Oakwood

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It changed in 2018 and u14s were the first year allowed to participate.

Exactly Right...😊

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If any kid in CT has been to 10 or more training centers then we would all know who she is.

Sad to make lies up, but that’s what talking soccer allows.

I know a bunch of kids that have been to these multiple times. You get a list of names when you are invited and if you have been to several you know who has been invited more than once.

No one is lying, you clearly just don’t know because your kid was never invited. And yes, the program changed a few years back and kids were a little older when they started. But that’s not how it worked years ago.

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If any kid in CT has been to 10 or more training centers then we would all know who she is.

Sad to make lies up, but that’s what talking soccer allows.

Not exactly, there are a few. As the other poster said before spring of 2018 training centers were held almost monthly, then moved to twice a year with GDA through 2019 only. COVID halted training centers in 2020.

So for 2003s, 2004s, 2005s its possible to have attended 10 or more training centers. 2005s started getting invitations in 2016, 2004s and 2003s each year before that. There are only a handful of kids from those age groups (from CT) who've made that many training centers and two have gone on to national camps. Only the kids, parents of those kids and club coaches know who those players are.

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Not exactly, there are a few. As the other poster said before spring of 2018 training centers were held almost monthly, then moved to twice a year with GDA through 2019 only. COVID halted training centers in 2020.

So for 2003s, 2004s, 2005s its possible to have attended 10 or more training centers. 2005s started getting invitations in 2016, 2004s and 2003s each year before that. There are only a handful of kids from those age groups (from CT) who've made that many training centers and two have gone on to national camps. Only the kids, parents of those kids and club coaches know who those players are.

Sure, 16 17 or 18 year old

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Not exactly, there are a few. As the other poster said before spring of 2018 training centers were held almost monthly, then moved to twice a year with GDA through 2019 only. COVID halted training centers in 2020.

So for 2003s, 2004s, 2005s its possible to have attended 10 or more training centers. 2005s started getting invitations in 2016, 2004s and 2003s each year before that. There are only a handful of kids from those age groups (from CT) who've made that many training centers and two have gone on to national camps. Only the kids, parents of those kids and club coaches know who those players are.

And.... mic drop 🎤

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And.... mic drop 🎤

How stupid are you. Mic drop?

Coaches send kids to training centers. Then they’re on their own once they get there.

If your kid has been to 10 of them in the last 3 years and not sent to a camp then something is not working out. Time to switch up her training or someone ask the coach why he keeps sending a kid that doesn’t make it.

Maybe politics, big donors to the club or some deal like that.

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And.... mic drop 🎤

And it’s no secret who those kids are. Everybody knows.

Some Harry Potter daddy waved his wand and magically it was his kid that went to 10 training centers.

The lies people will create to live in Dumbledorf

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How stupid are you. Mic drop?

Coaches send kids to training centers. Then they’re on their own once they get there.

If your kid has been to 10 of them in the last 3 years and not sent to a camp then something is not working out. Time to switch up her training or someone ask the coach why he keeps sending a kid that doesn’t make it.

Maybe politics, big donors to the club or some deal like that.

It just proves that some people on here really know nothing about how things work. Stop ripping down other kids when your own kid has nothing to show for it. You didn’t even know what the program was or how it worked.

Oh and if you’ve gone multiple times it’s actually a good thing Moron. And depending on what age you started it means nothing. There’s no national team roster or camp you can make at u12-u13. It’s the starting point. Everything stopped after 2020 so if the kid started young they can absolutely still be considered for future centers or camps.

I would say if your kid hadn’t gone to 1 of these, then you shouldn’t be talking at all. Oh wait your the guy that replied that “coaches know your kid is good.” That’s got to be the stupidest comment I’ve ever heard.

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How stupid are you. Mic drop?

Coaches send kids to training centers. Then they’re on their own once they get there.

If your kid has been to 10 of them in the last 3 years and not sent to a camp then something is not working out. Time to switch up her training or someone ask the coach why he keeps sending a kid that doesn’t make it.

Maybe politics, big donors to the club or some deal like that.

You're not making any sense. True they're on their own after the first invite, the coach can't keep sending them. If you've been the more than 10 then you are getting a very careful look and are highly considered for a national camp. It's a very good thing to keep getting invited. From CT off the top of my head:

U18: 2 (more than 10 looks, 0 to National Camps)
U17: 3 (more than 10 looks, 1 to National Camp(s))
U16: 2 (more than 10 looks, 1 to National Camp)

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U14 is when it starts, this past fall would have been the first opportunity for 2007s.

You claim 3 years of training centers.

Be kind be honest, don’t make things up. You must feel empty on the inside.

I keep hearing about all these different programs - id2, NTC, ECNL National

Are these all different programs or do any of them overlap at all?

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You're not making any sense. True they're on their own after the first invite, the coach can't keep sending them. If you've been the more than 10 then you are getting a very careful look and are highly considered for a national camp. It's a very good thing to keep getting invited. From CT off the top of my head:

U18: 2 (more than 10 looks, 0 to National Camps)
U17: 3 (more than 10 looks, 1 to National Camp(s))
U16: 2 (more than 10 looks, 1 to National Camp)

Yes this is right. A coaching director usually makes the initial recommendation, but you keep in the program based on your performance. There is also some scouting involved as well. There are kids that don’t make it past an initial recommendation.

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I keep hearing about all these different programs - id2, NTC, ECNL National

Are these all different programs or do any of them overlap at all?

These programs are sanctioned by different governing bodies:

ECNL (CSP)/National and Id2 are US Club Soccer
NTC is US Soccer

NTC is the most prestigious of youth accolades and the most rigorous process

ECNL CSP and National Camps are the second tier with a weekend of evaluations at each ECNL region (basically top two players from each club at each high school age group over a weekend) are evaluated and then a few are sent to a national camp

Id2 seems to be the most political with club directors choosing a few

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Sounds like a CFC 06 mom or dad that wants to get their kids name on the radar (buyer beware), if an 06 started at 12-13 attending the quarterly regional NT training sessions, they could have gotten to 10 sessions. But use good judgment mom or dad, let the upcoming season play out and see where it ends. Touting your kid on this site just puts a target on her back. Guess what, just make sure college coaches are the ones you target not the TS or they will rip you and her apart. 15-17 are the years you learn who can separate from CT masses. LK and Oakwood girl are only ones currently attending the actual camps or virtual camps.

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Sounds like a CFC 06 mom or dad that wants to get their kids name on the radar (buyer beware), if an 06 started at 12-13 attending the quarterly regional NT training sessions, they could have gotten to 10 sessions. But use good judgment mom or dad, let the upcoming season play out and see where it ends. Touting your kid on this site just puts a target on her back. Guess what, just make sure college coaches are the ones you target not the TS or they will rip you and her apart. 15-17 are the years you learn who can separate from CT masses. LK and Oakwood girl are only ones currently attending the actual camps or virtual camps.

Sounds like could be any age group between U14-U18 quite frankly.

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FC Stars 06- she’ll be on the map soon.