ECNL Kansas City

[Anonymous]

Will ECNL ever learn NOT to host a Showcase event in the Midwest during December??? Game time temp for one of our games will be below 20*!!! College coaches will not be attending those games as I have seen on X. Waste of time and money. I’d rather go to Alabama or even New Mexico. That is the ONLY thing GA seems to do better. A SoCal event during the same time. Three years in a row, crap weather. SMH.

[Anonymous]

Isn't the college cup there this weekend? That's probably why they did it. But yeah, the weather is awful.

[Anonymous]

Why is college cup here then is another question that beggin to be asked

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Isn't the college cup there this weekend? That's probably why they did it. But yeah, the weather is awful.

Isn't the college cup only 4 schools? Convenient for their coaches but not the other 300.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Will ECNL ever learn NOT to host a Showcase event in the Midwest during December??? Game time temp for one of our games will be below 20*!!! College coaches will not be attending those games as I have seen on X. Waste of time and money. I’d rather go to Alabama or even New Mexico. That is the ONLY thing GA seems to do better. A SoCal event during the same time. Three years in a row, crap weather. SMH.

It's bad all around. Coaches don't want to be there. Players don't want to be there and they are not playing their best soccer in that weather.

[Anonymous]

ECNL Florida in Jan. is truly the first East Coast showcase

[Anonymous]

College Cup in KC is just as dumb. I really wonder about the people that plan these events. California, Texas, Arizona, Texas, and the Southeast, but let’s schedule the NCAA Championship in KC during December. I remember when GA put Nationals in NJ in June. That was another head scratcher. Saw that disaster 8 months before the event even happened. I guess all these planners failed Geography or are just risking events for the sake of saving some money.

Meanwhile, guess who pays…us.

[Anonymous]

Yeah. I'm not looking forward to it at all. I drew the short straw on the parent side and I'm going with my DD and 3 of her teammates. LOL.

Luckily, their first two games are at noon and the 3rd is at 11. I did see that they are shortening Monday's games to 35 minute halves.

My DD is U17 and 15/18 players on her team have verbally committed - the only 3 that haven't are just entering the recruiting cycle as they are 2028 grad year. I feel bad for those players since it's the opening event and looks to be kinda crappy.

Florida, IMO, was really the better event to focus on in attending - ton of coaches there last year and weather a bit better.

I know that my DD's main contact at her committed school is going to the GA event and two other assistants will be in KC.

Interesting the college cup being there - looks like it's back in Cary at WakeMed the next two years.

Oh well. Let's hope no one gets hypothermia like last year in St. Louis.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Yeah. I'm not looking forward to it at all. I drew the short straw on the parent side and I'm going with my DD and 3 of her teammates. LOL.

Luckily, their first two games are at noon and the 3rd is at 11. I did see that they are shortening Monday's games to 35 minute halves.

My DD is U17 and 15/18 players on her team have verbally committed - the only 3 that haven't are just entering the recruiting cycle as they are 2028 grad year. I feel bad for those players since it's the opening event and looks to be kinda crappy.

Florida, IMO, was really the better event to focus on in attending - ton of coaches there last year and weather a bit better.

I know that my DD's main contact at her committed school is going to the GA event and two other assistants will be in KC.

Interesting the college cup being there - looks like it's back in Cary at WakeMed the next two years.

Oh well. Let's hope no one gets hypothermia like last year in St. Louis.

Where did you see them shortening the game?

[Anonymous]

Wait did you just say your ECNL DD's main contact is going to a GA event....wait for it....

[Anonymous]

At what temp/wind chill will they halt/cancel games?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Will ECNL ever learn NOT to host a Showcase event in the Midwest during December??? Game time temp for one of our games will be below 20*!!! College coaches will not be attending those games as I have seen on X. Waste of time and money. I’d rather go to Alabama or even New Mexico. That is the ONLY thing GA seems to do better. A SoCal event during the same time. Three years in a row, crap weather. SMH.

no chance of space heaters? That sounds brutal

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Wait did you just say your ECNL DD's main contact is going to a GA event....wait for it....

the hats. The are not free until after 3pm. They are coming however.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Wait did you just say your ECNL DD's main contact is going to a GA event....wait for it....

the hats. The are not free until after 3pm. They are coming however.

Not hats. ECNL Toboggans. GA has gone with tennis visors this year.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Wait did you just say your ECNL DD's main contact is going to a GA event....wait for it....

Funny how quick you were to pounce on an ECNL thread hmm Yes, there are different events all over the country with different priorities.