Oakwood

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Rondo was tucked into the backpack and left a few years ago. His brethren Kickenrun remains, however.

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They play too direct and rely purely on individual skill. That’s easy to shutdown.

Local teams even know who they need to shut down and the OW team falls apart....

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Oakwood needs to consolidate with someone. They need new blood. RD and DF are too old and have let the entire club fall apart. The forgot about the girls and now the boys are a shell of what they used to be. It’s sad

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Oakwood needs to consolidate with someone. They need new blood. RD and DF are too old and have let the entire club fall apart. The forgot about the girls and now the boys are a shell of what they used to be. It’s sad

Someone (I guess it’s me) needs to have a talk with them about legacy. What kind of legacy do you want to leave? You are proud of being one of the first premier clubs in the area, but you practically fell into it. Either way you took the risk and earned reward for a time. The culmination was earning a national developmental academy status. Who else could have at that time? You were a destination for talented players and coaches on the boys side. There were a few cracks but it was easy to ignore because you had a strong pipeline. Then the pandemic hit and the MLS teams executed their long awaited plan to tighten their grip on elite youth soccer. You were shut out of that, later thrown a bone by being able to play in the same league as them. But without the national designation the prior cracks grew. All the things you were able to ignore before when there wasn’t much competition or when you were a destination. Every year those cracks grow due to your continued inaction. Had you not been a first mover your initial product would need to be as good or better than the competition. It’s just not enough to create a brand and own your own fields - sporting has that. Even AJAX has its own indoor facility. This is the moment in sports where you realize the game has left you behind. What you do next defines your legacy. You have a plaque on the CT Hall of Fame, but with each passing year it just looks like you stumbled upon a business to make money selling soccer and not a true great of the local game. So which is it? Everyone is watching.

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Legacy? They ran a soccer club in CT. They were the first on the scene. They made their money and they are looking to retire. It was always about money.

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Someone (I guess it’s me) needs to have a talk with them about legacy. What kind of legacy do you want to leave? You are proud of being one of the first premier clubs in the area, but you practically fell into it. Either way you took the risk and earned reward for a time. The culmination was earning a national developmental academy status. Who else could have at that time? You were a destination for talented players and coaches on the boys side. There were a few cracks but it was easy to ignore because you had a strong pipeline. Then the pandemic hit and the MLS teams executed their long awaited plan to tighten their grip on elite youth soccer. You were shut out of that, later thrown a bone by being able to play in the same league as them. But without the national designation the prior cracks grew. All the things you were able to ignore before when there wasn’t much competition or when you were a destination. Every year those cracks grow due to your continued inaction. Had you not been a first mover your initial product would need to be as good or better than the competition. It’s just not enough to create a brand and own your own fields - sporting has that. Even AJAX has its own indoor facility. This is the moment in sports where you realize the game has left you behind. What you do next defines your legacy. You have a plaque on the CT Hall of Fame, but with each passing year it just looks like you stumbled upon a business to make money selling soccer and not a true great of the local game. So which is it? Everyone is watching.

Oakwood is now on SCP watch....same situation, previously a very good destination club that wilted away into oblivion.

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Legacy? They ran a soccer club in CT. They were the first on the scene. They made their money and they are looking to retire. It was always about money.

Great let’s take the plaque down then. Because it was just about the money and nothing to do with building up the game in CT.

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Great let’s take the plaque down then. Because it was just about the money and nothing to do with building up the game in CT.

They didn't build anything. They aggregated talent and were one of the first on the scene. If they had built up the game in CT, then the foundation they built is crumbling. Stop playing up as if the club had some greater purpose or significance. If it was truly significant why don't any of their former players support them now?

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They didn't build anything. They aggregated talent and were one of the first on the scene. If they had built up the game in CT, then the foundation they built is crumbling. Stop playing up as if the club had some greater purpose or significance. If it was truly significant why don't any of their former players support them now?

I think they grew up and got normal jobs. No one is going to order Oakwood apparel and show up to little kid games unless maybe there’s a tailgate party or something. A tailgate party will never happen at Oakwood because someone might get stoned.

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Thoughts & prayers for OW as they prepare for another weekend of taking the L.

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They didn't build anything. They aggregated talent and were one of the first on the scene. If they had built up the game in CT, then the foundation they built is crumbling. Stop playing up as if the club had some greater purpose or significance. If it was truly significant why don't any of their former players support them now?

Every team aggregates talent.

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Every team aggregates talent.

Some families do too.

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Some families do too.

I need a backpack.

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I need a backpack.

Backpacks kid was the best one on that terrible team. All that’s left is a bunch of egos who play individual soccer

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Why are all the OW coaches leaving? More just left.