U8 travel soccer is a waste of time

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50? That's a little hard to believe.

Are we talking boys or girls I heard BW only had 6 or 7 U12 girls at tryouts

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Whatever you hear or heard - if you read it here then you have the truth, the whole truth, and nothing but the truth at talkingsoccer.com.

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BW gave Bayside a good match at SC finals..granted, Bayside was the better squad, but not substantially..and Bruno took the easy route going 8 v 8 in SC instead of challenging themselves in 11 v 11..where they would have lost to both bayside and bw..

That's why bayside beat them 5 - 0

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It was 3-1 in the SC final

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BW gave Bayside a good match at SC finals..granted, Bayside was the better squad, but not substantially..and Bruno took the easy route going 8 v 8 in SC instead of challenging themselves in 11 v 11..where they would have lost to both bayside and bw..

BW wasn't even in the finals of the State Cup. They lost to Bayside 5-0 in the first game. Lusitana went to the final game against Bayside.

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Talking about the boys..not girls.

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The problem is that the parents rarely have any notion of what is good in terms of soccer. Pretty much they are all running under "more is better" banner.

The fact is - it really is up to the coaches, club admins, state admins and up - to define boundaries for the "good of the game." Whether it's USSF, USYS, or SRI, they have a responsibility to create boundaries. If you let parents do what they want, the kids would hop out of the stroller, practice corner kicks and play 11 a side soccer.

I had neighbors traveling to an adjacent town so their kid could play U5 (YES U5!!) soccer so they could get a jump start!!! People are crazy.

When you have things like U-12 National Ranking then you know you have a serious adult over-reaching issue. It just goes to show you that narcissism knows no bounds.