Is GAL just letting anyone in? What ECNL should have done
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Anonymous
You’re a pretty crappy recruiter if you can’t even tell the team you’re affiliated with. |
Anonymous
I don't agree that NOVA "region" is weak, because in four out of six age groups the top team comes from our region. Here are the top teams in each age group: U13- Loudoun (1st) McLean (3rd) U14- VDA (1st) U15 - McLean (3rd) U16-- no NOVA teams in the top 3. I think this is the only age group where you can legitimately say that our region is weak U17- BRYC (1st) U19 - McLean (1st); BRYC (3rd) |
Anonymous
And EVERY age group has a NoVA team in last place. |
Anonymous
Saturation dummy. Saturation. We have some of the best players in the nation. Our teams suffer due to oversaturation. In the big scheme of things our teams winning don’t mean squat. All that matters is learning, having fun, and for those chosen few, getting some sort of scholarship to play in college. As far as who finishes first, last in the middle, it don’t really matter. |
Anonymous
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Last place but they hey, they are in ECNL.
That every age group last place is occupied by a NoVA team is telling. |
Anonymous
And your daughters team still couldn't beat them. That's really telling |
Anonymous
Anyone that says a team is weak if they're not in the top 3 is wrong. |
Anonymous
You can keep throwing that up here, and people might start to believe it, but the numbers don't lie. Clearly, you know nothing about probability and statistics. There are 24 NoVA teams out of 66 MA ECNL teams. NoVA teams have their expected share of first and last place teams and are decidedly average as a whole. There is one national championship contender out of the entire MA lot, and that team is in NoVA. |
Anonymous
Last place representation in every age group does matter especially in the context of so many other teams below the middle of the pack, even if just by tick. There are few ECNL regions with a cluster of teams like NoVA has and our region representing last place in every age group is no anomaly considering the dilution. So talk all you want about the patch and superiority of ECNL girls over other girls in “lesser” leagues and our performance in conference demonstrates that many of the girls are simply not elite, not extraordinary and are in fact simply good players. This isn’t the kids fault, the rosters need to be filled and clubs need paying customers and the truth is many colleges simply need “good” players. So, congrats I guess, but don’t tell me that your kid is better than mine because of a patch. |
Anonymous
Because a parent is the best judge of their child’s talent.  Just post up your club and age group so objective minds can make that assessment. It’s not that difficult. We won’t know who YOU are. Right now, you are lashing out with a chip on your shoulder, but there’s nothing backing up your case. Surely, once you post the club and age group, we’ll see the brilliance of your team and how it’s top players could easily displace our last place teams’ players. We are waiting.
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Anonymous
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ebruary 2019:
PDA 05 vs FCV 05: PDA won 5-0 August 2019: FCV vs Richmond United: U19 FCV won 3-1 U17 Richmond won 3-2 U16 Richmond won 2-1 (FCV 04) U15 FCV won 4-1 U14 FCV won 2-0 U13 tie 2-2 Friendly - January 2020 FCV 04 DA vs Maryland United ECNL: Won 1-0 (penalty) FCV 04 DA vs Bethesda 04 ECNL: Tie 1-1 VDA 04 ECNL vs Bethesda 04 ECNL: Won 3-0 Penn Fusion Showcase - February 2020 FCV 04 DA vs Maryland United ECNL: Tie 0-0 Maryland United Showcase – February 2020 Loudoun 04 ECNL vs Maryland United ECNL: Tie 0-0 Loudoun 04 ECNL vs PDA BLUE ECNL: Tie 0-0 VDA 04 ECNL vs Maryland United ECNL: Tie 1-1 VDA 04 ECNL vs Bethesda 04 ECNL: Won 4-0 |
Anonymous
| The number of last place teams is almost completely balanced by the number of first place teams in NoVA. If anything, the distribution is bathtub shaped with a more than normal number of first and last place teams. Those first and last place teams are distributed across all age groups too, so there are no generalizations to be made about age groups. It stands to reason that the area is diluted in general, but that would also include some of the NoVA EDP teams. Regardless, the argument that NoVA ECNL teams in MA are weak cannot be made based on this years standings. I am not about to do this, but a better indicator of ECNL vs EDP strength might come from stacking up the head to head records of NoVA ECNL clubs against EDP clubs. I suspect you would find that ECNL teams own a distinct advantage and that most people would agree. On an individual player level, there are obviously going to be EDP players who could easily play on NoVA ECNL teams but the average skill level is lower. |
Anonymous
Of course, belying this is the fact that almost all of the elite clubs have second teams in the second tier of EDP/CCL/NPL and thus, these players have already been considered and denied on their top (ECNL or GA teams). This parent must be in a club where EDP is the ceiling for girls teams. This may have outed them already, but I haven’t done the research to see exactly which DC area proper clubs are in this position. |
Anonymous
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SOCA 04 is the state champion and winner of Bethesda Cup. They have won the vast majority of their games and have NEVER lost by more than one or two. Their worst defeat, ever, game at the hands of an ECNL team.
Saturday, February 08, 2020 SOCA ELITE 04 (0 - 3) VIRGINIA DEVELOPMENT ACADEMY ECNL SOCA ELITE 04 U16G (2 - 1) ALEXANDRIA '04G RED SOCA ELITE 04 U16G (4 - 0) LOUDOUN SOCCER 04G RED FC FREDERICK FCFREDERICK '04 (0 - 2) SOCA ELITE 04 WEST-MONT UNITED SA PREMIER (1 - 3) SOCA ELITE 04 LEHIGH VALLEY UNITED (1 - 4) SOCA ELITE 04 So forth and so on. |
Anonymous
| Some of you are under the impression that U-little scores and rankings mean something. It doesn't. Nothing matters until HS. Stick around, you will see. |