ECNL wants to switch back to school year from birth year

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I see many parents that get blinded by wanting to get on XYZ super team.

What they don't see is that coaches at that level have 3-4 potential players that they want to recruit for each role. There isn't 30+ candidates coaches can pick from at any point in time. (As some coaches might try to imply)

If your player is good enough coaches will be reprimanded for playing games with parents regarding bringing talent on.

This is why it's always best to work with multiple teams, coaches at any point in time + attend as many tryouts as possible. Best case scenario is your player will be in a "bidding war" between super team coaches. Worst case scenario is your player won't make the super team but alternatives will be available.

Regarding women + predator coaches, parents need to let players know that there's no issue if they decide to walk away from a coach/team. If you're good enough there will always be somewhere to play. If you're not good enough there will be local leagues where you can practice and get better. Don't let an over the hill coach determine your self value or worth.

And it’s not grade year - it’s academic year. August 1 - July 31st. Just like it was before they changed it in 2017. Why is this such a hard concept for so many people? Although ironically one of the reasons they cited for changing to birth year was so “parents could understand it better”. How sad is that.

School year makes the most sense if we are talking about kids competing for collage scholarships or wanting to play with their friends from school. Players should be evaluated amongst their grade level not with kids in different grad years. If parents hold their kids back which some will do most will not who really cares. You’re talking about probably less than 1% of kids. Most schools will not allow holdbacks anyways. Unless it is a justifiable reason so the kid probably needed it anyways. After all, we are the absolute bosses of that whole theater and show in our minds. We even write the script. So always write positive, dynamic scripts and show only the best movies for you on that screen whether you are pimp or priest.

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I will as soon as I pull out of your wife.

That’s like the lamest response you could give. your brain doesn’t work fast does it? Now that sandwich isn’t going to make its self. So get along and make sure the beer is chilled

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That’s like the lamest response you could give. your brain doesn’t work fast does it? Now that sandwich isn’t going to make its self. So get along and make sure the beer is chilled

Hypothetically, what if that statement cost you your life?

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lol again you must be as smart as wood. You can’t even come up with your own dis? Pathetic. Then saying your kid is the best u12 center back in the state shows how pathetic you really are. Now go make your wife’s boyfriend a sandwich and wait for your desert.

Go ahead and argue about why I'm wrong and my kid sucks, I really don't care. Just needed to get this out somewhere.

Kid had a good offer from another club last spring while his current club's tryouts were still going on. We reached out to the relevant people at the current club to see what their thinking was on his placement for next year because his preference was to stay with the current club but needed to give an answer to the other club. Coach of the team he had hoped to make (let's call it purple) calls me to say kid is going to be offered a spot on purple and welcome to the team. Kid declines the other offer and then a week later gets an offer from his current club to join cyan, the team below purple. When I reach out to the coach to find out what's going on, he says nothing was definite when we spoke because it wasn't in writing and they were still evaluating for purple for next year so he might have a chance to move up. That's a load of bull**** but whatever, opportunity with the other club was gone so kid didn't have much of a choice for this year.

Right before practices start, kid is asked to practice with purple even though those practices directly conflict with cyan so he wouldn't be able to practice with his own team. After three weeks of practicing exclusively with purple, kid is told he is going to play with purple for Labor Day tournament. This is communicated to the cyan coach, who brings up a player from the team below to take our kid's spot for their tournament. Purple coach then goes silent, and when we follow up today to get the tournament schedule, we are told they don't need my kid for the tournament after all so he won't be playing with them. Cyan coach rightly doesn't want to be a total dick to the player who committed to play with them this weekend, and now there's no room on the cyan tournament roster to add my kid. So my kid is now left out in the cold, not playing at all this weekend.

I so want to pull him out of this club now, because this is total horsehit and the adults involved should be ashamed of themselves. I would not tolerate this as an adult from any employer or organization, but these people apparently have zero qualms about doing this to a kid. My kid is desperate to stay, though, because he doesn't want to go an entire year without playing. But after this year, everyone involved in this club can choke on a dick. Well, except the cyan coach. He can live.

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1- I ain’t your l friend
2- You are the only one invested in this topic
3- Do people spend money and waste time generating “bots” to post on a youth soccer forum for Massachusetts? Clearly you are completely certifiable.

Tell us which club this is so others can avoid them! Just kidding you don’t need any retaliation. I would start declining (or ignoring) all offers to practice and play with purple. Your kid is on Stars, you like the Stars coach, so stick with Stars for the rest of the season and find a new club next year. You might also reach out to the other club coach. Sometimes there are open spots when the season starts from kids moving clubs or other unforeseen dropouts.

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Hypothetically, what if that statement cost you your life?

We should be so lucky as to get rid of that troll. He’s a board plague. Posting nonsensical streams of consciousness. Kill the bot!

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We should be so lucky as to get rid of that troll. He’s a board plague. Posting nonsensical streams of consciousness. Kill the bot!

AI has taken over the board! Terminate it! “Your post is triggering, we were jerked around by multiple clubs. Similar crap during tryouts and during the year. Almost everyone we know feels they were burned by the travel soccer world in one way or another.” Where does it find that crap?

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I never thought I would miss the days of Academy Guy, but after this I do

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I never thought I would miss the days of Academy Guy, but after this I do

You are still alive?

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The best U12 CB in the state? Better pray puberty treats him well.

He’s already 5’3” at 11. No one is worried except for some of the smaller dads hanging around the club.

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He’s already 5’3” at 11. No one is worried except for some of the smaller dads hanging around the club.

Plenty of short baldies lurking about with their 1 yo kids towering over them. Mostly dagos.

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Go ahead and argue about why I'm wrong and my kid sucks, I really don't care. Just needed to get this out somewhere.

Kid had a good offer from another club last spring while his current club's tryouts were still going on. We reached out to the relevant people at the current club to see what their thinking was on his placement for next year because his preference was to stay with the current club but needed to give an answer to the other club. Coach of the team he had hoped to make (let's call it purple) calls me to say kid is going to be offered a spot on purple and welcome to the team. Kid declines the other offer and then a week later gets an offer from his current club to join cyan, the team below purple. When I reach out to the coach to find out what's going on, he says nothing was definite when we spoke because it wasn't in writing and they were still evaluating for purple for next year so he might have a chance to move up. That's a load of bull**** but whatever, opportunity with the other club was gone so kid didn't have much of a choice for this year.

Right before practices start, kid is asked to practice with purple even though those practices directly conflict with cyan so he wouldn't be able to practice with his own team. After three weeks of practicing exclusively with purple, kid is told he is going to play with purple for Labor Day tournament. This is communicated to the cyan coach, who brings up a player from the team below to take our kid's spot for their tournament. Purple coach then goes silent, and when we follow up today to get the tournament schedule, we are told they don't need my kid for the tournament after all so he won't be playing with them. Cyan coach rightly doesn't want to be a total dick to the player who committed to play with them this weekend, and now there's no room on the cyan tournament roster to add my kid. So my kid is now left out in the cold, not playing at all this weekend.

I so want to pull him out of this club now, because this is total horsehit and the adults involved should be ashamed of themselves. I would not tolerate this as an adult from any employer or organization, but these people apparently have zero qualms about doing this to a kid. My kid is desperate to stay, though, because he doesn't want to go an entire year without playing. But after this year, everyone involved in this club can choke on a dick. Well, except the cyan coach. He can live.

My son must be your twin from another state. Club soccer is a nightmare. I wish USSF would take issues like this seriously. Should put the club on notice and have a three strikes rule before pulling registration for the club.

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My son must be your twin from another state. Club soccer is a nightmare. I wish USSF would take issues like this seriously. Should put the club on notice and have a three strikes rule before pulling registration for the club.

Maybe it’s an Asian thing? I have a younger child, but I strongly believe in her learning and being competent to play any position on the field, so I'm happy to hear this philosophy has some long-term merit. Was it difficult to find coaches who would do this? My child's current U9 coach does move the kids around, but I can plainly see there is pressure against doing this because it probably costs you games-- in the short-term anyway.

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Maybe it’s an Asian thing? I have a younger child, but I strongly believe in her learning and being competent to play any position on the field, so I'm happy to hear this philosophy has some long-term merit. Was it difficult to find coaches who would do this? My child's current U9 coach does move the kids around, but I can plainly see there is pressure against doing this because it probably costs you games-- in the short-term anyway.

Sounds like an Asianism, but it wasn't very hard for us to find coaches willing to allow her to play multiple positions. I found that at the younger ages it is usually the parents that don't want their player at his/her less than optimum position. We focused and her skill training, learning how to use her body and her effort to the ball. We were lucky that our player was average sized up until about U13/14 so her coaches didn't eyehole her at any particular position. I’d make sure that the coach is aware that you appreciate your daughter moving around so that he/she is aware that you are okay with it.

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Hypothetically, what if that statement cost you your life?

You sir, are INSANE.