Matthew Smith

@theNathanK9 @RWall5 But the majority transfer due to sport not academics When they commit they say how happy they are to be at the school so if soccer isn’t going well are they leaving If there happy at the school they wouldn’t be leaving

@MTSmith78 @RWall5 They transfer for both sport and school, that happens all the time. Social media posts do not reflect all reality.

Turns replies off Doesn’t want a discussion more his views Doesn’t want people to disagree or agree with him The big question in all this should be “What do the players want”

@theNathanK9 @RWall5 Other sports don’t have licensing, correct But if soccer as then why are they not required to coach at a so called high level I agree a license doesn’t make you a better coach but there’s a reason there mandated at pro level

@MTSmith78 @RWall5 What? Where did I say that? Where did Rich say that? That was never EVER said. I said some coaches with high licenses are good, some are bad. Just like the licensing courses. I also said it does not correlate to being a better coach, you do not see other sports with those.

@theNathanK9 @RWall5 All I’m asking do most players transfer due to academic reason or athletic reasons It’s amazing how you never see a post from an athlete transferring saying I want to transfer due to the bad academics You always see them mention sport while transferring Take away the portal

@MTSmith78 @RWall5 Women’s players did get to vote, overwhelming # said no. What other sport at the NCAA level has coaches with licenses like soccer? Licensing doesn’t equal better coaching. Licensing offers some good some bad. SAs transfer for academic and athletic. Confused by the arguments.

@ThatLFCTrio @SkySportsPL Your correct Player safety, why isn’t MacAllister took off for a concussion check He seriously hurt, how is he able to continue

@SkySportsPL Grabs his shirt to follow through with his fist. Clear violent conduct. Well done PGMOL

Ollie Watkins gets ANOTHER! 🔥

@SkySportsPL Goes down holding his head trying to get the man sent off If MacAllister is that hurt, why isn’t he being took off for a concussion check Where’s the player safety Embarrassing from a so called grown man

Only one way to stop this nonsense like MacAllister then Goes down holding his head like he’s been hit to try get a man sent off Take him off for a concussion check due to player safety Would soon stop this madness

@J_Tanswell Goes down holding his head trying to get the man sent off If MacAllister is that hurt, why isn’t he being took off for a concussion check Where’s the player safety

Embarrassing from Mac Allister and contributes to #AVFC's third. VAR, for some reason, checked a potential red card for Konsa, who shoves the Liverpool midfielder back. It seems to occupy everyone from the corner & Watkins, after Pau's attempt, pounces on the initial save. 3-1

@TouchlineX Goes down holding his head trying to get the man sent off If MacAllister is that hurt, why isn’t he being took off for a concussion check Where’s the player safety

🚨 𝗕𝗥𝗘𝗔𝗞𝗜𝗡𝗚: Ezri Konsa did THIS to Mac Allister!

@PeterStefanovi2 Is this the same man who instead of criticizing the murder of the 3 young girls Was more upset that people protested the arrival of migrants

BREAKING: “I’ll always champion peaceful protest. But the Unite the Kingdom march organisers are peddling hatred and division. We’ve already blocked visas for far-right agitators who want to come here to spew their extremist views. They don't speak for the decent, fair, respectful Britain I know” Prime minister Keir Starmer

@Don_K_Williams Don, do you have any data on the reasons players transfer According to D1 coaches it’s not about athletes and usually more about academic life Is there a way of finding this out

It’s probably not a good idea to ask my opinion of a soccer ⚽️ players future & abilities after I assess them if what I NEED to tell you truly upsets you Families deserve the truth as I see it based on my 30+ years of coaching experience I owe them that All of us do at @SRUSA_Official

@RulingSports They want to turn college sport in to glorified participation If it happens like this, than no coach should ever be fired for poor results and losing seasons

I thought it was all about “merit” and not national origin for you…

@mlycan12 @Don_K_Williams Coach, are they student- athletes or athlete- students How many players have transferred due to academic reasons or is it mainly due to sporting reasons The way it’s going, get rid of the student athlete name

So many things in life that seem phenomenal in theory are terrible in reality. The proposed split season for college soccer is one of them. Do I get the practical applications of a split season??? For sure! We complain all the time that soccer is the most demanding sport with the shortest runway. It’s crazy that we go to 0 to 60 in the amount of time that we do and cram all our games into an 11 week season. (tho at least they extended our season this year). But there are so many variables at play here. Think back to Covid when most conferences had their seasons cancelled but the P4 did not. They played all fall when the rest of us did not. Then when the NCAA announced we would have our official season in the spring, they all got a second season. This was in essence a trial run for the split season. One of my close friends who coaches at a P4 school detailed an eye opening account of all the reasons why the coaches and the players absolutely hated it. (And keep in mind this is a big time program, lots of national team players, and presumably, the most talented and most committed college players there are) 1) The obvious answer was it was just too long. He said they were all absolutely fried and over it by the end of the spring semester. And again, you are talking the upper echelons of talent and even they were miserable 2) When we are in season and focusing on games, the training is completely different than the spring. We are basically surviving and preparing for each subsequent game. We often say that every bit of player development comes in the spring. Hand in hand with that also comes playing time for the entire bottom, half of your bench who are given game opportunities to prove themselves. The same coach elaborated that those players we’re very discouraged after basically sitting on a bench, the whole YEAR and feeling like they were not getting the individual development that had occurred in a real off-season. 3) After sacrificing more than a decade of life, our seniors are so looking forward to being a “normal“ person for senior year spring semester. For the first time in life, as long as they can remember, they are able to relax and not have every single choice dictated by a sport for their last few months of “childhood”. The split season obviously requires that they play right up until graduation. 4) College athletes have a huge burnout factor, and the winter break is such a great opportunity for them to take a breather and recharge and come back with a renewed sense of commitment. A split season means that Christmas break is spent grinding with zero downtime as they prepare to come back and play games out of the gate. 5) Never mind where recruiting fits into all of this? Spring is huge for our recruiting efforts and we all just might lose our minds if we are trying to juggle all of that with also running an entire real season. 6) The entire northern half of the country will be completely screwed with this. This past winter that was so cold and snowy is a perfect example. There would have been no way in hell that games would have been able to be played in parts of February and March in many places. There are plenty of schools who have grass fields in cold climates as well—are they just supposed to now play some games on grass and some on turf and have zero consistency? 7) This will undoubtedly result in schools being forced to build turf fields and create logistical administrative nightmares given that many lacrosse teams and soccer team share fields. Someone else pointed out that it will be a good excuse for schools to eliminate more soccer programs especially when we are at a point with NIL that schools need to figure out how to save money on Olympic sports not create monumental new costs

@RWall5 Im asking a simple question Do athletes transfer due to sporting reasons or academic reasons Not may that we’ve seen on here come out and say “I want to transfer due to my academic” So your licensed, other sports NO, by your logic why did you do licensing, there was no point

@MTSmith78 Do ALL other sports require coaching licenses? I have the USSF A-Senior & United Soccer Coaches Premier Diploma. I don’t tout that as making me a better coach than others without any licenses. Can we provide coaches resources? Athletes transfer for a plethora of reasons.

@RWall5 Just on that A school wouldn’t hire a professor unless there qualifies so it should be the same with coaches A license doesn’t make you a good coach but to be a professor you need the academic paper

@MTSmith78 They are still student-athletes and maintain amateur status. Every institution has their HR hiring policies. I don’t think that is for US Soccer or the NCAA to intervene. Resources ($) could be provided to make coaching education more attainable. Coach Ed doesn’t = Great coach.

@ClayTravis It’s a tough one because so we want to turn it in glorified pay to play or do we want to keep it about winning which is what college sports is about If we go the participation route than coaches shouldn’t be fired based on results

Should US colleges have a minimum number of US born athletes on their teams receiving scholarships? Legit debate we should have. Look at men’s tennis numbers below, nearly 90% foreign born.

@RWall5 That’s a fair point, I agree you are entitled to it If we are going to start treating MSOC programs as professionals, then there needs to be a lot of changes Coaches need to be licensed not just a random degree, you already have the facilities so now give them better coaches

@MTSmith78 I'm entitled to have my replies off, am I not? The MSOC survey was strongly supported by both coaches and student-athletes. That is largely why the proposal is moving forward (not approved yet). I'm happy to have productive dialogue. This platform can be toxic at times.

@NormanBrennan What’s the point of the CCTV clearly showing them doing it Dangerous precedent being set if they get away with this

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