McLean leaving FVU

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Anonymous wrote:In 2-3 years Mclean will be much better. The GA exodus and MLS 2 is a hump. Player retention has improved with younger age groups. They just need to stop switching coaches around too often and let them grow through the 9-12 phase.

I rarely hear anything bad of the coaches. They are not the most well known around but do compete with bigger clubs.

How will McLean be better off? Harkes hasn’t even finished a full year and they went from national powerhouse with multiple players excelling at a pro level to an absolute joke. They traded the girls history for a second division on the boys side.
And player retention has improved? They lost almost all their players for both the boys and girls at 2013.

FVU was much better right(with 7 clubs and counting)? I wouldnt blame someone who took over a dumpster fire and hitting the reset button to build a program. CW let the boys side fall apart as TD and now someone has to clean up. JH has the best connections in all of the DMV, if they joined MLS2 it is to be MLS1 in 2-3 years.

No offense but if achilles and west virginia have MLS1 then anyone with connections can get it. The rest will be up to the quality of the coaches. The only reason ECNL got to where it is was because DA went under during covid and they picked up all the opportunistic scraps.

MLS and GA will take over under the US Federation. ECNL is under US Club soccer, MLS and GA are USSF.

If JH had connections than McLean would have got MLS1. He does not have connections and has zero credibility in youth soccer. He isn’t well liked in any circles and going behind Clyde’s back isn’t going to help his reputation. You know that reputation that ruined the chemistry of a World Cup team.

He had the pull to get MYS MLS2 without waiting. Legitimately MYS is not MLS1 caliber but if they perform they’ll get moved up. JH has a lot of pull. CW reputation was built when there were only two elite teams in the area. His communication and management skills are widely known to be terrible. MYS hitting reset on a lot of these characters including CW, NM, JA, etc.

It was obviously broken in the last several years so the revamp is on.

I don’t know if one post could contain so much BS and lies.
Did anyone need any pull to get MLS2? Literally they gave it to anyone that wanted it. FCV got MLS2 and they are known as a girls club.
CW won a national championship and was coach of the year before the ECNL ever existed so the whole two elite team thing is just BS. McLean was given ECNL because of CW’s reputation.
His communication and management is widely known as terrible? By who? And tell me about Harkes’ great communication and management?
The only truth you said in this post was they are doing a reset. The point is it was stupid to do a reset. What was broken over the last few years? They have had arguably the best graduating class EVERY year for the past 20 years. Mclean might never have another power 4 commit with the decision to go GA.
And the reset has not started well as I have heard they have struggled to find a girls director.

Coppermine has some of the best boys teams and have facilities, they got MLS2. Soooo..

You seem like a bitter parent that had to go to FVU(Which is a sinking ship) or you have no clue what goes on in club management.

Also, CW is not going to live forever, over the years hes lost touch with management, he damaged his reputation the way he handled his move to FVU. He trusted NM, DB, ML and look where they are now.
NM and ML were profiting off GFR, also mclean.
DB only recruits off the back of parents, go watch his teams play, no principles.
CW had these guys protected at mclean and it backfired on him. Well deserved, he blew mclean up because of his lack of professionalism.

NM and ML were fired by GFR.

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Anonymous wrote:VDA and GA overall is looking appealing if you can't make VDA. FVU will be no better than Arlington if NM takes 2-3 of the best players from the 10s, 11s, 12s player pools. Older players are staying put as the FVU recruiting hype machine is likely already worked them over

dont know whut ur smoking but share it because it sounds incredible

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Comments on the U littles coaching slate ?

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Anonymous wrote:Comments on the U littles coaching slate ?

Looks like they don’t have as many teams.

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They just put out a girl’s coaching slate for uLittles before tryouts next week. Ugh. Looks like the people predicting the fall of McLean might be on to something. Yikes!

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Anonymous wrote:They just put out a girl’s coaching slate for uLittles before tryouts next week. Ugh. Looks like the people predicting the fall of McLean might be on to something. Yikes!

It’s a who’s who of no name nobodies. Which one of those guys is the supposed “Captain America” ?

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Anonymous wrote:In 2-3 years Mclean will be much better. The GA exodus and MLS 2 is a hump. Player retention has improved with younger age groups. They just need to stop switching coaches around too often and let them grow through the 9-12 phase.

I rarely hear anything bad of the coaches. They are not the most well known around but do compete with bigger clubs.

How will McLean be better off? Harkes hasn’t even finished a full year and they went from national powerhouse with multiple players excelling at a pro level to an absolute joke. They traded the girls history for a second division on the boys side.
And player retention has improved? They lost almost all their players for both the boys and girls at 2013.

And the same will happen with the 2014's next year. FVU made sure that they got DB and CW to lure away 2013's this year and 2014's next year to FVU. After 2014s MYS is very weak. This is the beginning of the end for MYS girls youth program.

FVU is a a mid club (say Brave 2.0). Except 2010 girls, the rest is at the lower end of ECNL with the Wilmington, NC fusion and co. Therefore Playoff spot is not in the deal package. CW is past his prime and is looking to retire and DB is an interesting coach who got recently fired with a D license and has a suspicious history of picking the right players based on merit. Good luck getting anywhere with FVU.

07s are in second. That’s the lower end of ECNL?

12s and 09s also have winning records and are in the top half of the league. 11s are 7th out of 12, so just missed the top half.

Did you literally just make your post up?

12s are underperforming and sliding backwards now that they are playing tougher teams the back half of the season. They are 5th to VDAs 7th, and are benefitting in the rankings from the luck that is the NVA downfall and some bad calls in a recent game that gave them a tie where it should have been a loss. I feel bad for the girls, as they have some talent, but they clearly lack coaching, can’t move the ball well, and their defense is weak. You can beat lesser teams with kick and run, but the tougher teams reveal the gaps. It only gets tougher as they get older.

Sounds like someone is upset Arlington did not win. Arlington is no powerhouse. Again bro we know who you are. Get help.

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Anonymous wrote:In 2-3 years Mclean will be much better. The GA exodus and MLS 2 is a hump. Player retention has improved with younger age groups. They just need to stop switching coaches around too often and let them grow through the 9-12 phase.

I rarely hear anything bad of the coaches. They are not the most well known around but do compete with bigger clubs.

How will McLean be better off? Harkes hasn’t even finished a full year and they went from national powerhouse with multiple players excelling at a pro level to an absolute joke. They traded the girls history for a second division on the boys side.
And player retention has improved? They lost almost all their players for both the boys and girls at 2013.

FVU was much better right(with 7 clubs and counting)? I wouldnt blame someone who took over a dumpster fire and hitting the reset button to build a program. CW let the boys side fall apart as TD and now someone has to clean up. JH has the best connections in all of the DMV, if they joined MLS2 it is to be MLS1 in 2-3 years.

No offense but if achilles and west virginia have MLS1 then anyone with connections can get it. The rest will be up to the quality of the coaches. The only reason ECNL got to where it is was because DA went under during covid and they picked up all the opportunistic scraps.

MLS and GA will take over under the US Federation. ECNL is under US Club soccer, MLS and GA are USSF.

If JH had connections than McLean would have got MLS1. He does not have connections and has zero credibility in youth soccer. He isn’t well liked in any circles and going behind Clyde’s back isn’t going to help his reputation. You know that reputation that ruined the chemistry of a World Cup team.

He had the pull to get MYS MLS2 without waiting. Legitimately MYS is not MLS1 caliber but if they perform they’ll get moved up. JH has a lot of pull. CW reputation was built when there were only two elite teams in the area. His communication and management skills are widely known to be terrible. MYS hitting reset on a lot of these characters including CW, NM, JA, etc.

It was obviously broken in the last several years so the revamp is on.

I don’t know if one post could contain so much BS and lies.
Did anyone need any pull to get MLS2? Literally they gave it to anyone that wanted it. FCV got MLS2 and they are known as a girls club.
CW won a national championship and was coach of the year before the ECNL ever existed so the whole two elite team thing is just BS. McLean was given ECNL because of CW’s reputation.
His communication and management is widely known as terrible? By who? And tell me about Harkes’ great communication and management?
The only truth you said in this post was they are doing a reset. The point is it was stupid to do a reset. What was broken over the last few years? They have had arguably the best graduating class EVERY year for the past 20 years. Mclean might never have another power 4 commit with the decision to go GA.
And the reset has not started well as I have heard they have struggled to find a girls director.

Not pp but they’re right about 2 elite teams. McLean and FC Virginia were the only ECNL clubs in the area for years. How could they not build elite teams when they had their pick of everyone in northern Virginia? Bethesda was the only one in Maryland. There were three teams for this entire region. There was no dilution. They literally got any player they wanted and they still couldn’t do anything. CW’s communication is awful and he’s collecting paycheck. Just get his cell phone number and your daughter will play.

Lies and more lies. MD United was also ECNL.
McLean couldn’t do anything when they were one of four ECNL in the area? They were the best in this area by a mile. Almost every team was a top 10 team in the country. Multiple teams made it to the national championship.
This is the problem with an anonymous board. Some loser coach that was probably jealous or not good enough to work with Clyde can come spit lies and others will believe the nonsense.

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Anonymous wrote:In 2-3 years Mclean will be much better. The GA exodus and MLS 2 is a hump. Player retention has improved with younger age groups. They just need to stop switching coaches around too often and let them grow through the 9-12 phase.

I rarely hear anything bad of the coaches. They are not the most well known around but do compete with bigger clubs.

How will McLean be better off? Harkes hasn’t even finished a full year and they went from national powerhouse with multiple players excelling at a pro level to an absolute joke. They traded the girls history for a second division on the boys side.
And player retention has improved? They lost almost all their players for both the boys and girls at 2013.

And the same will happen with the 2014's next year. FVU made sure that they got DB and CW to lure away 2013's this year and 2014's next year to FVU. After 2014s MYS is very weak. This is the beginning of the end for MYS girls youth program.

FVU is a a mid club (say Brave 2.0). Except 2010 girls, the rest is at the lower end of ECNL with the Wilmington, NC fusion and co. Therefore Playoff spot is not in the deal package. CW is past his prime and is looking to retire and DB is an interesting coach who got recently fired with a D license and has a suspicious history of picking the right players based on merit. Good luck getting anywhere with FVU.

07s are in second. That’s the lower end of ECNL?

12s and 09s also have winning records and are in the top half of the league. 11s are 7th out of 12, so just missed the top half.

Did you literally just make your post up?

12s are underperforming and sliding backwards now that they are playing tougher teams the back half of the season. They are 5th to VDAs 7th, and are benefitting in the rankings from the luck that is the NVA downfall and some bad calls in a recent game that gave them a tie where it should have been a loss. I feel bad for the girls, as they have some talent, but they clearly lack coaching, can’t move the ball well, and their defense is weak. You can beat lesser teams with kick and run, but the tougher teams reveal the gaps. It only gets tougher as they get older.

Sounds like someone is upset Arlington did not win. Arlington is no powerhouse. Again bro we know who you are. Get help.

Lmao

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Anonymous wrote:In 2-3 years Mclean will be much better. The GA exodus and MLS 2 is a hump. Player retention has improved with younger age groups. They just need to stop switching coaches around too often and let them grow through the 9-12 phase.

I rarely hear anything bad of the coaches. They are not the most well known around but do compete with bigger clubs.

How will McLean be better off? Harkes hasn’t even finished a full year and they went from national powerhouse with multiple players excelling at a pro level to an absolute joke. They traded the girls history for a second division on the boys side.
And player retention has improved? They lost almost all their players for both the boys and girls at 2013.

FVU was much better right(with 7 clubs and counting)? I wouldnt blame someone who took over a dumpster fire and hitting the reset button to build a program. CW let the boys side fall apart as TD and now someone has to clean up. JH has the best connections in all of the DMV, if they joined MLS2 it is to be MLS1 in 2-3 years.

No offense but if achilles and west virginia have MLS1 then anyone with connections can get it. The rest will be up to the quality of the coaches. The only reason ECNL got to where it is was because DA went under during covid and they picked up all the opportunistic scraps.

MLS and GA will take over under the US Federation. ECNL is under US Club soccer, MLS and GA are USSF.

If JH had connections than McLean would have got MLS1. He does not have connections and has zero credibility in youth soccer. He isn’t well liked in any circles and going behind Clyde’s back isn’t going to help his reputation. You know that reputation that ruined the chemistry of a World Cup team.

He had the pull to get MYS MLS2 without waiting. Legitimately MYS is not MLS1 caliber but if they perform they’ll get moved up. JH has a lot of pull. CW reputation was built when there were only two elite teams in the area. His communication and management skills are widely known to be terrible. MYS hitting reset on a lot of these characters including CW, NM, JA, etc.

It was obviously broken in the last several years so the revamp is on.

I don’t know if one post could contain so much BS and lies.
Did anyone need any pull to get MLS2? Literally they gave it to anyone that wanted it. FCV got MLS2 and they are known as a girls club.
CW won a national championship and was coach of the year before the ECNL ever existed so the whole two elite team thing is just BS. McLean was given ECNL because of CW’s reputation.
His communication and management is widely known as terrible? By who? And tell me about Harkes’ great communication and management?
The only truth you said in this post was they are doing a reset. The point is it was stupid to do a reset. What was broken over the last few years? They have had arguably the best graduating class EVERY year for the past 20 years. Mclean might never have another power 4 commit with the decision to go GA.
And the reset has not started well as I have heard they have struggled to find a girls director.

Not pp but they’re right about 2 elite teams. McLean and FC Virginia were the only ECNL clubs in the area for years. How could they not build elite teams when they had their pick of everyone in northern Virginia? Bethesda was the only one in Maryland. There were three teams for this entire region. There was no dilution. They literally got any player they wanted and they still couldn’t do anything. CW’s communication is awful and he’s collecting paycheck. Just get his cell phone number and your daughter will play.

Lies and more lies. MD United was also ECNL.
McLean couldn’t do anything when they were one of four ECNL in the area? They were the best in this area by a mile. Almost every team was a top 10 team in the country. Multiple teams made it to the national championship.
This is the problem with an anonymous board. Some loser coach that was probably jealous or not good enough to work with Clyde can come spit lies and others will believe the nonsense.

Dude! Relax. You’re living in the past bruh! McLeans in the toilet now. CW said adios. Look at the coaching slate and you can easily see what a poop show life has become for the club.

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Anonymous wrote:In 2-3 years Mclean will be much better. The GA exodus and MLS 2 is a hump. Player retention has improved with younger age groups. They just need to stop switching coaches around too often and let them grow through the 9-12 phase.

I rarely hear anything bad of the coaches. They are not the most well known around but do compete with bigger clubs.

How will McLean be better off? Harkes hasn’t even finished a full year and they went from national powerhouse with multiple players excelling at a pro level to an absolute joke. They traded the girls history for a second division on the boys side.
And player retention has improved? They lost almost all their players for both the boys and girls at 2013.

FVU was much better right(with 7 clubs and counting)? I wouldnt blame someone who took over a dumpster fire and hitting the reset button to build a program. CW let the boys side fall apart as TD and now someone has to clean up. JH has the best connections in all of the DMV, if they joined MLS2 it is to be MLS1 in 2-3 years.

No offense but if achilles and west virginia have MLS1 then anyone with connections can get it. The rest will be up to the quality of the coaches. The only reason ECNL got to where it is was because DA went under during covid and they picked up all the opportunistic scraps.

MLS and GA will take over under the US Federation. ECNL is under US Club soccer, MLS and GA are USSF.

If JH had connections than McLean would have got MLS1. He does not have connections and has zero credibility in youth soccer. He isn’t well liked in any circles and going behind Clyde’s back isn’t going to help his reputation. You know that reputation that ruined the chemistry of a World Cup team.

He had the pull to get MYS MLS2 without waiting. Legitimately MYS is not MLS1 caliber but if they perform they’ll get moved up. JH has a lot of pull. CW reputation was built when there were only two elite teams in the area. His communication and management skills are widely known to be terrible. MYS hitting reset on a lot of these characters including CW, NM, JA, etc.

It was obviously broken in the last several years so the revamp is on.

I don’t know if one post could contain so much BS and lies.
Did anyone need any pull to get MLS2? Literally they gave it to anyone that wanted it. FCV got MLS2 and they are known as a girls club.
CW won a national championship and was coach of the year before the ECNL ever existed so the whole two elite team thing is just BS. McLean was given ECNL because of CW’s reputation.
His communication and management is widely known as terrible? By who? And tell me about Harkes’ great communication and management?
The only truth you said in this post was they are doing a reset. The point is it was stupid to do a reset. What was broken over the last few years? They have had arguably the best graduating class EVERY year for the past 20 years. Mclean might never have another power 4 commit with the decision to go GA.
And the reset has not started well as I have heard they have struggled to find a girls director.

Not pp but they’re right about 2 elite teams. McLean and FC Virginia were the only ECNL clubs in the area for years. How could they not build elite teams when they had their pick of everyone in northern Virginia? Bethesda was the only one in Maryland. There were three teams for this entire region. There was no dilution. They literally got any player they wanted and they still couldn’t do anything. CW’s communication is awful and he’s collecting paycheck. Just get his cell phone number and your daughter will play.

Lies and more lies. MD United was also ECNL.
McLean couldn’t do anything when they were one of four ECNL in the area? They were the best in this area by a mile. Almost every team was a top 10 team in the country. Multiple teams made it to the national championship.
This is the problem with an anonymous board. Some loser coach that was probably jealous or not good enough to work with Clyde can come spit lies and others will believe the nonsense.

There were only two in Northern Virginia. I don’t know why you’re so mad about it. They had very few teams that were top 10 in the country. You’re just making things up now. We are in the present though . McLean is a complete mess. Union isn’t much further ahead. CW bailed to steal another paycheck as soon as he could.

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Anonymous wrote:In 2-3 years Mclean will be much better. The GA exodus and MLS 2 is a hump. Player retention has improved with younger age groups. They just need to stop switching coaches around too often and let them grow through the 9-12 phase.

I rarely hear anything bad of the coaches. They are not the most well known around but do compete with bigger clubs.

How will McLean be better off? Harkes hasn’t even finished a full year and they went from national powerhouse with multiple players excelling at a pro level to an absolute joke. They traded the girls history for a second division on the boys side.
And player retention has improved? They lost almost all their players for both the boys and girls at 2013.

FVU was much better right(with 7 clubs and counting)? I wouldnt blame someone who took over a dumpster fire and hitting the reset button to build a program. CW let the boys side fall apart as TD and now someone has to clean up. JH has the best connections in all of the DMV, if they joined MLS2 it is to be MLS1 in 2-3 years.

No offense but if achilles and west virginia have MLS1 then anyone with connections can get it. The rest will be up to the quality of the coaches. The only reason ECNL got to where it is was because DA went under during covid and they picked up all the opportunistic scraps.

MLS and GA will take over under the US Federation. ECNL is under US Club soccer, MLS and GA are USSF.

If JH had connections than McLean would have got MLS1. He does not have connections and has zero credibility in youth soccer. He isn’t well liked in any circles and going behind Clyde’s back isn’t going to help his reputation. You know that reputation that ruined the chemistry of a World Cup team.

He had the pull to get MYS MLS2 without waiting. Legitimately MYS is not MLS1 caliber but if they perform they’ll get moved up. JH has a lot of pull. CW reputation was built when there were only two elite teams in the area. His communication and management skills are widely known to be terrible. MYS hitting reset on a lot of these characters including CW, NM, JA, etc.

It was obviously broken in the last several years so the revamp is on.

I don’t know if one post could contain so much BS and lies.
Did anyone need any pull to get MLS2? Literally they gave it to anyone that wanted it. FCV got MLS2 and they are known as a girls club.
CW won a national championship and was coach of the year before the ECNL ever existed so the whole two elite team thing is just BS. McLean was given ECNL because of CW’s reputation.
His communication and management is widely known as terrible? By who? And tell me about Harkes’ great communication and management?
The only truth you said in this post was they are doing a reset. The point is it was stupid to do a reset. What was broken over the last few years? They have had arguably the best graduating class EVERY year for the past 20 years. Mclean might never have another power 4 commit with the decision to go GA.
And the reset has not started well as I have heard they have struggled to find a girls director.

Not pp but they’re right about 2 elite teams. McLean and FC Virginia were the only ECNL clubs in the area for years. How could they not build elite teams when they had their pick of everyone in northern Virginia? Bethesda was the only one in Maryland. There were three teams for this entire region. There was no dilution. They literally got any player they wanted and they still couldn’t do anything. CW’s communication is awful and he’s collecting paycheck. Just get his cell phone number and your daughter will play.

Lies and more lies. MD United was also ECNL.
McLean couldn’t do anything when they were one of four ECNL in the area? They were the best in this area by a mile. Almost every team was a top 10 team in the country. Multiple teams made it to the national championship.
This is the problem with an anonymous board. Some loser coach that was probably jealous or not good enough to work with Clyde can come spit lies and others will believe the nonsense.

Dude! Relax. You’re living in the past bruh! McLeans in the toilet now. CW said adios. Look at the coaching slate and you can easily see what a poop show life has become for the club.

Tryouts should be interesting this week. I bet their turnout will be a lot lower than last year.

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From Loudoun’s website.

Sample list of teams in the Mid-Atlantic Region MLS NEXT 2 possible teams:

Loudoun
Alexandria
SYC
McLean
Bethesda (MD)
SAC (MD)
Achilles FC (DC)
West Virginia
Sporting Delaware (DE)
Beadling (PA)
Keystone (PA)
PA Classics (PA)
FC Delco (PA)

Then add Baltimore Armour, VA Revolution, and St. James?

Man oh man, that is wide travel area for a second tier league.

ECNL and MLS Next need to merge for the parents and players. If USSF could just get there act together and act like they are a governing body and rule on some important things like Birth Year vs School Year AND create structure and hierarchy to leagues like every other FIFA member country.

In the meantime we parents have to drive 3 hours one way for a 2nd tier league when we are sitting in a hotbed of soccer. WTF!

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Anonymous wrote:In 2-3 years Mclean will be much better. The GA exodus and MLS 2 is a hump. Player retention has improved with younger age groups. They just need to stop switching coaches around too often and let them grow through the 9-12 phase.

I rarely hear anything bad of the coaches. They are not the most well known around but do compete with bigger clubs.

How will McLean be better off? Harkes hasn’t even finished a full year and they went from national powerhouse with multiple players excelling at a pro level to an absolute joke. They traded the girls history for a second division on the boys side.
And player retention has improved? They lost almost all their players for both the boys and girls at 2013.

FVU was much better right(with 7 clubs and counting)? I wouldnt blame someone who took over a dumpster fire and hitting the reset button to build a program. CW let the boys side fall apart as TD and now someone has to clean up. JH has the best connections in all of the DMV, if they joined MLS2 it is to be MLS1 in 2-3 years.

No offense but if achilles and west virginia have MLS1 then anyone with connections can get it. The rest will be up to the quality of the coaches. The only reason ECNL got to where it is was because DA went under during covid and they picked up all the opportunistic scraps.

MLS and GA will take over under the US Federation. ECNL is under US Club soccer, MLS and GA are USSF.

If JH had connections than McLean would have got MLS1. He does not have connections and has zero credibility in youth soccer. He isn’t well liked in any circles and going behind Clyde’s back isn’t going to help his reputation. You know that reputation that ruined the chemistry of a World Cup team.

He had the pull to get MYS MLS2 without waiting. Legitimately MYS is not MLS1 caliber but if they perform they’ll get moved up. JH has a lot of pull. CW reputation was built when there were only two elite teams in the area. His communication and management skills are widely known to be terrible. MYS hitting reset on a lot of these characters including CW, NM, JA, etc.

It was obviously broken in the last several years so the revamp is on.

I don’t know if one post could contain so much BS and lies.
Did anyone need any pull to get MLS2? Literally they gave it to anyone that wanted it. FCV got MLS2 and they are known as a girls club.
CW won a national championship and was coach of the year before the ECNL ever existed so the whole two elite team thing is just BS. McLean was given ECNL because of CW’s reputation.
His communication and management is widely known as terrible? By who? And tell me about Harkes’ great communication and management?
The only truth you said in this post was they are doing a reset. The point is it was stupid to do a reset. What was broken over the last few years? They have had arguably the best graduating class EVERY year for the past 20 years. Mclean might never have another power 4 commit with the decision to go GA.
And the reset has not started well as I have heard they have struggled to find a girls director.

Not pp but they’re right about 2 elite teams. McLean and FC Virginia were the only ECNL clubs in the area for years. How could they not build elite teams when they had their pick of everyone in northern Virginia? Bethesda was the only one in Maryland. There were three teams for this entire region. There was no dilution. They literally got any player they wanted and they still couldn’t do anything. CW’s communication is awful and he’s collecting paycheck. Just get his cell phone number and your daughter will play.

Lies and more lies. MD United was also ECNL.
McLean couldn’t do anything when they were one of four ECNL in the area? They were the best in this area by a mile. Almost every team was a top 10 team in the country. Multiple teams made it to the national championship.
This is the problem with an anonymous board. Some loser coach that was probably jealous or not good enough to work with Clyde can come spit lies and others will believe the nonsense.

Dude! Relax. You’re living in the past bruh! McLeans in the toilet now. CW said adios. Look at the coaching slate and you can easily see what a poop show life has become for the club.

Tryouts should be interesting this week. I bet their turnout will be a lot lower than last year.

I would wait a couple years to let the landscape sort itself out before I even looked at McLean. They are definitely heading in the wrong direction.

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Anonymous wrote:In 2-3 years Mclean will be much better. The GA exodus and MLS 2 is a hump. Player retention has improved with younger age groups. They just need to stop switching coaches around too often and let them grow through the 9-12 phase.

I rarely hear anything bad of the coaches. They are not the most well known around but do compete with bigger clubs.

How will McLean be better off? Harkes hasn’t even finished a full year and they went from national powerhouse with multiple players excelling at a pro level to an absolute joke. They traded the girls history for a second division on the boys side.
And player retention has improved? They lost almost all their players for both the boys and girls at 2013.

FVU was much better right(with 7 clubs and counting)? I wouldnt blame someone who took over a dumpster fire and hitting the reset button to build a program. CW let the boys side fall apart as TD and now someone has to clean up. JH has the best connections in all of the DMV, if they joined MLS2 it is to be MLS1 in 2-3 years.

No offense but if achilles and west virginia have MLS1 then anyone with connections can get it. The rest will be up to the quality of the coaches. The only reason ECNL got to where it is was because DA went under during covid and they picked up all the opportunistic scraps.

MLS and GA will take over under the US Federation. ECNL is under US Club soccer, MLS and GA are USSF.

If JH had connections than McLean would have got MLS1. He does not have connections and has zero credibility in youth soccer. He isn’t well liked in any circles and going behind Clyde’s back isn’t going to help his reputation. You know that reputation that ruined the chemistry of a World Cup team.

He had the pull to get MYS MLS2 without waiting. Legitimately MYS is not MLS1 caliber but if they perform they’ll get moved up. JH has a lot of pull. CW reputation was built when there were only two elite teams in the area. His communication and management skills are widely known to be terrible. MYS hitting reset on a lot of these characters including CW, NM, JA, etc.

It was obviously broken in the last several years so the revamp is on.

I don’t know if one post could contain so much BS and lies.
Did anyone need any pull to get MLS2? Literally they gave it to anyone that wanted it. FCV got MLS2 and they are known as a girls club.
CW won a national championship and was coach of the year before the ECNL ever existed so the whole two elite team thing is just BS. McLean was given ECNL because of CW’s reputation.
His communication and management is widely known as terrible? By who? And tell me about Harkes’ great communication and management?
The only truth you said in this post was they are doing a reset. The point is it was stupid to do a reset. What was broken over the last few years? They have had arguably the best graduating class EVERY year for the past 20 years. Mclean might never have another power 4 commit with the decision to go GA.
And the reset has not started well as I have heard they have struggled to find a girls director.

Not pp but they’re right about 2 elite teams. McLean and FC Virginia were the only ECNL clubs in the area for years. How could they not build elite teams when they had their pick of everyone in northern Virginia? Bethesda was the only one in Maryland. There were three teams for this entire region. There was no dilution. They literally got any player they wanted and they still couldn’t do anything. CW’s communication is awful and he’s collecting paycheck. Just get his cell phone number and your daughter will play.

Lies and more lies. MD United was also ECNL.
McLean couldn’t do anything when they were one of four ECNL in the area? They were the best in this area by a mile. Almost every team was a top 10 team in the country. Multiple teams made it to the national championship.
This is the problem with an anonymous board. Some loser coach that was probably jealous or not good enough to work with Clyde can come spit lies and others will believe the nonsense.

Dude! Relax. You’re living in the past bruh! McLeans in the toilet now. CW said adios. Look at the coaching slate and you can easily see what a poop show life has become for the club.

Tryouts should be interesting this week. I bet their turnout will be a lot lower than last year.

I would wait a couple years to let the landscape sort itself out before I even looked at McLean. They are definitely heading in the wrong direction.

Is anyone going to the tryouts today (Girls u9-u12)? I'm curious what the turnout will be; please post here afterwards if your DD went.