2021 ECNL Town Hall
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Anonymous
How you could listen to that and conclude it is good news for GAL is beyond me, unless you were being sarcastic. |
Anonymous
| Didn’t have time to watch...Are the ECNL conferences staying the same? VA teams still in a conference with SC and NC teams? |
Anonymous
| Fewer clubs in ECNL? All the rest will be welcome in GAL, more games played locally and no travel to SC and NC. |
Anonymous
VDA is right below BRYC and McLean right above. All mediocre teams. |
Anonymous
NOVA MA Conference results. Mclean 24-12-8 VDA 20-17-6 Loudoun 15-23-8 BRYC 6-34-8 |
Anonymous
Boys or Girls? |
Anonymous
| Club will mean both. Can’t wait for this to look like AAU and Travel Baseball. Players on scholarship from all over the world flying in for games to keep the club from being relegated |
Anonymous
| Lol damn BRYC |
Anonymous
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Anonymous
on the boys side, McLean is the BRYC of the girls side. They are bottom of the barrel, which is why they are desperate to merge to strengthen the boys side before they are dropped from ECNL all together. |
Anonymous
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The town hall didn’t address any of the issues being discussed here directly. It was an hour of pomp and self-importance. There were statements about meaningful games and high club standards in abstract, and the Regional league being the base of the pyramid, that is all.
One observation: Lavers said that “clubs” develop players. This is wrong. Coaches develop (or recruit/pick) good players. Clubs develop (or hire) good coaches. This is a key distinction in that the ECNL league should spend most of its time and effort assessing and training and raising the quality of its coaches, not the players. This is the only way to “raise the quality” of play. The coaches are the tool by which players are developed. In theory, Clubs that don’t demonstrate a commitment to high quality coaching (coach training, observation, grade, adjust, repeat) should be subject to relegation, and simple W and L’s don’t tell the story. Games and more importantly practices have to be observed. That takes time and money and effort and is where reality won’t meet theory. They’ll likely simply look at avg. license level, and training course completion cents I suppose no wins and losses. That’d be easier, but not effective. Anyhow my kids getting older so by the time any change is effective, she’ll be off to college. |
Anonymous
| I suppose no wins and losses = and I suppose wins and losses. |
Anonymous
| Most in the internal mix knew this was coming. Dont be surprised if you see new management at BRYC this Summer. The unofficial search has been going on. |
Anonymous
I heard it's going to be Bobby from FCV. He finally gets back into ECNL! |
Anonymous
Who else would they be in a conference with? Always remember... VA south plays HS soccer in Spring. MD north plays fall. Because of this, they will never be in the same division. |