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  1. alincoln

    Is Punk Dead?

    Billy Strings. Didn't Big Thief sell out Red Rocks this year?
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    Is Punk Dead?

    There are plenty of rock bands in many genres comprised of people in their 20s and 30s who sell out theater/amphitheater tours across the country. They aren't played on the iHeartMedia radio stations that dictate the Hot 100, but there is a vibrant rock music scene that is accessible with very little effort.
  3. The amount of time and money Texas has wasted in producing an unwanted NFL-style gameday experience dominated by laughably cliched corporate schlock is ridiculous. Turn the volume down and replace the corporate bullshit with an authentic experience that effectively utilizes Texas' unique cultural identity. Merely replacing all of the tired classic rock with Texas artists would represent a massive improvement. There are so many legendary musicians from Texas yet we are be assaulted by fucking Journey? There are plenty of Texas rappers, pop stars, and country, blues and rock legends that could form an extensive playlists. They could put a little bio on the video boards regarding each artist to explain their Texas background. Why aren't we playing Going Down by Freddie King after sacks or Mind Playing Tricks on Me by Geto Boys after bad calls or Guess Who's Back by Scarface when we win a big game at home? This shit isn't hard.
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    USMNT 2023

    If my choice for USMNT coach is between Barry and Greggg, give me Barry.
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    USMNT 2023

    I seriously doubt Hitler would have benched Gio in the World Cup, started Jesus against Holland, left Pepi at home and pissed off his new star striker in his first camp in charge.
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    USMNT 2023

    The rehiring of the woman beater as our coach is among the most ludicrous decisions in American sports history.
  7. Almost exclusively the teams that play in NFL stadiums
  8. Almost definitely GHB. Stuff was all over Ohio State in the late 90s and early 00s. Several students died from alcohol-GHB ODs.
  9. From wiki: In 2021, Cody Campbell, a former player, donated $25 million towards the south end zone project. In honor of his donation, the stadium was renamed to Jones AT&T Stadium and Cody Campbell Field.
  10. There are hundreds of women who could competently perform Kimes' role for 1/3 of the cost.
  11. Owning the Heisman stealer by pitching for a TD minutes after Bush threw Texas the ball on an idiotic pitch is another underappreciated moment.
  12. Everyone get their posts in now because this thread has months left to live. I'm sure it can be resurrected on the Arizona State board.
  13. Agree with the exception that HS soccer no longer plays any role in development in the US. College and pro recruiting/scouting of youth players is almost entirely conducted at ECNL/GA events. D1 coaches have told me that they haven't been to a high school soccer game in over a decade. You aren't allowed to play HS if you play MLS Next and many ECNL clubs discourage it. HS soccer is generally awful.
  14. The women's clubs are part of the men's clubs. The women are also beginning to have big attendance numbers.
  15. True. We learned this lesson after our oldest and started our others at the ECNL club at young ages. It's much cheaper than the older ages but not free by any means.
  16. MLS Next is evolving into a true academy system and a handful of USL academies are comparable. The younger age group teams (U-15) generally consist of local/regional talent while the older age groups consist of regional/national teams. Many local player get weeded out as they get older and move back to a local ECNL team to focus on a college scholarship. BrickHorn is absolutely correct regarding the wildly different financing models in the US and the rest of the world. The academies of small clubs in Europe are funded by the local communities who attend the matches of the senior team. The club invests resources into the academy to produce players for the senior team and hopefully sell some players to bigger clubs. This system (which would involve a self-funded lower level professional team in every suburb of every major city and every small town) will never exist in the U.S. particularly for women. As a result, pay to play will remain the dominant model outside of the academies of the top division clubs (NWSL for women and MLS and potentially USL for men). Parents will remain the primary source of funding for club soccer and clubs will seek to achieve their goals (winning, developing (this is important to parents and clubs) and obtaining college scholarships). Observers who don't understand/won't acknowledge the unique realities of the American system love to preach "invert the pyramid" without offering any path to actually get there. The best path forward is to continue to improve coaching and development at the elite clubs (which is exactly what they are doing) and implement a more comprehensive scholarship program at these clubs.
  17. FC Dallas ECNL is pay to pay. Yes, the best of the best can apply for fee waivers but that is the case for all elite ECNL clubs as mentioned way up thread. There isn't enough money in professional women's soccer in the US to finance girls academies at the level of MLS academies. MLS academy players cost the clubs around $50K a year per player. Half of the NWSL teams can barely make payroll and they don't have an NBA to bail them out. Elite girls soccer club leadership would love to find this magical pot of gold that you appear to believe exists to eliminate pay to play. Unfortunately, the possibility of one day breaking the world record transfer fee of $500K for a woman soccer player hasn't proven sufficient to drive investment.
  18. Already the case for MLS (the entire U-15 roster from the recent U-15 CONCACAF championships was comprised of MLS academy players). The NWSL doesn't have enough teams or resources to support an MLS-style academy system. They play in ECNL or GA and are focused on just competing at that level. MLS academy rosters consist of players from across the region (on the younger teams) and country (at u-17 and u-19 levels) who live with guest families in the city where the club is located. NWSL academies are nothing like that.
  19. The top clubs just have better quality in depth. Almost all of their starters will receive D-1 offers while only only a handful of players from the next tier of clubs will. There are at least 100 high quality clubs in the country although 20 or so are at another level. The 2023 ECNL national champions came from 5 different states. U-13 Slammers (CA) U-14 PDA (NJ) U-15 Michigan Hawks U-16 Solar (TX) U-17 SLSG (MO)
  20. In looking more into that list, it only tracks players from teams who used instat which was limited to GA teams that were playing and a couple ECNL teams. It's basically worthless as a tool to evaluate the depth of elite club soccer. Here is the current U-17 national team where no club had more than 2 representatives and there are players from 16 states: Mateya Dessieux (Tophat; Knoxville, Tenn.) Sonoma Kasica (Florida Premier FC; St. Petersburg, Fla.) Aven Alvarez (North Carolina Courage Academy; New Hill, N.C.) Elizabeth Boamah (Albion SC; San Diego, Calif.) Jordyn Bugg (San Diego Surf SC; El Cajon, Calif.) Nicki Fraser (Real Colorado; Highlands Ranch, Colo.) Reese Klein (Florida United SC; Cooper City, Fla.) Hope Munson (Utah Avalanche; Salt Lake City, Utah) Tanna Schornstein (San Diego Surf SC; San Diego, Calif.) Carla Small (IMG Academy; Waipahu, Hawaii) Nawreen Ahmad (Virginia Union FC; Falls Church, VA) Kendall Bodak (New England FC; Monson, Mass.) Shaela Bradley (Portland Thorns Academy; La Center, Wash.) Isabela Engle (Minnesota Thunder Academy; Edina, Minn.) Claire Hutton (World Class FC; Bethlehem, N.Y.) Neely Kerr (Tophat SC; Buford, Ga.) Linda Ullmark (Western New York Flash; Buffalo, N.Y.) Emeri Adames (Solar SC; Red Oak, Tex.) Sophia Bradley (PDA; Wayne, N.J.) Ava McDonald (FC Dallas; Allen, Tex.) Miri O'Donnell (FC Bay Area Surf; San Ramon, Calif.) Jaden Thomas (FC Dallas; Dallas, Texas) Amalia Villarreal (Michigan Jaguars FC; Lansing, Mich.) And here is the current u-15 national team where no club had more than 2 representatives and there are players from 15 states: Evan O'Steen (Solar SC; Grapevine, Texas) Liesel Tetmeyer (Sting Austin; Round Rock, Texas) Pearl Cecil (San Diego Surf SC; Encinitas, Calif.) Natalie Chudowsky (New York SC; Westport, Conn.) Izzy Dalke (St. Louis Scott Gallagher; Belleville, Ill.) Makenna Holub (Eastside FC; Redmond, Wash.) Michaela Panella (Western New York Flash; East Amherst, N. Y.) Mia Villalpando (San Diego Surf SC; Bonita, Calif.) Vienna Whipple (Crossfire Premier SC; Bellevue, Wash.) Scottie Antonucci (Legends FC; Rancho Cucamonga, Calif.) Reese Canada (Michigan Hawks; Fenton, Mich.) Sierra Dupre (Pittsburgh Riverhounds SC; Pittsburgh, Pa.) Riley Kennedy (North Carolina Courage; Holly Springs, N.C.) Jaiden Rodriguez (San Diego Surf SC; San Diego, Calif.) Chloe Sadler (La Roca FC; Hyde Park, Utah) Ashlyn Anderson (Indy Premier SC; Carmel, Ind.) Micayla Johnson (Michigan Hawks; Troy, Mich.) Ella Kral (Lamorinda SC; Berkeley, Calif.) Paige Pasinski (SC del Sol; Phoenix, Ariz.) Ava Stack (Concorde Fire; Atlanta, Ga.)
  21. Lulz. That list is from the COVID year when CA (which produces the most elite players in the country by a mile), the NW, the Midwest and the Northeast didn't play.
  22. ECNL rosters are 18 so I would guess that one (if not more) of the girls in the pic are injured (par for the course unfortunately in girls soccer where the frequency of significant injuries is insane). With two goalies, that is only 6 field subs which isn't that much when you are playing in the heat with games every day in these national tournaments. The CBs almost always play the entire game so you have 6 subs for the other 8 field positions. Also in ECNL, you can't come back in until the next half when you are subbed so it's not like HS and college soccer with the dumb constant subbing.
  23. Do you have direct experience with an ECNL training environment or are you just regurgitating the outdated media talking points regarding elite club soccer? ODP has not been viewed by anyone as a solution to anything for 20 years.
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