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Originally posted by Unregistered View PostBecause my son was there last season. He played on the U12 team. We made the decision to move to GPS where he'll be playing on the U13 first team, the team that just won State Cup this weekend. So, even if he did get "cut" if we hadn't decided to move on, we still would have been happy getting cut.
John is a nice guy, but you can see the disorganization and lack of structure all over the place. Things are very poorly run and as I said, there's no field space, no league play, no quality coaching, and the promises about global image sports and west ham united were broken as they never happened.
As I said, the only people who keep their kids there are the parents who have swallowed the John Robinson pill or who don't care about their kids soccer development.
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Originally posted by Unregistered View PostThis is proof that this is a good club since you stated that your son was pouched by a team that won State Cup the Elite did a great job developing him. You should have stayed for college scholarship offers.
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Originally posted by Unregistered View PostGPS is better then Academy and close.
Pick your poison depending on your kid's talent. Both are expensive in the end. They both make promises that they don't keep. If you want top league play and state cup than go to GPS. If you want to just enjoy the experience, the set tournament schedule and more of a family atmosphere go to Elite.
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The problem is too many clubs. When you have over 100 kids try out at Weston that result in 3-4 teams in each age group...how do we in a small market compete with that. Our talent pool is being saturated by so many clubs. Elite and GPS are less than 2 miles from each other. I don't see how starting a new club on top of another club is what's best for soccer in our area, regardless if you think your club is different or will be better or you have an ax to grind with GPS. That is what's wrong with soccer...too many big ego and a lack of focus on what's best for our players and soccer in our area. This is true with GPS, Elite, Striker, Cape...in my opinion there should be 3 clubs in our area, GPS, Striker, Cape. That make geographic sense.
With the talent that we have in this area we could have 2-4 state cup finalist each year. GPS did it this year with the U13 boys. I would argue that we could another team that is just as good if we pulled in all the top 04's from the other clubs.This year GPS team was made up of half legacy GPS players and 1/2 from various other clubs. It worked.
It's a shame we have talented coaches and soccer leaders that can't figure out a away to put their ego's aside and put what best for soccer in our area first! Until then, we'll have players and coaches move year after year from club to club like a merry-go-round!
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Originally posted by Unregistered View PostThe problem is too many clubs. When you have over 100 kids try out at Weston that result in 3-4 teams in each age group...how do we in a small market compete with that. Our talent pool is being saturated by so many clubs. Elite and GPS are less than 2 miles from each other. I don't see how starting a new club on top of another club is what's best for soccer in our area, regardless if you think your club is different or will be better or you have an ax to grind with GPS. That is what's wrong with soccer...too many big ego and a lack of focus on what's best for our players and soccer in our area. This is true with GPS, Elite, Striker, Cape...in my opinion there should be 3 clubs in our area, GPS, Striker, Cape. That make geographic sense.
With the talent that we have in this area we could have 2-4 state cup finalist each year. GPS did it this year with the U13 boys. I would argue that we could another team that is just as good if we pulled in all the top 04's from the other clubs.This year GPS team was made up of half legacy GPS players and 1/2 from various other clubs. It worked.
It's a shame we have talented coaches and soccer leaders that can't figure out a away to put their ego's aside and put what best for soccer in our area first! Until then, we'll have players and coaches move year after year from club to club like a merry-go-round!
It's not all about winning at Elite and it works for those families. Some families cannot afford regular weekend trips across the state. Some have other kids doing other sports or on other teams and going to the same location works. If it's all about the win to you and your child than GPS is the place to be. GPS needs to improve their management style before they can get 3 teams per age group. Right now, they are unapproachable and very deceptive.
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Originally posted by Unregistered View PostCongratulations on winning state cup. That is really great for those kids and I'm sure you are proud.
It's not all about winning at Elite and it works for those families. Some families cannot afford regular weekend trips across the state. Some have other kids doing other sports or on other teams and going to the same location works. If it's all about the win to you and your child than GPS is the place to be. GPS needs to improve their management style before they can get 3 teams per age group. Right now, they are unapproachable and very deceptive.
It's the GPS way!
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