Can anyone suggest a good soccer organization in Waco? I see the Waco Texans come up a lot. Anyone have experience with them? Thanks!
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Boys or girls? I will be busy for the next few hours but will PM you. Both my 11yo daughter and 8yo daughter play select soccer (8yo also plays rec) and I've learned more about select soccer than I ever thought over the last 4-5 years.
The waco Texans are the premeir select team out of central Texas. They are a sub group of the Dallas Texans. Coach Cunningham and his coaches are very good.
There are a couple of independents but everyone is fighting for players out of the same pool of talent. At least 2 independents are being absorbed by the Texans starting July 1.
I think they will have 2-3 teams this year playing 11v 11(2011
Kids and 2012 kids playing up)
There are a couple of independents but everyone is fighting for players out of the same pool of talent. At least 2 independents are being absorbed by the Texans starting July 1.
I think they will have 2-3 teams this year playing 11v 11(2011
Kids and 2012 kids playing up)
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I saw a BVB team around town recently. What's that all about?
One of the bigger select groups for the girls teams. Some of the BVB girls coaches left to start the Heat, which I believe is about to be absorbed into the Texans at the Academy level.BaylorHistory said:
I saw a BVB team around town recently. What's that all about?
Do not know much about them on the boys side. Besides the Texans, I think the Waco premier dragons, Waco Strong wolves, and another independent but I can't recall offhand are the ones I've seen playing in the leagues in DFW
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4th and Inches said:One of the bigger select groups for the girls teams. Some of the BVB girls coaches left to start the Heat, which I believe is about to be absorbed into the Texans at the Academy level.BaylorHistory said:
I saw a BVB team around town recently. What's that all about?
Do not know much about them on the boys side. Besides the Texans, I think the Waco premier dragons, Waco Strong wolves, and another independent but I can't recall offhand are the ones I've seen playing in the leagues in DFW
I think Waco Strong Wolves and Waco Heat are some of the teams being absorbed. You know of others being absorbed?
Waco soccer is a hot mess. All the best players go out of town. There is enough talent here that a competitive club could be created but all of the organizers are either egotistical, in it for the money, and/or are super unorganized. It creates rifts and division so that the talent pools gets dispersed and then the best players that are truly committed throw up their hands and go play towards Austin or Dallas.
My daughter is looking to play for a Salado or Georgetown club next fall and I'm already mad about the time ill spend in the car for practices 2-3x a week when Waco should be able to do something.
I keep being told that the Jobsons (ex Baylor coach) are going to put something together but it hasn't happened yet and I've been hearing it for over a year now.
My daughter is looking to play for a Salado or Georgetown club next fall and I'm already mad about the time ill spend in the car for practices 2-3x a week when Waco should be able to do something.
I keep being told that the Jobsons (ex Baylor coach) are going to put something together but it hasn't happened yet and I've been hearing it for over a year now.
I am sorry but I am not driving my kid to Dallas or Austin every weekend, when there's a 99.9% change he'll never play professional soccer no matter which team he plays for.
Parents be crazy thinking their kid is going to make it.
Parents be crazy thinking their kid is going to make it.
its not every weekend. Its about 8-12 weekends per year for league play. The league that plays in Arlington is typically 2 games a saturday for 4 weeks in the spring and same in the fall. After that it is player passes to other leagues(most select only play in one league- the Waco Texans play in two because they have the size to do so) or tourney play.hodedofome said:
I am sorry but I am not driving my kid to Dallas or Austin every weekend, when there's a 99.9% change he'll never play professional soccer no matter which team he plays for.
Parents be crazy thinking their kid is going to make it.
In between those league seasons, there is an indoor SoCo league and some city of waco futsol indoor, and some other local 5v5 or 7v7
Soccer is the most popular sport in the world, plenty of pro teams but yes, like all pro sports.. most players dont make it to that level.
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Drove 2500 miles in <6 weeks for kids soccer this spring.hodedofome said:
I am sorry but I am not driving my kid to Dallas or Austin every weekend, when there's a 99.9% change he'll never play professional soccer no matter which team he plays for.
Parents be crazy thinking their kid is going to make it.
Problem is...my kids love it. They don't care about playing professionally. They want to play at a high level and win. Both of them very much dislike rec. Rec isn't fun when you are a kid that practices 3-4x a week and then you go out and half your team doesn't care and just wants snow cones. Nothing against those kids at all. I get it. I don't blame the kids. My kids are just hyper competitive and they want more than that. I assure you, I'm not pushing it on them because I watch about 5% of the college football I used to watch because of kids soccer. I think I was 3 weeks into CFB season before I saw a single snap of any team that wasn't a replay. (Correction: I think I saw the BYU-Baylor game live bc it was so late.)
My oldest is joining the Salado club which is about 45 minutes from the house (each way). Practices 3x a week and plays in four DFW/Austin/SA tournaments in the Fall and four in the Spring.
My youngest plays for BVB here in Waco but guest plays for another team occasionally. BVB plays most of their games in the Arlington league and they play either two games on Saturday or two games on Sundays (rarely both) for 4-6 weeks in the Fall/Spring and then do 1-2 tournaments out of town.
That schedule is light. I know of two Waco families whose daughters are in the Lonestar GA program. So they are playing for the GA team and rotate on their U13 ECNL teams. They practice in Austin 3x a week (from Waco- almost a 90 min drive each way) and are basically playing 12 straight weekends in the Fall and Spring with some of those tournaments out of state.
I also know two other Waco families whose daughters are very good soccer players. Both are playing for a Lonestar WDDOA Prime team in North Austin. Still a ton of travel. Not as much as the previous I mentioned. But you are still going to be practicing 2x a week in Austin and then at least 8 weekends in the Fall/Spring of games/tournaments.
Going to Salado 3x a week with 4 weekends in the Fall/Spring is extremely light by comparison. My daughter is good but her end goal is to start on her HS varsity team.
One of the problems with Waco soccer is that most of the players and teams in the Temple area start drifting towards the Austin/San Antonio area. And anyone north of Waco obviously drifts towards the DFW teams. It creates a hole for Waco.
I do think the Jobsons are working hard on a facility on Hwy 84 that would allow teams to come play here and (potentially) bring some cohesiveness (in terms of teams, facilities, etc) to Waco soccer but right now the money and talent is (generally) flowing out of town.
FWIW, Waco has this problem across the board in most travel club sports except for baseball and softball. Seems like there are several baseball/softball clubs locally that are doing really well.
I'm more of a rec league for my kids kind of guy, but to be fair there are a lot more options than pro ball especially for girls. I went to high school with a girl who wasn't tall and wasn't that athletic, but she was really skilled at soccer and she got a full ride to college on it. I'm not sure it's worth it for free college, but it probably wasn't something she would've attained from rec ball.hodedofome said:
I am sorry but I am not driving my kid to Dallas or Austin every weekend, when there's a 99.9% change he'll never play professional soccer no matter which team he plays for.
Parents be crazy thinking their kid is going to make it.
Noooo evidence for that, babeeyyy, just maaade it up.
To get a d1 scholarship in soccer, you have to play in certain circles. It is extremely competitive and demanding. You have to love the game. However, you dont have to start it at 8yo or 11yo. I know some that went to P5 schools that didn't start soccer until junior high. But once you commit to it, you have to commit to a lot of travel.
It's not all that different than baseball or softball, really. You can play for your local high school but if you want to be recruited, you are going to also play for a club and do big tournaments against some of the best. Same with volleyball. Girls don't get recruited for volleyball out of their high school. The club they are associated with is just as big of a factor because of exposure and connections.
It's not all that different than baseball or softball, really. You can play for your local high school but if you want to be recruited, you are going to also play for a club and do big tournaments against some of the best. Same with volleyball. Girls don't get recruited for volleyball out of their high school. The club they are associated with is just as big of a factor because of exposure and connections.
Not everything in life is a vocation. My daughter was a fantastic soccer player, enjoyed HOT teams when she was in elementary school, played on a couple of select teams throughout middle and high school (most of the ladies on her school teams played on the same select program - kinda unfair for the rest of the UIL), then made her college choice based absolutely not on sports.
She still plays rec ball now and again (on the same Austin club I started on with friends the year she was born, but that's a different post). Could she have competed for a scholarship at a different school? Likely, but that wasn't her life.
It's OK to do stuff because you enjoy it. It doesn't have to be a payoff.
She still plays rec ball now and again (on the same Austin club I started on with friends the year she was born, but that's a different post). Could she have competed for a scholarship at a different school? Likely, but that wasn't her life.
It's OK to do stuff because you enjoy it. It doesn't have to be a payoff.