than the State team and at least you dont have to play Cromwell Travel. Under 3k.

Composite was over 3k for 17-18.