JD Vance is lecturing the Pope on Catholicism and Pierre Poilievre is lecturing Mark Carney on economics and RFK Jr is lecturing scientists about vaccines and Donald Trump is lecturing the world on tariffs and Pete Hegseth is quoting Pulp Fiction and thinking it’s the Bible
Thousands of US youth club parents/team managers contact players/parents weekly to remind them to bring BOTH kits to the games just in case and US Soccer couldn't figure it out? It's our one comparative advantage!
Fine. Send me the roster and I'll create a TeamSnap account
Congrats to Roland Wenk and Declan Sengbusch on being selected to the All WNY Team And All State Team.
And another huge round of applause to Roland Wenk for getting selected to the ALL REGION TEAM. Well done boys. Team success equals individual success.
i know it has been made fun of constantly (and, please, keep doing so) ...
but it cannot be overstated how INSANE it is that FIFA have anointed themselves as the arbiters of PEACE to give out this made up peace award to trump
Today I reached my limit.
❌ Not because of the game.
❌ Not because of a mistake.
❌ But because of the nonstop voices coming from the touchline.
I kept hearing:
“Press him.”
“Pass it.”
“Shoot.”
“Turn.”
“Get wider.”
“Drop.”
Every action I made already had an instruction attached to it, before I’d even thought for myself.
◍ I’m trying to play, but I can’t.
◍ I’m trying to make decisions, but yours arrive before mine.
◍ I’m trying to focus, but I keep looking over, checking if you’re annoyed, disappointed, or waiting to shout again.
⇢ I’m only a young player, still learning.
⇢ I want to hear my coach.
⇢ I want to understand the game.
⇢ I want to trust my own eyes.
⇢ I want to make decisions and learn from them.
But when the sideline becomes a second coach, louder, harsher, more impatient, I stop learning.
❌ I stop thinking.
❌ I stop enjoying it.
And then the questions start:
⇨ Why do adults think their constant instructions help?
⇨ Why do they talk as if they’re in the game with me?
⇨ Why am I worried more about upsetting them than doing the right thing?
Football shouldn’t feel like a test I’m failing in real time. It shouldn’t feel like I’m being judged for every decision I don’t make because you’ve already shouted the one you want.
Here’s what nobody admits:
🔴 Children don’t struggle because they can’t think.
🔴 They struggle because adults don’t let them.
☉ Decision-making comes from freedom, not fear.
☉ Awareness grows from playing, not from being shouted at.
☉ Confidence builds from trying things, not from being corrected every five seconds.
I’m playing the game.
I see what you can’t see.
I feel the pressure you don’t feel.
I’m learning in real time.
All I’m asking for is space to think, to breathe, to grow.
If you want to help me, let me play.
Let my coach guide me.
Let my mistakes teach me.
Let the game speak.
Because when the noise stops, the learning starts.
This may be our biggest development yet. Major statement of intent from @USLChampionship . I’ve said it a thousand times, we’re so lucky to be moving with @BUFProSoccer right now.
Our Across Campus POTW from Lancaster is Declan Shenbusch, @LHSBoysVSoccer
He's a High Honor Roll student-athlete who has earned the Presidential Award for Academics. A 4-year varsity soccer player and 2-year captain, Declan set the program record for assists in a season in 2024
Kobe Bryant said, "Doesn't matter how hard you work, I will work harder than you."
This is the uncomfortable truth about effort that separates legends from everyone else.
Most people quit when they realize:
NOBODY CARES, WORK HARDER