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Looks like things are working out, seems like there was a mix up and a coach of another of our teams was contacted who then sent a text to a club official who missed it. So they are working to get it rescheduled and it won't be a forfeit.
Geesh, that would be a rough couple of years let alone a couple months. Glad your daughter is doing better, that is a scary injury. Bones heal, ligaments can be fixed mostly but scary stuff when vision is affected. Good to hear she is back out competing, best of luck.
Thanks! Minor sprained ankle for my daughter and a more serious one for a teammate this weekend, but no games for a few weeks, so plenty of time to recover. They had one of the weirder games I've seen - a 3-0 win with two goals rolling between the legs of the opposing goalie, and the second straight week where there was hail falling for a portion of the game.
I think @zoobirdhas a daughter but not sure at what level of play. I think most of the rest that have commented so far in the thread have sons playing but all are welcome. Interested where does the Girl's Academy League fit in the hierarchy? Is it sort of the girls version of MLS Next risen from the ashes of the old USYS Development Academy program?
My daughter isn't playing at that level. Her team plays in EDP (and not the highest EDP level).
Yep, think that’s essentially it, girls version of MLS next, set up to compete/parallel ECNL. It’s our clubs first year in it and are doing fairly well in our league games and also against ECNL teams in tournaments etc. Fun to see girls play against some really good players from all over the country.
Not unusual for bigger clubs to have 2 or 3 teams at younger age groups like that. They are looking to develop talent for the older teams which have bigger rosters then the young groups. Good Luck !!
Is that common in boys soccer? I've never seen a red card issued and only a couple of yellow cards in 6 years of 2007 girls soccer. Pretty sure it would take an actual punch being thrown for a red card.
My son's a 2006 and straight red, not that often. I think I have seen about 4 over the years. We had a kid get one similar circumstance to @Jobber a few weeks ago. Down 3-0 late in the game the keeper came out on a breakaway and the kid flicked it around him, mid fielder trailing from behind made a play on them that might work 5% of the time and tripped him. Automatic red. Seen that same call when we've had the break away and at least one for a punch being thrown. Much more common is the two yellows equal a red, usually one is something dumb but then if you don't play a little cautious the refs are sometimes looking for you. Doesn't happen a ton but 3 or 4 times a year.
I'll chime in as well. One the Midwest is probably the weakest region in general for youth soccer as far as quality of play (although Chicago does have some clubs that is strong on the national level). I'm guessing part of that is that it isn't as popular there as the rest of the country at the youth level in general.
I have no idea why you are offended and felt the need to be a jerk on your response. It was an honest question. My only point of bringing up that I didn't like it personally was to point out that I don't know the sport. My post was not knocking the sport. My son loves it. It was his favorite sport last year but then he told me people aren't interested in it and football was his favorite now. I don't care what my interests are, if my kids are interested then I will pick up interest. I had an honest question and certainly didn't think anything in my post required attitude back.so your concept of the sport in general decline is not many kids on your kids' elementary school team?
ok... I'll bite.
at a guess, lower level rec soccer and something like 3rd grade soccer might be on a decline. I'd bet that the kids who actually play the sport aren't bothering with elementary school soccer because the quality of play and coaching is low and it likely interferes with their club team schedule. the club soccer kids might even be playing other school sports instead just to mix it up.
with the pro game leaking down into the youth game with pro academies in place all over the country for kids- I think the game has become less "send the kids out for something to do by the soccer-moms" and more, my kid has genuine ability and might go pro some day.
I'll leave it to the boots on the ground guys in here, but I think the youth game has become much more serious and stratified. where non-athlete or non-serious kids might have kept playing into or past middle school, I have a sense the level ramps up so much the bottom end might have fallen away a bit.
soccer on the decline in general is categorically wrong across pretty much every metric (besides your dislike of the sport).
average wage of MLS guys is now pro-athlete levels instead of working at the hardware store levels, and kids are routinely bypassing the old route of college ball to go straight to the pros here in the US and abroad. tv rights are setting records, as are intro costs to buy into the league and overseas ownership. the sport is on TV and internet 24/7and I would guess more kids play the sport- as it was in the 80s- than any other sport. IIRC more kids played back then than baseball and football combined.
That makes sense.
Definitely trying to get him exposed to a variety. He for the most is pretty much a YES when asked sport?
So just curious, it sounded like your son was in 3rd/4th grade? They have school teams at that age or it's a local youth league/club but based on school district? I've never heard of schools (unless private) having organized sports that young. In fact here in PA I don't think PIAA (the state school sport governance) will even allow anything under 6th grade. Most schools start at 7th.
He is in 3rd grade and it is private Catholic school in Catholic school leagues. I don't think the public schools have teams at all. For me growing up (public school in So Cal) it was the same where school teams didn't start until 7th grade. It surprised me that they had teams. It seems that they are feeders for the Catholic H.S. teams in the area (which some are pretty good ranked programs in Illinois... at least for football).
Offended? Not at all. Apologies for ruffling your panties...I didn't think I was being a jerk at all- the question seemed silly to me... I mean, reread it and think it through for yourself. And after I somehow offended you, you seem to have missed the rest of my post taking the time to further answer your question.
Yep guessing it's World Class and Manhattan SC. The complex in Orangeburg is gorgeous. We played the Manhattan team at a college in Staten Island although someone said they also have fields right in Manhattan. Would have been cool but driving and parking in Staten Island was much easier.
So Cal is still the same. NO school teams through elementary school, the middle schools have some but they are mostly a joke and not really competitive - for example, on basketball they sometimes will carry 20 kids and basically rotate groups of 5 each quarter, for flag football which they play 8v8, they carry 24 players but only have 16 play per game, so kids miss 1/3 of games. It's all part of trying to include as many kids as possible, but it definitely does not prepare them for the competition in high school.
The Manhattan game is on Randall's Island. El Floppo had a story about the spot in the other thread. Does the Orangeburg location have raised stands? I am trying to decide if I feel like shooting vid when it's 95 out.
Depending on which field they had a couple small like 3 row bleachers in Orangeburg but no stadium type stands. Not sure about your age group but for the 06"s that World Class team was LEGIT. I think they have one loss all season.
We are going to be short handed, so that could be trouble. Prom season.
I never thought about how things have changed in terms of recruiting on the H.S. level since I was a kid but I am learning.
I'm in my truck right now. Sitting under the highway bridge. I can see field ten where they are playing, it is next to a Stadium where there is a track meet. It is also next to a golf facility. Cool city view in the backround.
nice... that's right across the road from the John Macenroe tennis center where Floppinha plays occasionally (hopefully full time, if she wins a scholarship there in a couple weeks- every digit I own crossed).
that was my son's home HS track... but I know he's done.
