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.

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.

I counted about 50 girls at the 2014 tryouts.

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What were 2014 boys tryouts like yesterday? We had considered bringing our son but decided against it. It seems like their first and second teams are probably already figured out anyway. Were there many kids from outside the club? Wondering if any players from son’s current team were there…

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Anonymous wrote:What were 2014 boys tryouts like yesterday? We had considered bringing our son but decided against it. It seems like their first and second teams are probably already figured out anyway. Were there many kids from outside the club? Wondering if any players from son’s current team were there…

surprising number of outside players there. fwiw, top teams not settled yet by any means from what I'm hearing from parents with kids on the team.

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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.

I counted about 50 girls at the 2014 tryouts.

Yeah. I counted about 60 for the 2014 girls

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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.

I counted about 50 girls at the 2014 tryouts.

Yeah. I counted about 60 for the 2014 girls

Cool thanks for the intel. I wasn’t actually there and was just guessing at 50.

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The 2016 boys tryout was 🔥. Some kids there can be top in the country

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Anonymous wrote:The 2016 boys tryout was 🔥. Some kids there can be top in the country

Cool story bro

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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.

I counted about 50 girls at the 2014 tryouts.

Yeah. I counted about 60 for the 2014 girls

Cool thanks for the intel. I wasn’t actually there and was just guessing at 50.

60 girls for 4 teams (Green, White, Gold, Silver)? Not a lot of girls aspiring to be GA.

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Anonymous wrote:What were 2014 boys tryouts like yesterday? We had considered bringing our son but decided against it. It seems like their first and second teams are probably already figured out anyway. Were there many kids from outside the club? Wondering if any players from son’s current team were there…

surprising number of outside players there. fwiw, top teams not settled yet by any means from what I'm hearing from parents with kids on the team.

Interesting. The top team is strong so I’d be surprised if kids from outside can break in. Unless they are coming from Arlington or something.

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2014 top team is very strong, saw a few familiar players that are well known.

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Anonymous wrote:2014 top team is very strong, saw a few familiar players that are well known.

FFS 5th graders should not be well known for anything other than maybe making honor roll

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Anonymous wrote:2014 top team is very strong, saw a few familiar players that are well known.

FFS 5th graders should not be well known for anything other than maybe making honor roll

I’m sure PP just meant they are known among the kids and maybe some of the parents in that age group. I am always surprised at how my 2014 son recognizes kids from other teams. I think part of it is seeing each other at camps and outside trainings, and other tryouts. A lot of these kids have been playing for 3 years now.

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Anonymous wrote:2014 top team is very strong, saw a few familiar players that are well known.

I heard they were signing autographs for all their fans after tryouts.

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Anonymous wrote:2014 top team is very strong, saw a few familiar players that are well known.

I heard they were signing autographs for all their fans after tryouts.

Sorry even Messi as not well known when he was a 5th grader. This is delusion at its peak lol

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we know chief hence the jokes