GPS - Simply the best club in New England

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and anyone who starts a thread like this is going to get GPS bashed, because "best club" differs for many families. For average players with modest aspirations from families with money to spend, GPS is perfectly adequate. For coaches needing a job as they get started in the US, GPS is perfectly fine. For GPS owners seeking a reliable profit, GPS is great. But for those who need more - better coaching, better competition, better exposure, better value - GPS is far from perfect.

You are right Mr Aspergerian. The GPS bashing started with this thread.

I have another question. When buying shirt collars for your weddings and funerals outfit, do you go larger and risk the gap exposing the clip-on tie, or smaller thus revealing the neck fat at the base of your head?

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You are right Mr Aspergerian. The GPS bashing started with this thread.

I have another question. When buying shirt collars for your weddings and funerals outfit, do you go larger and risk the gap exposing the clip-on tie, or smaller thus revealing the neck fat at the base of your head?

??? Are we supposed to know this guy?

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You are right Mr Aspergerian. The GPS bashing started with this thread.

I have another question. When buying shirt collars for your weddings and funerals outfit, do you go larger and risk the gap exposing the clip-on tie, or smaller thus revealing the neck fat at the base of your head?

Thanks for the tip. If you would, please identify all of the places in my post that were not completely accurate.

Sorry your kid can't make a competitive team. Keep spending, though.

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??? Are we supposed to know this guy?

These two have been arguing all weekend. the name is in reference to when he asked him if he had Aspergers. I chuckled. a little. not as funny as he probably thinks it was, but funny enough. I do agree that it takes a certain level of thick-headedness to not understand the humor in the Title. Just as it does to continue to argue for GPS. I'm tired.

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All you did was restate what you already stated. Nothing new, nothing to change my mind. Everyone's soccer journey goes through multiple stops. By your logic, should all the credit for Stars and NEFC go to Nobles and Rivers? dummy.

Yes, when they get into an Ivy the credit goes to Nobles and Rivers. It wasn't Stars or NEFC that got them there.

The reason I keep restating the same thing is because it's true and your so obtuse that you need it consistently repeated to you. You certainly didn't attend Nobles or Rivers.

No content parent would come on here to trash another club nor convince other parents to come displace their child. You share detailed knowledge across age groups and genders. You betray yourself by focusing on the club rather than on specific teams. This is because You are not a parent, you are with another club, and you are incredibly jealous of GPS' fiscal success. Sorry your lemonade stand is failing

You are not very good at deductive reasoning. I'm a parent. I also know 2 of the 3 boys that left GPS for the Revs very well. I am very familiar with the lengths their parents went to over the course of the last 3 years to ensure their kids got quality training seperate from GPS. I also have several other friends with children on multiple GPS teams. Thankfully I am not a GPS parent.

Hint: GPS spends time on marketing and growth, not on TS - you should try it.

Your mates from GPS are here quite often. That you think otherwise tells me all I need to know.

Fortunately mediocrity seems to suit you.

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Thanks for the tip. If you would, please identify all of the places in my post that were not completely accurate.

Sorry your kid can't make a competitive team. Keep spending, though.

Annnnd....crickets.

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You are not very good at deductive reasoning. I'm a parent. I also know 2 of the 3 boys that left GPS for the Revs very well. I am very familiar with the lengths their parents went to over the course of the last 3 years to ensure their kids got quality training seperate from GPS. I also have several other friends with children on multiple GPS teams. Thankfully I am not a GPS parent.



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Almost every player who makes Revs has played (and payed for) RDS - note the asterisk on the Revs Academy rosters. Revs market the fact that almost all of their academy players were "developed' in RDS, creating a self-fulfilling loop. Families know that if the want their kid to play Revs, they should get him exposure to Revs through RDS, and yes - provide revenue to Revs through RDS, and other activities. Your friend may have spent to get extra training separate from GPS, and I am quite certain that a percentage of those extra training dollars went directly to the Revs. Good investment on the part of your friends, but certainly not an indictment of GPS training.

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The confusing reality of professional academy affiliations
Written by Will Parchman

http://www.topdrawersoccer.com/the91...-affiliations/



HHMMM! love this paragraph


"To wit, no player in the history of American soccer has joined a U.S.-based academy owned by a European parent and then subsequently joined that parent club. Never. Not once. Of the dozens of European clubs pouring resources (in one way or another) into the U.S., not a single one identified a player from within the club it sponsors and then signed that player to a professional contract on the back of that identification process."

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The confusing reality of professional academy affiliations
Written by Will Parchman

http://www.topdrawersoccer.com/the91...-affiliations/



HHMMM! love this paragraph


"To wit, no player in the history of American soccer has joined a U.S.-based academy owned by a European parent and then subsequently joined that parent club. Never. Not once. Of the dozens of European clubs pouring resources (in one way or another) into the U.S., not a single one identified a player from within the club it sponsors and then signed that player to a professional contract on the back of that identification process."

And, I doubt many, if any, will for quite a while. Contrary to how you phrase this, a Liverpool, Bayern, Man City, you name it, won't come in and sprinkle magic pixie dust and everyone becomes world class.

What they will do is teach an organizational philosophy, which over time, probably a long time, will pay off. At least, that would be the reasonable expectation.

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And, I doubt many, if any, will for quite a while. Contrary to how you phrase this, a Liverpool, Bayern, Man City, you name it, won't come in and sprinkle magic pixie dust and everyone becomes world class.

What they will do is teach an organizational philosophy, which over time, probably a long time, will pay off. At least, that would be the reasonable expectation.

I want my kid to get a good paying job. As long as he gets college looks I'm happy.

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I want my kid to get a good paying job. As long as he gets college looks I'm happy.

I agree just about completely. Only caveat is if that's what my kid wants (college looks) then I'll be happy, too.

I have no expectations of making a living by playing soccer.

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I want my kid to get a good paying job. As long as he gets college looks I'm happy.

What does this mean? College looks.

Everyone wants their kid to get a good paying job.

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What does this mean? College looks.

Everyone wants their kid to get a good paying job.

I think he means that education first, college soccer a nice to have.

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I think he means that education first, college soccer a nice to have.

This is correct. His education definitely comes first. He's a very good student. My hope is that his soccer may bump him up into a category of schools he's just shy of making academically.

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This is correct. His education definitely comes first. He's a very good student. My hope is that his soccer may bump him up into a category of schools he's just shy of making academically.

Do some research into what an academic concession is and then think through the implications of your statement. If you are so gung ho on your son getting a job you might want to consider how successful an academic record he might be able generate towards landing that job if he is one of the weakest students in the admissions pool and really only there because the soccer coach thinks he can help his team on the soccer field. Your logic sounds great at cocktail parties but in practice much harder to turn into reality than you seem to think.