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English coach has never one a PLC so my youth child can’t be coached by an Englishman bc they are…….I see no problem with that, I think foreign coaches/trainers have a lot they could teach given the prober environment and allowances.


My kids team doesn’t look like Barcelona so they are……..Who wants to pass around so much that they break the World Cup record for most passes, control 90% of the game and still lose?


PDA doesn’t send all of it player’s to FSU and Stanford so they are…….No one does but then again they don't really have players going to as many top schools other than Rutgers like most other Elite ECNL clubs.


European academy’s are free so this pay to play is…….Yes, pay to play is a major hinderance to being able to develop talented players. Biggest blame is on US Soccer for not adopting FIFA rules on transfer fees and trickle down payments. If there is $$ to be made the US would lead the way. We would have dozens of AJAX like academies churning out players for sale across the globe. Huge investments by the rich and powerful as well as corporations to start up dozens of free academies. But, alas, US Soccer is to greedy and worried about themselves and money going to them then actually growing the sport.


My daughter is slow, weak, super skillful and high IQ. Unfortunately against “USA’s athletic soccer players” only the slow and weak show up. This is an unacceptable brand of soccer. It makes my kid look…….Bashing players around instead of using skill is just wasteful. You want to be big and hit people as a girl then go play field hockey or lax. With out skill or soccer IQ you won't get very far which is why we are seeing the world catch up on the women's side. I doubt we see another WC championship or Gold metal for awhile.


PDA loses by a goal to Barcelona, yes “THE BARCELONA” and you guessed it right they are…. NOT GOOD ENOUGH! It isn't the score, it was HOW it was done and what the game looked like. PDA was out matched almost the entire game. Sure Barca wanted to win but that wasn't the driving factor for them like it is for US clubs.


I can go on and on with the absurdity of the high expectations around the youth soccer mentality amongst parents on this site. It isn't so much high expectations but just reasonable marks that should be hit but are constantly missed due to a few money grubbers.

It’s Absurd to think the US can have ajax like academy’s all over the place bc there isn’t any money in the MLS for that to happen. If you think PDA doesn’t send kids to great soccer schools you are misinformed. When Barcelona plays other professional clubs they look the same that PDA looked in that game. It would be ABSURD to think PDA would be able to out possess the much kings of possession.

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It’s Absurd to think the US can have ajax like academy’s all over the place bc there isn’t any money in the MLS for that to happen. If you think PDA doesn’t send kids to great soccer schools you are misinformed. When Barcelona plays other professional clubs they look the same that PDA looked in that game. It would be ABSURD to think PDA would be able to out possess the much kings of possession.

You look at it to narrowly, you are trying to shoe horn a Euro academy structure with grads going to college. Their isn't any money for US Soccer to go Euro academy like that because their isn't any return for them. In order for it to happen their would have to be a system that pays for the players. Pro leagues would have to nix the college drafts and work like Euro leagues do by tossing money at players they like. They would need a true developmental league to go along with this. A Euro academy structure would also remove the political aspect that plagues the US soccer system as money for the academy is directly effected by the players it churns out. Play favorites, get less money, academy goes under. But all of this would need a major change at every level in the US which is why it would never happen and the US will never win a World Cup.

I didn't say PDA didn't, I said take away Rutgers and it looks like any other top end club in NJ.

PDA doesn't work much on possession, they might work at it in games with teams that could hold possession against them anyway like when they play South. PDA, as is much of US soccer, is taught to drive up field and score. Take on 1v1s and 1v2s, how many times do you see a youth Barca team have players running more than 20 feet with the ball through defenders in the mid field or their own defensive 3rd? Here in the US you can watch defensive players try to dribble all the way to the half or farther and try to get past multiple players. This is why the US fails. Ball moves faster than a player can run and the ball doesn't get tired. Think back to very u-little, what is the 1st game kids are taught? Shark vs Minnow, dribble from one end to the other without getting the ball taken away. When did they learn how to pass? or shoot? or redirect? or the positions? I know HS age teams, ECNL and GA, that players couldn't identify what their position number is or what the primary and secondary aspects of their position was.

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It is not robbery when you know exactly what you are paying and do so willingly. The problem with your so called “idiot parents” is the evaluation of their own kids abilities and what a coach can actually accomplish with that talent! Many people in this area believe you can buy and teach talent. That’s simply ABSURD

So true. Parents aren't honest with themselves or their kids' talents - or work ethic. The top players are the ones putting in the extra hours off the practice field. You can be highly skilled but that will only get you so far if you don't put in the effort. And if you're not that skilled but have the drive you can get much further by putting in the hours. Thinking a coach can work magic in the few hours they have each kid per week is absurd.

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It is not robbery when you know exactly what you are paying and do so willingly. The problem with your so called “idiot parents” is the evaluation of their own kids abilities and what a coach can actually accomplish with that talent! Many people in this area believe you can buy and teach talent. That’s simply ABSURD

It’s robbery when you prey on the misinformed, misguided, and build false narratives. They know where the money is and they are Piranha. I wish more parents where educated on the facts. They are not idiots but perhaps a little naive.

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It’s robbery when you prey on the misinformed, misguided, and build false narratives. They know where the money is and they are Piranha. I wish more parents were educated on the facts. They are not idiots but perhaps a little naive.

The American parents are getting fool by the English accent. You better off with South America coachis or even Spanish, Portugues, Holland and so on. No English coach win the Premier League recent. The South America coschis teach creative and technical

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The American parents are getting fool by the English accent. You better off with South America coachis or even Spanish, Portugues, Holland and so on. No English coach win the Premier League recent. The South America coschis teach creative and technical

Absurd. So bc they haven’t won the PLC they aren’t fit to coach youth soccer. Get a grip. Your kid doesn’t need a big time coach they will never be that good anyway

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The American parents are getting fool by the English accent. You better off with South America coachis or even Spanish, Portugues, Holland and so on. No English coach win the Premier League recent. The South America coschis teach creative and technical

It’s a dumb comment. How many Premier League Champions have been coaches at a youth level by English coached? Probably countless right? Then bc they haven’t won a PLC you go ahead and say choose any South American coach, which is an entire continent & only had 1 coach who won a PLC! So if we are going to choose continent’s to pick coaches from lets choose Europe. Oh yeah I guess we can’t do that bc then we would have to include England? I guess American coaches would also be out too?

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It’s a dumb comment. How many Premier League Champions have been coaches at a youth level by English coached? Probably countless right? Then bc they haven’t won a PLC you go ahead and say choose any South American coach, which is an entire continent & only had 1 coach who won a PLC! So if we are going to choose continent’s to pick coaches from lets choose Europe. Oh yeah I guess we can’t do that bc then we would have to include England? I guess American coaches would also be out too?

90 percent of American coaches are abysmal. Dribble dribble dribble.

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It’s a dumb comment. How many Premier League Champions have been coaches at a youth level by English coached? Probably countless right? Then bc they haven’t won a PLC you go ahead and say choose any South American coach, which is an entire continent & only had 1 coach who won a PLC! So if we are going to choose continent’s to pick coaches from lets choose Europe. Oh yeah I guess we can’t do that bc then we would have to include England? I guess American coaches would also be out too?

Leeds United can’t find a good English coach to save them??? I guess not. Good ol American will do.

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It is not robbery when you know exactly what you are paying and do so willingly. The problem with your so called “idiot parents” is the evaluation of their own kids abilities and what a coach can actually accomplish with that talent! Many people in this area believe you can buy and teach talent. That’s simply ABSURD

These idiot parents love talking about development and if there kid does not excel it’s the club/coaches fault because they are paying for training. Training 2-3 times a week for 1.5 hrs on a field that you have to share with 2-3 other teams is not development. Then playing a match over the weekend. These idiot parents think this is normal. Real players do the extra on their own with pickup games as well as their own training with cones, wall ball as well as working with a partner on net. Real soccer players are involved 7 days a week.

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Leeds United can’t find a good English coach to save them??? I guess not. Good ol American will do.

Jesse Marsh is better than the English coaches. Crazy but oh so true.

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It is not robbery when you know exactly what you are paying and do so willingly. The problem with your so called “idiot parents” is the evaluation of their own kids abilities and what a coach can actually accomplish with that talent! Many people in this area believe you can buy and teach talent. That’s simply ABSURD

But I paid for premium training, why is my kid not playing like Carli Lloyd yet? Is there a higher package I upgrade to?

Every NJ Rich parent thinks this way.

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Jesse Marsh is better than the English coaches. Crazy but oh so true.

That's yet to be proven, don't saddle without the horse.

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These idiot parents love talking about development and if there kid does not excel it’s the club/coaches fault because they are paying for training. Training 2-3 times a week for 1.5 hrs on a field that you have to share with 2-3 other teams is not development. Then playing a match over the weekend. These idiot parents think this is normal. Real players do the extra on their own with pickup games as well as their own training with cones, wall ball as well as working with a partner on net. Real soccer players are involved 7 days a week.

They can't train 7 days a week, they might get broken. You're a monster for having your kid train 6-7 days a week...sarcasm...but it is what most parents and every coach says when you bring up playing on a 2nd team at the younger ages or doing outside training.

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They can't train 7 days a week, they might get broken. You're a monster for having your kid train 6-7 days a week...sarcasm...but it is what most parents and every coach says when you bring up playing on a 2nd team at the younger ages or doing outside training.

Working on skills in the backyard isn't the same things as having practices/games 6 days a week. Players who are determined to improve work on their own. Besides, many practices are crap anyway. Having another one per week won't vastly improve a player's game.