jeramye

Father, Husband, Youth Soccer Coach. DoC at a club with less total players than your mega club has for one age group

[jeramye @jeramye]

The guys who fans joke are shit players are so insanely good that if they popped into the best men’s league match in your city they’d score 10 and people would quit after getting skinned 10 times

[herculez gomez @herculezg]

Ronaldinho with the ridiculous move to cook a German defender.

Excuse me. Upon further review it was *checks notes*.. Sebastian Berhalter. #USMNT

[jeramye @jeramye]

@franciscoftbl @pezucchi I’m not a big unopposed training fan. But I do wonder how pros who don’t have other pros around are supposed to improve in offseasons.

[jeramye @jeramye]

@franciscoftbl @pezucchi What drills would you have them do in a setting where it’s maybe them and one other person who isn’t their level?

[jeramye @jeramye]

@JSpurs___ Liverpool hate him. Absolutely can’t wait for him to leave. That’s normally not a player you want to buy 🤷

[jeramye @jeramye]

This is where I am. I run 2 youth clubs. I have a son obsessed with the game. I was so excited for him to have a home WC. But I can’t pay 5x the actual value of tickets just bc FIFA want to suck every last ounce of money out of the sports supporters

[Nick Giammusso @NickGiammusso]

I’m crazy about soccer. I played at the University at Buffalo and then coached at my alma mater. We are a soccer family. All three of my boys play. However, I am not over-paying for World Cup tickets. I’ll wait FIFA out to see if prices come down. If not, I’ll throw a World Cup Party and watch with family and friends.

[jeramye @jeramye]

@TweetsbyCoachP Almost every time I hear a playing time complaint now it’s accompanied by the “other parents come to me telling me how awesome my kid is”

Y’all ever think maybe other parents are just being nice bc they know you are frustrated and they just want to make you feel a bit better??

[William Payne @TweetsbyCoachP]

One of the reasons youth sports has become so complicated is because everyone involved is often chasing a different definition of success.

One parent wants college recruiting to be the primary focus. Another wants their child to enjoy the experience and make friends. Another wants championships. Another wants equal playing time. Another believes development matters more than wins. Another believes if you’re paying thousands of dollars, your child should be on the field or court.

None of those perspectives are necessarily or inherently wrong. They’re just different.

The challenge is that one coach, one team, and one season cannot satisfy all of them at the same time.

Parents are also navigating an increasingly confusing landscape. Travel teams, private trainers, recruiting services, showcases, camps, social media influencers, former players, college coaches, and other parents all offer advice. Often that advice directly contradicts itself.

One person says play multiple sports. Another says specialize early.

One person says development matters most. Another says exposure matters most.

One person says find the best coach. Another says find the team that will give your child the most playing time.

One person says your child needs more reps. Another says your child needs more rest.

One person says the child should attend prom and not miss life events. Another says team commitments should come before all else.

For families investing significant amounts of time and money, it can become incredibly difficult to know who to trust.

The coaching side is just as complicated.

Most coaches are not showing up every day trying to hold players back, target families, or play favorites. Most genuinely care about their athletes and want them to succeed. But coaches are often forced to make decisions where there are no perfect answers.

Should they prioritize winning or development?

Should they play the senior who has earned it or the younger player with a higher ceiling?

Should they focus on the best interests of one athlete or the best interests of the team?

Should they reward effort, production, leadership, potential, experience, or loyalty?

Every decision creates a winner and a loser in someone’s eyes.

A coach sees the entire roster. A parent sees their child.

Neither perspective is inherently wrong, but they naturally create conflict.

The reality is that parents often judge a season through the lens of their child’s experience, while coaches are forced to evaluate it through the lens of the entire team. Those viewpoints frequently collide.

Add in the emotional investment, financial commitment, social media comparisons, recruiting pressure, and the fact that every child develops at a different pace, and it becomes easy to see why frustration exists.

Youth sports isn’t difficult because people don’t care.

It’s difficult because everyone cares deeply.

Parents care about their children.

Coaches care about their teams.

Athletes care about their opportunities.

And when passionate people are pursuing different goals, disagreements are inevitable.

The best environments aren’t the ones where everyone always agrees. They’re the ones where expectations are clear, communication is honest, trust is built over time, and everyone remembers that there are many different paths to success in sports and in life.

[jeramye @jeramye]

There was a time when this site was basically this kind of thing 24/7

[jeramye @jeramye]

@Tyre_94 Damn relatives visited when I was 10 and sent me converted VHS tapes of Spurs matches.

35 years later I’m still suffering with them.

[jeramye @jeramye]

@tipodissd @Eyesandvibes He played deeper than Weston in this one. Think Berhalter played more of the Adams roll and Tillman stepped to the role Berhalter had played 1st half. Maybe Adams/Tillman CM pairing

[jeramye @jeramye]

@ManagerTactical This backup backline is clown shoes

[jeramye @jeramye]

I’m pretty critical of FIFA and they’ve done everything wrong But….

This is just a function of our current society. I don’t think we build anticipation anymore. We’re all too distracted by 100 different things. Half of us live in a candy crush induced fog

[James Tingley @jamesrtingley]

Apparently there is a World Cup starting in 10 days time.

Italia 90 was the 1st WC I had serious interest in, but is it me or is the build up to this tournament really underwhelming?

Maybe once it kicks off it will change or more noise now all domestic competitions are over!

[jeramye @jeramye]

The Serginio Dest Experience

Will be an entertaining summer

[Rob Usry @RobUsry]

Dest just broke the defender's and his own ankles on the same move. Impressive.

[jeramye @jeramye]

@ManagerTactical I don’t think it’s just one.

Berhalter clearly a problem if that’s all we can put next to Tyler

Ream has had multiple mistakes. He can’t afford those.

None of the back 3 have impressed

[jeramye @jeramye]

Berhalter has looked a step off the pace

[jeramye @jeramye]

15 min in

USMNT attack looks promising and fun. Both sides have dangerous combinations.

Not really seeing Seb as a CM in this system.

This back 3 would give up lots of scoring chances

[jeramye @jeramye]

The Seb Berhalter mini WC trophy made him less likable to me 😝

[jeramye @jeramye]

@simonyemane We need to sell or loan our at least 3 of these box to box mids. And honestly I’m not sure any are ready to be the level we want to be a sure starter there

[jeramye @jeramye]

@TheLastNeocon @cwjones89 I also don’t think this poll is bad. 29% of a massive nation being interested is not a negative. Again society now is distracted at levels never previously seen. Half the country is zoning out to Candy Crush and doesn’t even know life is happening

[jeramye @jeramye]

@HendrickD82 I’d argue PSG were the better defensive side yesterday. Only allowed 1 shot on target and it came from a lucky deflection at midfield that played Arsenal in. 2 PSG CBs basically negated everything and got less rigid support from fullbacks and DMs