Seattle United's Size Flex

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Seattle United has almost every inherent advantage except dedicated field space. If Jimmy was not trying to keep within shouting distance of Bernie, SU would be even worse. I still don't think SU is a below average club on a national basis. It is just always chasing XF.

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Seattle United has almost every inherent advantage except dedicated field space. If Jimmy was not trying to keep within shouting distance of Bernie, SU would be even worse. I still don't think SU is a below average club on a national basis. It is just always chasing XF.

Agreed. I’m interested to see what Bernie’s next move is. Just feels like ECNL isn’t enough after the DA debacle.

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3 full ECNL teams in each age group.

Source: Bernie's neighbor's cousin's gardener's dog-walker.

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So a couple of things. SU struggles as the have sub-par coaches. In comparison of XF not all clubs make team fees and travel free like Xfire. I would freely state that if I could have a kid get paid to play soccer I would. That is the model of xfire at the upper ages.

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So a couple of things. SU struggles as the have sub-par coaches. In comparison of XF not all clubs make team fees and travel free like Xfire. I would freely state that if I could have a kid get paid to play soccer I would. That is the model of xfire at the upper ages.

free travel/fees is uncommon among US soccer clubs in general (for girls). if there's another team besides crossfire doing it, I don't know of it.

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Valor's CEO is telling people that he's lining up a sponsor to make their club free to play

So we've got that going for us

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So a couple of things. SU struggles as the have sub-par coaches. In comparison of XF not all clubs make team fees and travel free like Xfire. I would freely state that if I could have a kid get paid to play soccer I would. That is the model of xfire at the upper ages.

THIS. Coaching is bad, especially compared to coaches they had on staff a few years ago, who have moved on to other clubs/careers. There's a lot of turnover now.

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Valor's CEO is telling people that he's lining up a sponsor to make their club free to play

So we've got that going for us

When it's free, I'm moving to your club

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Valor's CEO is telling people that he's lining up a sponsor to make their club free to play

So we've got that going for us

Just like when they were going to get ECNL right? They take in almost a million dollars in fees. There’s a zero percent chance Dean is lining up a million dollar sponsor.

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Just like when they were going to get ECNL right? They take in almost a million dollars in fees. There’s a zero percent chance Dean is lining up a million dollar sponsor.

I agree with you I don't think it's going to be free. If it is, it's better than ECNL.

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Valor's CEO is telling people that he's lining up a sponsor to make their club free to play

So we've got that going for us

Valors CEO is an idiot . It will be pay to play forever! who is going to sponsor a non performing club in the middle of nowhere ?

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Will the two people who continually post about valor please start their own thread? The majority of us give two ***ks

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But Valor is LIFE!

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So a couple of things. SU struggles as the have sub-par coaches. In comparison of XF not all clubs make team fees and travel free like Xfire. I would freely state that if I could have a kid get paid to play soccer I would. That is the model of xfire at the upper ages.

Although I think I like XF style of no pay at the upper levels, why hasn't other clubs adopted it? Perhaps it is unsustainable financially?

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Although I think I like XF style of no pay at the upper levels, why hasn't other clubs adopted it? Perhaps it is unsustainable financially?

I don’t think it’s feasible. My understanding is that XF makes a significant amount of money from their tournaments which significantly helps their financials. Most clubs can’t do the same.