Sowing seeds of rumors on this forum does not make them true scsoccerfan. If nothing else I hope it makes you feel better.
USA/MPs teams remain the standard in the LC. Maybe one day the Battery will have teams that can compete, it’s just as likely that the Battery closes shop before that day arrives.
It’s a sad day when all the youth clubs in Charleston are at such odds with the pro club. To suggest it’s to be expected when a pro team enters the youth market is to overlook all the examples where successful pro club presidents and directors are employed. It can be done and supported by the local community. Something the staff at the Battery have demonstrated an inability to accomplish.
If your looking for something misleading... see the number of people the Battery report to the league as their home attendance.
ALL the youth clubs are odds at with the Battery? Are you sure about that? Are you suggesting that every single CPL club voted against their participation?
Are they all rumors? At the very least, some of the field issues USA/MP faces are documented in town and county minutes.
I think GPS has a comparable product right now, at least from u14 boys and younger. Several top USA/MP boys were at GPS evals. CBSC Fleet girls and Cainhoy girls at u9-u12 compare favorably as well.
USA/MP has some strong history worthy of praise, but that doesn’t mean the future or even current landscape will/does mirror the past. GPS in the LC is only a few years old. CBSC is one year old. The environment that USA/MP once led as “the standard” no longer exists. And the landscape will probably look very different 3-5 years from now. Mergers, leagues, changes will happen. We will see how each organization adjusts.
