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Funny how the Revolution parents are always pointing out the lack of development by the Timbers club. I think the Timbers coaches are doing pretty darn good. Let's not forget that it was the Pacific coaches that went out to the playgrounds to recruit players. The Timbers take the girls they have and develop them. Some maybe not the strongest but, they still must be doing something correctly because you stil are talking about them. The club must not be so bad that your coaches wanted to come join again. Your own coach recommends a Timbers trainer to train girls to include his own. That is fact not fiction.

Who said Tim era don't develop players that is the classic Timbers line about everyone else. They have coaches that do a good job and those that don't at this particular age group and the U10s their model and coaches are just not as good don't get butt hurt about it. You ***C zombies out there talked so much crap about the pacific academy and a bunch of baseball coaches. Now it is obvious you were wrong so you hate and talk about recruiting from play grounds I think your desperation is hilarious

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The pacific team ran in the bend cascade lakes relay on Saturday and had to have iv-drip sunday to play in the game. They would beat harbor 8 out of 10 times anyday.

Not quite but they did go rafting all day and will probably remember that far longer than beating Harbor.

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Who said Tim era don't develop players that is the classic Timbers line about everyone else. They have coaches that do a good job and those that don't at this particular age group and the U10s their model and coaches are just not as good don't get butt hurt about it. You ***C zombies out there talked so much crap about the pacific academy and a bunch of baseball coaches. Now it is obvious you were wrong so you hate and talk about recruiting from play grounds I think your desperation is hilarious

What is hilarous is the people are debating a team of 10 year olds who haven't played anybody, anywhere.

Enjoy your success now. You've earned- to a degree.

I'm quite certain in a couple of years this team won't even exist. Not being mean spirited, it's just true. The better players-- if they are truly talented-- will seek out better opportunities. Whether that be ECNL, bigger clubs access to better leagues etc. It's a fact of high level soccer. Happens to every team as they age. No one excapes it.

If you belong to an ECNL club, you can think you've escaped it, but you haven't. Your best players moved to the ECNL league. If you're club didn't have ECNL, they would've moved to the one that did.

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Who said Tim era don't develop players that is the classic Timbers line about everyone else. They have coaches that do a good job and those that don't at this particular age group and the U10s their model and coaches are just not as good don't get butt hurt about it. You ***C zombies out there talked so much crap about the pacific academy and a bunch of baseball coaches. Now it is obvious you were wrong so you hate and talk about recruiting from play grounds I think your desperation is hilarious

It takes years to develop players. You hate the Timbers club but, let's face it that at older ages they have a history of developing more competative teams for boys and girls then Pacific. Pacific record compared to Timbers is not great. You have volunteer coaches at older levels and that hurts the most. Say how horrible Timbers club is but, if you want to play higher levels at older ages they do have coaches and name recognition needed. If you want to play in Vancouver at older age this will be the club you will look at. It will be funny to look back on this thread when your players are older and wearing a Timbers uniform.

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When you post up scores about winning against teams like Harbor Premier but forget to add that they played 2 gamers the same day in 90 degree weather it asks to be smacked back. For that group of 10 year olds to play Revolution that close on the 3rd game shows that team had guts and some tough players. I am sure you will play them again on a day that they are not on there 3rd game and the score will be much different. Harbor Premier does not have to go out and toot their own horns. You can already see that from what they did yesterday. Your parents and coaches at pacific seem to have Vaseline smeared on your eyes if you don't. You may have won by scoreboard but those kids and club just out classed you by a mile. That another reason Pacific club is never take serious.

PS - I will take standing on a soapbox over a beer keg any day.

7:40 am it was 90 degrees. I thought it was quite cold and wore a jacket in the morning. But over 90, huh? I must have been at a different field.

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What is hilarous is the people are debating a team of 10 year olds who haven't played anybody, anywhere.

Enjoy your success now. You've earned- to a degree.

I'm quite certain in a couple of years this team won't even exist. Not being mean spirited, it's just true. The better players-- if they are truly talented-- will seek out better opportunities. Whether that be ECNL, bigger clubs access to better leagues etc. It's a fact of high level soccer. Happens to every team as they age. No one excapes it.

If you belong to an ECNL club, you
can think you've escaped it, but you haven't. Your best players moved to the ECNL league. If you're club didn't have ECNL, they would've moved to the one that did.

Got to start some place why not pick a team that has something going on. Your right though thread is goofy.

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What is hilarous is the people are debating a team of 10 year olds who haven't played anybody, anywhere.

Enjoy your success now. You've earned- to a degree.

I'm quite certain in a couple of years this team won't even exist. Not being mean spirited, it's just true. The better players-- if they are truly talented-- will seek out better opportunities. Whether that be ECNL, bigger clubs access to better leagues etc. It's a fact of high level soccer. Happens to every team as they age. No one excapes it.

If you belong to an ECNL club, you can think you've escaped it, but you haven't. Your best players moved to the ECNL league. If you're club didn't have ECNL, they would've moved to the one that did.

Statement is totally true. There is not one team that has the same rosters at U18 that had at
U11.

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It takes years to develop players. You hate the Timbers club but, let's face it that at older ages they have a history of developing more competative teams for boys and girls then Pacific. Pacific record compared to Timbers is not great. You have volunteer coaches at older levels and that hurts the most. Say how horrible Timbers club is but, if you want to play higher levels at older ages they do have coaches and name recognition needed. If you want to play in Vancouver at older age this will be the club you will look at. It will be funny to look back on this thread when your players are older and wearing a Timbers uniform.

Its all hit and miss in the couve. Timbers do well because they have more numbers. They have some good coaches and some good teams. But players will flock to the better team in the area. Its a game of attrition, and the Timbers have more numbers to handle that. Please dont fool yourself that they do a better job of developing.

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It takes years to develop players. You hate the Timbers club but, let's face it that at older ages they have a history of developing more competative teams for boys and girls then Pacific. Pacific record compared to Timbers is not great. You have volunteer coaches at older levels and that hurts the most. Say how horrible Timbers club is but, if you want to play higher levels at older ages they do have coaches and name recognition needed. If you want to play in Vancouver at older age this will be the club you will look at. It will be funny to look back on this thread when your players are older and wearing a Timbers uniform.

Timbers u18 girls Burgandy is their 2nd team, they just won the Bend Silver division. Pacific had two teams in the Gold Division. Not saying Pacific is great, but how is Timbers B team in Silver, if they do so much developing. Even crappy Pacific had two better teams in the tournament. Dont drink the kool-aid. Its just a normal money making machine, nothing special going on over there. Find the right coach and team and enjoy.

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Its all hit and miss in the couve. Timbers do well because they have more numbers. They have some good coaches and some good teams. But players will flock to the better team in the area. Its a game of attrition, and the Timbers have more numbers to handle that. Please dont fool yourself that they do a better job of developing.

That may be true. I guess it be better to expand to look at Portland too. The real question is when should players consider the move?

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yeah, moron, there is a common factor to the exodus of these 2 teams. It's called ECNL. Maybe you've heard of it.

Not a single girl has left either of those 2 teams for anything other than an ECNL spot.

You guys are so funny with your massive mis-information campaigns. A little pathetic, but funny all the same.

Really? Because I'm pretty sure that about 5-9 players who have zero interest in Ecnl are now playing for non-ecnl teams in Portland due to poor coaching. Check your facts. Only a handful of players left for ecnl/academy reasons. Had the coach/Doc pulled their crap together, they would still have a Red team. More than half of the team left and it had nothing to do with Ecnl. Try again before you start with the name calling.

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Its all hit and miss in the couve. Timbers do well because they have more numbers. They have some good coaches and some good teams. But players will flock to the better team in the area. Its a game of attrition, and the Timbers have more numbers to handle that. Please dont fool yourself that they do a better job of developing.

Smartest person on here, well said.

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Really? Because I'm pretty sure that about 5-9 players who have zero interest in Ecnl are now playing for non-ecnl teams in Portland due to poor coaching. Check your facts. Only a handful of players left for ecnl/academy reasons. Had the coach/Doc pulled their crap together, they would still have a Red team. More than half of the team left and it had nothing to do with Ecnl. Try again before you start with the name calling.

Are you talking about the 97's?

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Its all hit and miss in the couve. Timbers do well because they have more numbers. They have some good coaches and some good teams. But players will flock to the better team in the area. Its a game of attrition, and the Timbers have more numbers to handle that. Please dont fool yourself that they do a better job of developing.

Perfect except the attrition part you may only be half right they have struggled with their older teams numbers where pacific has not, probably mostly because at that point 99% of kids and parents know that soccer is going to be something they do for fun and not for a living. So why not play where it won't cost you a ton and volunteer coaches are okay no matter what their experience as long as it's fun and their friends are with them. The others that have potential to play beyond club move on to THUSC or FCP for girls or west side timbers for boys. This age it happens to be pretty even as far as player numbers ***C may have a few more they have a fourth team but going to be very tough to catch up with this PFC team, can't beat them join them if your good enough the Couv needs everyone to compete with the big boys.

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Perfect except the attrition part you may only be half right they have struggled with their older teams numbers where pacific has not, probably mostly because at that point 99% of kids and parents know that soccer is going to be something they do for fun and not for a living. So why not play where it won't cost you a ton and volunteer coaches are okay no matter what their experience as long as it's fun and their friends are with them. The others that have potential to play beyond club move on to THUSC or FCP for girls or west side timbers for boys. This age it happens to be pretty even as far as player numbers ***C may have a few more they have a fourth team but going to be very tough to catch up with this PFC team, can't beat them join them if your good enough the Couv needs everyone to compete with the big boys.

But if you join them now when do you leave to go to Portland FC or another big club? Does it make more sense to just go straight to Portland clubs? At what age do you see the biggest drop off in soccer? At what ages is it harder to get on good teams excluding the exceptional player?