Top clubs forcing kids to join earlier rather than later

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Crossfire Premier will soon be requiring that players play for their club for 3 years BEFORE being eligible to join an ECNL or USSDA team. That's how you suck them in at U11 instead of U14.

http://www.crossfiresoccer.org/home/856158.html

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That is funny. I wonder how that works when a really talented player knocks on the door? Can you spell DISCOVERY? Discovery play can be considerably cheaper and that will be the club's only loophole for gaining a quality addition. After all, NO quality addition is going to sit around playing on a really crappy team in Oregon hoping to someday be considered for ECNL. I bet it will make all the average player's parents jump though!!!!!!!!

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Not sure what to think about this.

Is this Crossfire policy only or ECNL?

I dont like when clubs tell me what I have to do with my dd if I think they may have a chance to play at that level.

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Crossfire Premier will soon be requiring that players play for their club for 3 years BEFORE being eligible to join an ECNL or USSDA team. That's how you suck them in at U11 instead of U14.

http://www.crossfiresoccer.org/home/856158.html

And you think that tryout numbers were low last year. If they impliment this, they will be lucky to field teams.

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That is funny. I wonder how that works when a really talented player knocks on the door? Can you spell DISCOVERY? Discovery play can be considerably cheaper and that will be the club's only loophole for gaining a quality addition. After all, NO quality addition is going to sit around playing on a really crappy team in Oregon hoping to someday be considered for ECNL. I bet it will make all the average player's parents jump though!!!!!!!!

Some exceptions may be made including but not limited to, those who travel from far away and for people who move into the Seattle area from out of state. All players must maintain a minimum of a 3.0 GPA or they will be placed on academic probation. Only the Director of Coaching can review any exceptions to these rules.

This is probably the answer to the what does the club do when a quality addition knocks on the door. Note the limitation to 1 Discovery player now and they must live at least 50 miles away.

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Crossfire Premier will soon be requiring that players play for their club for 3 years BEFORE being eligible to join an ECNL or USSDA team. That's how you suck them in at U11 instead of U14.

http://www.crossfiresoccer.org/home/856158.html

What is the driving force behind this?

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Smart move!

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And you think that tryout numbers were low last year. If they impliment this, they will be lucky to field teams.

Crossfire WA has trouble getting players? Don't think so.

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What is the driving force behind this?

Money, money, money.

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Money, money, money.

Sad, sad, sad.

Is this Crossfire policy or ECNL?

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What is the driving force behind this?

Lets see...take the Crossfire U14 Girls team this year. They regulated like 8 girls to the B team after a handful of Seattle United and EFC girls tried out for the ECNL team and made it. Now a majority of these girls were with the Crossfire team from U9 and all of a sudden they get cut and sent down. How many parents do you think were pissed after supporting this program and the team for all these years just to lose their spot to little Susie who may only be just as good as the girl sent down? I am sure these parents and the parents for the upcoming teams had something to say.

....at a young age we all think our kids will be the next superstar. This should bring many more kids to Crossfire sooner rather than later. Can you say Cha Ching?

Now ask yourself, "what is my club doing?"

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Gullible parents is what drives this..

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sad, sad, sad.

Is this crossfire policy or ecnl?

ussda

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And you think that tryout numbers were low last year. If they impliment this, they will be lucky to field teams.

Tryout numbers are huge at Xfire Premier (WA).

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Tryout numbers are huge at Xfire Premier (WA).

Exactly, someone posted this on another thread about Crossfire Premier (WA). It is the past two years of their U18 teams. There are many years listed and all are similar. They have no problem fielding a team even at the older ages.

When I look at the Crossfire Premier's of the world I get why they may need a higher league in which to play. Look at the U18 ECNL teams they have fielded the last couple of years. It is D1 central. It is hard to field U18 teams.

2015
Keagan Bolibol Point Loma Nazarene U.
Kaiti Brixey Concordia U.
Veronica Chung San Jose St. U.
Emma Dahline Washington St. U.
Regan Gibbs U. of Kansas
Annie Lorelei Hoffman Boise St. U.
Katrina Holt Colby U.
Claire Johnson U. of Idaho
Kennedy Kieneker U. of Arizona
Isabelle Marquez U. of Massachusetts
Olivia Ovenell U. of San Diego
Taylor Sekyra U. of Washington
Sydnee Smith Seattle Pacific U.
Brook Swensen Evergreen St. Col.
Devan Talley Eastern WA U.
Meredith Thieme Claremont McKenna Col.
Jodi Ulkekul Gonzaga U.
Kaytlin Willis Seattle Pacific U.
Olivia Witherspoon Creighton U.
Karli White Seattle U.

2014
Abby Morrow U. of Oregon
Arianna Hudson Florida State U.
Beth Stella Princeton U.
Brooke Holland Seattle Pacific U.
Brooke Pingrey Seattle Pacific U.
Cali Crisler U. of Arizona
Claire O'Brien Swarthmore College
Courtney Fedor U. of Colorado
Darby Mason U. of Pennsylvania
Emily Boyd U. of Cal. Berkeley
Emily Crichlow Colgate U.
Emily Johnson Columbia U.
Emma Bergstrom Oregon State U.
Erin Schlosser U of Redlands
Hailey Kuykendall U. of Redlands
Jaeden Chew U. of Cincinnati
Jamie Farrell Stony Brook U.
Jessica Kennedy U. of Portland
Jordan Branch Washington St. U.
Jordyn England Montana St. U.
Kylie Allison U. of Incar. Word
Leah Corra Whitworth U.
Madelyn Secman U. of Portland
Rachel Wheeler U. of Washington
Savannah VanCritters Gonzaga U.
Sierra Bilinger U. of Arizona
Simone Gunsolus WashingtonSt U.
Zoe Higgins U. of Oregon