Does Arlington ECNL Girls have a style of play?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:c'mon DCUM you can be better. The OP asked a very specific question about a specific club and their style of play. One person answered the question (kudos). One person wants to give commuting advice. One person wants to know the OPs personal history (probably so they can judge their daughter). And one person inaccurately tears down the entire region's soccer landscape. Good lord.

And one person wasted a post complaining about the first 6 posts.

I like to think I encouraged the thoughtful posts that followed. DCUM did do better.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:OP

So it sounds like Arlington doesn’t play some kind of Neanderthal soccer, and the coaching/training is reasonable, but that there’s no real club style. That’s completely fine. Selfishly, Arlington is probably the closest club for where we are looking for housing, so I was hoping for a decent answer (yes, we understand DD has to try out, and there’s no certainty for any of the ECNL/GA clubs in the area).

IF there are other insights about Arlington play style that would be helpful for a girl trying out, I am all ears.

Like other PP said, it's going to come down to the type of players they have on the team. While trying to do build out of back and possession style, they also boot the ball up high when needed and this require good soccer IQ that will depend on the players on the team. Coach can have development plan they are trying to follow while trying to be competitive at the same time. For 2010, it will come down on what position your dd play. The tryout is over and most (if not all) the spots have been filled already for the NoVA teams.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:What team are you coming from?

You think he’s gonna dox himself?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Where do Arlington’s female ECNL teams train?

Train or practice?

Many train with Capstone.

[Anonymous]

OP

Ha! On the “dox” comment! It’s not a big deal, but kid hasn’t told her team yet, and I think she is secretly hoping we don’t move. Looking at ways to let her know that she will find new friends and good soccer!

Life is full of new challenges and adventures.

[Anonymous]

They train at various field in Arlington. ECNL will have 1-2 practices at Long Bridge Park and some other fields for the rest of the practice.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:In general, Arlington builds out of the back at the younger ages and just doesn't focus on finishing they way they need to. I'm not sure what PP means about "individualistic style" of soccer, because most of the Arlington teams work quite a bit on passing -- they just can score.

This is Alexandria too. It was Barca when my kids were there too.

It's a big frustration for everyone that nobody can finish these days.

It's funny---when I was a kid everyone wanted to be a goal-scoring striker. You had some amazing strikers with creativity and finishing ability. It is next to impossible to find a good "9" these days.

I have a kid U18/19 MLSNext and if the one '9' is injured, nobody else can finish--but at least they have one 9. On my other kid's ECNL team, the forwards could not finish on a wide open goal.

Beautiful building and zero finishing. Gone are beautiful long shots (which you still see in FIFA games).

My older son was a goal scoring machine--total nose for the goal...which was pretty much beat out of him. Then it became so he would never take a gddamn shot. He'd always pass it---even when the shot was the correct thing for that moment/space, etc.

Happens when a coach wants to play the easy pass. Players have in mind the coach voice “easy pass easy pass” and miss shooting on time.

The lack of scoring happens when forwards often move to help in the midfield and defense, a team with slow midfielders who easily lose the ball against better teams.

[Anonymous]

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In the younger age groups, particularly in the U13/U14 category, Arlington's success heavily hinges on the presence of skilled and swift athletes, enabling them to score prolifically. However, as the age groups progress into U15/U16, Arlington encounters challenges due to a shortage of proficient midfield players. This deficiency impedes their offensive efforts, especially when opposing defenders are capable of neutralizing Arlington's wingers.

By the time Arlington players reaches the U16/U17 groups, defenders have honed their strategies and soccer IQ, resulting in a more balanced defensive performance from Arlington. Arlington's defensive vulnerabilities become less pronounced as defenders adapt and improve their defensive tactics.

[Anonymous]

Typo above U16/U17 should be U17/U18.

[Anonymous]

As someone who coaches in the area, no ECNL club has a style of play and any club that tells you they do is lying to you.

[Anonymous]

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In the younger age groups, particularly in the U13/U14 category, Arlington's success heavily hinges on the presence of skilled and swift athletes, enabling them to score prolifically. However, as the age groups progress into U15/U16, Arlington encounters challenges due to a shortage of proficient midfield players. This deficiency impedes their offensive efforts, especially when opposing defenders are capable of neutralizing Arlington's wingers.

By the time Arlington players reaches the U16/U17 groups, defenders have honed their strategies and soccer IQ, resulting in a more balanced defensive performance from Arlington. Arlington's defensive vulnerabilities become less pronounced as defenders adapt and improve their defensive tactics.

This situation is not specific to Arlington.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:As someone who coaches in the area, no ECNL club has a style of play and any club that tells you they do is lying to you.

You must not watch much ECNL. Union has a very complicated and specialized style of play. Much different than the area clubs.

[Anonymous]

Most finishing on goal and goal scoring is with 1 or 2 touches. At an advanced level, rarely are you taking 3 or more touches inside or on the edge of the box.

1 and 2 touch finishing takes years of training to home and develop, first of all it takes knowledgeable coaches who know how to train this aspect of a player. Few coaches in the area even focus on this or know how to train this area.

Teams also need to know how to use all of the spaces in the attacking third, ecnl teams in particular like to play right down the middle and into pressure where attackers have no time and space to do anything, hoping for a magic through pass, winning a 50/50 or getting lucky for a chance on goal

[Anonymous]

Arlington has been a kickball club for the last 15 years, they just want to win games at all costs. Besides their 2011 girls team they have the worst girls program in the area.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:As someone who coaches in the area, no ECNL club has a style of play and any club that tells you they do is lying to you.

You must not watch much ECNL. Union has a very complicated and specialized style of play. Much different than the area clubs.

Thank you Nadir for your input.