Four comments:
1. I look forward to receiving Soccer-Net on-line.
2. The grainy background on some articles makes them harder to read.
3. I find letters-to-the-editor one of the most interesting parts of
the paper. I would like to see more, and I would like to see this feature serve as an information and idea exchange. You could propose topics or your readers could, or they could free flow a la chat rooms.
4. Bring back a referee column.
Sincerely
Mike Newman
Fairfax, VA
I appreciate the coverage your correspondent in Maryland provides.
However, it is irritating when he constantly mentions club players, and
then identifies their high schools, ie: "The team features many of the
top rising junior and senior high school players in Maryland, including
Richard Montgomery's Amy Cooper and Wilde Lake's Leilani Ho." The
implication is that the club team benefits from the use of these high
school players, when in reality it is the other way around. These
players have learnt their skills in club soccer, not in school. In fact,
high school soccer, with inferior coaching, inferior fields and inferior
opposition normally damages the skill of a good player. I have never
seen your Maryland correspondent write, for example, that "Richard
Montgomery High School is led by the talented Bethesda Broncos
midfielder Amy Cooper". Club soccer provides not only a much better
training environment but also the only exposure to college coaches, so
please ask your correspondent to be more aware of that fact, instead of
pandering to High School kickball.
Yours Sincerely,
Gavin Owen-Thomas
Bethesda, MD
I've read with amazement several of your tales of parent/spectator behavior at youth soccer games. I experienced one myself recently that I thought you might find hard to believe.
My son's U12 NCSL team was involved in a great game against the other division leader. My son, attempting to atone for a poor first touch, raced toward the touchline in an attempt to keep the ball in play.
A parent videotaping the game kept taping until my son was almost on top of him. At the last moment, he swung the camera upward and struck my son in the mouth. As I ran where my son lay bleeding, parents from the other team kept saying, "It was just an accident!" perhaps noting the look in my eyes. One parent even said the man taping "was behind the line," as if that relieved him of the responsibility of caring for the welfare of a 12-year-old.
The fact that my son needed immediate medical aid (actually, 12 stitches) diverted my attention from these spectators. The fact that I'll remember the longest is that not a single person said, "I'm sorry."
John Caroll
Alexandria, VA
"I visited the site and enjoyed it. Two items may increase the enjoyment even more: the possibility to return to the main part after visiting a feature within, and the possibility to e-mail you by clicking on your name in the site. Another issue you may want to consider is the impact of the on-line version on the sales of the print version."
"Why [is there not any] coverage of U.S. Womens' victory in the US Cup final??? MLS is great, but how about the only U.S. team to win a World Cup? Please don't forget your women readers (or their male coaches)."
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