on April 25, 2026, 12:34:34, in reply to "Travel/club soccer in the Chicago burbs is mostly just travel in name."
Is how the Indy11 dev leagues work. Although sometimes they have games on both days. They seem to stay within 30-50 mins of their home field.
Our local rec league is only 1.5 miles away but unfortunately the fall games are at 12, 1, or 2 pm on Saturdays (except for maybe 2 Sunday games in a 10 game season).
That pretty much rules out all but 1 or maybe 2 home Illini football games before 2nd week in November.
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Seasonal games are generally done by area. Then club dependent, teams play at out of town tournaments. We play at 1-2 out of town tournaments a season. Nothing too bad.
I find most soccer clubs to be more tame than baseball/softball. Previous Message
My friend who has a 9.5 year old daughter has had the last 4 weekends: At Chattanooga, at elizabethtown, KY, at Louisville, at Elizabethtown, KY.
WTF?!
My 6 year old is showing some talent in soccer and baseball (basketball not as much). Want a step up from rec soccer starting in the fall, but the travel baseball (softball) seems absolutely idiotic. The classic drive 2-3 hours to play the same travel teams from your county multiple weeks in a row.
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On a side note, what are your annual club soccer fees for his age?
Our club fees are (IMO) way too low and I've been trying to convince the board to up them significantly. We're at about a 1/3rd of what Seattle clubs charge and I think it's silly we don't up the fees. They are reluctant because they want to "make it accessible", but we're in a relatively affluent area and 90% of the people would pay the Seattle numbers in a heartbeat without a second thought. My argument is to raise the fees and offer more training while also setting aside additional funds for more scholarship dollars.....and then cut out the other fundraising stuff like golf tournaments and the like. Previous Message
He's not good. He's a soccer player. It's like their 5th game and he had yet to put the bat on a ball at all. Last night, he put a ball in play. I must've looked like Charles Dutton clapping for Rudy.
Oh, and he pitched an inning too. Never done that before. He gave up a bunch of runs but at least he didn't walk them in. Threw strikes and the other team just hit and the fielders made errors.
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Dad gets emotional in the stands after finally seeing his son make it to the big leagues pic.twitter.com/04Kdwi4eMN — Dudes Posting Their W’s (@DudespostingWs) April 23, 2026 .
Uneducated Redneck Piece of Shit13
