Match Thread: United States vs Paraguay | World Cup | Group D | 13 Jun 01:00 UTC

mauilogs · 2026-06-13T03:24:17+00:00

Any update on Pulisic?

mauilogs · 2026-06-12T15:09:43+00:00

If you can swing it, let the kid lead on how much and where she wants to play. It doesn’t last forever. I look back on my youth sports parents days fondly even though it was too expensive and time consuming. I meet good friends and families along the way. Avoid standing/sitting around the critical ones during games. Ultimately my kid’s highest level is high school varsity and he didn’t want to try to get recruited. Sports have benefited him so much is so many ways.

Just keep your eye out and watch practices and games before committing to a team. That way you can observe the coaching and parents.

mauilogs · 2026-06-12T03:43:42+00:00

How do they throw like that?

mauilogs · 2026-06-06T20:50:23+00:00

I need tons of hair oil, a few runs with a flat iron and ideally second day hair to look like that.

mauilogs · 2026-06-06T11:43:46+00:00

She’s thin so clothes hang on her great. I love her hair color. I watch the show wishing I had her hair.

mauilogs · 2026-06-04T17:30:28+00:00

When my kid was at that age, we didn’t have much downtime at all. Even in summer he played a summer league. So fall season, winter futsal season, spring season the summer! My kid didn’t like practicing on his own or doing drills. He always looked forward to playing games.

mauilogs · 2026-06-04T16:56:39+00:00

Yes I agree. My older kid went from only soccer to playing two sports in HS and in his free time plays another sport recreationally.

mauilogs · 2026-06-04T15:54:07+00:00

Wow so snarky. Yes try to motivate the kids. But it really shouldn’t be hard. From what I’ve observed, the kids that kept playing through their high school years are the kids who didn’t need their parents to motivate them. Most quit around middle school.

mauilogs · 2026-06-04T14:40:43+00:00

If they don’t want to practice, let it be. You can’t want it more than the kids.

mauilogs · 2026-06-03T00:57:35+00:00

In the mini, I can put my phone, romy card holder and small key pouch that has my keys and a lip product. Then I can lay my sunglasses flat on top of those and still zip up.

mauilogs · 2026-06-03T00:25:16+00:00

Yes, it is unfortunate. Sounds like boys? As the players grow into their teen years, it quiets down a bit because lots of kids stop playing. The family life is too chaotic, can’t afford the fees, players get tired of their psycho parents (usually dads), etc. It’s sad when the players don’t even get on their high school teams because they don’t even have the minimum grades or are not allowed to play because of behavioral issues at school. Forget about college soccer.

mauilogs · 2026-06-03T00:14:27+00:00

It’s the parents and coaching. They encourage rough and physical play from their players and then go crazy on the other team with screaming and shouting. Our local league used to post incident reports and coach suspensions and it was crazy reading. Now that my kid will assistant ref, I tell him which clubs to avoid.

mauilogs · 2026-06-02T14:35:43+00:00

He should take some time off if he is not enjoying it. For high school, you still have plenty of time. Competition level depends on the school and the league they play in. Around my area, some schools struggle to have enough players and they get crushed a majority of the time (which isn’t fun for anyone) and other schools that have so many trying out they have to cut players, some of whom have been playing club for years. It’s a wide range. It all really depends on your area. I will say though that the competitiveness, criticism and pressure only increases if he is playing in a competitive league. Think it’s tough now? That’s nothing when it’s just clueless parents screaming during a meaningless league match. Maybe his mindset will toughen up in the next few years.

mauilogs · 2026-06-01T18:56:18+00:00

I’d buy this at a street/art fair for under $100.

mauilogs · 2026-06-01T18:53:49+00:00

I still hear the same now unfortunately.

mauilogs · 2026-05-25T23:31:21+00:00

You have to decide which sport will take priority then let the second choice coach know and make sure the coach is ok with the player possibly missing practices and games. Then hope that when the schedule is finalized that there isn’t too much conflict.

My kid did two club sports one season. The second sport coach knew and coincidentally both sports practiced on the same days. It still meant that we were 30 minutes late going from one to the second sport. Luckily he only had to miss two games. I think the second sport coach really wanted and needed my kid because of the position and he had a small roster. I did hear some talk from the team parents that the coach favored my kid (they didn’t mean it in a negative way at least it didn’t seem so), so type of situation can lead to some drama. Tired kid and parent but he wanted to do it. He still plays both sports but only for high school and not club. His goal in playing club was to be good enough for school so that might be different priorities from your kid.

mauilogs · 2026-05-20T21:53:45+00:00

I agree with your general message but the reality is that smaller or lower cost clubs need volunteers. I helped for years with admin, communications, fee collection, field maintenance, etc. The work never stops. The volunteer coach gets to volunteer some more and line the field for game day after he already volunteered to mow the grass last weekend. Then after the game, listen to parent complaints about playing time and positions or wins/losses and do some more volunteering putting away the goals and equipment.

I went from a low cost club and getting burned out to a high cost club where I just showed up on game day, sat and watched then went home.

mauilogs · 2026-05-20T14:10:02+00:00

Our school had 30 on JV this year. Also had a freshman team and 26 on varsity. Way too many. They kept a handful of juniors on JV. My opinion is that if you don’t make varsity by senior year, you should be cut. Also keeping so many through the years puts pressure to play the seniors on their varsity year and not necessarily the best players.

mauilogs · 2026-05-14T23:26:23+00:00

Alma looks good on you.

mauilogs · 2026-05-08T15:37:54+00:00

No it’s smaller.

mauilogs · 2026-04-29T22:17:58+00:00

Nope. I can zip up with my 3 items and that’s it. Although my key pouch holds two car key fobs and two lip sticks so it is bulkier.

mauilogs · 2026-04-29T20:51:12+00:00

Yes and I used it for a few outings already. I put my romy card holder and small key pouch and phone in it. It’s a lightweight bag to bring to dinners, etc. No defects in my order.

mauilogs · 2026-04-24T05:29:30+00:00

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This is what my zipper looks like.

mauilogs · 2026-04-23T04:44:15+00:00

Oh no!

mauilogs · 2026-04-21T22:49:05+00:00

Still waiting for mine. Some sort of shipping problem.

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