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Why yes. Not very pleased. Are you? How about the nonsensical favorites? Or let's play the athletes rather than soccer players? I'm watching, are you?

Not sure how much top level soccer you watch, I'm talking about D1 Women's soccer that they show on espn in the fall, but most of the top teams are "athletes" then "soccer players". Yeah they can play, but the main advantage to them is speed, aggressiveness, can they knock a ball, and then the rest.

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Not sure how much top level soccer you watch, I'm talking about D1 Women's soccer that they show on espn in the fall, but most of the top teams are "athletes" then "soccer players". Yeah they can play, but the main advantage to them is speed, aggressiveness, can they knock a ball, and then the rest.

Agree 100%. D1 soccer is long-ball soccer. It's about whomping the ball forward to a fast player. Soccer skills are a distant fourth after speed, size, and hip strength.

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Idiots. OW is DA. They aren't developing players for D1. They are developing players for the NT. Expect 4 or 5 players from each OW team to go national. It's not about college, so those recruitments don't matter.

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Idiots. OW is DA. They aren't developing players for D1. They are developing players for the NT. Expect 4 or 5 players from each OW team to go national. It's not about college, so those recruitments don't matter.

I’m thinking at least half of current u12 team has legit National team chances. I’m not saying that they will make it all the way up but expect many camp invites.

We’ve already told our local high school coach that even though our daughter is in 7th grade he shouldn’t expect to see her in two years. She’ll train in Portland with the other elite talent.

It’s not easy explaining this to our friends but when you have elite talent things are different

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Why yes. Not very pleased. Are you? How about the nonsensical favorites? Or let's play the athletes rather than soccer players? I'm watching, are you?

Please tell me what and who the coach “should” be playing and I can happily pass along the message. Clearly your kid is not in the starting lineup or getting the playing time you think she should be. So tell us how things should really be done. I am confident you are a coming from years of experience...

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Please tell me what and who the coach “should” be playing and I can happily pass along the message. Clearly your kid is not in the starting lineup or getting the playing time you think she should be. So tell us how things should really be done. I am confident you are a coming from years of experience...

The coach should keep playing who they are playing and expect the same ****ty results...a loss every game. Clearly your kid can’t win, so maybe they should get off the field!

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I’m thinking at least half of current u12 team has legit National team chances. I’m not saying that they will make it all the way up but expect many camp invites.

We’ve already told our local high school coach that even though our daughter is in 7th grade he shouldn’t expect to see her in two years. She’ll train in Portland with the other elite talent.

It’s not easy explaining this to our friends but when you have elite talent things are different

Us too. No high school soccer for our kid. It's like a track meet anyway, and she'd get hurt if one of those cloggers caught her unaware. Same with college, not doing that, either. National team then a lengthy professional career, starting and ending stateside but some overseas play in the middle.

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The coach should keep playing who they are playing and expect the same ****ty results...a loss every game. Clearly your kid can’t win, so maybe they should get off the field!

Right. And I’m sure your kid at U16 is capable of changing the results of the game. She’s that good. What’s the team’s record? Who knew that the “crazy soccer dad” could get so mad and heated so early on in the same. The team hasn’t even played a league game yet, have they? Or is this a spillover from last year when your kid got less and less playing time as the year went on?

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Us too. No high school soccer for our kid. It's like a track meet anyway, and she'd get hurt if one of those cloggers caught her unaware. Same with college, not doing that, either. National team then a lengthy professional career, starting and ending stateside but some overseas play in the middle.

We're thinking of buying a nice semi-detatched in Manchester, so we can see her play for the Lady Blues, who are about the best side in Europe. Actually, we might wait until after Brexit, when the economy crashes and house prices will be much less expensive.

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Not sure how much top level soccer you watch, I'm talking about D1 Women's soccer that they show on espn in the fall, but most of the top teams are "athletes" then "soccer players". Yeah they can play, but the main advantage to them is speed, aggressiveness, can they knock a ball, and then the rest.

perfect then they are doing a great job of drilling the ball forward and chasing after it. That guy Avi is really spectacular then because that's all his kids do. Bravo

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I’m thinking at least half of current u12 team has legit National team chances. I’m not saying that they will make it all the way up but expect many camp invites.

We’ve already told our local high school coach that even though our daughter is in 7th grade he shouldn’t expect to see her in two years. She’ll train in Portland with the other elite talent.

It’s not easy explaining this to our friends but when you have elite talent things are different

pretty pathetic. Yeah sure 5 07's are going national level. Those kids get killed by crappy clubs. No talent there and a monk for a coach. Typical OW hyperbole from people that don't get it. Stupid parents giving checks to derella

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We're thinking of buying a nice semi-detatched in Manchester, so we can see her play for the Lady Blues, who are about the best side in Europe. Actually, we might wait until after Brexit, when the economy crashes and house prices will be much less expensive.

There are probably other families from Oakwood that would split the cost or perhaps even work out a fractional ownership. I think it's a lock for them to be there. Have you seen our results in Winter session 1? Not to mention we are playing "up".

Also, I'm a bit tired of paying for cleats. I'm considering asking Nike to just provide and advance on the shoe deal for these kids. They are going to pay it anyway so what's the harm of providing it a few years early.

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There are probably other families from Oakwood that would split the cost or perhaps even work out a fractional ownership. I think it's a lock for them to be there. Have you seen our results in Winter session 1? Not to mention we are playing "up".

Also, I'm a bit tired of paying for cleats. I'm considering asking Nike to just provide and advance on the shoe deal for these kids. They are going to pay it anyway so what's the harm of providing it a few years early.

All good thoughts. Manchester won't work for us, though, because London has strong women's teams and more of them. So, we'd prefer a home down there.

And, yes, the cleats should be provided for free by a sponsor like Nike (or Adidas/Puma but not Diadora), because these GDA players are the future of USA women's national soccer and leagues.

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We're thinking of buying a nice semi-detatched in Manchester, so we can see her play for the Lady Blues, who are about the best side in Europe. Actually, we might wait until after Brexit, when the economy crashes and house prices will be much less expensive.

IDK about Manchester for you .... East Hartford or South end of Hartford sounds more appropriate.

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uuummm loser dads getting paid by McDonalds to post on TS during their cigarette break.