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Same FSA 2011 team that's played every other game this season. Move on.

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All I know is that kid with the long curly hair and the headband played against my sons U14 team in September and against the U12 HA team last week.

Either they let him play 2 years up or they let a 2010 play with the 2011s and unders.

of all the teams and places to cheat, I don't think that team's fruitless dance through EDP this spring is the place they'd do it. FSA has their rosters on the ECNL site and they are up to date. Have at it.

FSA top boy teams are good. I'd expect them to run through the top level EDP bracket with their eyes closed. They don't need to cheat. Their next three are Sporting, Valley, and Southeast. Imagine cheating in this league!

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absurd. There are a couple BIG and strong boys on that team. They are 2011s. That's the FSA model.

It’s a smart model. A kid who is tall and decently skilled/agile who dominates now will usually dominate after puberty because they maintain their size advantage relative to others. There were many who expected Earrling Haaland to become less dominant as he aged. Clearly that didn’t happen. Why? Because he was putting in the work to overcome the limitations of his size at a young age. If you see a fairly graceful and technical skilled tall uLittle player, then they already did the hard part. Growing muscle to power that frame will be fairly easy compared to what it took them to be highly coordinated.

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It’s a smart model. A kid who is tall and decently skilled/agile who dominates now will usually dominate after puberty because they maintain their size advantage relative to others. There were many who expected Earrling Haaland to become less dominant as he aged. Clearly that didn’t happen. Why? Because he was putting in the work to overcome the limitations of his size at a young age. If you see a fairly graceful and technical skilled tall uLittle player, then they already did the hard part. Growing muscle to power that frame will be fairly easy compared to what it took them to be highly coordinated.

Love this x40

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It’s a smart model. A kid who is tall and decently skilled/agile who dominates now will usually dominate after puberty because they maintain their size advantage relative to others. There were many who expected Earrling Haaland to become less dominant as he aged. Clearly that didn’t happen. Why? Because he was putting in the work to overcome the limitations of his size at a young age. If you see a fairly graceful and technical skilled tall uLittle player, then they already did the hard part. Growing muscle to power that frame will be fairly easy compared to what it took them to be highly coordinated.

Or not. Early bloomers often rely too much on that advantage and don't put in the work. Once puberty starts to level the playing field the ones who put in the work can pass them

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Or not. Early bloomers often rely too much on that advantage and don't put in the work. Once puberty starts to level the playing field the ones who put in the work can pass them

Love this x50

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It’s a smart model. A kid who is tall and decently skilled/agile who dominates now will usually dominate after puberty because they maintain their size advantage relative to others. There were many who expected Earrling Haaland to become less dominant as he aged. Clearly that didn’t happen. Why? Because he was putting in the work to overcome the limitations of his size at a young age. If you see a fairly graceful and technical skilled tall uLittle player, then they already did the hard part. Growing muscle to power that frame will be fairly easy compared to what it took them to be highly coordinated.

This is hilariously backwards lol

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It’s a smart model. A kid who is tall and decently skilled/agile who dominates now will usually dominate after puberty because they maintain their size advantage relative to others. There were many who expected Earrling Haaland to become less dominant as he aged. Clearly that didn’t happen. Why? Because he was putting in the work to overcome the limitations of his size at a young age. If you see a fairly graceful and technical skilled tall uLittle player, then they already did the hard part. Growing muscle to power that frame will be fairly easy compared to what it took them to be highly coordinated.

He had to overcome the limitations of being physically dominant at a young age? haha

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It’s a smart model. A kid who is tall and decently skilled/agile who dominates now will usually dominate after puberty because they maintain their size advantage relative to others. There were many who expected Earrling Haaland to become less dominant as he aged. Clearly that didn’t happen. Why? Because he was putting in the work to overcome the limitations of his size at a young age. If you see a fairly graceful and technical skilled tall uLittle player, then they already did the hard part. Growing muscle to power that frame will be fairly easy compared to what it took them to be highly coordinated.

Omg LMAO

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He had to overcome the limitations of being physically dominant at a young age? haha

That Op is right, if you are twice the size of about half of kids around you it’s actually a disadvantage. Try to stomp on a mouse - you can’t. Why did Rocky chase chickens? Literally anyone can get some small legs moving fast with the ball. No practice or skill required. We kids on our town team who jump into the sport and they can motor around like they spend hours with the ball - they do not.

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That Op is right, if you are twice the size of about half of kids around you it’s actually a disadvantage. Try to stomp on a mouse - you can’t. Why did Rocky chase chickens? Literally anyone can get some small legs moving fast with the ball. No practice or skill required. We kids on our town team who jump into the sport and they can motor around like they spend hours with the ball - they do not.

This is cute but still awfully wrong.

No one is twice the size of anyone especially when talking about youth soccer. We are talking about 5-6 inches, certainly not the size of a mouse or chicken compared to a human lol

When is the last time you saw a highly skilled U13 team beat a U19? Probably never because the U13s don’t stand a chance against someone so physically dominant.

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This is cute but still awfully wrong.

No one is twice the size of anyone especially when talking about youth soccer. We are talking about 5-6 inches, certainly not the size of a mouse or chicken compared to a human lol

When is the last time you saw a highly skilled U13 team beat a U19? Probably never because the U13s don’t stand a chance against someone so physically dominant.

That Rocky chicken comparison made me LMAO

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Think a little bit harder about what the author is saying, son. It has some exaggeration in it to entertain, but the effect is still the same. Didn’t look like the author was suggesting different ages either. Not sure where you got that from. Not hard for me to see a small squirrelly player beating a peer 6-12 inches taller than him in a 1 v 1 Does that make him a better player? Maybe for a moment in time, because as you point out it’s the players with power, speed, and skill that ultimately succeed. So if a team is picking those players and ignoring shrimpy, probably has to do with what’s to come versus where we are and whether those skills are a match for what is needed in the future. No one dribbles the ball coast to coast after 8 years old unless they are playing in a lower level league.

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It’s a smart model. A kid who is tall and decently skilled/agile who dominates now will usually dominate after puberty because they maintain their size advantage relative to others. There were many who expected Earrling Haaland to become less dominant as he aged. Clearly that didn’t happen. Why? Because he was putting in the work to overcome the limitations of his size at a young age. If you see a fairly graceful and technical skilled tall uLittle player, then they already did the hard part. Growing muscle to power that frame will be fairly easy compared to what it took them to be highly coordinated.

A young kid wo is bigger and more athletic than his peers competes with his advantages and relies overly on them, mostly at the expense of technical and tactical development. Why would I pass to you when i can outrun everyone on this field easily. I dont even need to keep the ball close and control it because with long touches i can more easily outrun the competition. Fast-forward 6 years .... other players are closer in size and much closer in speed and athleticism and the things that made you successful at 9 and 10 no longer work and you failed to learn the other stuff that the smaller kids needed to to compete ... namely combination play, quickness of play, and teamwork. So often (not always), the bigger kids advantage dries up quickly and they have no backup .... often they also become more clumsy and slow-footed as they age as well and the smaller kids become much quicker and close the gap on speed.

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A young kid wo is bigger and more athletic than his peers competes with his advantages and relies overly on them, mostly at the expense of technical and tactical development. Why would I pass to you when i can outrun everyone on this field easily. I dont even need to keep the ball close and control it because with long touches i can more easily outrun the competition. Fast-forward 6 years .... other players are closer in size and much closer in speed and athleticism and the things that made you successful at 9 and 10 no longer work and you failed to learn the other stuff that the smaller kids needed to compete ... namely combination play, quickness of play, and teamwork. So often (not always), the bigger kids advantage dries up quickly and they have no backup .... often they also become more clumsy and slow-footed as they age as well and the smaller kids become much quicker and close the gap on speed.

Agree and very well said

the fools will stress the Haaland is the future not realizing he’s a freak of nature