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    #31
    I am glad that these kids returned to play for SSS. This is a good team for them and JL is the only good coach that you listed. He is able to get a lot out of his players and is a good tactical coach. DL does not coach girls anymore and LL (dad) is not a good tactical coach unless you consider kick it long a tactical game. LL is only good at the younger ages where tactics do not play a role in the game. I knows NDA won the Division 2 state title this past year but a goat could have coached that team to a state title. LL tactics are to high pressure teams at the young ages and let her superstar score all the goals. It is not tactics but bully soccer. I am curious about her U10 team and what happens there. also her teams play up and down and uses player pass to play in multiple games when playing against good teams. MAPLE needs to allow player only to play in one game per day or forfiet the game. LL thinks she is bulling the wool over everybodies eyes but it is very plain to see.

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      #32
      Originally posted by Unregistered View Post
      We bailed from SSS about 2 years ago. The main problem is that LL is a great coach....for YOUNG KIDS. After that, she holds onto her "favorite" team. The coaching staff at SSS are NOT PROFESSIONAL even though they say they are. After about u11, the club is not developing anyone. The coaches make promises to the girls that they cannot keep, (ex. playing region 1) select can't compete in that league!!!!
      You do realize her u13 team is in region 1 premier league? Wether they can compete or not will be proven on the field and not on this site.

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        #33
        You do realize that the current U16 were in R1 at that age (u13) also and everybody left becasue they did not compete on the field and went to other clubs (Stars and Scorpions) at U14. R1 is also not the same as it was when the 16 were in it either. All the top clubs across the country are playing ECNL or NPL. You SSS parents don't get it. Your club will never get out o MAPLE and your players will miss the boat. Keep believing what a land rover president is driving. Go to Breaker, NEFC or Stars. I don't care but you are wasting your time and money with SSS no mtter how good you are now or how good you think you will be in the future. LL is not the god you think she is but keep drinking the beer in the skybox and driving your kids home drunk at night.

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          #34
          The last line is to funny. Maybe when the SSS parents finally sober up they are smart enough to realize it is a joke and leave.

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            #35
            Originally posted by Unregistered View Post
            Pretty well covered over the years here. SSS does a great job of training 5-12 year olds. Lots of opportunities to train during the week, at their own facility, and trained correctly long before all focused on ball skills. It's when players get to the 13 or 14s, when it needs to go to a bit more tactical. They have never had anyone who could organize and train/direct the older teams properly, and then coupled with bad decisions in the movement of players, the parents and players get frustrated and leave. Doesn't help that Scorps are in the next town. Scorps have recruited SSS kids for almost 15 yrs now. It's a great club for U12 or 13. They will learn ball skills and passing skills better than most. They either can't or do not want to get into the tactical side. Plus the top isn't working a plan, they are flying by the seat of there pants most of the time. They won't go anywhere, and if they ever get that piece together they would be dangerous.
            This is spot on. SSS does a great job at the younger ages. The kids feel comfortable with the ball. Their ball skills are superb and LL is a great coach. The issue is how many teams can one person coach. There is no professional staff or infrastructure in place other than a crisis management atmosphere that lends itself to long term organizational disintegration. They need full time staff coaches with the credentials to keep players around long term. And, like it or not, Maple blows. The new market reality is that once the kids stick with soccer, they will want to play with and against Stars of MA top teams and NEFC top teams. Those teams will never put their better teams in Maple. It's ECNL, NEP, NPL and Region 1. Having one Reg 1 team doesn't cut it. They have an opportunity to change but will they invest in those type of resources and end the dependence on Maple?

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              #36
              Originally posted by Unregistered View Post
              U-16 team is still very good with kids returning to SSS after playing elsewhere for a few years. The top coaches including including LL, LL, DL and JL (not related) are some of the best trainers in the state. This team is still one of the top 5 in MA. Keep an eye out for them to make some noise in some of the top tournaments.
              That is laughable! They went to seacost and drew one game and lost 2. That is not something a top 5 team in the state does. They lost to MPS Crusaders and Galway in that tournament. Neither of those teams are in the top 5 so how can you even say that.

              There are a dozen teams that are better than them.

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                #37
                Originally posted by Unregistered View Post
                That is laughable! They went to seacost and drew one game and lost 2. That is not something a top 5 team in the state does. They lost to MPS Crusaders and Galway in that tournament. Neither of those teams are in the top 5 so how can you even say that.

                There are a dozen teams that are better than them.
                I agree. Top 5 is a reach. In no particular order here are teams that are better than Select in that age group

                MPS Renegades
                NEFC Elite
                Scorpions ECNL
                Stars ECNL
                Aztec
                Stars NPL
                Blazers
                Scorpions NPL
                CSU
                Galway
                MPS Crusaders

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                  #38
                  Originally posted by Unregistered View Post
                  You do realize that the current U16 were in R1 at that age (u13) also and everybody left becasue they did not compete on the field and went to other clubs (Stars and Scorpions) at U14. R1 is also not the same as it was when the 16 were in it either. All the top clubs across the country are playing ECNL or NPL. You SSS parents don't get it. Your club will never get out o MAPLE and your players will miss the boat. Keep believing what a land rover president is driving. Go to Breaker, NEFC or Stars. I don't care but you are wasting your time and money with SSS no mtter how good you are now or how good you think you will be in the future. LL is not the god you think she is but keep drinking the beer in the skybox and driving your kids home drunk at night.
                  Have you ever considered for one moment that maybe these girls (and many other players from other teams) are perfectly happy where they are, that perhaps they are not interested in traveling all over the country to get noticed by a D1 college, or any college to play soccer, but are more interested in just playing soccer because they love it and want to get into a college of their choice based on academics?

                  Nah, didn't think so, not on this thread. You diehard, D1 college chasing parents should have a heart to heart, one on one, face to face (not while driving to soccer practice) conversation with your daughter and ask her what "her" goals are and why. I wonder if they're the same as yours.

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                    #39
                    Originally posted by Unregistered View Post
                    Have you ever considered for one moment that maybe these girls (and many other players from other teams) are perfectly happy where they are, that perhaps they are not interested in traveling all over the country to get noticed by a D1 college, or any college to play soccer, but are more interested in just playing soccer because they love it and want to get into a college of their choice based on academics?

                    Nah, didn't think so, not on this thread. You diehard, D1 college chasing parents should have a heart to heart, one on one, face to face (not while driving to soccer practice) conversation with your daughter and ask her what "her" goals are and why. I wonder if they're the same as yours.
                    Bingo, someone gets it.

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                      #40
                      Originally posted by Unregistered View Post
                      You do realize that the current U16 were in R1 at that age (u13) also and everybody left becasue they did not compete on the field and went to other clubs (Stars and Scorpions) at U14. R1 is also not the same as it was when the 16 were in it either. All the top clubs across the country are playing ECNL or NPL. You SSS parents don't get it. Your club will never get out o MAPLE and your players will miss the boat. Keep believing what a land rover president is driving. Go to Breaker, NEFC or Stars. I don't care but you are wasting your time and money with SSS no mtter how good you are now or how good you think you will be in the future. LL is not the god you think she is but keep drinking the beer in the skybox and driving your kids home drunk at night.
                      We're not even in the region 1 premier league. The were in the northeast league. We're not good enough to get into region 1.

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                        #41
                        Question is, where do most of the kids go when they leave? Scorpions, MPS, Stars?

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                          #42
                          Originally posted by header View Post
                          Question is, where do most of the kids go when they leave? Scorpions, MPS, Stars?
                          All of the above, plus NEFC. NEFC picked up SSS top U13 player.

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                            #43
                            A few have quit soccer completely becasue they played to much during the time with SSS. I find your comment funny about the die heart D1 parents when the SSS parents are crazy about their kids and the future they have in soccer. They hand LL so much money for her extra training, camps, clinics, tournaments and anything else she says your kid needs to stay on the elite team.

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                              #44
                              If the SSS parents would actually talk to other club parents they would see a world of difference between what SSS charges and what other clubs charge. LL charges additional money for most of the stuff that is included in other clubs fees. She talks about being a family but I would agree it is more like the Mafia and paernts need to know their place in the family.

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                                #45
                                Originally posted by Unregistered View Post
                                All of the above, plus NEFC. NEFC picked up SSS top U13 player.
                                NEFC elites took their goalie the year before

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