Duke Women's Soccer

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Anonymous wrote:Just watched a USL game. It was the e definition of kick and run. DC power goal was literally an un aimed boot to no one from a defender and the other players raced each other to catch up to the ball. One FWD got a lucky toe there first ! My 12 yr old plays better.

Where do they find the players for DC Power? There seems to be no process involved to how any of these players are found and signed. Totally random?

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Anonymous wrote:Just watched a USL game. It was the e definition of kick and run. DC power goal was literally an un aimed boot to no one from a defender and the other players raced each other to catch up to the ball. One FWD got a lucky toe there first ! My 12 yr old plays better.

Where do they find the players for DC Power? There seems to be no process involved to how any of these players are found and signed. Totally random?

Because you don't know the process does not mean there is no process. I don't know it but it's a pretty fair guess these teams have some sort of system.

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Anonymous wrote:Just watched a USL game. It was the e definition of kick and run. DC power goal was literally an un aimed boot to no one from a defender and the other players raced each other to catch up to the ball. One FWD got a lucky toe there first ! My 12 yr old plays better.

Where do they find the players for DC Power? There seems to be no process involved to how any of these players are found and signed. Totally random?

The kids club or college coaches call the USL coach. Or they get cut from NWSL and try to find a USL team. All you really have to show is interest. Most of the USL players were off the bench at sub tier colleges.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Just watched a USL game. It was the e definition of kick and run. DC power goal was literally an un aimed boot to no one from a defender and the other players raced each other to catch up to the ball. One FWD got a lucky toe there first ! My 12 yr old plays better.

Where do they find the players for DC Power? There seems to be no process involved to how any of these players are found and signed. Totally random?

The kids club or college coaches call the USL coach. Or they get cut from NWSL and try to find a USL team. All you really have to show is interest. Most of the USL players were off the bench at sub tier colleges.

BS. A number of DC Power’s players are recent grads of schools like UVA, Georgia, Wake, Stanford, etc. Most of the older players play as internationals, albeit smaller/lower-level countries. It’s hard to look good on TV.

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Anonymous wrote:Just watched a USL game. It was the e definition of kick and run. DC power goal was literally an un aimed boot to no one from a defender and the other players raced each other to catch up to the ball. One FWD got a lucky toe there first ! My 12 yr old plays better.

Where do they find the players for DC Power? There seems to be no process involved to how any of these players are found and signed. Totally random?

The kids club or college coaches call the USL coach. Or they get cut from NWSL and try to find a USL team. All you really have to show is interest. Most of the USL players were off the bench at sub tier colleges.

Some were actually very good college players, to be fair. Maybe not many but some were.

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Anonymous wrote:Just watched a USL game. It was the e definition of kick and run. DC power goal was literally an un aimed boot to no one from a defender and the other players raced each other to catch up to the ball. One FWD got a lucky toe there first ! My 12 yr old plays better.

Where do they find the players for DC Power? There seems to be no process involved to how any of these players are found and signed. Totally random?

The kids club or college coaches call the USL coach. Or they get cut from NWSL and try to find a USL team. All you really have to show is interest. Most of the USL players were off the bench at sub tier colleges.

Some were actually very good college players, to be fair. Maybe not many but some were.

Not good enough for pro teams. They are average at best.

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Anonymous wrote:Just watched a USL game. It was the e definition of kick and run. DC power goal was literally an un aimed boot to no one from a defender and the other players raced each other to catch up to the ball. One FWD got a lucky toe there first ! My 12 yr old plays better.

Where do they find the players for DC Power? There seems to be no process involved to how any of these players are found and signed. Totally random?

The kids club or college coaches call the USL coach. Or they get cut from NWSL and try to find a USL team. All you really have to show is interest. Most of the USL players were off the bench at sub tier colleges.

Some were actually very good college players, to be fair. Maybe not many but some were.

Not good enough for pro teams. They are average at best.

They were all good college players. They were all really good youth players too. The pyramid gets smaller as you progress in levels.

I love the ignorance of DCUM.

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Anonymous wrote:Just watched a USL game. It was the e definition of kick and run. DC power goal was literally an un aimed boot to no one from a defender and the other players raced each other to catch up to the ball. One FWD got a lucky toe there first ! My 12 yr old plays better.

Where do they find the players for DC Power? There seems to be no process involved to how any of these players are found and signed. Totally random?

The kids club or college coaches call the USL coach. Or they get cut from NWSL and try to find a USL team. All you really have to show is interest. Most of the USL players were off the bench at sub tier colleges.

Some were actually very good college players, to be fair. Maybe not many but some were.

Not good enough for pro teams. They are average at best.

They were all good college players. They were all really good youth players too. The pyramid gets smaller as you progress in levels.

I love the ignorance of DCUM.

All of this. And the guy/woman who says his 12 year old is a better player than these women. Bless their heart.

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Anonymous wrote:Just watched a USL game. It was the e definition of kick and run. DC power goal was literally an un aimed boot to no one from a defender and the other players raced each other to catch up to the ball. One FWD got a lucky toe there first ! My 12 yr old plays better.

Where do they find the players for DC Power? There seems to be no process involved to how any of these players are found and signed. Totally random?

The kids club or college coaches call the USL coach. Or they get cut from NWSL and try to find a USL team. All you really have to show is interest. Most of the USL players were off the bench at sub tier colleges.

Some were actually very good college players, to be fair. Maybe not many but some were.

Not good enough for pro teams. They are average at best.

They were all good college players. They were all really good youth players too. The pyramid gets smaller as you progress in levels.

I love the ignorance of DCUM.

All of this. And the guy/woman who says his 12 year old is a better player than these women. Bless their heart.

It doesn't matter what DCUM thinks. It's what the NWSL and USWNT coaches think. Those girls are NOT on this teams. They are not good enough. These are just facts. Also there are quite a few 14/15/16 year old on the highest level teams! Do your research.

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Saying that they’re among the top .05 percent of soccer players in the world instead of top .01 percent isn’t the flex that you think it is.

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Anonymous wrote:https://goduke.com/news/2025/7/13/womens-soccer-the-bonds-behind-a-shared-love-for-the-game

Context for those who want to use their trust furnd to train with OL. Nice puff piece for Duke soccer. Seriously though,well done FVU these connections are what makes a club stand out from the rest

Nothing wrong with being a nepo baby. It has its perks. Player with the same last name At Duke has played a whole 5 games in her career.

So Mary Long goes to Duke and is a sub as a freshman, leaves to go pro with KC which her parents own and gets called into U20 camp. Man that was easy. I watched her play a half last week and she was the worst player on the field. Perks indeed.

Imagine gong to the 2019 Women's World Cup as a middle school aged kid and saying, "Mom and Dad, I want to do this!!"

"Sure honey. We can do that!" Then buying a women’s teams. Wild, man.

KC got knocked out in the first round. Very surprising.

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Anonymous wrote:https://goduke.com/news/2025/7/13/womens-soccer-the-bonds-behind-a-shared-love-for-the-game

Context for those who want to use their trust furnd to train with OL. Nice puff piece for Duke soccer. Seriously though,well done FVU these connections are what makes a club stand out from the rest

Nothing wrong with being a nepo baby. It has its perks. Player with the same last name At Duke has played a whole 5 games in her career.

So Mary Long goes to Duke and is a sub as a freshman, leaves to go pro with KC which her parents own and gets called into U20 camp. Man that was easy. I watched her play a half last week and she was the worst player on the field. Perks indeed.

Imagine gong to the 2019 Women's World Cup as a middle school aged kid and saying, "Mom and Dad, I want to do this!!"

"Sure honey. We can do that!" Then buying a women’s teams. Wild, man.

KC got knocked out in the first round. Very surprising.

They were rolling this year as well. 1-2 against Gotham isn't a blowout. I watched a short bit and from what I watched, I thought KC was carrying the play.

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Anonymous wrote:This is a Mclean kid right? I remember a thread on here before about other Mclean kids who have worked hard on the field but also have connections that most don't have. Like dad is part owner of DC United connections. This is going to happen in Mclean, Bethesda, Arlington (ahem, North Arlington). Life isn't fair.

Did any of these girls end up making impacts on their teams this year? The DC United connection must be working. UVA is #1 I see.

UVA and Duke both had pretty good years. Duke is still in the tournament, so I guess the recruiting strategy is working.

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Anonymous wrote:This is a Mclean kid right? I remember a thread on here before about other Mclean kids who have worked hard on the field but also have connections that most don't have. Like dad is part owner of DC United connections. This is going to happen in Mclean, Bethesda, Arlington (ahem, North Arlington). Life isn't fair.

Did any of these girls end up making impacts on their teams this year? The DC United connection must be working. UVA is #1 I see.

UVA and Duke both had pretty good years. Duke is still in the tournament, so I guess the recruiting strategy is working.

That can be said about every other team knocked out of the tournament. There are far better teams.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I read an article about a local girl headed to Duke who trains with top pro team in france. We are obviously developing some incredible talent around here, so why is everyone so negative? I'm surprised she is not turning pro instead of heading to college.

She played 45 minutes this year. The whole family combined for a whopping 105 minutes.