Best U14 Girls soccer team in MD/VA

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:FCV (wins the social media battle and doesn’t develop people - just recruits athletes and plugs them in - don’t believe their D1 hype - they get little to no scholarships and most letters of intent are for walk ons

Loudon (developing a steady playing system of modern soccer m)

Bethesda (would be number one without parents ruining the club and scaring players and coaches away. Many families that are rich don’t care if ECNL is a path to college - case in point the disrespect of the family that allowed their kid to stay home from school sick and go to practice - quarantined the entire team with covid)

Mclean (broken year needs to rebuild)
MD United (coach is out of favor with players)
Baltimore Armour - first class coaching, weakness is GA
Baltimore Celtic - same as Armour
Arlington - probably stealing mclean girls with the new coach who was fired from mclean for fighting with a parent
VDA - meh.


None of the girls from McLean will move to Arlington because of the new coach. He was fired for a reason: bad coaching and arrogant attitude. It was a long time coming. Current McLean coach has his work cut out for him undoing all the bad habits left over from the previous coach. Good luck to Arlington.

It’s all about what is the right fit

Pipeline does not deserve to be on any list

[Anonymous]

Is ECNL great across the board by way of competition?

IS GA great across the board by way of competition?

Both Leagues are getting watered down

So why is GA clubs not having many issues when they play ECNL clubs

But see comments that a problem is the GA League

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:


Is ECNL great across the board by way of competition?

IS GA great across the board by way of competition?

Both Leagues are getting watered down

So why is GA clubs not having many issues when they play ECNL clubs

But see comments that a problem is the GA League

It is an odd way to recruit to your ECNL club by bashing GA and the kids that play in it.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:


Is ECNL great across the board by way of competition?

IS GA great across the board by way of competition?

Both Leagues are getting watered down

So why is GA clubs not having many issues when they play ECNL clubs

But see comments that a problem is the GA League

It is an odd way to recruit to your ECNL club by bashing GA and the kids that play in it.

Why is it odd? Everyone is doing you a favor by reminding you over 5000 posts that GA is done, everyone hates FCV but doesn’t hate MU or Arlington, Loudoun only has one good age group (07), encl is not elite, all of the clubs in this area suck, yada yada. Ecnl clubs don’t need to recruit en mass. Maybe one or two slots on the first team. They’ll take anyone who will pay for the 2nd team.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:


Is ECNL great across the board by way of competition?

IS GA great across the board by way of competition?

Both Leagues are getting watered down

So why is GA clubs not having many issues when they play ECNL clubs

But see comments that a problem is the GA League

It is an odd way to recruit to your ECNL club by bashing GA and the kids that play in it.

Why is it odd? Everyone is doing you a favor by reminding you over 5000 posts that GA is done, everyone hates FCV but doesn’t hate MU or Arlington, Loudoun only has one good age group (07), encl is not elite, all of the clubs in this area suck, yada yada. Ecnl clubs don’t need to recruit en mass. Maybe one or two slots on the first team. They’ll take anyone who will pay for the 2nd team.

If you are telling people that their kid is trash because in your estimation they play in a trash league then why would they want to come? Why would they believe they are even good enough to make your team? Keep telling people they are trash and eventually I guess they will believe it and your team, which is where you want to see improvement will not get the turnout at ID sessions.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:


Is ECNL great across the board by way of competition?

IS GA great across the board by way of competition?

Both Leagues are getting watered down

So why is GA clubs not having many issues when they play ECNL clubs

But see comments that a problem is the GA League

It is an odd way to recruit to your ECNL club by bashing GA and the kids that play in it.

Why is it odd? Everyone is doing you a favor by reminding you over 5000 posts that GA is done, everyone hates FCV but doesn’t hate MU or Arlington, Loudoun only has one good age group (07), encl is not elite, all of the clubs in this area suck, yada yada. Ecnl clubs don’t need to recruit en mass. Maybe one or two slots on the first team. They’ll take anyone who will pay for the 2nd team.

If you are telling people that their kid is trash because in your estimation they play in a trash league then why would they want to come? Why would they believe they are even good enough to make your team? Keep telling people they are trash and eventually I guess they will believe it and your team, which is where you want to see improvement will not get the turnout at ID sessions.

No one cares. There’s only 2-3 girls left at FCV and MU that any ecnl team would get excited to recruit.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:


Is ECNL great across the board by way of competition?

IS GA great across the board by way of competition?

Both Leagues are getting watered down

So why is GA clubs not having many issues when they play ECNL clubs

But see comments that a problem is the GA League

It is an odd way to recruit to your ECNL club by bashing GA and the kids that play in it.

Why is it odd? Everyone is doing you a favor by reminding you over 5000 posts that GA is done, everyone hates FCV but doesn’t hate MU or Arlington, Loudoun only has one good age group (07), encl is not elite, all of the clubs in this area suck, yada yada. Ecnl clubs don’t need to recruit en mass. Maybe one or two slots on the first team. They’ll take anyone who will pay for the 2nd team.

If you are telling people that their kid is trash because in your estimation they play in a trash league then why would they want to come? Why would they believe they are even good enough to make your team? Keep telling people they are trash and eventually I guess they will believe it and your team, which is where you want to see improvement will not get the turnout at ID sessions.

No one cares. There’s only 2-3 girls left at FCV and MU that any ecnl team would get excited to recruit.

VDA is in 10th place and BRYC is in 12th place. It seems there are lots of rosters spots up for grabs. And we'll see how McLean shakes out after playing some North and South Carolina teams this spring. But NoVA ECNL is pretty weak. Stop playing the "elite" kids and steel sharpens steel card. It doesn't pass the smell test when most of the NoVA ECNL teams are basement dwellers. And that is the real reason you are here constantly pumping ECNL, and ECNL specifically versus teams. Because your local teams absolutely suck.

You will give a "it's all relative" excuse. In particular, by saying FCV's wins mean nothing but somehow VDA and BRYC's 11 combined losses to 2 wins is somehow better? Losing is losing. BRYC has a -20 goal differential. But ECNL!!! There are CCL and NCSL kids who would improve that BRYC team.

[Anonymous]

So if GA is done, why havent the Nationals, CUP and Tophat left for greener grass on the other side

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:
So if GA is done, why havent the Nationals, CUP and Tophat left for greener grass on the other side

Because ECNL is to good for Top Hat.

[Anonymous]

I think it’s pretty well recognized that NOVa is too watered down with ECNL and GA teams. Same is now true for Baltimore with Pipeline, Baltimore Armour and Celtic Union being in ECNL and GA. Baltimore is not big enough to support 3 high quality teams in each birth year, just as NoVa is not big enough to support 7 high quality teams.

At the various age groups, though, there are teams much stronger than the others. At 07, that’s Loudoun, FCV, McLean and Bethesda, but that list would be very different if you’re talking about the 02/03s.

If my kid was looking to play the most competitive soccer possible, I’d start with the top ECNL teams at my kid’s birth year, and would join one of those teams if my kid could play meaningful minutes for one of those teams. If that was not possible, I’d look at the other ECNL, GA or CCL teams, primarily because I think there is no substitute for playing time. I’ve seen kids sit for most of the games for travel teams at various levels, and that’s no fun for the kid or good for their development. That’s just my opinion, and I appreciate others have different opinions. To each his/her own.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I think it’s pretty well recognized that NOVa is too watered down with ECNL and GA teams. Same is now true for Baltimore with Pipeline, Baltimore Armour and Celtic Union being in ECNL and GA. Baltimore is not big enough to support 3 high quality teams in each birth year, just as NoVa is not big enough to support 7 high quality teams.

At the various age groups, though, there are teams much stronger than the others. At 07, that’s Loudoun, FCV, McLean and Bethesda, but that list would be very different if you’re talking about the 02/03s.

If my kid was looking to play the most competitive soccer possible, I’d start with the top ECNL teams at my kid’s birth year, and would join one of those teams if my kid could play meaningful minutes for one of those teams. If that was not possible, I’d look at the other ECNL, GA or CCL teams, primarily because I think there is no substitute for playing time. I’ve seen kids sit for most of the games for travel teams at various levels, and that’s no fun for the kid or good for their development. That’s just my opinion, and I appreciate others have different opinions. To each his/her own.

I agree with what you’re saying but you also need to consider fit as a player and also parent politics/drama (see McLean).

[Anonymous]

Good point.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:
So if GA is done, why havent the Nationals, CUP and Tophat left for greener grass on the other side

Because ECNL is to good for Top Hat.

https://gasoccerforum.com/thread/4850/tophat-pressure

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:
So if GA is done, why havent the Nationals, CUP and Tophat left for greener grass on the other side

Because ECNL is to good for Top Hat.

https://gasoccerforum.com/thread/4850/tophat-pressure

Yikes. Is that forum for real?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:
So if GA is done, why havent the Nationals, CUP and Tophat left for greener grass on the other side

Because ECNL is to good for Top Hat.

https://gasoccerforum.com/thread/4850/tophat-pressure

Yikes. Is that forum for real?

Yeah, over a year ago. It is a dead thread. LOL