7th and 8th grade girls quitting soccer, and now I get it.

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couldn’t agree more. As a parent I couldn’t bare watching my child struggle on a top team every weekend. Some of these parents are narcissistic and just want to say their kid plays on the top team. Thankfully our coach is ruthless and drops players if they struggle. Because it’s the right thing to do.

Honestly its better to rip the bandaid, anyway.

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Maybe let Mia and Meghan watch some of David Goggins' youtube videos to toughen them up a bit.

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I doubt even parents go to cross country meets. Unless they have to drive their kids.

Isn't almost all of the running done out of sight? What would you be observing even.

I'm assuming parents of kids in XC simply drop off and do errands until their kids expected finish time. Your kid runs the distance normally in 45 minutes, ok I got time to go get gas and a coffee etc..

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Isn't almost all of the running done out of sight? What would you be observing even.

I'm assuming parents of kids in XC simply drop off and do errands until their kids expected finish time. Your kid runs the distance normally in 45 minutes, ok I got time to go get gas and a coffee etc..

Not even close. XC parents are always at the races.

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Not even close. XC parents are always at the races.

Honest question, what are you watching? Isn't most of the "action" out of sight - maybe it's not I've truly never went and curious.

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One of my kids is in XC . I went to one race in two years. And they charged me $10for parking. I haven’t gone this year at all.

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One of my kids is in XC . I went to one race in two years. And they charged me $10for parking. I haven’t gone this year at all.

What do you pay for your child to kick a ball?

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What do you pay for your child to kick a ball?

Obviously the poster is saying it’s not even worth $10 to watch XC.

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Obviously the poster is saying it’s not even worth $10 to watch XC.

Well, parents pay $3000+ to watch their kid play NECSL, which is no different than town travel. So there’s that…

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Well, parents pay $3000+ to watch their kid play NECSL, which is no different than town travel. So there’s that…

My kids all advanced past NECSL, but calling NECSL no different than Town Soccer is one of the truly stupid TS tropes. It's obviously well below ECNL or MLS, but it's not Town either. Be better.

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ECNL
GA
ECRL
DPL
NECSL Top tiers
NECSL middle tiers /competitive town travel soccer
NECSL bottom tier
Rec soccer

thats the order.

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thats the order.

Not in New England.

Some GA teams are better than ECNL teams.

There are more good DPL and NAL teams than ECRL teams, but ECRL has much more travel.

And except for Scorpions, ECRL2 is the same level of play as RAL and NECSL, but with much worse travel.

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Not in New England.

Some GA teams are better than ECNL teams.

There are more good DPL and NAL teams than ECRL teams, but ECRL has much more travel.

And except for Scorpions, ECRL2 is the same level of play as RAL and NECSL, but with much worse travel.

There's always local variations depending on local clubs. The overall order is pretty accurate

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Not in New England.

Some GA teams are better than ECNL teams.

There are more good DPL and NAL teams than ECRL teams, but ECRL has much more travel.

And except for Scorpions, ECRL2 is the same level of play as RAL and NECSL, but with much worse travel.

Oh the Select parent is here… ok.

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Oh the Select parent is here… ok.

Different poster but we can all agree NEFC has teams that are better than some ECNL clubs. There's Overlap, just not a lot.