SuperNatural
SILVER ELITE
So what's my other option? My kid is better than the local club teams around us. Those kids won't push him, the training is sub par and players are ok but not good enough to make him stretch himself. There is no local fully funded academy team and we aren't moving. We want him to be around the best players he can so he can be as good as he can be. He won't be a pro...that's fine. His future will be his brain anyways. Soccer in college? Sure. If it opens a door and is a good fit, but not a necessity. But he's good enough to be around good kids and training and see how good he can get. He will also be a late bloomer so who knows what will happen when he catches up to these 03 man-children. I get it that we aren't at the top of the food chain and he's not a future super star. Ok. So I'm not allowed to ever say that "my kid is an academy player?" What should we do? His academy coach is great, training is good and he's having fun and getting better. How is this a disservice?
You're a trip. No one's asking you to solve anything...I don't get what you are asking. Are you saying that the Galaxy kids are wasting their time playing versus pay to play teams like mine?
How is that my problem to solve? If Galaxy kids are suffering so much playing against my flight 1 rec kid, they are welcome to play up an age, move to Europe or whatever. That's not really my problem.
I don't understand who I am trying to fool. I am perfectly aware of where my kid sits in the pecking order and because he doesn't play for Galaxy, he is worthless and should just play for the local rec team? There is no middle ground? What is the option for my family?
You know where you stand playing for a p4p recreational team and that's fine; it's just about the parents who boast about academy status that's laughable.