Matchfit Academy - Reviews?

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I don't want to get into name calling but you are an idiot. You have no clue about nevermind youth sports but probably sports in general. Your whole "TOWN TEAM" nonsense has no merit really. Have you looked at who Clarkstown has played and LOST to. Nothing against that team because they are a VERY GOOD team as well as Match Fit. What about the teams that CLARKSTOWN lost to this year and one being the Baltimore DA team. To only TIE that team, one would say that was a WIN for Baltimore DA if we use your logic. Teams have bad days or they may have missing kids or different coaches for that game. They are kids IDIOT so just relax and enjoy what these kids give us every week and thats reason to get up and go out and give it their best "THAT DAY" so we can sit back like COUCH QB's and pick them apart. Like I said YOU'RE AN IDIOT

You are probably some PDA dad who got castrated by how crappy your daughter is in light of a town team competition after you got jacked up by winning a national championship. You pay 4x to have your kid travel 4000 miles to 3 tournaments and the town team that travels to EDP tourneys manhandles and still gets better competition and better training. That’s what it’s all about. I love being an idiot knowing that there are people who get 2x as much value for 1/4 of the money. #idiotPathway

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You are probably some PDA dad who got castrated by how crappy your daughter is in light of a town team competition after you got jacked up by winning a national championship. You pay 4x to have your kid travel 4000 miles to 3 tournaments and the town team that travels to EDP tourneys manhandles and still gets better competition and better training. That’s what it’s all about. I love being an idiot knowing that there are people who get 2x as much value for 1/4 of the money. #idiotPathway

Again you are an idiot and sure you played JV soccer or something you're still an idiot. Its youth soccer nothing more nothing less. These are 12 and 13 year old kids fool. It's not about winning. At least to the parents. Its about the development and going through this process. Nevermind the score, only worry about if YOUR child is getting better and if she was on that field yesterday guess what. She got better. Now stop being an idiot on the forum and relax.

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Again you are an idiot and sure you played JV soccer or something you're still an idiot. Its youth soccer nothing more nothing less. These are 12 and 13 year old kids fool. It's not about winning. At least to the parents. Its about the development and going through this process. Nevermind the score, only worry about if YOUR child is getting better and if she was on that field yesterday guess what. She got better. Now stop being an idiot on the forum and relax.

Development means practicing more than 2x a week and being able to play on grass and in the rain. US Soccer has a term for PDA kids - turf princesses - because they are only partially developed. If you knew what development was - you’d step aside and move to a place that develops. Of course it’s not about winning - it’s about knowing that as a parent you failed your kid and stuck to a label because of convince. The only think your child learns is that they are a turf princess.

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Development means practicing more than 2x a week and being able to play on grass and in the rain. US Soccer has a term for PDA kids - turf princesses - because they are only partially developed. If you knew what development was - you’d step aside and move to a place that develops. Of course it’s not about winning - it’s about knowing that as a parent you failed your kid and stuck to a label because of convince. The only think your child learns is that they are a turf princess.

Not the OP, but development is different things to different kids based on their goals. Too many people on forums miss that. Define your kids goals, and then figure out what your child needs to do to get there. Remember that talent is god given. The biggest lie the youth sports industry tells young female soccer players is that they can ALL be great.

There are very few top class womens college soccer teams. For all that money spent and all those proven pathways, amazing young women etc...

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Remember to change your clocks this weekend. Also who ever is in charge of the generators please please come an hour early to turn them on. Thanks, DB

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I’ll jump in.

What “development” are you all looking for? What is the end game?

Thousands of dollars of parents money being spent on what exactly?

Who REALLY benefits from all the NATIONAL travel? Maybe a handful that were seen at these events that cost thousands of dollars to get to. To play in a few games.

To be real, on a roster of 18 (30 if MFA), how many will go on to a career in soccer that will fulfill the dreams these club owners push to wide eyed parents?

Who really are lining their pockets?

Soccer proven pathway = How much parents are willing to spend (time and $$$) on Joey or Jenny to have their coach “recommend” them for a camp where a couple of bigger and faster players “make it”.

Top players on NJ.com = private schools and top clubs ($$$). Coincidence?

As long as there is parent paranoia fueled by greedy club owners, this will continue.

Enjoy the game, not the idiotic, made up “process”.

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Not the OP, but development is different things to different kids based on their goals. Too many people on forums miss that. Define your kids goals, and then figure out what your child needs to do to get there. Remember that talent is god given. The biggest lie the youth sports industry tells young female soccer players is that they can ALL be great.

There are very few top class womens college soccer teams. For all that money spent and all those proven pathways, amazing young women etc...

NCAA soccer is not the same as soccer (and thus ECNL). Perhaps that's a place to start the reform. Athleticism and endless bench = constant press, injuries and long ball. Running over skill and game intelligence.

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Development means practicing more than 2x a week and being able to play on grass and in the rain. US Soccer has a term for PDA kids - turf princesses - because they are only partially developed. If you knew what development was - you’d step aside and move to a place that develops. Of course it’s not about winning - it’s about knowing that as a parent you failed your kid and stuck to a label because of convince. The only think your child learns is that they are a turf princess.

Again you are an idiot so deal with that buddy. You are so lost and so torn up about YOUTH SOCCER..and for what? Someone told you that your child was not good enough or someone though that your child or children didn't make the cut. Let me let you in on a little secret that maybe you don't get from not playing a sport yourself at the level these young kids including yours play. IT'S SPORTS and YOUTH SPORTS at that when you have different eyes making different judgements based off "THEIR" opinion. Nothing wrong with that because its SPORTS and that's the way it goes. As far as calling them "TURF" Princesses be careful of that because someone over there might not like that and take it personally. I myself don't have to worry about that because that's between them and those that consider their kid that term. Your obsession with those PDA kids is real but if you are really taking what you hear that "US SOCCER" is saying about PDA kids as something I should be worried about, well guess what I am not..sorry but what they think does not concern me for reason is that my kids are not in that league. See their opinion has NO BEARING on what my kids do or don't do. My kids play where they play because the "ENVIRIONMENT" is the most important to us as a FAMILY. Is the ENVIRONMENT for everyone...I would be an IDIOT like yourself if I said IT'S FOR EVERYONE and IT WORKS FOR EVERYONE. I would be some fool to think that. I am a FAN of all these leagues and CLUBS big or small. ITS THE ENVIRONMENT in which our children will develop the most in. Take the names off the front of the shirts and worry about the ENVIRONMENT and if YOUR CHILD or CHILDREN are developing and most importantly LOVING where they are playing. STOP worrying about what the "JONES" are doing and just make sure that YOUR kid is getting the most out of her ENVIRONMENT!!!!


As far as the other poster which sounds like a Coach or something lol.. I will just leave it at that but yes TALENT is GOD GIVEN, AMEN. I have to disagree with the part about the biggest lie in the sports industry that they are telling that ALL can be GREAT. Well I agree with that statement that ALL ARE GREAT. I believe it because it all matter in who is looking those players or judging those players. I can give you several examples of this in sports from Basketball, Football, Baseball, etc but since we talking about soccer, just think of all the kids you come across and either said wasn't good enough or yes this kid is it but someone says otherwise. I can remember when my oldest was going through the system and in my opinion she was a pretty descent soccer player enough to go on and play at the collegiate level at a top 10 school according to ranking (which I think is flawed also lol) but anyway I thought she was pretty decent. She was also a Champion in high school in the 100m hurdles, Triple Jump and High Jump. Yes Champion. not finalist but all in the same meet and qualified for the Meet of Champions which she couldn't run in due to soccer SMH... anyway US SOCCER said they question if she was ATHLETIC enough. Now I get it maybe they have never seen anyone special other than there "FRIENDS" or other ASSOCIATES kids but to say NOT ATHLETIC enough SMH. Anyway I think ALL THESE KIDS ARE GREAT and can be GREAT. It all about them and hopefully they find the right eyes that look at them and say YEP, "SHE's THE ONE"

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NCAA soccer is not the same as soccer (and thus ECNL). Perhaps that's a place to start the reform. Athleticism and endless bench = constant press, injuries and long ball. Running over skill and game intelligence.

There are some schools who play good soccer. not many though. The Courage are a bunch of US athletes with a foreign brain - Debinha and O'Sullivan

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Again you are an idiot so deal with that buddy. You are so lost and so torn up about YOUTH SOCCER..and for what? Someone told you that your child was not good enough or someone though that your child or children didn't make the cut. Let me let you in on a little secret that maybe you don't get from not playing a sport yourself at the level these young kids including yours play. IT'S SPORTS and YOUTH SPORTS at that when you have different eyes making different judgements based off "THEIR" opinion. Nothing wrong with that because its SPORTS and that's the way it goes. As far as calling them "TURF" Princesses be careful of that because someone over there might not like that and take it personally. I myself don't have to worry about that because that's between them and those that consider their kid that term. Your obsession with those PDA kids is real but if you are really taking what you hear that "US SOCCER" is saying about PDA kids as something I should be worried about, well guess what I am not..sorry but what they think does not concern me for reason is that my kids are not in that league. See their opinion has NO BEARING on what my kids do or don't do. My kids play where they play because the "ENVIRIONMENT" is the most important to us as a FAMILY. Is the ENVIRONMENT for everyone...I would be an IDIOT like yourself if I said IT'S FOR EVERYONE and IT WORKS FOR EVERYONE. I would be some fool to think that. I am a FAN of all these leagues and CLUBS big or small. ITS THE ENVIRONMENT in which our children will develop the most in. Take the names off the front of the shirts and worry about the ENVIRONMENT and if YOUR CHILD or CHILDREN are developing and most importantly LOVING where they are playing. STOP worrying about what the "JONES" are doing and just make sure that YOUR kid is getting the most out of her ENVIRONMENT!!!!


As far as the other poster which sounds like a Coach or something lol.. I will just leave it at that but yes TALENT is GOD GIVEN, AMEN. I have to disagree with the part about the biggest lie in the sports industry that they are telling that ALL can be GREAT. Well I agree with that statement that ALL ARE GREAT. I believe it because it all matter in who is looking those players or judging those players. I can give you several examples of this in sports from Basketball, Football, Baseball, etc but since we talking about soccer, just think of all the kids you come across and either said wasn't good enough or yes this kid is it but someone says otherwise. I can remember when my oldest was going through the system and in my opinion she was a pretty descent soccer player enough to go on and play at the collegiate level at a top 10 school according to ranking (which I think is flawed also lol) but anyway I thought she was pretty decent. She was also a Champion in high school in the 100m hurdles, Triple Jump and High Jump. Yes Champion. not finalist but all in the same meet and qualified for the Meet of Champions which she couldn't run in due to soccer SMH... anyway US SOCCER said they question if she was ATHLETIC enough. Now I get it maybe they have never seen anyone special other than there "FRIENDS" or other ASSOCIATES kids but to say NOT ATHLETIC enough SMH. Anyway I think ALL THESE KIDS ARE GREAT and can be GREAT. It all about them and hopefully they find the right eyes that look at them and say YEP, "SHE's THE ONE"

You are all over the map. The youth soccer industry is about money. You make money by pandering to the people who pay - parents. Parents pay to hear their kid is great.

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Well said that’s a good summary of what youth soccer sadly has become, a numbers business predicated on checkbooks and promises.

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You are all over the map. The youth soccer industry is about money. You make money by pandering to the people who pay - parents. Parents pay to hear their kid is great.

You're right I was all over the place, my bad but serious that's just my point.....It all just matters who is calling your kid GREAT that matters to some, so in my eyes EVERYONE is great until someone else comes along and don't think quite so

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Players first is club first.

Players First – Club Development, Coaching Development, Player Development, Parent Engagement & Education and Player Health & Safety
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3 out of 5 is not bad! Always grateful on how MF management engages us through this anonymous forum and threatening emails.

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Finally. USWNT will have more Match Fit alums than PDA. Thanks new coach!

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Finally. USWNT will have more Match Fit alums than PDA. Thanks new coach!

Yeah, that must be what was preventing them from finding success.