Girls ECNL Season - 2018-19 Season
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Anonymous
Absolutely true. At that point, if a team is getting its ass handed to it game after game, either find another team to play or accept that your child should be playing in a lower division. Players won't get recruited from teams that can't compete. |
Anonymous
That was my implicit point. However it may be that the poor performing teams at the younger age ECNL groups really do benefit by cutting a bunch of dead weight or those girls who are held back do really leave. |
Anonymous
OK --- then compare the commitments from the Richmond U-17 team (sub 500 win pct) and the BRYC U-17 (about 600 win pct) --- looks that Richmond team is doing just fine in placing girls in higher profile programs that the BRYC team. BTW: If you think you're kid won't get recruited on a bad ECNL team because nobody watches them, how many coaches do you think come to CCL / NCSL / etc games? And do you think the coaches will be excited about a worse player on a successful CCL / NCSL player. That's like saying only players from FBS teams will get drafted into the NFL, and if you're not one of those teams, no NFL scout will see you. |
Anonymous
If you are not good enough to play at all on that team, why would you stay??? Especially at the older age groups??? |
Anonymous
Actually, that U17 team doesn't have that bad of a record, so I don't know that I see your point. They only lose half the time. They have won 6 games, tied 1, and then lost 7. That's not terrible. I'm talking about teams that can't win a game, ever. And lose by multiple goals. Also, overall as a club, Richmond United has a strong enough reputation to draw the coaches and some of their club coaches are well connected. Any club that has overall a reasonably decent record can draw scouts. If you are in a club that is losing badly across the board and just can't compete, then you will be written off. Richmond United also has the advantage of being the only ECNL or similar type program in the area. I'm not talking clubs with close games, like a lot of 0-1 losses and some ties. |
Anonymous
Did anyone mention Richmond United ???? What are you talking about, Richmond as a club is well run, has respected talented leadership and will do great recruiting wise.... Richmond was not a part of this conversation. Richmond United has multiple players attending YNT camps every year... you just wrote a few paragraphs for no reason. Yes BRYC u17 beat that team 2-0 and 3-1 this year but that club has YNT players in multiple age groups and coaches will definitely show up to watch them. Loudoun and VDA don't have YNT players or great leadership |
Anonymous
That BRYC team won easily against RU twice this year, this is also the 2nd year in ECNL for bryc ... most of the RU players have been playing and seen by colleges since u15.... |
Anonymous
But wait, how were those RU players identified if their team doesn't win every game and play at the highest levels...plus, because the RU players are better (based on the caliber of schools there going to) be a better team than BRYC....how does work? |
Anonymous
They are probably smarter than BRYC crowd, better grades, AP classes, etc. |
Anonymous
3 years in ecnl showcases and great club leadership. |
Anonymous
BRYC U-17 is basically a new team. They only have 2 of their original players. They may only have 4 committed to Division 1 schools, but there are several others talking to coaches. AND most of that team is sophomores! BRYC has a couple of 02s playing up that are committed! So that places the U-17s I believe at 6 committed to Divsion 1 schools. William and Mary, UConn, Naval Academy, Are the 3 I know of, can’t remember the other 3. |
Anonymous
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Colleges recruit players, not teams or clubs. A club coach may open a door or two for a player with a school, but 95% of the work after that is done by the player. The player talks with the college coach, the player creates the game film. In short, the player drives the process, not the coach the team or the club.
The college coach is not rooting for the players team, they are not interested in the teams results. They are only interested in how the player plays against strong competition. In fact, how a player plays on a losing team can show far more positives than negatives. A coach can tell if a player is standing out because of a great supporting cast or if a player is standing out in spite of poor supporting cast. A player who maintains a strong work ethic and positive attitude even while playing on a "losing" team shows a high level of character to a college coach that can go a long ways. |
Anonymous
| And yet colleges don't check out teams to see those players if the record is so pitiful, it is unlikely to find some diamond in the rough. If you watch a team with a strong record, there are multiple players worth looking at. It's just much more efficient. |
Anonymous
| Pay attention at any college showcase. The strong teams are lined with scouts. The weaker ones hardly have 4 or 5. And yes, I have older children, I've been. That's how it works. Anyone who tells you anything else is just selling you. They aren't being honest. |
Anonymous
| Loudoun’s oldest ECNL team has a 2-10 and yet 11 girls signed NLIs this week. Most of them to D1 programs. That proves college recruit players not teams. |