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Anonymous
On behalf of the Sane Parents Alliance (SPA) your membership has been denied due to clerical errors |
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Does anyone know FC Bordeaux? The team has a strong u19 team but weaker u13 and u15 teams. We play them in a tournament but are not familiar with team
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Anonymous
You had more credibility before you included your youth soccer rankings. |
Anonymous
| I appreciate the focus on ECNL/DA but I would like to hear about the "everything else." We are not doing ECNL/DA because of logistics and are exploring other options of which there are many. Have seen a few ERL and State Cup games and ECNl games and believe that the non-ECNL teams are stronger, especially at younger ages. The reality is that ECNL is just based on the club. Teams don't earn ECNL status. They are grandfathered in. DA is still growing and I doubt you will see an establushed DA in the next five years. I am not knocking either league but I just don't buy the arguments. There are teams out there without ECNL or DA that are strong and beat ECNL teams at Showcase events. |
Anonymous
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The DCUM SP is back under new new bipolar personality and get ready for it, 3 . . .2 . . . 1 . . . there is no nothing else, there is only Spirit DA!
Anyway, search Pipeline and you will find old posts debating the everything else question you raise. |
Anonymous
Sounds like you are researching a winning stock or horse to bet on for yourself instead of the best environment for your child to learn and love the game. The league doesn’t matter from one year to the next, the coaching diversity and options for teams and leagues connected to the club are a better long term bet. These days the ECNL and DA clubs are the ones with the most options and attract more experienced coaches on average. But if you find a great coach at another club and your child wishes there were more practices they could go to, pick that. |
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For the Boys ECNL fans:
Boys ECNL Announces New Mountain Conference for 2018-2019 Season RICHMOND, VA (April 10, 2018) – The Boys Elite Clubs National League (Boys ECNL) is excited to announce the creation of the Mountain Conference for the 2018-2019 season. With the addition of the Mountain Conference, and the previously announced new Mid-Atlantic Conference, the Boys ECNL will consist of seven conferences spanning the country next season. The Mountain Conference will include 6 founding clubs: Arsenal Colorado Colorado Storm* New Mexico Rush Pride SC Real Colorado* Rio Rapids SC With the addition of these clubs, the Boys ECNL will reach 2 new geographic markets in Colorado, and provide new competitive and development opportunities for the best players in New Mexico. While Real Colorado and Colorado Storm are already members of the Boys ECNL this season, the Mountain Conference will include 4 new clubs. (more is on the boys' ECNL website) |
Anonymous
how young is “younger ages” pre u13? like u8-u12? those ecnl teams try to take the best of what shows up at their doorstop. usually the resources and environment of ecnl was the draw and differentiator. If no one new and shinier shows up, then you are right; however my experience withe ecnl has shown that new shinier players will show. |
Anonymous
I was comparing u-13 to u-15 non-ECNL with ECNL of the same age group. From what I have seen, they typically are not the top teams in the state but I do agree that as the teams age, they pick up more talent. I am just interested in hearing about more non-ECNL and non-DA teams. |
Anonymous
Youthsoccerrankings.us is the best system we have for making the sorts of predictions made on this board about team performance next year. What is better, word of mouth? You watching a game here or there and spewing unsupportable opinion? If Arlington stays largely intact moving to DA they will be duking it out with Penn Fusion for top of the Atlantic table in GDA 04. Fact not opinion and definitely not propaganda. DD plays for Spirit. |
Anonymous
Youth Soccer Rankings is pretty good. If we are going to compare youth soccer teams (and we have and will) it is a way better approach than the ridiculous Got Soccer tournament based points system. |
Anonymous
FC Bordeaux is a new club with teams splintered away from OBGC. Seems to be some partnership with OGBC remaining. Last year their U15 team was called OBGC 03/04. They played in EDP Prmier South and did well. This year in EDP Div 2 South and losing more than winning. The U19 team did extremely placing many girls in college and finishing 3rd in ERL. According to their website, 11 were placed but the NCAA tracker only has 4. |
Anonymous
Just for starters, Arlington 04 DA would lose to FCV 3-0 Then they would face Cedar Stars and lose 3-0. Then they would face Penn Fusion and lose 3-0. Maybe you can fight it out with Spirit for 4th and 5th. It's going to be eye opening for Arlington parents coming in with that type of attitude. Especially when they are used to playing the type of teams that are listed on their Gotsoccer page. |
Anonymous
Agreed, but even the youth soccer standings site can only use the games the teams actually play to determine tankings. Has Arlington 04 played games or scrimmages against any ECNL or DA teams? I would think those results could be more informative. |
Anonymous
Arlington 04 will be on par with VDA 04. Barring any stud pickups, they can expect to find the same level of success. Give or take. That is a more fair assessment |