I thought playing for national team should be about pride and honour. It should be an honour to be playing for national team. There are only few that ever get a chance to do it. Making money should be through your personal team, private team that you have a contract with. If you dont want to...
I will go and check it out. Hopefully its run well and it gives players further chance
to develop. Young players
will have a chance to further work on their game in a competitive league. It needs to be much better than VMSL Prem to carry on And gain more momentum.
What Russia is doing and starting a war is wrong. They are aggresors and will cause
many deaths. However, Western countries just like Russia, have been doing same for the last 20 years all over the world. Causing damage and destruction of lives. It is sad to see how media is able to potray and...
Again, nobody is promoting shouting and yelling at referees at any age. It is a wrong behaviour to demonstrate to your players. However, as a coach you should be able to ask questions to referees on a decision they make. Why was that a penalty kick for an example? Politely and with respect. If...
Yes, it can be brutal if you dont know what you are doing. Last week, we had a ref that missed every foul, didnt call pass backs and called offsides even though at u9 there are no offsides. No need to yell but you have to point out if they need to improve. Young kids now, every time you try to...
I am not sure who the people at BC soccer are, but just because someone is nice does not mean they are competent at their job. The TD at my daughters club is super nice, however he sucks at his job. Plain and simple. He is fine with how things are instead of always creating better culture. One...
That is exactly what I was talking about in another post. Its covid phase and we are on a break. Kids have nothing to do. Thus, How many of these TDs who get salary will go out of their way and create (safety protocols and all) for club players to continue playing and being active? Going out...
Thanks for bringing this up. It is a good indication of coaches who are to afraid to challenge their players. This is why some kids keep on playing soccer for 4-5 years and still do not know how to play the game properly, how to make a correct pass, or kick the ball. We see it all the time...
Yes, too many hoops to jump through as a coach and always having to beg for field time or for extra sessions. This is the BS I am talking about. I remember one time, I wanted to train one more day in a week, and even though the field was available the club refused to allow it. Something about...
Many good questions. Private academies are good but mainly because majority of players are engaged and want to improve. Game is usually faster and players are much more focused. They like to train, listen well and want play. There is no BS like in ‘house club’ training (ex, mikey you gotta...
Thank you for sharing your experience. I was always wondering why are all the academies within a non-profit soccer club cost so much? I believe TDs are already paid (some are on salary) thus shouldnt they promote and encourage players to be playing the game more and not always wait until money...
To add, most of the TDs and Tcoaches make lots of money. When my kids were younger I said to the TD get kids who are engaged and have a session with them once in a while. He said no, we are a house club. They make 80,000 plus. I am always seeing them observe, observe and observe. For the amount...
Just to clarify, I asked parents of those kids if they want to meet up and play. Nothing to do with a club or a team. Its like a play date. I do not see anything wrong with that and actually would be honoured if someone approached me and said does your daughter want to play with some other kids...
Who cares. Sign your kid up and play some footie. Thats what its about. It shouldnt cost arm and leg to play this game. Too many clubs charge way too much. Most of the coaches suck anyway at the younger level and are too sensitive. When I coached my daughter team (u8,u9) I invited some of the...
Another L. Thanks to ref we got a goal. I still do not what the identity of this team is. Cavallini needs to score more and less of getting stupid cards. Still playing hockey style of soccer. Still not sure why Baldisimo does not start?!?! When he came in you can see a quality that he has...
Of course RT is not quality MLS player let alone be a captain. Do you guys watch Euro games or other soccer games. So many good players in c mid positions that what we have is laughable. Both him and Owusu have not advanced (with the ball) more than 10m once this season. Its always touch, ball...
Watched the game. Toronto played half the speed compared to first game and were still way better. We started with 5 defenders and 2 d mids. No mid play at all. Many long balls and when in possession the ball was continually going backwards. Nobody to show or create some space to play the ball...
Toronto made at least 50 give and goes. Just basic 1-2. Compare Teibert and Bradley, its night and day. Bradley so much composure on the ball, every pass goes forward and most importantly gets open to start an attack. RT plays the ball backwards and then runs asking for the ball back...