TOP TEN 08’ BOYS TEAMS

My opinion (just mine), it does say a lot about Coach McKinney as a coach. He lost 6 of his starters to Solar DA and not only does his team continue to compete but play as well as they do against other Classic League teams that did not lose anyone to DA.

I think Allegiance is doing well to develop these boys but as one pointed out earlier in a post, it was uncharacteristic bad touches, nervousness, etc. I believe that comes with not having enough experience against top level teams or talent. They have to put themselves in more situations like this, playing top level teams and to be able to perform like that against them. Not just older teams, but better teams.

This reminds me of 2 years ago at the Supercopa in Chicago area. Tennessee SC were so excited to be at the Supercopa, they started out playing very beautiful soccer. Touch touch, etc. But they couldn't play at the pace of all the other teams. Every other team played touch touch, total football, etc. at a much faster pace and more physical. I think we (Solar McKinney 07) beat them 5-1. After the game all their parents and coach were so nice and completely amazed that our boys could play the way they did and at the pace they kept. It was a real learning experience for them and they appreciated it. I think it helped them understand what they needed to work on.

Soccermom2888 wrote:My son’s team is generally bigger and more athletic than the Solar McKinney 08 team, yet they have beat us every time we play them. They just out pass and out skill us.  I hate it but it’s the truth. Size/athleticism can’t beat skill, good coaching and good soccer. Maybe the Solar 07 team is just better coached???? What do you think scuba Steve?

Have you seen their forward? I'm guessing you have since the kid used to play 08'..His size and athleticism is of Lebron James\Zion Williamson proportion at this age....

I know some of you have kids on that team.....But to ignore the obvious is kind of ridiculous. You take that kid off that team, and that team changes drastically.

Balotelli45 wrote:

Soccermom2888 wrote:My son’s team is generally bigger and more athletic than the Solar McKinney 08 team, yet they have beat us every time we play them. They just out pass and out skill us.  I hate it but it’s the truth. Size/athleticism can’t beat skill, good coaching and good soccer. Maybe the Solar 07 team is just better coached???? What do you think scuba Steve?

Have you seen their forward? I'm guessing you have since the kid used to play 08'..His size and athleticism is of Lebron James\Zion Williamson proportion at this age....

I know some of you have kids on that team.....But to ignore the obvious is kind of ridiculous. You take that kid off that team, and that team changes drastically.

I disagree! the team changes, yes to some degree, but drastically, I don't think so. Yes he is big strong and fast and can be a difference maker but if even you decided to mark him out in a game, I think the rest of the team will still beat you. Don't get me wrong, the boy is good but he doesn't "carry" that team in my opinion. They are solid team that plays with pace and skill. I hate playing them because it may be somewhat close or it could be a complete blowout depending on how they play, mostly!

You serious Clark?

I don’t know if you ought to go putting that on everybody’s sled with nothin’ between the ground and their brain but a piece of government plastic.

North Texas "Cut Throat" Youth Soccer is political, unfair, coach/club centered and hinders true player development.

My humble opinion

Very excited for 3 games tomorrow:

Solar McKinney vs Liverpool Heighway - Prediction Solar McKinney
Dallas Kicks vs Solar Juliao - Prediction Kicks in a close one
Solar Ackerson vs FCD Suarez - Prediction Solar Ackerson

Going to be a great day for soccer.

Scores are starting to post. Looks like Solar McKinney took care of business against liverpool heighway. Didn't expect 4-0 though. Kicks got the 3-1 win against Juliao.

We will see if the ackerson team is really improving or if they are the beneficiery if an easier schedule once we we see the result of their game against suarez

5-0 suarez. Looks like ackerson just hasnt played all the top teams yet. Based off that result, im guessing they will drop quite a few games this spring

Yeah, I thought that Ackerson would come to play, obviously not today. I thought that they were trending in the right direction with a win over a good Evo club and then one against Athletico. Suarez shut it down. If anyone has any color on this game I would love to hear it.

Balotelli45. The big forward for McKinney 07 played 08? That is impossible, are you sure you saw him playing 08? Could you be mistaken because there is no way he is 10 or 11. There is something fishy about this particular player. Seriously though, you must be mistaken about seeing him play 08 because there is no way he is that young.

My favorite 08 team to watch won their last 2 games!! I have seen parts of their last several games and they are moving the ball very well and maintaining possession. However they are not playing good defense. They have a strong middle defender but the rest are not dropping and helping. I see them over and over again caught with 1 defender covering 3 attackers or 2 defenders against 5 attackers. Allegiance is not pressuring and they are not dropping. Too many long balls are being launched against them because of the lack of pressure and they are getting caught with only one defender against 3 attackers. If they challenged every possession harder and dropped quicker on defense they would be winning more games.

Allegiance is getting better because of new player and not because of developing their own players. Does not make a good argument about their “development” ability. Need to cool it with the over the top Allegiance praise

Soccermom2888 wrote:Allegiance is getting better because of new player and not because of developing their own players. Does not make a good argument about their “development” ability.  Need to cool it with the over the top Allegiance praise

I’m not understanding why Pedro’s ability to develop is questioned because a very good player joined the team. I understand the new player makes the team better but his addition certainly does not diminish Pedro’s ability to develop soccer players.

Any one have any feedback on the suarez, solar McKinney, or Dallas kicks games? Let’s steer the discussion back to the top teams

Was at the Liverpool/Solar game. Was a lot closer game than what you would think by just looking at the score. Liverpool I believe had more opportunities to score than Solar but couldn’t get the ball in the net. Solar struggled but they had some good shots that found the net. Think Liverpool has better speed and more heart but Solar has better control and vision. They also had luck on their side this Sunday. Looking forward to a rematch at some point

Curious how you measured heart

Tape measure

Steer the conversation back to the top teams? This is not Premier League, this is 10-11 year old "developmental" soccer. Honestly what is there to discuss, this is a back and forth up and down the field ball chasing long ball league. I guess we could discuss who out long balled who each weekend.

We should be talking about development, that is why I talk about Allegiance, they are the only team I have seen that play possession, the only 08 team I have seen score after a 30-40 pass possession. I bet some of these teams have more goals in the game than passes, so what is there to discuss?

Soccermom2888 wrote:Was at the Liverpool/Solar game. Was a lot closer game than what you would think by just looking at the score. Liverpool I believe had more opportunities to score than Solar but couldn’t get the ball in the net. Solar struggled but they had some good shots that found the net. Think Liverpool has better speed and more heart but Solar has better control and vision. They also had luck on their side this Sunday. Looking forward to a rematch at some point

I watched the 2nd half of the Solar-Liverpool game while waiting for our game. Im not sure about the 1st half, but in the 2nd half it was ALL Solar. Not even close. I mean, yes the liverpool boys played with heart and didnt give up, but I wouldnt say they played with MORE heart than Solar. Solar is just the better team. They were too much for Liverpool.

I dont think Liverpool had more opportunities than Solar at all. I mean yes they had some runs into dangerous spaces, but they rarely were able to even get a shot off.

I dont think Solar had luck on their side either. The 3 goals I saw were all well executed. Solar is just the superior team. Not taking anything away from Liverpool. They had a rough stretch of Suarez, Kicks and McKinney back to back to back. They did well to tie 2 of those games.

This weekend has the game of the year so far. Solar McKinney vs Kicks. Solar has the chance to take over the top spot in D1 by the end of the weekend.

Liverpool played a tough first half. Solar was u 1-0 at half time off of an own goal. Maybe thats the luck soccermom is referring to. But the 2nd half was a different story. McKinney must have got those boys pumped up because they came out and scored 2 goals in the first few minutes. Liverpool did have some dangerous moments, but strokemegood was right, they didnt result in many shots.

Did anyone see the kicks game? Honestly, that was closer than I thought it would be.

Just got a notification from youtube that Allegiance posted a new video, the 08 game from Sunday. The opposing team had 29 passes and 31 shots. Whoa they had more shots on goal than passes. 5 of those 29 passes are kick offs to begin play which are a given, so that brings it down to 24 passes and 31 shots. That is long ball soccer, textbook long ball kick and go soccer.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P4HZtyg-NnM

I have a friend watched the kicks game. She said it was a very physical game that was tight for a while before kicks finally broke trough

Atletico seem to be very inconsistent. Based off their results they have played some close games against top teams but have also had some lopsided losses against lower ranked teams.

Atletico can definitely pose problems for teams that aren’t prepared to play them. But the same can be said for about 10 different teams in D1

strokeMEgood wrote:

Soccermom2888 wrote:Was at the Liverpool/Solar game. Was a lot closer game than what you would think by just looking at the score. Liverpool I believe had more opportunities to score than Solar but couldn’t get the ball in the net. Solar struggled but they had some good shots that found the net. Think Liverpool has better speed and more heart but Solar has better control and vision. They also had luck on their side this Sunday. Looking forward to a rematch at some point

I watched the 2nd half of the Solar-Liverpool game while waiting for our game. Im not sure about the 1st half, but in the 2nd half it was ALL Solar. Not even close. I mean, yes the liverpool boys played with heart and didnt give up, but I wouldnt say they played with MORE heart than Solar. Solar is just the better team. They were too much for Liverpool.

I dont think Liverpool had more opportunities than Solar at all. I mean yes they had some runs into dangerous spaces, but they rarely were able to even get a shot off.

I dont think Solar had luck on their side either. The 3 goals I saw were all well executed. Solar is just the superior team. Not taking anything away from Liverpool. They had a rough stretch of Suarez, Kicks and McKinney back to back to back. They did well to tie 2 of those games.

This weekend has the game of the year so far. Solar McKinney vs Kicks. Solar has the chance to take over the top spot in D1 by the end of the weekend.

I agree SMG, Liverpool didn't have more opportunity than Solar, although they did have some. Looking at the tape, there was a blatant offsides missed early on that allowed LFC to get a beautiful shot off that hit the crossbar. Later in the game there were 2 shots that had a good chance of going in, one went high and another just wide, other than that there were no real scoring threats from LFC. Solar did look tentative early in the game as LFC was controlling tempo, pressing high, and playing kickball with their best athlete in the goal. Their striker was getting visibly frustrated that he wasn't getting the opportunities that he would like, for the most part Solar controlled the game, wearing LFC down in the first half and then capitalizing multiple times early in the second half that really took the wind out of LFC's sails. When talking about playing a passing possession game in this league, I don't think there is a team out there that matches what Solar does.