Bethesda Premier Cup Tournament 2023

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Anonymous wrote:LFC also went 0-9 in league play this fall, so maybe they are right where they should be...

I was coming to say this. Liverpool lost all of their games this fall. I've seen them play. 4th bracket is appropriate. I'm not familiar with the ecnl teams but it may be a similar situation.

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Anonymous wrote:The U13 lineup is pretty legit... at least through the top four brackets. Blame your Coach for not requesting to drop down a bracket.

Then ECNL is not all it's cracked up to be.
If two ECNL teams are in the 4th Bracket of a local tournament.

Mixed bag, especially for boys. Most of the boys talent is funneled into funded MLS academies attached to pro teams.

The rosters of DC United U14's and 15's support that narrative?
Will they show a high number of players were on ECNL teams prior?

That said, if ECNL level is high as advertised, then the replacements would also be high quality players, no?
Also, if you're one level below MLS Clubs Professional Academies, what are you doing in 4th Bracket of local tournament?

DCU academy is playing at the tournament?

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Anonymous wrote:The U13 lineup is pretty legit... at least through the top four brackets. Blame your Coach for not requesting to drop down a bracket.

Then ECNL is not all it's cracked up to be.
If two ECNL teams are in the 4th Bracket of a local tournament.

Mixed bag, especially for boys. Most of the boys talent is funneled into funded MLS academies attached to pro teams.

The rosters of DC United U14's and 15's support that narrative?
Will they show a high number of players were on ECNL teams prior?

That said, if ECNL level is high as advertised, then the replacements would also be high quality players, no?
Also, if you're one level below MLS Clubs Professional Academies, what are you doing in 4th Bracket of local tournament?

DCU academy is playing at the tournament?

No

[Anonymous]

Here are the brackets for that age group. Seems like Liverpool is lucky to be 4th bracket rather than 5th. https://system.gotsport.com/org_event/events/26308/schedules?age=13&gender=m

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Liverpool FC being 9th in Gotsoccer rankings makes as much sense as them being in the 4th bracket. Does it really matter at that age?

[Anonymous]

See you at Muldoon’s!
🤣😂🤣😂

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Liverpool FC being 9th in Gotsoccer rankings makes as much sense as them being in the 4th bracket. Does it really matter at that age?

I guess if we got rid of medals, trophies and gotsoccer rankings points (used as marketing tool to get more parents to join a club $$$) then it wouldn't matter much.

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Anonymous wrote:Liverpool FC being 9th in Gotsoccer rankings makes as much sense as them being in the 4th bracket. Does it really matter at that age?

Gotsoccer rankings?!? lolololol

[Anonymous]

The U14 Villarreal vs Alexandria MLSNext will be a good one. Villarreal punches above their weight in in ECNL-RL.

I also noticed both Mclean Union ECNL and Fairfax Brave ECNL are in the lowest bracket??

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Anonymous wrote:The U14 Villarreal vs Alexandria MLSNext will be a good one. Villarreal punches above their weight in in ECNL-RL.

I also noticed both Mclean Union ECNL and Fairfax Brave ECNL are in the lowest bracket??

It's so disheartening, and embarrassing for BSC, that this age group is being played at Muldoon's. When will they stop using that place? Is the owner of the land on the BoD?

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I wish VYS would've played here instead of crappy Columbia (no offense- its just very far)

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Anonymous wrote:I wish VYS would've played here instead of crappy Columbia (no offense- its just very far)

To be honest, I don't know that they would have been accepted. If the Brave group is in bottom brackets, where do you put the second and third teams? Outside looking in.

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Anonymous wrote:I wish VYS would've played here instead of crappy Columbia (no offense- its just very far)

To be honest, I don't know that they would have been accepted. If the Brave group is in bottom brackets, where do you put the second and third teams? Outside looking in.

Valid point

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Anonymous wrote:it works the way the tournament wants it to work an d don't waste your time trying to figure out youth sports. Your kids don't care as much as the parents do.

This person was asking a fairly reasonable question.

Amd that was the most accurate answer you're going to get.

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I'm just thrilled that as a U15, we're not stuck at Muldoon.
What an emarassment that place is.