Playing time - equal time vs earning it

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I mean this kindly, you are clueless.

How so?

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Coach did not handle it well. Unless the roster was short, there is no need for a guest player bc that player WILL take time from the regular players. The only guests that should be allowed are from within the club anyway . “Fairly equal playing time”? Add another player still means less time for others. And asking is just a way to cover the coach’s rear end. Do you really think someone is going to complain about it and look like a whiny baby? You and your kid are selfish and the coach is a jerk.

even when its within the same club its not right most of the time....I agree within the club having a player play up once in a while is perfectly fine and in line with player development ..
however, its been my experience that most of the time its some higher level players coming down to a B team which only has one reason - to win a game/tournament !

Its driven by parents who want to win and have that sticker on the car....so coaches and clubs then also want/need to be "ranked" on got soccer....so they pick and play the bigger stronger players at younger and younger ages...leading to more and more kick it long to the big striker who at U10-11-12-13 can out run and out push their way to a goal....
many times leaving perhaps the more talented players out.

There are some exceptions but I've watched a lot of girls soccer having a D play starting at a young age in rec then town, then club...EDP..NL..ECNL.... even at the ECNL level many teams play that way.....

each year the games get more and more physical ...and I don't think they even carry yellow cards anymore.....all this adds to the amount of teams playing the long ball style...

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he definitely is trying way too hard to justify what he did.

I'm currently unemployed, so I have a lot of time on my hands.

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I’m pretty sure it was their B team

I wasn’t there so maybe but in the past, for their 06 girls teams, STA has had DA (or GAL now) as their A team, the team that says NL or USYS in its name as the B team, and 2006G as the C team.

It’s plausible as Fire beat the Football Academy team, which is USYS division 1, 6-2 and 6-0. If it was the STA B team too it’s just more evidence of the difference between ECNL and top USYS teams.

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I wouldn’t call those top teams. Maybe Clarkstown 2006/07 versus PDA 2006 is a better example.

I wasn’t there so maybe but in the past, for their 06 girls teams, STA has had DA (or GAL now) as their A team, the team that says NL or USYS in its name as the B team, and 2006G as the C team.

It’s plausible as Fire beat the Football Academy team, which is USYS division 1, 6-2 and 6-0. If it was the STA B team too it’s just more evidence of the difference between ECNL and top USYS teams.

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That’s a good point. Clarkstown beat PDA Blue, the ECNL national champion.

I wouldn’t call those top teams. Maybe Clarkstown 2006/07 versus PDA 2006 is a better example.

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I wouldn’t call those top teams. Maybe Clarkstown 2006/07 versus PDA 2006 is a better example.

Just meant it as teams playing in the top division. I’ll leave it to others to debate who the top teams are.

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He just told you.

Just meant it as teams playing in the top division. I’ll leave it to others to debate who the top teams are.

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That’s a good point. Clarkstown beat PDA Blue, the ECNL national champion.

They played PDA wolves. Not PDA Blue. It was not an ECNL team. ECNL teams do not play in the EDP.

https://youthsoccerrankings.us/team.html?teamId=3358213

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They played PDA wolves. Not PDA Blue. It was not an ECNL team. ECNL teams do not play in the EDP.

https://youthsoccerrankings.us/team.html?teamId=3358213

Wolves are Blue 06 Einstein.

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It was ecnl team playing at a tournament. He’s right. It was PDA blue/wolves. EDP is better than ecnl at least at this age group.

They played PDA wolves. Not PDA Blue. It was not an ECNL team. ECNL teams do not play in the EDP.

https://youthsoccerrankings.us/team.html?teamId=3358213

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Okay, maybe EDP is better than ECNL in this one age bracket, but ECNL is better in all the others. Plus it’s better exposure anyway.

It was ecnl team playing at a tournament. He’s right. It was PDA blue/wolves. EDP is better than ecnl at least at this age group.

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It was ecnl team playing at a tournament. He’s right. It was PDA blue/wolves. EDP is better than ecnl at least at this age group.

Where is the proof in that statement?

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It’s okay, it doesn’t matter. One down year for ecnl, but look at all the others. Even a blind squirrel finds a nut once in a while.

Where is the proof in that statement?

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It was ecnl team playing at a tournament. He’s right. It was PDA blue/wolves. EDP is better than ecnl at least at this age group.

How do you get 1 EDP/USYS team beating an ECNL team as EDP is better than ECNL? Clarkstown is a good TEAM and all but ECNL is Elite CLUB National League. Why do people forget that? There will always be A team that is better but not many and not across the ages.
That Clarkstown team went undefeated 9-0 in USYS D1 and had 29GF vs 7GA and would have made a good run at USYS nationals had it not been for covid. None of the teams in their div would have come close to that or beating PDA.