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u16g elite CUFC
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Irmo 3
RV 2
Chap 2
ACF 1
Aiken 1

CESA u16g premier
DF 1

bombers,

u16g elite CUFC has two from Lexington also...

Observation....

In the U13 and U14 Challenge age groups there are no teams representing - Discoveries, Aiken, CSC, CFC.

These are clubs that historically have placed teams in the higher levels. I realize that the fall and spring can have different make-up (i.e. classic in the fall, challenge in the spring) but one would believe that it would be most advantageous to play the competition you will face in the Spring during the fall season...

Is there a decline for these clubs? Are the "super clubs" taking all the talent and fragmenting the rest? Are the clubs in the border counties Aiken/ Rock hill areas loosing players to the other state?

Just found a puzzling trend???

futbol,

Last year, two of the best U-12 girls teams in South Carolina were the Aiken Fireballs and the Tega Cay Thunder. Lexington also had a very strong team; CESA kept their girls in-house (academy) and didn't field a team.

Aiken lost key players to Augusta Arsenal and Tega Cay lost players to three different clubs in Charlotte.

I don't know anything about CSC and CFC.

Discoveries has never fielded competitve girls teams in the lower age brackets.

I've reffed the U-13 Aiken Fireballs in Classic this fall. Even if they lost a few key players, they are still an awesome team. They are 9 - 0 with a +37 goal differential. I really hope that they go to Challenge for the spring.

futbol,

Carolina FC has the 92 Girls participating in the u14 SCSCL. Also, the CFC 93 Boys will be playing u13 SCSCL in the Spring. The 93 Boys would have played SCSCL this fall but at the time the league entries were due they only had 11 players.

CESA recruits a number of CFC players on an annual basis and this has a significant impact on the Carolina FC teams.

>>[Roy of the Rovers!] CESA recruits a number of CFC players on an annual basis and this has a significant impact on the Carolina FC teams.<<

I wanted to give this one a few days to see if anyone else would pick up on it.

I know that I'm in the distinct minority here, but my first reaction in reading this was incredularity. It's not that I'm trying to defend CESA from "ethical recruiting" (i.e., recruiting players when the affiliating organization says it's okay.) It's that I don't see many/any clubs, including CESA, doing much recruiting. I'd personally like to see clubs do more of it.

Again...I'm not trying to defend CESA. Heck -- I hope that they are "ethically recruiting." I hope Bridge and CUFC are as well.

What I do see are lots of players and parents who approach club coaches. I get that -- and I'm sure it's occurred from the beginning of time. But how many players/parents are "cold-called" in terms of being recruited from their existing club team to another club team? Is it really occurring a lot out there? If so, who is doing it and who is being recruited? It's not like there's a stigma to this if it's being done "ethically."

There is a tremendous tendency for parents to tell their club coaches that their kid is being recruited when in fact they and their kid approached another club and asked about a playing position. In my experience, once you delve into this kind of thing, that's what you find. But I know I'm probably missing something.

I can't believe you left this one alone for four days...When I read it,I had a feeling you would respond.
Since CESA is the most successful club in the state..They are going to have to live with the stigma...You love them or you hate them.I do not believe that club coaches go after certain players.I think players and parents get frustrated with teams and clubs that struggle to be successful so what is their option?I am sure that coaches would like to have this midfielder and that forward but I do not believe that they go after the players instead I believe that they try to build a team where those players will want to come and play and be apart of

One of the reasons that you will hear this accusation is because CESA has "access" to most of the best players in the state. CESA has qualified coaches who put in the time coaching ODP teams, successful high school teams and conducting "open" training sessions. CESA teams are always represented in the finals of State Cup so their coaches are visible here and at competitive tournaments throughout the southeast.

Can this be considered recruiting.....no. But it certainly gives CESA a competitive advantage in attracting some of the best talent in the state.

I like Chico's idea though. Let's go the extra mile and find the extraordinary kids that everyone might have missed. CESA is the one club in the state that has the resources to overcome some of these socio-economic barriers.