Bethesda Soccer On Way Down
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Anonymous
| My observation from having multiple kids play against BSC over the years is that the coaches are horrible toward their players. |
Anonymous
| The winning tho... |
Anonymous
Not happening so much anymore. |
Anonymous
🤣 |
Anonymous
Seriously? ROFL it's 2024 not 2019 |
Anonymous
| soooo goood |
Anonymous
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Anonymous
| Any weekend results? |
Anonymous
I appreciate your advice. |
Anonymous
| They aren’t dumb, they’re stuck. There are no other great clubs at ECNL level this side of the river. It’s very frustrating. |
Anonymous
Great? They do not have 3 great ECNL teams though. |
Anonymous
It’s just them milking the ECNL name. Especially before u12. And yes, it has nothing to do with “great.” Most of those third teams are mid tier EDP and not even remotely close to “ECNL level.” There’s actually plenty of options at that level. And I can’t think of a single girl who has moved up from the third to ECNL team in my years around BSC though I’m sure I’m missing some outlier. So it’s not like those girls have any realistic chance. If they do well they’ll make the RL team as rosters expand at u13. |
Anonymous
| Agree but tell me another option? At least it’s an ECNL club. For a serious girl in, say, Rockville, there is nothing else. It’s not right considering all the options in NVA. |
Anonymous
Wow…. |
Anonymous
You’re falling into the trap of the name. Even if you’re “serious” and BSC is an ECNL club, you’re not benefiting, and in fact your inflated dues for lower teams help pay JC, and also KL and SC salaries and travel to do ECNL. I agree that BSC has too much a monopoly on the top tier in MoCo but there’s also too many people who don’t realize that lower down it’s nothing special at all. And BSC doesn’t care, really. I know it’s easy to say on an anonymous board and you can take it with a grain of salt or trust me, but they don’t give two sh*ts about below second team (and even that is second fiddle). The first team coaches or age directors don’t know anybody on the third team at all. JC doesn’t even know what coaches or teams exist beyond the top tier. Here’s two to consider. Potomac and MSI travel (completely revamped last year and already putting out some solid teams). Heck, even Brit Am is starting to put together more competitive teams. There’s others too. You can ask around if you want more data. Ask about third team players who have moved up to ECNL. Ask around current u12 and up parents. Once you hit u13 it is nearly impossible to move up even from RL. New players come from the outside. At u13 tryout year, they’ll sometimes take top 2s to fill out 11v11, sometimes not, depends on the year and roster size. If you’re not a top player on 2 by u12 it’s nearly a done deal. If you’re content playing RL, you’ve got a good chance being a strong 3 player at younger ages. There’s nothing wrong with staying at BSC if you don’t mind paying and you like the coach and your DD is happy. Just don’t be naive that you’re getting anything other than the BSC name on the jersey as a lower team. |