FCV, Arlington Girls, and Metro United going to Girls Academy

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

GA isn’t even a league, and yet it’s enough of a league that here you are, on the GA thread, making sure that everyone knows that ECNL is the only top level league. Okay, got it.

Anyone who looks at a list of the GA teams and says it isn’t a great league, please. There are plenty of teams that will be in that league that would be contenders in the ECNL at a minimum. And there are plenty of teams in the ECNL that would struggle in the GA, just as they do in the ECNL.

Both leagues have great teams, both leagues have teams that struggle to keep up, and both leagues have teams that are in between.

Agreed. Time will tell though, but I would anticipate that it will be hard for GAL to continue to maintain the level of play it will have this first year. ECNL will continue to add clubs as they add showcases and/or overcome showcase limitations. There will be a greater movement of players from the younger ages to ECNL which will slowly reduce GAL to a second tier league like EDP.

In case you hadn’t heard already, ECNL is now full. They will not be adding more clubs.

I’m not sure many kids want to change clubs. Why would you go from training with the top players in the region on a normal roster size at a GA club to training with middling players at a roster size of 30 at an ECNL club? It seems like that would slow, stop or reverse a top player’s skill development. Of course some bench players will be looking to move, but the top players should,want to stick together so they can keep challenging each other.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

GA isn’t even a league, and yet it’s enough of a league that here you are, on the GA thread, making sure that everyone knows that ECNL is the only top level league. Okay, got it.

Anyone who looks at a list of the GA teams and says it isn’t a great league, please. There are plenty of teams that will be in that league that would be contenders in the ECNL at a minimum. And there are plenty of teams in the ECNL that would struggle in the GA, just as they do in the ECNL.

Both leagues have great teams, both leagues have teams that struggle to keep up, and both leagues have teams that are in between.

Agreed. Time will tell though, but I would anticipate that it will be hard for GAL to continue to maintain the level of play it will have this first year. ECNL will continue to add clubs as they add showcases and/or overcome showcase limitations. There will be a greater movement of players from the younger ages to ECNL which will slowly reduce GAL to a second tier league like EDP.

In case you hadn’t heard already, ECNL is now full. They will not be adding more clubs.

I’m not sure many kids want to change clubs. Why would you go from training with the top players in the region on a normal roster size at a GA club to training with middling players at a roster size of 30 at an ECNL club? It seems like that would slow, stop or reverse a top player’s skill development. Of course some bench players will be looking to move, but the top players should,want to stick together so they can keep challenging each other.

Agree. These ECNLers think the talent of the players and the level of the rosters magically increased because the GDA went away. The players are the same, the coaches are the same. And if ECNL MA had let in the local GDA teams, FCV and Arlington would have been competing for playoff spots, MU likely near the bottom and VDA, McLean, BRYC and Loudoun about where they finished last year. It continues to amaze me that ECNLers cannot recognized that VDA was at the bottom of the MA division of GDA that they bash and now is middle of the pack in ECNL. That, by itself, is more evidence of the levels of the leagues. If the teams stay the same, ECNL players don't just magically become better and the GDA players become worse. That may be the dumbest theory posted on this board. Ever.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Maybe the GAL clubs should have went ECNL-R. That would have satisfied your need for local travel and cost issues.

But GAL didn't care. They went off and started that own little league because they are poo poo faces

Why would anyone do ECNL R? Really NPL? This is how brainwashed you all are to a set of letters.

ECNL R is literally NPL. Only the letters changed.

So you can do local travel and help disadvantage kids. Duh.

Check your ego at the door guy.

LOL

ECNL R isn’t “Elite”. It doesn’t offer a showcasing platform. It is just a travel league no different than CCL, NCSL or EDP.

Seriously, to promote ECNL R as anything more than that is laughable

If ECNL wanted to be elite, they should have picked up FCV and Arlington while relegating two of four local ECNL clubs who are consistently at the bottom of the table to ECNL-R. I’m not sure what ECNL wants to be anymore, they are just another league. They have been focused so much on fighting us soccer and the DA, that they’ve lost their way. As for GA, they are saying it’s the DA structure with high school play and increased subs. Prior to us soccer folding the DA, a player usually chose a team based upon HS play, location and competitiveness. Now, the HS decision is moot and the primary criteri are location and competitiveness. That’s an easier choice to make in the area.

Honest question here regarding HS....how is it being handled in the GAL if there are different HS seasons for MD and VA clubs?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Maybe the GAL clubs should have went ECNL-R. That would have satisfied your need for local travel and cost issues.

But GAL didn't care. They went off and started that own little league because they are poo poo faces

Why would anyone do ECNL R? Really NPL? This is how brainwashed you all are to a set of letters.

ECNL R is literally NPL. Only the letters changed.

So you can do local travel and help disadvantage kids. Duh.

Check your ego at the door guy.

LOL

ECNL R isn’t “Elite”. It doesn’t offer a showcasing platform. It is just a travel league no different than CCL, NCSL or EDP.

Seriously, to promote ECNL R as anything more than that is laughable

If ECNL wanted to be elite, they should have picked up FCV and Arlington while relegating two of four local ECNL clubs who are consistently at the bottom of the table to ECNL-R. I’m not sure what ECNL wants to be anymore, they are just another league. They have been focused so much on fighting us soccer and the DA, that they’ve lost their way. As for GA, they are saying it’s the DA structure with high school play and increased subs. Prior to us soccer folding the DA, a player usually chose a team based upon HS play, location and competitiveness. Now, the HS decision is moot and the primary criteri are location and competitiveness. That’s an easier choice to make in the area.

Honest question here regarding HS....how is it being handled in the GAL if there are different HS seasons for MD and VA clubs?

The same as ECNL used to manage it, case by case. For some kids it makes sense and others it doesn’t. ECNL you are almost forced to play HS.

Personally, I don’t understand why anyone would spend $7000 a year to give up the team training in favor of HS before national showcases.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

GA isn’t even a league, and yet it’s enough of a league that here you are, on the GA thread, making sure that everyone knows that ECNL is the only top level league. Okay, got it.

Anyone who looks at a list of the GA teams and says it isn’t a great league, please. There are plenty of teams that will be in that league that would be contenders in the ECNL at a minimum. And there are plenty of teams in the ECNL that would struggle in the GA, just as they do in the ECNL.

Both leagues have great teams, both leagues have teams that struggle to keep up, and both leagues have teams that are in between.

Agreed. Time will tell though, but I would anticipate that it will be hard for GAL to continue to maintain the level of play it will have this first year. ECNL will continue to add clubs as they add showcases and/or overcome showcase limitations. There will be a greater movement of players from the younger ages to ECNL which will slowly reduce GAL to a second tier league like EDP.

In case you hadn’t heard already, ECNL is now full. They will not be adding more clubs.

ECNL is full ... this year... I expect they will work on the limitations and will add more clubs next year.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Maybe the GAL clubs should have went ECNL-R. That would have satisfied your need for local travel and cost issues.

But GAL didn't care. They went off and started that own little league because they are poo poo faces

Why would anyone do ECNL R? Really NPL? This is how brainwashed you all are to a set of letters.

ECNL R is literally NPL. Only the letters changed.

So you can do local travel and help disadvantage kids. Duh.

Check your ego at the door guy.

LOL

ECNL R isn’t “Elite”. It doesn’t offer a showcasing platform. It is just a travel league no different than CCL, NCSL or EDP.

Seriously, to promote ECNL R as anything more than that is laughable

If ECNL wanted to be elite, they should have picked up FCV and Arlington while relegating two of four local ECNL clubs who are consistently at the bottom of the table to ECNL-R. I’m not sure what ECNL wants to be anymore, they are just another league. They have been focused so much on fighting us soccer and the DA, that they’ve lost their way. As for GA, they are saying it’s the DA structure with high school play and increased subs. Prior to us soccer folding the DA, a player usually chose a team based upon HS play, location and competitiveness. Now, the HS decision is moot and the primary criteri are location and competitiveness. That’s an easier choice to make in the area.

Honest question here regarding HS....how is it being handled in the GAL if there are different HS seasons for MD and VA clubs?

Clubs have more direct control of game scheduling. We’ll see how it plays out, but I assume you play your in state competition mostly when HS is not playing and you spread your interstate competition throughout the year.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

GA isn’t even a league, and yet it’s enough of a league that here you are, on the GA thread, making sure that everyone knows that ECNL is the only top level league. Okay, got it.

Anyone who looks at a list of the GA teams and says it isn’t a great league, please. There are plenty of teams that will be in that league that would be contenders in the ECNL at a minimum. And there are plenty of teams in the ECNL that would struggle in the GA, just as they do in the ECNL.

Both leagues have great teams, both leagues have teams that struggle to keep up, and both leagues have teams that are in between.

Agreed. Time will tell though, but I would anticipate that it will be hard for GAL to continue to maintain the level of play it will have this first year. ECNL will continue to add clubs as they add showcases and/or overcome showcase limitations. There will be a greater movement of players from the younger ages to ECNL which will slowly reduce GAL to a second tier league like EDP.

In case you hadn’t heard already, ECNL is now full. They will not be adding more clubs.

ECNL is full ... this year... I expect they will work on the limitations and will add more clubs next year.

No, I doubt it. ECNL is the superior league. They would never add inferior clubs from an inferior league.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

GA isn’t even a league, and yet it’s enough of a league that here you are, on the GA thread, making sure that everyone knows that ECNL is the only top level league. Okay, got it.

Anyone who looks at a list of the GA teams and says it isn’t a great league, please. There are plenty of teams that will be in that league that would be contenders in the ECNL at a minimum. And there are plenty of teams in the ECNL that would struggle in the GA, just as they do in the ECNL.

Both leagues have great teams, both leagues have teams that struggle to keep up, and both leagues have teams that are in between.

Agreed. Time will tell though, but I would anticipate that it will be hard for GAL to continue to maintain the level of play it will have this first year. ECNL will continue to add clubs as they add showcases and/or overcome showcase limitations. There will be a greater movement of players from the younger ages to ECNL which will slowly reduce GAL to a second tier league like EDP.

In case you hadn’t heard already, ECNL is now full. They will not be adding more clubs.

ECNL is full ... this year... I expect they will work on the limitations and will add more clubs next year.

They certainly are full of.....something.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

I’m not sure many kids want to change clubs. Why would you go from training with the top players in the region on a normal roster size at a GA club to training with middling players at a roster size of 30 at an ECNL club? It seems like that would slow, stop or reverse a top player’s skill development. Of course some bench players will be looking to move, but the top players should,want to stick together so they can keep challenging each other.

Agree. These ECNLers think the talent of the players and the level of the rosters magically increased because the GDA went away. The players are the same, the coaches are the same. And if ECNL MA had let in the local GDA teams, FCV and Arlington would have been competing for playoff spots, MU likely near the bottom and VDA, McLean, BRYC and Loudoun about where they finished last year. It continues to amaze me that ECNLers cannot recognized that VDA was at the bottom of the MA division of GDA that they bash and now is middle of the pack in ECNL. That, by itself, is more evidence of the levels of the leagues. If the teams stay the same, ECNL players don't just magically become better and the GDA players become worse. That may be the dumbest theory posted on this board. Ever.

Some mis-truths here. ECNL rosters are generally around 20 or less, except for the U18-19 age groups which drift higher for various reasons.
VDA joined for the 2018-19 season. Although I don't have the standings (why don't they make these avbl) I think they did worse on average their first year. It sounds like you are talking about a particular age group though, not sure which one. Kinda hard to generalize about a clubs performance across years. Lots of things change year to year so your generalization of strength based on the 19-20 season is pretty squishy.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

I’m not sure many kids want to change clubs. Why would you go from training with the top players in the region on a normal roster size at a GA club to training with middling players at a roster size of 30 at an ECNL club? It seems like that would slow, stop or reverse a top player’s skill development. Of course some bench players will be looking to move, but the top players should,want to stick together so they can keep challenging each other.

Agree. These ECNLers think the talent of the players and the level of the rosters magically increased because the GDA went away. The players are the same, the coaches are the same. And if ECNL MA had let in the local GDA teams, FCV and Arlington would have been competing for playoff spots, MU likely near the bottom and VDA, McLean, BRYC and Loudoun about where they finished last year. It continues to amaze me that ECNLers cannot recognized that VDA was at the bottom of the MA division of GDA that they bash and now is middle of the pack in ECNL. That, by itself, is more evidence of the levels of the leagues. If the teams stay the same, ECNL players don't just magically become better and the GDA players become worse. That may be the dumbest theory posted on this board. Ever.

Some mis-truths here. ECNL rosters are generally around 20 or less, except for the U18-19 age groups which drift higher for various reasons.
VDA joined for the 2018-19 season. Although I don't have the standings (why don't they make these avbl) I think they did worse on average their first year. It sounds like you are talking about a particular age group though, not sure which one. Kinda hard to generalize about a clubs performance across years. Lots of things change year to year so your generalization of strength based on the 19-20 season is pretty squishy.

What age vda? It’s an entire club not just the team your DD plays.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

I’m not sure many kids want to change clubs. Why would you go from training with the top players in the region on a normal roster size at a GA club to training with middling players at a roster size of 30 at an ECNL club? It seems like that would slow, stop or reverse a top player’s skill development. Of course some bench players will be looking to move, but the top players should,want to stick together so they can keep challenging each other.

Agree. These ECNLers think the talent of the players and the level of the rosters magically increased because the GDA went away. The players are the same, the coaches are the same. And if ECNL MA had let in the local GDA teams, FCV and Arlington would have been competing for playoff spots, MU likely near the bottom and VDA, McLean, BRYC and Loudoun about where they finished last year. It continues to amaze me that ECNLers cannot recognized that VDA was at the bottom of the MA division of GDA that they bash and now is middle of the pack in ECNL. That, by itself, is more evidence of the levels of the leagues. If the teams stay the same, ECNL players don't just magically become better and the GDA players become worse. That may be the dumbest theory posted on this board. Ever.

Some mis-truths here. ECNL rosters are generally around 20 or less, except for the U18-19 age groups which drift higher for various reasons.
VDA joined for the 2018-19 season. Although I don't have the standings (why don't they make these avbl) I think they did worse on average their first year. It sounds like you are talking about a particular age group though, not sure which one. Kinda hard to generalize about a clubs performance across years. Lots of things change year to year so your generalization of strength based on the 19-20 season is pretty squishy.

What age vda? It’s an entire club not just the team your DD plays.

They are referring to the 04 team because who ever this is, really is obsessed and needs to prove that team sucks. Lol that team ended the season 3rd in the conference 3 years ago, 5th last year ECNL and 5th this year ECNL with a conference size of 11 clubs. What are you trying to prove? The only way to handle this is on the pitch. Let us know when you want to play.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

I’m not sure many kids want to change clubs. Why would you go from training with the top players in the region on a normal roster size at a GA club to training with middling players at a roster size of 30 at an ECNL club? It seems like that would slow, stop or reverse a top player’s skill development. Of course some bench players will be looking to move, but the top players should,want to stick together so they can keep challenging each other.

Agree. These ECNLers think the talent of the players and the level of the rosters magically increased because the GDA went away. The players are the same, the coaches are the same. And if ECNL MA had let in the local GDA teams, FCV and Arlington would have been competing for playoff spots, MU likely near the bottom and VDA, McLean, BRYC and Loudoun about where they finished last year. It continues to amaze me that ECNLers cannot recognized that VDA was at the bottom of the MA division of GDA that they bash and now is middle of the pack in ECNL. That, by itself, is more evidence of the levels of the leagues. If the teams stay the same, ECNL players don't just magically become better and the GDA players become worse. That may be the dumbest theory posted on this board. Ever.

Some mis-truths here. ECNL rosters are generally around 20 or less, except for the U18-19 age groups which drift higher for various reasons.
VDA joined for the 2018-19 season. Although I don't have the standings (why don't they make these avbl) I think they did worse on average their first year. It sounds like you are talking about a particular age group though, not sure which one. Kinda hard to generalize about a clubs performance across years. Lots of things change year to year so your generalization of strength based on the 19-20 season is pretty squishy.

What age vda? It’s an entire club not just the team your DD plays.

They are referring to the 04 team because who ever this is, really is obsessed and needs to prove that team sucks. Lol that team ended the season 3rd in the conference 3 years ago, 5th last year ECNL and 5th this year ECNL with a conference size of 11 clubs. What are you trying to prove? The only way to handle this is on the pitch. Let us know when you want to play.

I think it just proves that the particular VDA team is not extraordinary.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

They are referring to the 04 team because who ever this is, really is obsessed and needs to prove that team sucks. Lol that team ended the season 3rd in the conference 3 years ago, 5th last year ECNL and 5th this year ECNL with a conference size of 11 clubs. What are you trying to prove? The only way to handle this is on the pitch. Let us know when you want to play.

I forgive you, your attention span is apparently pretty short. The point was to refute the PP who was crowing about how crappy VDA was in GDA and magically rose to 5th in ECNL MA as some testament to how much superior local DA teams are. You proved my point though, it sounds like they finished higher in DA than they did in the supposedly crappy ECNL MA.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

They are referring to the 04 team because who ever this is, really is obsessed and needs to prove that team sucks. Lol that team ended the season 3rd in the conference 3 years ago, 5th last year ECNL and 5th this year ECNL with a conference size of 11 clubs. What are you trying to prove? The only way to handle this is on the pitch. Let us know when you want to play.

I forgive you, your attention span is apparently pretty short. The point was to refute the PP who was crowing about how crappy VDA was in GDA and magically rose to 5th in ECNL MA as some testament to how much superior local DA teams are. You proved my point though, it sounds like they finished higher in DA than they did in the supposedly crappy ECNL MA.

Ummm, no, they finished higher in ECNL than they did in DA. The original point stands.

[Anonymous]

Last time VDA 04 played FCV 04 was in the Spring of 2017. I believe VDA either won or tied. The majority of the girls where in the 7th or 8th grade. You sound ridicualous arguing the prowess of pre-pubency players.

Fall 2019:
FCV 04 vs Richmond: Richmond wins (or tied)

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

These are facts. Y