The Untold Truth of PDA

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Why is it devalue? You have X amount of teams and y amount of players. Just as in real life if someone better comes along guess what, you get bumped down. People complaining that little Suzie was recruited then benched then didn't make the cut says 1 of 2 things. Either A. She just wasn't good enough or B. The parent(s) were blow hard distractions and she was cut because of them. From the way the parent is complaining it may be B or a combo of both but B is definitely part of it. Any parent who's been around awhile has seen at least 1 player cut due to their parent(s).

Why do people think that PDA or any club owes them loyalty to stay on the ECNL team? People really need to get their head out of the butts about soccer. If you want the feel good everyone gets equal playing time and a trophy garbage go back to township soccer. ECNL, GA and USYS D1 are where the best players go to because they want to become better and play against better players.

This isn't the Marine's...If you don't keep up, you get left behind! Stop coddling the girls and let them play. If they don't make your expectation then sit back and realize why little Suzie started playing and wants to continue to play and move on.

We know parents who have been thrown out of games many times and their kids continue to play. Parents in this sport are nuts including me and everyone on this board. You have to be a little nutty to agree to give up your own life and travel all over to disgusting places, stay in gross hotels and **** in portable potties every weekend for years.

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We know parents who have been thrown out of games many times and their kids continue to play. Parents in this sport are nuts including me and everyone on this board. You have to be a little nutty to agree to give up your own life and travel all over to disgusting places, stay in gross hotels and **** in portable potties every weekend for years.

Lmao you do the same! If your kids weren't involved in soccer you wouldn't be on here trashing another club.

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Lmao you do the same! If your kids weren't involved in soccer you wouldn't be on here trashing another club.

Yes! I admitted I’m nuts- read what I wrote. I am very self aware. At least we agree on that.

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This makes no sense and not related to the OP. Get on topic please. Keep it moving.

Not the poster but it does make sense and applies. By high school it's no longer just about skill but also about drive. Drive gets you more PT. Drive puts you ahead of others. Plenty of players who have skirted by as a ulittle and through middle school (because they could or were just great athletes or big for their age) now find themselves getting passed by players that worked harder at the sport. Time to step it up, especially if you think you want D1.

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Why is it devalue? You have X amount of teams and y amount of players. Just as in real life if someone better comes along guess what, you get bumped down. People complaining that little Suzie was recruited then benched then didn't make the cut says 1 of 2 things. Either A. She just wasn't good enough or B. The parent(s) were blow hard distractions and she was cut because of them. From the way the parent is complaining it may be B or a combo of both but B is definitely part of it. Any parent who's been around awhile has seen at least 1 player cut due to their parent(s).

Why do people think that PDA or any club owes them loyalty to stay on the ECNL team? People really need to get their head out of the butts about soccer. If you want the feel good everyone gets equal playing time and a trophy garbage go back to township soccer. ECNL, GA and USYS D1 are where the best players go to because they want to become better and play against better players.

This isn't the Marine's...If you don't keep up, you get left behind! Stop coddling the girls and let them play. If they don't make your expectation then sit back and realize why little Suzie started playing and wants to continue to play and move on.

Some advice you have. LOL. Reputable coaches and clubs develop youth soccer players. You blame parents and players for the cuts. Immature person. You clearly don’t have what it takes to be around youth soccer players.

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Not the poster but it does make sense and applies. By high school it's no longer just about skill but also about drive. Drive gets you more PT. Drive puts you ahead of others. Plenty of players who have skirted by as a ulittle and through middle school (because they could or were just great athletes or big for their age) now find themselves getting passed by players that worked harder at the sport. Time to step it up, especially if you think you want D1.

Yes for sure! And no longer about the parents drive or push- it must come from within the child. That you can absolutely tell. Many kids with parents that want it more than them or are obsessed will have turned their kid off. Those are really the crazy ones - the quiet ones that sit on the side alone and don’t talk to anyone. Those are always worse than the screamers. Star at 8-13 and slow decline 14-15 and then out. And then there are the incredible athletes who just arrive at 14 played another sport And now like soccer! - I.e, Alex Morgan.

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Yes for sure! And no longer about the parents drive or push- it must come from within the child. That you can absolutely tell. Many kids with parents that want it more than them or are obsessed will have turned their kid off. Those are really the crazy ones - the quiet ones that sit on the side alone and don’t talk to anyone. Those are always worse than the screamers. Star at 8-13 and slow decline 14-15 and then out. And then there are the incredible athletes who just arrive at 14 played another sport And now like soccer! - I.e, Alex Morgan.

Absolutely your kid won't make it to the next level - and play at the next level - unless they want it and work for it. In D1 you're constantly fighting for PT and even your spot. Some can't hack it, some no longer want it enough (usually the kids whose parents pushed too hard). 14+ is where the wheat starts to separate from the chaf.

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Absolutely your kid won't make it to the next level - and play at the next level - unless they want it and work for it. In D1 you're constantly fighting for PT and even your spot. Some can't hack it, some no longer want it enough (usually the kids whose parents pushed too hard). 14+ is where the wheat starts to separate from the chaf.

And it’s okay if they do and okay if they don’t. Life is full of choices and options. How lucky they are just starting.

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We know parents who have been thrown out of games many times and their kids continue to play. Parents in this sport are nuts including me and everyone on this board. You have to be a little nutty to agree to give up your own life and travel all over to disgusting places, stay in gross hotels and **** in portable potties every weekend for years.

Obviously you've never been in the military. Why do you have to be nuts to go above and beyond for your kids? I enjoy watching mine play at the level they are at. If that means paying $3k for a club and travel and they are playing good minutes and they are happy then it is worth it to me.

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Some advice you have. LOL. Reputable coaches and clubs develop youth soccer players. You blame parents and players for the cuts. Immature person. You clearly don’t have what it takes to be around youth soccer players.

Reputable coaches and clubs...bahbahbah. Let me know when you find one. Every top club will take a better player and every other club wishes they had that ability. Either you're still in the u-little phase or clueless about top level youth soccer clubs. It isn't the parents or the players fault they were cut it must be the coaches. You're one of those parents that will blame the teachers and schools because your kid didn't get into Harvard or Yale.

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Reputable coaches and clubs...bahbahbah. Let me know when you find one. Every top club will take a better player and every other club wishes they had that ability. Either you're still in the u-little phase or clueless about top level youth soccer clubs. It isn't the parents or the players fault they were cut it must be the coaches. You're one of those parents that will blame the teachers and schools because your kid didn't get into Harvard or Yale.

You never experienced reputable coaches and clubs. You got involved early on with the wrong club. That is why you have resentments to players and parents. Coaches like you who can’t develop their own youth players, and constantly look poaching better players from real coaches and clubs don’t belong in youth sports.

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Some parents/players don't want to stay when they know they are demoted. As for other girls being so lucky, most clubs/teams will have a player come tryout at any point in the year.

Sure. But not all clubs are like PDA. When they have 15-16 players on the roster, they will be more cautious taking more girls at the expense of the playtime for the girls committed. In fact, I would be careful when the coach is still willing to take another girl when the roster is at 18.

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The analogy to military or college soccer is very misleading. Do you pay to serve? No. Do you pay to play college soccer. Well yes. Tuition. But not to play soccer.

Now do you pay to play youth soccer? Yes.

So when you pay, you don’t get the service you pay for and you do nothing about it. What does that make you? An idiot. A prey.

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This thread is meaningless. Those “winners”are always defending PDA until they aren’t.

My post is quite meaningless too. :)

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Sure. But not all clubs are like PDA. When they have 15-16 players on the roster, they will be more cautious taking more girls at the expense of the playtime for the girls committed. In fact, I would be careful when the coach is still willing to take another girl when the roster is at 18.

Every club and I mean every club near me ie within an hour would drop the worst player for a shiny new starter. Don't fool yourself, every coach wants to win and will bring in a new player they think is better at the expense of one that hasn't progressed while being on the team. The only teams being cautious are the ones in danger of folding because they can't replace key players and fear others leaving. Teams keeping 15-16 do so because they can't find more players, simple as that.