Bethesda Soccer Plans

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Anonymous wrote:BSC 05 should bounce back next year when injured players return. The team had 8 draws and was the only team in the conference to stay close with PDA.

Agree. The only trouble spot on the girls side right now are the 08s and everyone on DCUM loves to attack that group. 07s, 06s, and 05s are all well above average in terms of ECNL. Two of the three made Champions League which is an achievement in itself. The upcoming 09s, 10s, and 11s, although very young are all showing signs of being very good teams as well however we all know how things change once 11v11 starts.

I hope the 08s were able to recruit some skill. It's a shame reading this forum how they are constantly used as an example of BSC when they are the minority. Nobody in the DMV is PDA or Solar and there will be a sub par team at every major club in the DMV. Personally, I like to see all the clubs in our area do well.

The BSC 08's and the discussion around them are more endemic of dramatic changes in both the Macro soccer landscape and its effect on the DMV. There is far more competition now for players than there ever was in the past. Clubs like BSC, MD United, McLean and FCV can no longer sit back and wait for the players to come to them. For the first time these clubs actually need to sell themselves to parents and players in what has become a buyers market.

But when you have parents who still pick a club based on the performance of much older age groups it isn't reflective of their particular teams true reality. The 08 BSC by ECNL standards and club past performance is a bad team. It is difficult to attract good players to a bad team especially when many of those players have a more talented team that is closer to them. It is hard to attract kids from Columbia to BSC now. But this isn't just a BSC problem.

Loudoun and FCV are competing for the same players diluting both clubs. Loudoun's 08's and FCV's 08's are good teams but they are far from anything special. McLean and Arlington have similar issues. VDA is the only club that kinda sits out on its own little island and their results are reflective in their geographic location.

For BSC to improve and move forward they can no longer rely on arrogant entitlement. They have to hustle to attract kids. Knowing players have choice having a coach who rubs players/parents the wrong way is no longer a pathway to success. Player retention is more important than ever. Kids don't need to put up a coach they don't like or feels doesn't like them. It is also hard to attract players who might drive past currently better options to be treated poorly, and currently to be treated poorly with terrible results. Time sometimes passes coaches by and in a buyers market you can't afford a bad reputation.

Isn't parity good for everyone though since it forces coaches to develop the weaker players?

Considering the expansion of ECNL overall but in particular the DMV in a few short years ECNL has gone from 4 DMV Clubs to 8 ECNL Clubs.

Assuming 20 players per roster the opportunities for kids went from 80 ECNL slots to 160 possible ECNL slots. There are kids playing in ECNL who never would have sniffed a ECNL roster 5 years ago. So when the reality of BSC losing to FC Frederick twice would have been unthinkable 5 years ago. ECNL has expanded so much that any club at any given age group is closer competitive wise to teams in a "lower league" like CCL than they are in their own league.

You can use "parity" as an argument all you want but the parity is supposed to be with teams within the league not parity between leagues.

So if you look at a team like BSC 08 or any of BRYC's teams where are the players going to come from? You already have the best 180 kids in the area rostered somewhere before you even touch on GA. So now with GA you have 80 more kids out there. There are probably 2-4 kids on any given GA team from Armor, Celtic/Union, FCV and Metro who could make their local ECNL team, some starters some just pushing out subs. But then its done, the players have dried up. 240 kids are playing in a "national league" in the area. That isn't parity, it's dilution.

And this is why you have so many ECNL boosters on this site. They know where the last few players are and they know their team or club needs an infusion of talent.

I would rather more clubs than having to drive 300 miles for division games. Feel free to look at ECNL Map by divisions to get a good idea of how much travel is involved outside of the North Atlantic League. The New England Division is similar. Meanwhile, Mid-Atlantic has teams all over North Carolina and South Carolina. It just gets worse the more you work you way West.

I dream of a day ECNL and GA quit the BS and combine leagues!

Align State HS soccer seasons or align Fall Club seasons and you could have almost an entire ECNL Conference within the DMV.

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Anonymous wrote:BSC 05 should bounce back next year when injured players return. The team had 8 draws and was the only team in the conference to stay close with PDA.

Agree. The only trouble spot on the girls side right now are the 08s and everyone on DCUM loves to attack that group. 07s, 06s, and 05s are all well above average in terms of ECNL. Two of the three made Champions League which is an achievement in itself. The upcoming 09s, 10s, and 11s, although very young are all showing signs of being very good teams as well however we all know how things change once 11v11 starts.

I hope the 08s were able to recruit some skill. It's a shame reading this forum how they are constantly used as an example of BSC when they are the minority. Nobody in the DMV is PDA or Solar and there will be a sub par team at every major club in the DMV. Personally, I like to see all the clubs in our area do well.

The BSC 08's and the discussion around them are more endemic of dramatic changes in both the Macro soccer landscape and its effect on the DMV. There is far more competition now for players than there ever was in the past. Clubs like BSC, MD United, McLean and FCV can no longer sit back and wait for the players to come to them. For the first time these clubs actually need to sell themselves to parents and players in what has become a buyers market.

But when you have parents who still pick a club based on the performance of much older age groups it isn't reflective of their particular teams true reality. The 08 BSC by ECNL standards and club past performance is a bad team. It is difficult to attract good players to a bad team especially when many of those players have a more talented team that is closer to them. It is hard to attract kids from Columbia to BSC now. But this isn't just a BSC problem.

Loudoun and FCV are competing for the same players diluting both clubs. Loudoun's 08's and FCV's 08's are good teams but they are far from anything special. McLean and Arlington have similar issues. VDA is the only club that kinda sits out on its own little island and their results are reflective in their geographic location.

For BSC to improve and move forward they can no longer rely on arrogant entitlement. They have to hustle to attract kids. Knowing players have choice having a coach who rubs players/parents the wrong way is no longer a pathway to success. Player retention is more important than ever. Kids don't need to put up a coach they don't like or feels doesn't like them. It is also hard to attract players who might drive past currently better options to be treated poorly, and currently to be treated poorly with terrible results. Time sometimes passes coaches by and in a buyers market you can't afford a bad reputation.

Isn't parity good for everyone though since it forces coaches to develop the weaker players?

Considering the expansion of ECNL overall but in particular the DMV in a few short years ECNL has gone from 4 DMV Clubs to 8 ECNL Clubs.

Assuming 20 players per roster the opportunities for kids went from 80 ECNL slots to 160 possible ECNL slots. There are kids playing in ECNL who never would have sniffed a ECNL roster 5 years ago. So when the reality of BSC losing to FC Frederick twice would have been unthinkable 5 years ago. ECNL has expanded so much that any club at any given age group is closer competitive wise to teams in a "lower league" like CCL than they are in their own league.

You can use "parity" as an argument all you want but the parity is supposed to be with teams within the league not parity between leagues.

So if you look at a team like BSC 08 or any of BRYC's teams where are the players going to come from? You already have the best 180 kids in the area rostered somewhere before you even touch on GA. So now with GA you have 80 more kids out there. There are probably 2-4 kids on any given GA team from Armor, Celtic/Union, FCV and Metro who could make their local ECNL team, some starters some just pushing out subs. But then its done, the players have dried up. 240 kids are playing in a "national league" in the area. That isn't parity, it's dilution.

And this is why you have so many ECNL boosters on this site. They know where the last few players are and they know their team or club needs an infusion of talent.

I would rather more clubs than having to drive 300 miles for division games. Feel free to look at ECNL Map by divisions to get a good idea of how much travel is involved outside of the North Atlantic League. The New England Division is similar. Meanwhile, Mid-Atlantic has teams all over North Carolina and South Carolina. It just gets worse the more you work you way West.

I dream of a day ECNL and GA quit the BS and combine leagues!

The leagues will not combine. Stop your pipe dream.

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Anonymous wrote:Let’s see where they all fall when the season is complete. Bethesda and mu are a bunch of games behind most of the northern clubs. They’re cramming in games like crazy the next two weeks.

Bethesda 06 won their ECNL conference...pretty impressive considering the teams in their conference.

What are you talking about "considering the teams in their conference"?

Your conference has two top 50 teams while the Mid Atlantic has 5.

Your Conference has 4 top 100 teams while the Mid Atlantic has 8. Your Conference for your age group is not exactly a ECNL murderers row.

National Rankings for the Conference:
13 Bethesda (which is impressive)
22 PDA Blue
84 Penn Fusion
94 FC Delco
108 FC Bucks
120 MD United
149 Match Fit
253 Pipeline
323 PDA South


ECNL Mid Atlantic:
12 McLean
23 Carolina Elite
24 VDA
32 Charlotte
42 NC Courage
73 SC United
80 NC Fusion
85 Richmond
114 Charlotte Independence
127 BRYC
166 Loudoun
240 Willmington

And the O6s shut out Carolina elite and charlotte elite last weekend….beat VDA at Jeff cup….beat #10 nation ranked world class at Jeff cup….beat fcv at Jeff cup (#26). Etc etc.

You’re focusing on that one sentence which is dumb. Getting through penn fusion and pda within league play is a great accomplishment.

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Anonymous wrote:To be fair to BSC, PDA has dominated teams. They are one of the best clubs in the nation and there is not a club in in this area that is as strong across age groups. The 05 team is one of only two opponents that has scored on BSC this season. From what I heard, the PDA 05 team has a half dozen girls who have attended the YNT training camp. The U18/19 team has girls heading to UNC, Rutgers, South Carolina, ND, Yale, etc. The U17 has commits to places to similar schools. BSC is a competitive club but let's be realistic. The 05 and 06 teams are very competitive with PDA while the other age groups are not as competitive with PDA but will compete for a playoff spot.

What are some of the schools the U17 BSC girls are commits? Where do you find this information?

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Anonymous wrote:Not sure if these are parents or coaches sounding off here, but the impression is BSC didn’t expect to win any of those games. Lol. Good luck with getting to the playoffs.

I am sure a bunch of Bethesda hating parents posting here. You are one of them. FYI, no Bethesda girls coaches are posting DCUM. That's absolutely ridiculous. Also, Bethesda has not been able to complete many games due to Montgomery County's excessive restrictions. Hard to make playoffs when you can't play games.

The 06s just tied the previous ECNL National Champions over weekend. Perhaps if Bethesda was in the Mid-Atlantic Conference, all of its teams would make it...I'm sure the 06 VDA team would agree. Loudoun 08s recently lost to Bethesda 08s at Jeff Cup. Mclean 08s are even worse. Toss up between Bethesda and Mclean 07s. The 05s are better than McLean. 04s would not make the playoffs if in Mid Atlantic. Nobody cares about Composite.

Now if you are a GA parent, well, you're a GA parent and have no future unless you play for FCV. If you're outside of GA, you really shouldn't even posting on this matter.

Your “facts” are not facts. A little reassessment is needed. Maybe a lot on a few points

Please enlighten me then Mclean or GA genius! PDA 06s are also rated the #1 team in the United States. Bethesda tied them. I don't see any thing I posted as being wrong. Some things may be a an assumption but not off-base.

You wanted facts right?
McLean 06 and 05 beat Bethesda the last time they played.

McLean 04 and 03 destroyed (like almost double digits) Bethesda this year.

Bethesda has always had strong players. There is 65 pages discussing what the problem is at Bethesda.

Wow, you are a special kind of stupid. Please keep driving by Bethesda on your way to Mclean. Not saying Mclean is a bad club, in fact I think they are a great club but I also think Bethesda is a great Club.

Facts:
1. You are using a result from August 2019 for your 05 team??? You do realize the 2006 team was playing a year up. There is no record of your 06s playing Bethesda 06s. Give me a link to prove me wrong. Scrimmages don't count.
2. You are using a result from October 2019 for your 05 team??? Scrimmages don't count. Last time I see they played, Bethesda won 4-2 in October of 2019.
3. When did this 04 Game happen? Or let me guess, it was another scrimmage. Provide proof please. Last time I see they played it was a 0-0 tie in May of 2019.
4. Almost double digits on 03/02s?????????????????????????? You won the game at Jeff Cup 3-1?????????????????????????????

So IMO, games from almost 2 years ago don't say much. Scrimmages certainly mean absolutely nothing because coaches are observing/playing bench players, trying formations among other things.

Lol. You are like the people that say the showcase results don’t matter because it is just a showcase. I’m getting so confused as to what games matter.

So the games with refs where KL was going crazy didn’t matter huh? Was he playing players out of position?

Psssst, none of the games really matter. They are kids an outside of this forum and your house nobody really cares.

Put in perspective, the Women's game generates a pittance the revenue the men's side is worth. Nobody cares about the women's game at the highest levels and you think they care about your little Bethesda team?

Put your kid in a good spot, have fun and hopefully she gets recruited but otherwise nobody outside of ECNL gives a crap about who won the ECNL Championship. And even then the only ones that care were about 4 teams. This obsession with a "National" caliber team is laughable.

This is beautifully put by a parent who needs to take a deep breath and a step back. The games do matter. People do care. People do care about the women's game. You are obviously bitter for personal reasons that you are not willing to discuss here.

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Anonymous wrote:Not sure if these are parents or coaches sounding off here, but the impression is BSC didn’t expect to win any of those games. Lol. Good luck with getting to the playoffs.

I am sure a bunch of Bethesda hating parents posting here. You are one of them. FYI, no Bethesda girls coaches are posting DCUM. That's absolutely ridiculous. Also, Bethesda has not been able to complete many games due to Montgomery County's excessive restrictions. Hard to make playoffs when you can't play games.

The 06s just tied the previous ECNL National Champions over weekend. Perhaps if Bethesda was in the Mid-Atlantic Conference, all of its teams would make it...I'm sure the 06 VDA team would agree. Loudoun 08s recently lost to Bethesda 08s at Jeff Cup. Mclean 08s are even worse. Toss up between Bethesda and Mclean 07s. The 05s are better than McLean. 04s would not make the playoffs if in Mid Atlantic. Nobody cares about Composite.

Now if you are a GA parent, well, you're a GA parent and have no future unless you play for FCV. If you're outside of GA, you really shouldn't even posting on this matter.

Right. It’s obviously someone that isn’t part of high level soccer.

Your “facts” are not facts. A little reassessment is needed. Maybe a lot on a few points

Please enlighten me then Mclean or GA genius! PDA 06s are also rated the #1 team in the United States. Bethesda tied them. I don't see any thing I posted as being wrong. Some things may be a an assumption but not off-base.

You wanted facts right?
McLean 06 and 05 beat Bethesda the last time they played.

McLean 04 and 03 destroyed (like almost double digits) Bethesda this year.

Bethesda has always had strong players. There is 65 pages discussing what the problem is at Bethesda.

Wow, you are a special kind of stupid. Please keep driving by Bethesda on your way to Mclean. Not saying Mclean is a bad club, in fact I think they are a great club but I also think Bethesda is a great Club.

Facts:
1. You are using a result from August 2019 for your 05 team??? You do realize the 2006 team was playing a year up. There is no record of your 06s playing Bethesda 06s. Give me a link to prove me wrong. Scrimmages don't count.
2. You are using a result from October 2019 for your 05 team??? Scrimmages don't count. Last time I see they played, Bethesda won 4-2 in October of 2019.
3. When did this 04 Game happen? Or let me guess, it was another scrimmage. Provide proof please. Last time I see they played it was a 0-0 tie in May of 2019.
4. Almost double digits on 03/02s?????????????????????????? You won the game at Jeff Cup 3-1?????????????????????????????

So IMO, games from almost 2 years ago don't say much. Scrimmages certainly mean absolutely nothing because coaches are observing/playing bench players, trying formations among other things.

Lol. You are like the people that say the showcase results don’t matter because it is just a showcase. I’m getting so confused as to what games matter.

So the games with refs where KL was going crazy didn’t matter huh? Was he playing players out of position?

Psssst, none of the games really matter. They are kids an outside of this forum and your house nobody really cares.

Put in perspective, the Women's game generates a pittance the revenue the men's side is worth. Nobody cares about the women's game at the highest levels and you think they care about your little Bethesda team?

Put your kid in a good spot, have fun and hopefully she gets recruited but otherwise nobody outside of ECNL gives a crap about who won the ECNL Championship. And even then the only ones that care were about 4 teams. This obsession with a "National" caliber team is laughable.

This is beautifully put by a parent who needs to take a deep breath and a step back. The games do matter. People do care. People do care about the women's game. You are obviously bitter for personal reasons that you are not willing to discuss here.

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All that matters to me is my DD has fun, is motivated by the coach, gets along with her teammates, plays against the very best competition, and most games are competitive.

ECNL provides that. GA is 2nd to ECNL. Finding the coach and players my DD gel with is the tough part. Getting all four together at once is extremely rare.

I don't care about wins or losses as long as the coach puts them in the best position to pull out the win and/or be competitive.

Competitive is one of opinion. Not conceding more than a two goal difference is competitive IMO. There is no development in getting killed by the other team. Our 2008s only lost 4 games of 38 games by more than 2 goals. Despite what the poster says in 08 girls thread, that is competitive.

I hope our new coach is much better about putting us in the position to win. This was one of DG's weak traits. God help the 09s especially with what I was told with happened to them in Texas. SMH.

That said, I give our 2008 team a 2.75 out 4. If we weren't getting a new coach, we would have considered other options. We are actually looking forward to KL if he ever is our coach. Totally different than DG despite what people post on here.

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Anonymous wrote:All that matters to me is my DD has fun, is motivated by the coach, gets along with her teammates, plays against the very best competition, and most games are competitive.

ECNL provides that. GA is 2nd to ECNL. Finding the coach and players my DD gel with is the tough part. Getting all four together at once is extremely rare.

I don't care about wins or losses as long as the coach puts them in the best position to pull out the win and/or be competitive.

Competitive is one of opinion. Not conceding more than a two goal difference is competitive IMO. There is no development in getting killed by the other team. Our 2008s only lost 4 games of 38 games by more than 2 goals. Despite what the poster says in 08 girls thread, that is competitive.

I hope our new coach is much better about putting us in the position to win. This was one of DG's weak traits. God help the 09s especially with what I was told with happened to them in Texas. SMH.

That said, I give our 2008 team a 2.75 out 4. If we weren't getting a new coach, we would have considered other options. We are actually looking forward to KL if he ever is our coach. Totally different than DG despite what people post on here.

Um…. They went 3-1-1 making the Gold final only to lose 1-0. Seems pretty decent to me. Not sure what you are alluding to. http://events.gotsport.com/events/schedule.aspx?eventid=79963&FieldID=0&applicationID=6200275&action=Go

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Anonymous wrote:All that matters to me is my DD has fun, is motivated by the coach, gets along with her teammates, plays against the very best competition, and most games are competitive.

ECNL provides that. GA is 2nd to ECNL. Finding the coach and players my DD gel with is the tough part. Getting all four together at once is extremely rare.

I don't care about wins or losses as long as the coach puts them in the best position to pull out the win and/or be competitive.

Competitive is one of opinion. Not conceding more than a two goal difference is competitive IMO. There is no development in getting killed by the other team. Our 2008s only lost 4 games of 38 games by more than 2 goals. Despite what the poster says in 08 girls thread, that is competitive.

I hope our new coach is much better about putting us in the position to win. This was one of DG's weak traits. God help the 09s especially with what I was told with happened to them in Texas. SMH.

That said, I give our 2008 team a 2.75 out 4. If we weren't getting a new coach, we would have considered other options. We are actually looking forward to KL if he ever is our coach. Totally different than DG despite what people post on here.

Um…. They went 3-1-1 making the Gold final only to lose 1-0. Seems pretty decent to me. Not sure what you are alluding to. http://events.gotsport.com/events/schedule.aspx?eventid=79963&FieldID=0&applicationID=6200275&action=Go

They also tied the team that won the whole tournament, Las Vegas. Las Vegas won over the #1 team in the US in the final.

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Anonymous wrote:All that matters to me is my DD has fun, is motivated by the coach, gets along with her teammates, plays against the very best competition, and most games are competitive.

ECNL provides that. GA is 2nd to ECNL. Finding the coach and players my DD gel with is the tough part. Getting all four together at once is extremely rare.

I don't care about wins or losses as long as the coach puts them in the best position to pull out the win and/or be competitive.

Competitive is one of opinion. Not conceding more than a two goal difference is competitive IMO. There is no development in getting killed by the other team. Our 2008s only lost 4 games of 38 games by more than 2 goals. Despite what the poster says in 08 girls thread, that is competitive.

I hope our new coach is much better about putting us in the position to win. This was one of DG's weak traits. God help the 09s especially with what I was told with happened to them in Texas. SMH.

That said, I give our 2008 team a 2.75 out 4. If we weren't getting a new coach, we would have considered other options. We are actually looking forward to KL if he ever is our coach. Totally different than DG despite what people post on here.

Um…. They went 3-1-1 making the Gold final only to lose 1-0. Seems pretty decent to me. Not sure what you are alluding to. http://events.gotsport.com/events/schedule.aspx?eventid=79963&FieldID=0&applicationID=6200275&action=Go

They also tied the team that won the whole tournament, Las Vegas. Las Vegas won over the #1 team in the US in the final.

If that's the "Gold final" did they win the whole tournament then?

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Anonymous wrote:All that matters to me is my DD has fun, is motivated by the coach, gets along with her teammates, plays against the very best competition, and most games are competitive.

ECNL provides that. GA is 2nd to ECNL. Finding the coach and players my DD gel with is the tough part. Getting all four together at once is extremely rare.

I don't care about wins or losses as long as the coach puts them in the best position to pull out the win and/or be competitive.

Competitive is one of opinion. Not conceding more than a two goal difference is competitive IMO. There is no development in getting killed by the other team. Our 2008s only lost 4 games of 38 games by more than 2 goals. Despite what the poster says in 08 girls thread, that is competitive.

I hope our new coach is much better about putting us in the position to win. This was one of DG's weak traits. God help the 09s especially with what I was told with happened to them in Texas. SMH.

That said, I give our 2008 team a 2.75 out 4. If we weren't getting a new coach, we would have considered other options. We are actually looking forward to KL if he ever is our coach. Totally different than DG despite what people post on here.

Um…. They went 3-1-1 making the Gold final only to lose 1-0. Seems pretty decent to me. Not sure what you are alluding to. http://events.gotsport.com/events/schedule.aspx?eventid=79963&FieldID=0&applicationID=6200275&action=Go

They also tied the team that won the whole tournament, Las Vegas. Las Vegas won over the #1 team in the US in the final.

If that's the "Gold final" did they win the whole tournament then?

Gold division is second division but it is the top teams in the country. Only top 8 after round robin are in super copa division.

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Anonymous wrote:All that matters to me is my DD has fun, is motivated by the coach, gets along with her teammates, plays against the very best competition, and most games are competitive.

ECNL provides that. GA is 2nd to ECNL. Finding the coach and players my DD gel with is the tough part. Getting all four together at once is extremely rare.

I don't care about wins or losses as long as the coach puts them in the best position to pull out the win and/or be competitive.

Competitive is one of opinion. Not conceding more than a two goal difference is competitive IMO. There is no development in getting killed by the other team. Our 2008s only lost 4 games of 38 games by more than 2 goals. Despite what the poster says in 08 girls thread, that is competitive.

I hope our new coach is much better about putting us in the position to win. This was one of DG's weak traits. God help the 09s especially with what I was told with happened to them in Texas. SMH.

That said, I give our 2008 team a 2.75 out 4. If we weren't getting a new coach, we would have considered other options. We are actually looking forward to KL if he ever is our coach. Totally different than DG despite what people post on here.

Um…. They went 3-1-1 making the Gold final only to lose 1-0. Seems pretty decent to me. Not sure what you are alluding to. http://events.gotsport.com/events/schedule.aspx?eventid=79963&FieldID=0&applicationID=6200275&action=Go

I think PP mixed up boys and girls. Boys 09 struggled a bit down there. Looks like they had trouble scoring goals.

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Anonymous wrote:All that matters to me is my DD has fun, is motivated by the coach, gets along with her teammates, plays against the very best competition, and most games are competitive.

ECNL provides that. GA is 2nd to ECNL. Finding the coach and players my DD gel with is the tough part. Getting all four together at once is extremely rare.

I don't care about wins or losses as long as the coach puts them in the best position to pull out the win and/or be competitive.

Competitive is one of opinion. Not conceding more than a two goal difference is competitive IMO. There is no development in getting killed by the other team. Our 2008s only lost 4 games of 38 games by more than 2 goals. Despite what the poster says in 08 girls thread, that is competitive.

I hope our new coach is much better about putting us in the position to win. This was one of DG's weak traits. God help the 09s especially with what I was told with happened to them in Texas. SMH.

That said, I give our 2008 team a 2.75 out 4. If we weren't getting a new coach, we would have considered other options. We are actually looking forward to KL if he ever is our coach. Totally different than DG despite what people post on here.

Um…. They went 3-1-1 making the Gold final only to lose 1-0. Seems pretty decent to me. Not sure what you are alluding to. http://events.gotsport.com/events/schedule.aspx?eventid=79963&FieldID=0&applicationID=6200275&action=Go

I think PP mixed up boys and girls. Boys 09 struggled a bit down there. Looks like they had trouble scoring goals.

Even that team did pretty decently against some of the best teams in the country. 3 draws in the group stage and then a 1-goal loss in the playoff rounds. Sure they didn’t score much, but you could also say that their defensive result was phenomenal. Definitely nothing to be ashamed of. https://events.gotsport.com/events/schedule.aspx?eventid=79963&FieldID=0&applicationID=6122544&action=Go

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Anonymous wrote:All that matters to me is my DD has fun, is motivated by the coach, gets along with her teammates, plays against the very best competition, and most games are competitive.

ECNL provides that. GA is 2nd to ECNL. Finding the coach and players my DD gel with is the tough part. Getting all four together at once is extremely rare.

I don't care about wins or losses as long as the coach puts them in the best position to pull out the win and/or be competitive.

Competitive is one of opinion. Not conceding more than a two goal difference is competitive IMO. There is no development in getting killed by the other team. Our 2008s only lost 4 games of 38 games by more than 2 goals. Despite what the poster says in 08 girls thread, that is competitive.

I hope our new coach is much better about putting us in the position to win. This was one of DG's weak traits. God help the 09s especially with what I was told with happened to them in Texas. SMH.

That said, I give our 2008 team a 2.75 out 4. If we weren't getting a new coach, we would have considered other options. We are actually looking forward to KL if he ever is our coach. Totally different than DG despite what people post on here.

Um…. They went 3-1-1 making the Gold final only to lose 1-0. Seems pretty decent to me. Not sure what you are alluding to. http://events.gotsport.com/events/schedule.aspx?eventid=79963&FieldID=0&applicationID=6200275&action=Go

I think PP mixed up boys and girls. Boys 09 struggled a bit down there. Looks like they had trouble scoring goals.

Even that team did pretty decently against some of the best teams in the country. 3 draws in the group stage and then a 1-goal loss in the playoff rounds. Sure they didn’t score much, but you could also say that their defensive result was phenomenal. Definitely nothing to be ashamed of. https://events.gotsport.com/events/schedule.aspx?eventid=79963&FieldID=0&applicationID=6122544&action=Go

Let’s not go with phenomenal - they didn’t lose in bracket play, true, but everybody goes to playoff rounds, and they lost their first game in the lowest playoff division. So they did fine, but obviously many were better. All good teams, to be sure. I think it is tough to judge teams by how well other age groups within the club perform, but it is a little unavoidable at top clubs, and in that sense, I think it was a bit of a letdown.

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09 Girls were in the strongest group. 3 of the 4 teams in its bracket made the finals. Las Vegas had to beat a team from the group to make the finals.

09 Girls team tied the Las Vegas team that won top playoff bracket against #1 Matchfit. Yes, they lost in final of 2nd Playoff bracket.

Also should note that 3 starters did not go to the tournament due to plans and injury.

09 Girls go to USYS regionals this weekend without 3 defensive starters. They have to play Loudoun to get out of the group.

2010 Girls lost in top bracket finals and lost in Semi-finals.

2012 Boys won top bracket.

2010 Boys lost in Semis in top bracket, undefeated in Group.

2009 Boys lost in Semis of 2nd bracket. Three draws in group play.