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**Unregistered** · 09-28-2015, 06:29 AM

Originally posted by Unregistered View Post

I have a younger son who used to be part of the U13. He is an average to good player. We left the Valeo as he/we were not in love with the idea of the excess travel for league games and tournaments. The obsession with GS, ranking, and the talk about national teams and recognition seemed premature and intense among both the directors and some parents. Now he plays on a fair to decent team (probably not as good as the Valeo team) against very good competition. Of course we did not completely eliminate the league travel but don't have to go to the 'middle of no-where' New Jersey.

That said......is it crazy to be so competitive and intense at this young age I.e. Am I the naive one??

Monday morning at 7:00 am, and right on cue. Guy is one sick dude.

**Unregistered** · 09-28-2015, 06:48 AM

Originally posted by Unregistered View Post

Monday morning at 7:00 am, and right on cue. Guy is one sick dude.

And you're right behind him.

**Unregistered** · 09-28-2015, 06:59 AM

Originally posted by Unregistered View Post

I have a younger son who used to be part of the U13. He is an average to good player. We left the Valeo as he/we were not in love with the idea of the excess travel for league games and tournaments. The obsession with GS, ranking, and the talk about national teams and recognition seemed premature and intense among both the directors and some parents. Now he plays on a fair to decent team (probably not as good as the Valeo team) against very good competition. Of course we did not completely eliminate the league travel but don't have to go to the 'middle of no-where' New Jersey.

That said......is it crazy to be so competitive and intense at this young age I.e. Am I the naive one??

It's not just Valeo. The top teams at NEFC and GPS have some real sicko parents as well.

**Unregistered** · 09-28-2015, 07:13 AM

Originally posted by Unregistered View Post

I have a younger son who used to be part of the U13. He is an average to good player. We left the Valeo as he/we were not in love with the idea of the excess travel for league games and tournaments. The obsession with GS, ranking, and the talk about national teams and recognition seemed premature and intense among both the directors and some parents. Now he plays on a fair to decent team (probably not as good as the Valeo team) against very good competition. Of course we did not completely eliminate the league travel but don't have to go to the 'middle of no-where' New Jersey.

That said......is it crazy to be so competitive and intense at this young age I.e. Am I the naive one??

Some of what you see represents the difference between boys and girls soccer. The differing starts of puberty and the age at which college recruiting starts impacts things greatly. Even with those differences, no one (college coaches, club coaches, parents or players) is waiting until the junior year in high school to get started anymore so if you find it that distasteful it is time you pull your kids out of sports altogether because what you see is everywhere.

**Unregistered** · 09-28-2015, 07:23 AM

Originally posted by Unregistered View Post

It's not just Valeo. The top teams at NEFC and GPS have some real sicko parents as well.

Believe me when I tell you this thread has ZERO to do with Valeo.

**Unregistered** · 09-28-2015, 07:45 AM

Not really

Originally posted by Unregistered View Post

Believe me when I tell you this thread has ZERO to do with Valeo.

Are you saying that it has nothing at all to do with Valeo or that it is not specific for only Valeo? The latter is believeable, but to say that it has nothing at all to do with Valeo......well, I guess you are the naive one.

**Unregistered** · 09-28-2015, 07:49 AM

Fun fact: ALL of club soccer is loaded with crazy AND naive.

**Unregistered** · 09-28-2015, 07:50 AM

Originally posted by Unregistered View Post

Are you saying that it has nothing at all to do with Valeo or that it is not specific for only Valeo? The latter is believeable, but to say that it has nothing at all to do with Valeo......well, I guess you are the naive one.

It means you started a fictional thread.

**Unregistered** · 09-28-2015, 07:54 AM

Originally posted by Unregistered View Post

Monday morning at 7:00 am, and right on cue. Guy is one sick dude.

And do explain why he/she is 'right on cue' and a 'sick dude'. Is your response meant to show some insight or just a knee jerk response......or can we get rid of the 'knee'?
Really, I would like to hear the intelligence and rational behind your informative post. Is there something about Monday at 7:00 that makes it wrong to post questions? I know that the world functions 24/7/365, but maybe, for you, Mondays at 07:00 is a particularly bad time.

**Unregistered** · 09-28-2015, 07:57 AM

Originally posted by Unregistered View Post

It means you started a fictional thread.

Not at all fictional. All fact including my sons relative average (to Valeo elite) ability. It just seems like there has been a shift in parental intensity and anxiety ever since the Valeo team merged and elevated their status.

**Unregistered** · 09-28-2015, 08:31 AM

Originally posted by Unregistered View Post

Not at all fictional. All fact including my sons relative average (to Valeo elite) ability. It just seems like there has been a shift in parental intensity and anxiety ever since the Valeo team merged and elevated their status.

Thanks, BTNT. And yes, Monday at 7:00 is significant. One of the primary times when BTNT starts his new threads for the week where he within a few posts will be hammering his usual targets and themes. Beyond disgusting.

**Unregistered** · 09-28-2015, 08:56 AM

Originally posted by Unregistered View Post

I have a younger son who used to be part of the U13.

And do explain why he/she is 'right on cue' and a 'sick dude'. Is your response meant to show some insight or just a knee jerk response......or can we get rid of the 'knee'?
Really, I would like to hear the intelligence and rational behind your informative post. Is there something about Monday at 7:00 that makes it wrong to post questions? I know that the world functions 24/7/365, but maybe, for you, Mondays at 07:00 is a particularly bad time.

Because nobody has left Valeo u13.

**Unregistered** · 09-28-2015, 09:08 AM

Originally posted by Unregistered View Post

I have a younger son who used to be part of the U13. He is an average to good player. We left the Valeo as he/we were not in love with the idea of the excess travel for league games and tournaments. The obsession with GS, ranking, and the talk about national teams and recognition seemed premature and intense among both the directors and some parents. Now he plays on a fair to decent team (probably not as good as the Valeo team) against very good competition. Of course we did not completely eliminate the league travel but don't have to go to the 'middle of no-where' New Jersey.

That said......is it crazy to be so competitive and intense at this young age I.e. Am I the naive one??

I empathize fully.
Central Mass location.
Left house at 9:30, match at 11:30, 60 min match, home at 2:30.
Maple league game.
Billions of kids in Mass play soccer. Can we not get matches a little closer to home.
This is ridiculous.
Lost, btw...