How does Arsenal still have an Academy?

RocketFile said:
Go to DA which has its own challenges - more travel, more soccer hours, no high school soccer, etc.
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Is High School Soccer anything but a social experiment these days? Isn't everything that matters going on at the top club levels?
 
Playing for a top HS team still gets you some exposure for college and the HS sports experience is a ton of fun so, to many it is a real negative that DAs don't allow HS soccer.

HS soccer also allows you to play with brothers and friends outside your age group year.
 
God said:
*E-Flexing*

Check out my E-Muscles.


LOL Self-pwnd

This lil guy can't differentiate between P2P clubs and his ussda team.
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" lil guy" I Like that .........I Sense some deep wounds here maybe i can help with your " PAIN" ...please tell me when this " distressing feeling " started!
 
ARSENALDAD2003 said:
" lil guy" I Like that .........I Sense some deep wounds here maybe i can help with your " PAIN" ...please tell me when this " distressing feeling " started!
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You're still here??

smh...and your only comeback is a mere reach? Stop wasting your time you got nothing.
 
ARSENALDAD2003 said:
"The force is strong with this one"..so tell me who deserves a spot since we are not worthy of academy status.
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You continue reaching for argument points, why? What exactly is it that you're trying to prove?

I'll go ahead and give it a go anyway-

Why not decrease the number of clubs if they're not up to snuff? What's the point of playing these teams? Same reason why Gold shouldn't play Bronze, it impedes development.
 
I'm not trying to prove anything or argue any point but wanted to know why you think our club is not worthy of academy status.
what's the point!....there is none it's about the "money" you probably know this it's always been the same as a parent you have to make your kid priority above the club or team.
 
RocketFile said:
Playing for a top HS team still gets you some exposure for college and the HS sports experience is a ton of fun so, to many it is a real negative that DAs don't allow HS soccer.

HS soccer also allows you to play with brothers and friends outside your age group year.
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HS soccer has a lot of problems, but I think that is the biggest advantage it provides, allowing players to compete outside their age group. I played varsity soccer as a Freshman and Sophmore and it was definitely a good experience regularly playing and training with guys who were bigger, faster, and more experienced than me. Club soccer tends to keep players in a pretty tight-age band.

To make matters worse, DA is now getting rid of multi-age groups so by next year everyone will be playing in just their birth year. The older kids get, it's important that they learn how to break into a lineup and not always be an instant starter. Having a multi-age group, forces the younger players to step up in other ways since their physical advantages are diminished.

One of the major problems in the last ten years for our young players that went overseas is that they didn't know how to break into lineups. Heck, not only overseas, even in our domestic leagues. American young players tend to languish on the bench or on reserve teams because they don't know how to fight to take someone's spot if they don't have an ingrained overwhelming advantage. It's why you don't see most American players becoming starters until 24-25 years old. A good 4-5 years behind the rest of the world. There are a lot of reasons for this, but I definitely feel we do a poor job of challenging elite players in America. When a kid is an "Impact" player, they're usually put in positions to maximize team victories, not challenge or encourage individual growth. I've seen kids who were permanent starters from u8 to u16 and then struggle in adulthood when they try to go to the next level because they never learned how to play effectively coming off the bench, which is completely different than being a starter.

Anybody who's played professionally will tell you they had to learn how to fight to get on a match day roster, fight to get in the sub rotation, fight to be the first sub, fight to get in the starting lineup, fight to hold on to starting spot, and to fight to regain starting spot after an injury. I'd say the top 33% of our SoCal players have almost zero experience dealing with those mental battles. And the few times their playing time drops below 80%, both the kid and parents are crying about it and want to jump ship immediately. So by the time they're 18-19 years-old, they may have very good abilities but they're not mentally strong and they can't break into a team that has 7-10 year veterans.

This is why I think HS Soccer can in certain situations have some use for 9-11th graders. Obviously a lot depends on the local talent pool, but it can give young players a chance to play with and against players who have a lot more relative experience and physicality. If College Soccer wasn't so archaic, players could benefit more from the multiage band as well.

Another upside to HS Soccer is that it helps grow the game from a culture standpoint when you have the top local players playing for their HS. it brings more awareness and excitement to the community. Instead now there's a big chunk of top players who are locked away out of sight and who their local community never really gets to identify with.
 
That is a good argument to play HS Soccer as a freshman or Sophomore, but what about Junior/Senior years where you are no longer fighting for field time?

Also, if DA before HS, you could just practice with older DA teams, I assume it would be looked at favorably by the DA coaches.
 
God said:
Why not decrease the number of clubs if they're not up to snuff? What's the point of playing these teams? Same reason why Gold shouldn't play Bronze, it impedes development.
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What's the point of Galaxy playing any local team? They can scrimmage themselves and not impede development. That drive to Nomads dude, 5-0 wtf?
Why does Dog have drive his kid eight miles to Norco. He can drive five hours to play against a real academy. On the other hand, if Dog's kid isn't one of the two "superstars" on the team he should perhaps continue to drive to Norco and let his boy have some fun. Might even get a hat trick against arsenal.
After all, the kid's fantasy won't last much longer.
 
Bagby said:
What's the point of Galaxy playing any local team? They can scrimmage themselves and not impede development. That drive to Nomads dude, 5-0 wtf?
Why does Dog have drive his kid eight miles to Norco. He can drive five hours to play against a real academy. On the other hand, if Dog's kid isn't one of the two "superstars" on the team he should perhaps continue to drive to Norco and let his boy have some fun. Might even get a hat trick against arsenal.
After all, the kid's fantasy won't last much longer.
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Your Up syndrome logic is confusing.
 
Eusebio said:
One of the major problems in the last ten years for our young players that went overseas is that they didn't know how to break into lineups. Heck, not only overseas, even in our domestic leagues. American young players tend to languish on the bench or on reserve teams because they don't know how to fight to take someone's spot if they don't have an ingrained overwhelming advantage. It's why you don't see most American players becoming starters until 24-25 years old. A good 4-5 years behind the rest of the world. There are a lot of reasons for this, but I definitely feel we do a poor job of challenging elite players in America. When a kid is an "Impact" player, they're usually put in positions to maximize team victories, not challenge or encourage individual growth. I've seen kids who were permanent starters from u8 to u16 and then struggle in adulthood when they try to go to the next level because they never learned how to play effectively coming off the bench, which is completely different than being a starter.
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Maybe, but I think most of them struggle because they aren't good enough, and it takes them time to get their game up to European level. I don't see Pulisic struggling for playing time.

And the few times their playing time drops below 80%, both the kid and parents are crying about it and want to jump ship immediately. So by the time they're 18-19 years-old, they may have very good abilities but they're not mentally strong and they can't break into a team that has 7-10 year veterans.
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But you have to play to get better. You're implying that not playing and fighting for a spot gets you mentally strong, but is it worth being mentally strong if you haven't developed your abilities? I think you have to develop skills first and worry about mental strength later.
 
God said:
ogic is confusing.
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How can You use the word logic?
The word fun confuses you. You never mention it. Bet the word camaraderie freaks you out.
When the fantasy is over and the boys rebel against us dads and they all will they won't rebel against fun. If you're the GS dad who slapped his kid in front of his teammates back when for not playing hard enough get ready.
 
Bagby said:
How can You use the word logic?
The word fun confuses you. You never mention it. Bet the word camaraderie freaks you out.
When the fantasy is over and the boys rebel against us dads and they all will they won't rebel against fun. If you're the GS dad who slapped his kid in front of his teammates back when for not playing hard enough get ready.
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lol What the fuck are you talking about?
 
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