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@Italliannaa Viva Mexico!!!!

[Serg @S10198622]

Is this the Dallas Texans?

[Guero 🎣 @manofthemonth69]

@ConnCFC @CFCErm 1,800$ for my son to play on an academy team . 10,000$ a year to play in the best club in Texas . Outrageous . 500$ uniform packages , I could go on .

[Serg @S10198622]

I just want to make sure I understand. Precourt has hired a coach before a Sporting Director 3 times now. Only 1 year have we made a good run. Has he ever considered hiring a SD first and letting that guy choose his coach?

[WAATV Media @WeAreAustinTV]

“We want all 11 players to attack and we want all 11 players to defend. That’s a non negotiable for me”

“If the opponent plays negative we will press the pass. We are going towards your goal to win that ball back”

“We will relentlessly attack our opponents weakest link”

- New Austin FC head coach Jim Curtin on his playing style

#austinfc #mls | WAATV

[Serg @S10198622]

@IHateSoccerPod @GoUSWNT I am going to ask my friends here in Austin. Seems completely ludicrous. Maybe IMG or Barca residency but not MLS academies. No way. Maybe San Diego with their new facility. Absolutely no way.

[Serg @S10198622]

Is it really a $60-$80K cost per player? Not being disagreeable but truly asking if that’s what they invest? I ask because parents usually claim they spend $10-$20 for ECNL, travel/club/uniform etc, so to me it wouldn’t make sense to say a club spends 3-6x as much.

[Jason Collinsworth @IHateSoccerPod]

It’s 60-80k per player per year.

This is why I tell any aspiring legit player, do what you can to get on an MLS Academy. You’re immediately ahead in what your local clubs can offer you.

[Serg @S10198622]

@IHateSoccerPod Not every game is a flight. They play a lot of local non-MLS academy. Yes, parents provide all that and the complaints are always between $10-20K. If a team is spending $60-$80K they need a mom to manage it. As far as schooling, it’s online. They’re not providing real courses.

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@herculezg Keep my teams name out of your mouth.

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@herculezg @DavidFaitelson_ Get my team out of your mouth.

[Serg @S10198622]

@herculezg Get our team out of your mouth.

[Serg @S10198622]

Bro, it’s called MLS NIL. You pay them min required and then promise them $X amount in endorsement money. Plenty of Miami rich Latinos willing to flip the bill.

[Patrick Murphy @_Pat_Murphy]

This is just getting laughable. How is it that Inter Miami can sign a player who was among the best paid in the world last season without any DP spots and a couple more near-DP-level players already on the roster?

This is a club that was already in trouble for breaking rules. Now it seems they can build whatever roster they want. At this point, abandon the salary cap and let's just be honest about things.

[Serg @S10198622]

@APrecourt, I know a great coach who can bring tons of experience, including MLS, and you don’t have to pay me the extreme fee you’re paying those idiots you hired. Maybe listen to someone who understands Austin and Austin culture. I have been right most times.

[Serg @S10198622]

Happy but not celebrating. I will wait to see who they bring on as that will show me this clubs FO true ambition.

[WAATV Media @WeAreAustinTV]

🚨BREAKING NEWS🚨

Austin FC has officially announced that Sporting Director Rodolfo Borrell and Head Coach Nico Estévez have both departed the Club effective immediately.

The Club says searches are already underway for both positions, with Excel Search & Advisory leading the global search for Austin’s next Sporting Director.

Davy Arnaud has been named Interim Head Coach ahead of Austin FC’s match vs. St. Louis CITY SC on May 23. Arnaud previously served as interim manager in 2024, leading ATX to a 3-2 win over Colorado on Decision Day. His overall interim coaching record stands at 4W-5L-1D.

Thoughts on this move yall?? 🤔🌳

VIA: @austinfc

#austinfc #mls | WAATV

[Serg @S10198622]

Sell the team!!!

[Dustin McComas @DustinLMcComas]

Make no mistake, if @AustinFC loses at home tonight to Sporting KC, @APrecourt needs to fire the manager in the morning if this is actually anything more than a business to make money. Enough is enough.

PATHETIC.

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@Don_K_Williams How does this translate to D3 schools such as UoC, NYU, Carnige Melon etc that don’t have athletic scholarships.

My kid is former ECNL nat player, pulled him this year because league didn’t impress me. Focusing on development for UPSL by 15-16. Attends a top academic school.

[Serg @S10198622]

Question for @AustinFC, are we trying to get the first pick in the college draft? Is that why we are tanking the season?

@WeAreAustinTV @JorgeIturralde @MoontowerSoccer

[Serg @S10198622]

Leaving ECNL to play for small local Hispanic-Latino based club, against the big parent FOMO. Out of comfort zone for us but right call. ECNL is just CBs playing ping pong while my CM son watches the ball get kicked back and forth.

[Don Williams @Don_K_Williams]

Many adults who aren’t willing to step put of their comfort zone tell young people “Growth happens only when we step out of their comfort zone”
Hypocrisy at its finest

Some of the greatest periods of growth & fun for me happen when I step into new things that make me nervous

[Serg @S10198622]

@Don_K_Williams thoughts on ECNL clubs like Austin Lonestar, Dallas Texans, and Dallas Solar.

My son played ECNL National this year and I was not impressed. We left for a smaller club focusing on development. Tired of watching the CBs play ping pong hoping big FW got 1v1 w/GK.

[Serg @S10198622]

@owenwolff say what?

[USMNTProspects @ProspectsUsmnt]

Shoutout to FC Dallas.

The reserve coach gave his son, who had no qualifications to be rostered and is now out of the pros, over 1500 mins last season ahead of legit pro prospects (Molomo, Vejrostek, etc).

If you wonder why this academy is declining, here’s yet another example.

[Serg @S10198622]

@tomsan106 @bluebottombot Kicking a size 1 ball is too hard for little feet, it hurts. Use a Walmart super hero ball and it doesn’t hurt and goes further, kids get excited about a ball going far. Make it a big deal. Have him hit daddy with the ball and daddy falls down in “pain.”

[Serg @S10198622]

@tomsan106 @bluebottombot You don’t need balls in every room at this age. You need balloons with a slower rate of decent. You need dad to play with him and make it fun. “Daddy always messes up and makes funny falling noises.” Use hands, feet, everything. Doesn’t matter.

[Serg @S10198622]

@tomsan106 @bluebottombot …accepted to St. Stephen’s soccer academy in Austin. Top tier educational school in the country with a soccer academy program. Trust me. Rate of decent and coordination, and a balloon is perfect. Also, use plastic, light, super hero balls not soccer balls and play barefoot.