US Soccer has either really lost their minds or the agenda has really been set forth to go after the money and never mind being the top and the example of higher standards. If we can't beat them..................LETS JOIN THEM............that's the attitude I feel that they just took in the decision to add these three clubs.
Let's be honest and real with this......I get it and its okay for them to add however many teams they want to their brand or league and at the end of the day families will decide if that's the path they want there child to take in the hopes that they will be called in for a National Camp or whatever. I am just laughing at US Soccer now and not in a way where I feel my child did not get a shot or getting a shot. Its just about they are doing everything that the were against in the beginning and everything that they were trying to get rid of and that's the watered down player pools and bring all the best players into one environment to train and play............well they just through that out the door.
Let's take the three they just added before getting to the one currently. Now lets just start with how in my opinion or my crazy mind of thinking they did this. Okay so the tried to split the state of NJ into 4 parts. North 1 and North 2, Central and South. This being that you have a semi established conference to help with travelling. You take STA up north who will try to compete for the Matchfit/PDA kids and you have the Cedar Stars Bergen who will compete for the World Class/PDA kids. Lets just say that's the truth and I could be way off base on that but again in my CRAZY thought process in my mind. Now you have SJEB which would compete for the kids that would go to some of the Pa. ECNL teams along with those coming from the south up into the North for some better ECNL teams. Now the true slap in the face comes to Cedar Stars Monmouth. I get Cedar Stars Bergen because its a part of Cedar Stars overall club, so I give them that and I get it that it should be in the GDA as well. Cedar Stars Monmouth is already struggling to keep and get the top talent in the area but the fact that they have GDA is gives them something different and something that should be special in the state. What US Soccer just did was WEAKER CSA player pool or should I say potentially do that. All these kids at CSA Monmouth have gone from trying to build the US SOCCER Brand and sacrificing the chitter chatter of not playing US Soccer worthy teams as far as competition goes to basically slapping them in the face and saying HEY I got some new for you..........You are going to be play EDP now to further your experience and development.
Please don't take it as I am saying STA, SJEB or CSA Bergen is any lesser or those beautiful hard working young ladies don't deserve or less deserving. What I am saying is that, and I don't care what anyone says but NJ doesn't have THAT MANY elite or by US SOCCER YNT standards worthy players. Yes we have ALOT OF TALENTED young kids.......yes we do and we beat and compete with the best in the country. Enough to fill FOUR GDA teams worth.............I don't know about that.
Serious what can US SOCCER GDA right now offer to these clubs that they don't already have. STA has been relevant for years. They have always have great players that go one or join other top teams in the state that have been developed at STA. What can US SOCCER really offer them. They have the training already in place. Same for SJEB and CSA Bergen. Its already in place and don't be fooled its ALL about the ENVIRONMENT that you are in weekly and if you are in an environment that is ALREADY doing what it needs to do for its PLAYERS and they are ATTRACTING TOP Talent from not only greater NJ but the close surrounding states. Yes that's right you are still dealing with the two elephants in the room of PDA and MATCHFIT.
So where US SOCCER has gone away from being the top.............welcome to YOUTH SOCCER and enjoy this ride and this season and next should be very interesting.
Let's be honest and real with this......I get it and its okay for them to add however many teams they want to their brand or league and at the end of the day families will decide if that's the path they want there child to take in the hopes that they will be called in for a National Camp or whatever. I am just laughing at US Soccer now and not in a way where I feel my child did not get a shot or getting a shot. Its just about they are doing everything that the were against in the beginning and everything that they were trying to get rid of and that's the watered down player pools and bring all the best players into one environment to train and play............well they just through that out the door.
Let's take the three they just added before getting to the one currently. Now lets just start with how in my opinion or my crazy mind of thinking they did this. Okay so the tried to split the state of NJ into 4 parts. North 1 and North 2, Central and South. This being that you have a semi established conference to help with travelling. You take STA up north who will try to compete for the Matchfit/PDA kids and you have the Cedar Stars Bergen who will compete for the World Class/PDA kids. Lets just say that's the truth and I could be way off base on that but again in my CRAZY thought process in my mind. Now you have SJEB which would compete for the kids that would go to some of the Pa. ECNL teams along with those coming from the south up into the North for some better ECNL teams. Now the true slap in the face comes to Cedar Stars Monmouth. I get Cedar Stars Bergen because its a part of Cedar Stars overall club, so I give them that and I get it that it should be in the GDA as well. Cedar Stars Monmouth is already struggling to keep and get the top talent in the area but the fact that they have GDA is gives them something different and something that should be special in the state. What US Soccer just did was WEAKER CSA player pool or should I say potentially do that. All these kids at CSA Monmouth have gone from trying to build the US SOCCER Brand and sacrificing the chitter chatter of not playing US Soccer worthy teams as far as competition goes to basically slapping them in the face and saying HEY I got some new for you..........You are going to be play EDP now to further your experience and development.
Please don't take it as I am saying STA, SJEB or CSA Bergen is any lesser or those beautiful hard working young ladies don't deserve or less deserving. What I am saying is that, and I don't care what anyone says but NJ doesn't have THAT MANY elite or by US SOCCER YNT standards worthy players. Yes we have ALOT OF TALENTED young kids.......yes we do and we beat and compete with the best in the country. Enough to fill FOUR GDA teams worth.............I don't know about that.
Serious what can US SOCCER GDA right now offer to these clubs that they don't already have. STA has been relevant for years. They have always have great players that go one or join other top teams in the state that have been developed at STA. What can US SOCCER really offer them. They have the training already in place. Same for SJEB and CSA Bergen. Its already in place and don't be fooled its ALL about the ENVIRONMENT that you are in weekly and if you are in an environment that is ALREADY doing what it needs to do for its PLAYERS and they are ATTRACTING TOP Talent from not only greater NJ but the close surrounding states. Yes that's right you are still dealing with the two elephants in the room of PDA and MATCHFIT.
So where US SOCCER has gone away from being the top.............welcome to YOUTH SOCCER and enjoy this ride and this season and next should be very interesting.
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