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Anonymous wrote:How does Arlington 08 ECNL look for next season?

Who knows most likely they will be the same as this year. If you look at the results for the top 3-9 area teams there are a lot of talented girls at various clubs. The pandemic, DA/GA transition and ECNL expansion kept a lot of girls at their clubs. The consolidation of top girls did not happen but may happen going forward. You also have the girls who were good players below u12 but are not doing well on the larger field. Those girls will be moved down along with girls who get replaced by outside the club girls. I do not see any of the lower team(red) field players moving up. GA/ECNL is looking for girls from outside the club.

Each club has a style of play. Arlington style of play is more of an athletic game vs McLean which is more technical. So technical girls from Arlington may go to McLean and athletic but less technical girls from McLean may go to Arlington. Also parents will move their kids to the highest ranked team in the area regardless of how their kid fits in. Arlington is not a top three team. They are in the mix but so are 3-4 other teams.

Bottom line there will be changes to Arlington and other clubs in the area. Maybe ECNL attracts more girls vs GA but there are a lot of ECNL/GA clubs in the area. Because there are so many options for players 1-2 good players leaving or joining a team will have a big impact.

I think by next year you will see that Arlington 2008 team is among the top 3 in the state. Right now they are relying heavily on one player who is new to the team. Once the team chemistry gets going, the other starters learn to play together more as a "team" and the coach figures out the best positions for everyone they will be hard to beat.

Well that is the point. What happens if that kid leaves?

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Anonymous wrote:How does Arlington 08 ECNL look for next season?

Who knows most likely they will be the same as this year. If you look at the results for the top 3-9 area teams there are a lot of talented girls at various clubs. The pandemic, DA/GA transition and ECNL expansion kept a lot of girls at their clubs. The consolidation of top girls did not happen but may happen going forward. You also have the girls who were good players below u12 but are not doing well on the larger field. Those girls will be moved down along with girls who get replaced by outside the club girls. I do not see any of the lower team(red) field players moving up. GA/ECNL is looking for girls from outside the club.

Each club has a style of play. Arlington style of play is more of an athletic game vs McLean which is more technical. So technical girls from Arlington may go to McLean and athletic but less technical girls from McLean may go to Arlington. Also parents will move their kids to the highest ranked team in the area regardless of how their kid fits in. Arlington is not a top three team. They are in the mix but so are 3-4 other teams.

Bottom line there will be changes to Arlington and other clubs in the area. Maybe ECNL attracts more girls vs GA but there are a lot of ECNL/GA clubs in the area. Because there are so many options for players 1-2 good players leaving or joining a team will have a big impact.

I think by next year you will see that Arlington 2008 team is among the top 3 in the state. Right now they are relying heavily on one player who is new to the team. Once the team chemistry gets going, the other starters learn to play together more as a "team" and the coach figures out the best positions for everyone they will be hard to beat.

Sounds like a lot of what ifs to me.
For the post you responded to, why would Arlington accept more athletic but less technical players and McClean vice versa if they already have plenty of them? Seems like flawed logic to me. But let's play this out--what I'm hearing is Arlington may have girls who will excel in HS, whereas McClean may have girls who can play beyond HS and well into adulthood.

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Anonymous wrote:How does Arlington 08 ECNL look for next season?

Who knows most likely they will be the same as this year. If you look at the results for the top 3-9 area teams there are a lot of talented girls at various clubs. The pandemic, DA/GA transition and ECNL expansion kept a lot of girls at their clubs. The consolidation of top girls did not happen but may happen going forward. You also have the girls who were good players below u12 but are not doing well on the larger field. Those girls will be moved down along with girls who get replaced by outside the club girls. I do not see any of the lower team(red) field players moving up. GA/ECNL is looking for girls from outside the club.

Each club has a style of play. Arlington style of play is more of an athletic game vs McLean which is more technical. So technical girls from Arlington may go to McLean and athletic but less technical girls from McLean may go to Arlington. Also parents will move their kids to the highest ranked team in the area regardless of how their kid fits in. Arlington is not a top three team. They are in the mix but so are 3-4 other teams.

Bottom line there will be changes to Arlington and other clubs in the area. Maybe ECNL attracts more girls vs GA but there are a lot of ECNL/GA clubs in the area. Because there are so many options for players 1-2 good players leaving or joining a team will have a big impact.

I think by next year you will see that Arlington 2008 team is among the top 3 in the state. Right now they are relying heavily on one player who is new to the team. Once the team chemistry gets going, the other starters learn to play together more as a "team" and the coach figures out the best positions for everyone they will be hard to beat.

Sounds like a lot of what ifs to me.
For the post you responded to, why would Arlington accept more athletic but less technical players and McClean vice versa if they already have plenty of them? Seems like flawed logic to me. But let's play this out--what I'm hearing is Arlington may have girls who will excel in HS, whereas McClean may have girls who can play beyond HS and well into adulthood.

The clubs select for the type of players that fit their system. Most clubs call that development. So yes you will get a lot of the same type of players. As for playing in high school and beyond, both types of players do fine with the right coach and system....that is if they are good enough. After u13 coaches are not developing individual players. They are building teams. They replace players who do not fit their system with players who fit their system.

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Anonymous wrote:Is it possible parents and players are waking up about GA being a third tier league and the better players from nearby clubs will move to ECNL clubs?

I guess we have to wait and find out

Sure, they will be just like you, chasing a league patch when the talent has already passed your kid by. Like I said, this is the bottom of the class at Cornell talking about how great the Ivy League is. That is the league and here mentality. If your kid is really good, ignore this claptrap lest people think your kid is at the low end of the roster.

Coming from a NOVA grad. Lol. Please. You’d die to send yourself let alone your kid to Cornell. Douche

You missed my point completely. Of course Cornell is a great school. But if you went there and later talk about how great it was to be in the Ivy League, I can tell you where your class rank is likely to fall. People who talk about things like that are generally not at the elite end of the talent pool. If you don’t know that, you have either never been to these places or around people who have done really well. And no, we won’t have any problem with our kids succeeding regardless of where they go. Admission and success won’t be a problem. Dealing with success will be the challenge.

Is that why you're in here pounding your chest about ECNL all the time?

You really really missed the point. LEAGUE DOES NOT MATTER IF YOUR KID HAS TALENT. LEAGUES DO NOT COME UP AS A SERIOUS TOPIC IN ANY HOUSEHOLD WITH TALENT. IF YOU ARE INTO LEAGUE PRESTIGE. IT IS A SURE SIGN THAT YOUR KID OR KID'S TEAM IS NOT GOOD. Clear enough?

I disagree. You may think your DC is talented but if he doesn’t play against competitive opponents and is just beating up on rec league opponents, you will never really know if he is talented at elite level or just a good rec player. Training with other elite players helps development.

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Anonymous wrote:Is it possible parents and players are waking up about GA being a third tier league and the better players from nearby clubs will move to ECNL clubs?

I guess we have to wait and find out

Sure, they will be just like you, chasing a league patch when the talent has already passed your kid by. Like I said, this is the bottom of the class at Cornell talking about how great the Ivy League is. That is the league and here mentality. If your kid is really good, ignore this claptrap lest people think your kid is at the low end of the roster.

Coming from a NOVA grad. Lol. Please. You’d die to send yourself let alone your kid to Cornell. Douche

You missed my point completely. Of course Cornell is a great school. But if you went there and later talk about how great it was to be in the Ivy League, I can tell you where your class rank is likely to fall. People who talk about things like that are generally not at the elite end of the talent pool. If you don’t know that, you have either never been to these places or around people who have done really well. And no, we won’t have any problem with our kids succeeding regardless of where they go. Admission and success won’t be a problem. Dealing with success will be the challenge.

Is that why you're in here pounding your chest about ECNL all the time?

You really really missed the point. LEAGUE DOES NOT MATTER IF YOUR KID HAS TALENT. LEAGUES DO NOT COME UP AS A SERIOUS TOPIC IN ANY HOUSEHOLD WITH TALENT. IF YOU ARE INTO LEAGUE PRESTIGE. IT IS A SURE SIGN THAT YOUR KID OR KID'S TEAM IS NOT GOOD. Clear enough?

I disagree. You may think your DC is talented but if he doesn’t play against competitive opponents and is just beating up on rec league opponents, you will never really know if he is talented at elite level or just a good rec player. Training with other elite players helps development.

There aren't any elite NoVA ECNL teams

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Anonymous wrote:Is it possible parents and players are waking up about GA being a third tier league and the better players from nearby clubs will move to ECNL clubs?

I guess we have to wait and find out

Sure, they will be just like you, chasing a league patch when the talent has already passed your kid by. Like I said, this is the bottom of the class at Cornell talking about how great the Ivy League is. That is the league and here mentality. If your kid is really good, ignore this claptrap lest people think your kid is at the low end of the roster.

Coming from a NOVA grad. Lol. Please. You’d die to send yourself let alone your kid to Cornell. Douche

You missed my point completely. Of course Cornell is a great school. But if you went there and later talk about how great it was to be in the Ivy League, I can tell you where your class rank is likely to fall. People who talk about things like that are generally not at the elite end of the talent pool. If you don’t know that, you have either never been to these places or around people who have done really well. And no, we won’t have any problem with our kids succeeding regardless of where they go. Admission and success won’t be a problem. Dealing with success will be the challenge.

Is that why you're in here pounding your chest about ECNL all the time?

You really really missed the point. LEAGUE DOES NOT MATTER IF YOUR KID HAS TALENT. LEAGUES DO NOT COME UP AS A SERIOUS TOPIC IN ANY HOUSEHOLD WITH TALENT. IF YOU ARE INTO LEAGUE PRESTIGE. IT IS A SURE SIGN THAT YOUR KID OR KID'S TEAM IS NOT GOOD. Clear enough?

I disagree. You may think your DC is talented but if he doesn’t play against competitive opponents and is just beating up on rec league opponents, you will never really know if he is talented at elite level or just a good rec player. Training with other elite players helps development.

There aren't any elite NoVA ECNL teams

Never heard of VDA eh?

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Anonymous wrote:Is it possible parents and players are waking up about GA being a third tier league and the better players from nearby clubs will move to ECNL clubs?

I guess we have to wait and find out

Sure, they will be just like you, chasing a league patch when the talent has already passed your kid by. Like I said, this is the bottom of the class at Cornell talking about how great the Ivy League is. That is the league and here mentality. If your kid is really good, ignore this claptrap lest people think your kid is at the low end of the roster.

Coming from a NOVA grad. Lol. Please. You’d die to send yourself let alone your kid to Cornell. Douche

You missed my point completely. Of course Cornell is a great school. But if you went there and later talk about how great it was to be in the Ivy League, I can tell you where your class rank is likely to fall. People who talk about things like that are generally not at the elite end of the talent pool. If you don’t know that, you have either never been to these places or around people who have done really well. And no, we won’t have any problem with our kids succeeding regardless of where they go. Admission and success won’t be a problem. Dealing with success will be the challenge.

Is that why you're in here pounding your chest about ECNL all the time?

You really really missed the point. LEAGUE DOES NOT MATTER IF YOUR KID HAS TALENT. LEAGUES DO NOT COME UP AS A SERIOUS TOPIC IN ANY HOUSEHOLD WITH TALENT. IF YOU ARE INTO LEAGUE PRESTIGE. IT IS A SURE SIGN THAT YOUR KID OR KID'S TEAM IS NOT GOOD. Clear enough?

I disagree. You may think your DC is talented but if he doesn’t play against competitive opponents and is just beating up on rec league opponents, you will never really know if he is talented at elite level or just a good rec player. Training with other elite players helps development.

There aren't any elite NoVA ECNL teams

Never heard of VDA eh?

These non-ecnl teams must really suck then.

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Anonymous wrote:Is it possible parents and players are waking up about GA being a third tier league and the better players from nearby clubs will move to ECNL clubs?

I guess we have to wait and find out

Sure, they will be just like you, chasing a league patch when the talent has already passed your kid by. Like I said, this is the bottom of the class at Cornell talking about how great the Ivy League is. That is the league and here mentality. If your kid is really good, ignore this claptrap lest people think your kid is at the low end of the roster.

Coming from a NOVA grad. Lol. Please. You’d die to send yourself let alone your kid to Cornell. Douche

You missed my point completely. Of course Cornell is a great school. But if you went there and later talk about how great it was to be in the Ivy League, I can tell you where your class rank is likely to fall. People who talk about things like that are generally not at the elite end of the talent pool. If you don’t know that, you have either never been to these places or around people who have done really well. And no, we won’t have any problem with our kids succeeding regardless of where they go. Admission and success won’t be a problem. Dealing with success will be the challenge.

Is that why you're in here pounding your chest about ECNL all the time?

You really really missed the point. LEAGUE DOES NOT MATTER IF YOUR KID HAS TALENT. LEAGUES DO NOT COME UP AS A SERIOUS TOPIC IN ANY HOUSEHOLD WITH TALENT. IF YOU ARE INTO LEAGUE PRESTIGE. IT IS A SURE SIGN THAT YOUR KID OR KID'S TEAM IS NOT GOOD. Clear enough?

I disagree. You may think your DC is talented but if he doesn’t play against competitive opponents and is just beating up on rec league opponents, you will never really know if he is talented at elite level or just a good rec player. Training with other elite players helps development.

There aren't any elite NoVA ECNL teams

Never heard of VDA eh?

LOL, they aren't Elite

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Anonymous wrote:Is it possible parents and players are waking up about GA being a third tier league and the better players from nearby clubs will move to ECNL clubs?

I guess we have to wait and find out

Sure, they will be just like you, chasing a league patch when the talent has already passed your kid by. Like I said, this is the bottom of the class at Cornell talking about how great the Ivy League is. That is the league and here mentality. If your kid is really good, ignore this claptrap lest people think your kid is at the low end of the roster.

Coming from a NOVA grad. Lol. Please. You’d die to send yourself let alone your kid to Cornell. Douche

You missed my point completely. Of course Cornell is a great school. But if you went there and later talk about how great it was to be in the Ivy League, I can tell you where your class rank is likely to fall. People who talk about things like that are generally not at the elite end of the talent pool. If you don’t know that, you have either never been to these places or around people who have done really well. And no, we won’t have any problem with our kids succeeding regardless of where they go. Admission and success won’t be a problem. Dealing with success will be the challenge.

Is that why you're in here pounding your chest about ECNL all the time?

You really really missed the point. LEAGUE DOES NOT MATTER IF YOUR KID HAS TALENT. LEAGUES DO NOT COME UP AS A SERIOUS TOPIC IN ANY HOUSEHOLD WITH TALENT. IF YOU ARE INTO LEAGUE PRESTIGE. IT IS A SURE SIGN THAT YOUR KID OR KID'S TEAM IS NOT GOOD. Clear enough?

I disagree. You may think your DC is talented but if he doesn’t play against competitive opponents and is just beating up on rec league opponents, you will never really know if he is talented at elite level or just a good rec player. Training with other elite players helps development.

There aren't any elite NoVA ECNL teams

Never heard of VDA eh?

LOL, they aren't Elite

Yep but they are the easily the top in NoVa. Big step down to the next team below them and another big step down for teams below that team.

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Anonymous wrote:Is it possible parents and players are waking up about GA being a third tier league and the better players from nearby clubs will move to ECNL clubs?

I guess we have to wait and find out

Sure, they will be just like you, chasing a league patch when the talent has already passed your kid by. Like I said, this is the bottom of the class at Cornell talking about how great the Ivy League is. That is the league and here mentality. If your kid is really good, ignore this claptrap lest people think your kid is at the low end of the roster.

Coming from a NOVA grad. Lol. Please. You’d die to send yourself let alone your kid to Cornell. Douche

You missed my point completely. Of course Cornell is a great school. But if you went there and later talk about how great it was to be in the Ivy League, I can tell you where your class rank is likely to fall. People who talk about things like that are generally not at the elite end of the talent pool. If you don’t know that, you have either never been to these places or around people who have done really well. And no, we won’t have any problem with our kids succeeding regardless of where they go. Admission and success won’t be a problem. Dealing with success will be the challenge.

Is that why you're in here pounding your chest about ECNL all the time?

You really really missed the point. LEAGUE DOES NOT MATTER IF YOUR KID HAS TALENT. LEAGUES DO NOT COME UP AS A SERIOUS TOPIC IN ANY HOUSEHOLD WITH TALENT. IF YOU ARE INTO LEAGUE PRESTIGE. IT IS A SURE SIGN THAT YOUR KID OR KID'S TEAM IS NOT GOOD. Clear enough?

I disagree. You may think your DC is talented but if he doesn’t play against competitive opponents and is just beating up on rec league opponents, you will never really know if he is talented at elite level or just a good rec player. Training with other elite players helps development.

There aren't any elite NoVA ECNL teams

Never heard of VDA eh?

LOL, they aren't Elite

Yep but they are the easily the top in NoVa. Big step down to the next team below them and another big step down for teams below that team.

Who is right below them in your opinion?

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Anonymous wrote:Is it possible parents and players are waking up about GA being a third tier league and the better players from nearby clubs will move to ECNL clubs?

I guess we have to wait and find out

Sure, they will be just like you, chasing a league patch when the talent has already passed your kid by. Like I said, this is the bottom of the class at Cornell talking about how great the Ivy League is. That is the league and here mentality. If your kid is really good, ignore this claptrap lest people think your kid is at the low end of the roster.

Coming from a NOVA grad. Lol. Please. You’d die to send yourself let alone your kid to Cornell. Douche

You missed my point completely. Of course Cornell is a great school. But if you went there and later talk about how great it was to be in the Ivy League, I can tell you where your class rank is likely to fall. People who talk about things like that are generally not at the elite end of the talent pool. If you don’t know that, you have either never been to these places or around people who have done really well. And no, we won’t have any problem with our kids succeeding regardless of where they go. Admission and success won’t be a problem. Dealing with success will be the challenge.

Is that why you're in here pounding your chest about ECNL all the time?

You really really missed the point. LEAGUE DOES NOT MATTER IF YOUR KID HAS TALENT. LEAGUES DO NOT COME UP AS A SERIOUS TOPIC IN ANY HOUSEHOLD WITH TALENT. IF YOU ARE INTO LEAGUE PRESTIGE. IT IS A SURE SIGN THAT YOUR KID OR KID'S TEAM IS NOT GOOD. Clear enough?

I disagree. You may think your DC is talented but if he doesn’t play against competitive opponents and is just beating up on rec league opponents, you will never really know if he is talented at elite level or just a good rec player. Training with other elite players helps development.

There aren't any elite NoVA ECNL teams

Never heard of VDA eh?

LOL, they aren't Elite

Yep but they are the easily the top in NoVa. Big step down to the next team below them and another big step down for teams below that team.

Who is right below them in your opinion?

Arlington easily

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Anonymous wrote:Is it possible parents and players are waking up about GA being a third tier league and the better players from nearby clubs will move to ECNL clubs?

I guess we have to wait and find out

Sure, they will be just like you, chasing a league patch when the talent has already passed your kid by. Like I said, this is the bottom of the class at Cornell talking about how great the Ivy League is. That is the league and here mentality. If your kid is really good, ignore this claptrap lest people think your kid is at the low end of the roster.

Coming from a NOVA grad. Lol. Please. You’d die to send yourself let alone your kid to Cornell. Douche

You missed my point completely. Of course Cornell is a great school. But if you went there and later talk about how great it was to be in the Ivy League, I can tell you where your class rank is likely to fall. People who talk about things like that are generally not at the elite end of the talent pool. If you don’t know that, you have either never been to these places or around people who have done really well. And no, we won’t have any problem with our kids succeeding regardless of where they go. Admission and success won’t be a problem. Dealing with success will be the challenge.

Is that why you're in here pounding your chest about ECNL all the time?

You really really missed the point. LEAGUE DOES NOT MATTER IF YOUR KID HAS TALENT. LEAGUES DO NOT COME UP AS A SERIOUS TOPIC IN ANY HOUSEHOLD WITH TALENT. IF YOU ARE INTO LEAGUE PRESTIGE. IT IS A SURE SIGN THAT YOUR KID OR KID'S TEAM IS NOT GOOD. Clear enough?

I disagree. You may think your DC is talented but if he doesn’t play against competitive opponents and is just beating up on rec league opponents, you will never really know if he is talented at elite level or just a good rec player. Training with other elite players helps development.

There aren't any elite NoVA ECNL teams

Never heard of VDA eh?

LOL, they aren't Elite

Yep but they are the easily the top in NoVa. Big step down to the next team below them and another big step down for teams below that team.

Who is right below them in your opinion?

If you look at the results (and ranking lol). For NoVa it is VDA, step down to FCV and another step down to everyone else. There are a bunch of teams(Arlington, Loudoun, VYS, SYC and maybe VSA) that can beat each other on any given day. Who knows about McLean. It seems they are in witness protection or something.

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Anonymous wrote:Is it possible parents and players are waking up about GA being a third tier league and the better players from nearby clubs will move to ECNL clubs?

I guess we have to wait and find out

Sure, they will be just like you, chasing a league patch when the talent has already passed your kid by. Like I said, this is the bottom of the class at Cornell talking about how great the Ivy League is. That is the league and here mentality. If your kid is really good, ignore this claptrap lest people think your kid is at the low end of the roster.

Coming from a NOVA grad. Lol. Please. You’d die to send yourself let alone your kid to Cornell. Douche

You missed my point completely. Of course Cornell is a great school. But if you went there and later talk about how great it was to be in the Ivy League, I can tell you where your class rank is likely to fall. People who talk about things like that are generally not at the elite end of the talent pool. If you don’t know that, you have either never been to these places or around people who have done really well. And no, we won’t have any problem with our kids succeeding regardless of where they go. Admission and success won’t be a problem. Dealing with success will be the challenge.

Is that why you're in here pounding your chest about ECNL all the time?

You really really missed the point. LEAGUE DOES NOT MATTER IF YOUR KID HAS TALENT. LEAGUES DO NOT COME UP AS A SERIOUS TOPIC IN ANY HOUSEHOLD WITH TALENT. IF YOU ARE INTO LEAGUE PRESTIGE. IT IS A SURE SIGN THAT YOUR KID OR KID'S TEAM IS NOT GOOD. Clear enough?

I disagree. You may think your DC is talented but if he doesn’t play against competitive opponents and is just beating up on rec league opponents, you will never really know if he is talented at elite level or just a good rec player. Training with other elite players helps development.

There aren't any elite NoVA ECNL teams

Never heard of VDA eh?

LOL, they aren't Elite

Yep but they are the easily the top in NoVa. Big step down to the next team below them and another big step down for teams below that team.

Who is right below them in your opinion?

If you look at the results (and ranking lol). For NoVa it is VDA, step down to FCV and another step down to everyone else. There are a bunch of teams(Arlington, Loudoun, VYS, SYC and maybe VSA) that can beat each other on any given day. Who knows about McLean. It seems they are in witness protection or something.

FCV doesn’t belong in its own tier.

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Anonymous wrote:Is it possible parents and players are waking up about GA being a third tier league and the better players from nearby clubs will move to ECNL clubs?

I guess we have to wait and find out

Sure, they will be just like you, chasing a league patch when the talent has already passed your kid by. Like I said, this is the bottom of the class at Cornell talking about how great the Ivy League is. That is the league and here mentality. If your kid is really good, ignore this claptrap lest people think your kid is at the low end of the roster.

Coming from a NOVA grad. Lol. Please. You’d die to send yourself let alone your kid to Cornell. Douche

You missed my point completely. Of course Cornell is a great school. But if you went there and later talk about how great it was to be in the Ivy League, I can tell you where your class rank is likely to fall. People who talk about things like that are generally not at the elite end of the talent pool. If you don’t know that, you have either never been to these places or around people who have done really well. And no, we won’t have any problem with our kids succeeding regardless of where they go. Admission and success won’t be a problem. Dealing with success will be the challenge.

Is that why you're in here pounding your chest about ECNL all the time?

You really really missed the point. LEAGUE DOES NOT MATTER IF YOUR KID HAS TALENT. LEAGUES DO NOT COME UP AS A SERIOUS TOPIC IN ANY HOUSEHOLD WITH TALENT. IF YOU ARE INTO LEAGUE PRESTIGE. IT IS A SURE SIGN THAT YOUR KID OR KID'S TEAM IS NOT GOOD. Clear enough?

I disagree. You may think your DC is talented but if he doesn’t play against competitive opponents and is just beating up on rec league opponents, you will never really know if he is talented at elite level or just a good rec player. Training with other elite players helps development.

There aren't any elite NoVA ECNL teams

Never heard of VDA eh?

LOL, they aren't Elite

Yep but they are the easily the top in NoVa. Big step down to the next team below them and another big step down for teams below that team.

Who is right below them in your opinion?

If you look at the results (and ranking lol). For NoVa it is VDA, step down to FCV and another step down to everyone else. There are a bunch of teams(Arlington, Loudoun, VYS, SYC and maybe VSA) that can beat each other on any given day. Who knows about McLean. It seems they are in witness protection or something.

FCV doesn’t belong in its own tier.

Vienna beat FCV easily. They are definitely not #2 in this area. I would say Arlington is #2. Vienna tied them in the ASSIST tournament but they dominated the game. #3-8 is a bunch of teams (Vienna, SYC, FCV, McLean, Loudoun and BRYC) that could win or lose against each other any given day.

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Anonymous wrote:Is it possible parents and players are waking up about GA being a third tier league and the better players from nearby clubs will move to ECNL clubs?

I guess we have to wait and find out

Sure, they will be just like you, chasing a league patch when the talent has already passed your kid by. Like I said, this is the bottom of the class at Cornell talking about how great the Ivy League is. That is the league and here mentality. If your kid is really good, ignore this claptrap lest people think your kid is at the low end of the roster.

Coming from a NOVA grad. Lol. Please. You’d die to send yourself let alone your kid to Cornell. Douche

You missed my point completely. Of course Cornell is a great school. But if you went there and later talk about how great it was to be in the Ivy League, I can tell you where your class rank is likely to fall. People who talk about things like that are generally not at the elite end of the talent pool. If you don’t know that, you have either never been to these places or around people who have done really well. And no, we won’t have any problem with our kids succeeding regardless of where they go. Admission and success won’t be a problem. Dealing with success will be the challenge.

Is that why you're in here pounding your chest about ECNL all the time?

You really really missed the point. LEAGUE DOES NOT MATTER IF YOUR KID HAS TALENT. LEAGUES DO NOT COME UP AS A SERIOUS TOPIC IN ANY HOUSEHOLD WITH TALENT. IF YOU ARE INTO LEAGUE PRESTIGE. IT IS A SURE SIGN THAT YOUR KID OR KID'S TEAM IS NOT GOOD. Clear enough?

I disagree. You may think your DC is talented but if he doesn’t play against competitive opponents and is just beating up on rec league opponents, you will never really know if he is talented at elite level or just a good rec player. Training with other elite players helps development.

There aren't any elite NoVA ECNL teams

Never heard of VDA eh?

LOL, they aren't Elite

Yep but they are the easily the top in NoVa. Big step down to the next team below them and another big step down for teams below that team.

Who is right below them in your opinion?

If you look at the results (and ranking lol). For NoVa it is VDA, step down to FCV and another step down to everyone else. There are a bunch of teams(Arlington, Loudoun, VYS, SYC and maybe VSA) that can beat each other on any given day. Who knows about McLean. It seems they are in witness protection or something.

FCV doesn’t belong in its own tier.

Probably not ...maybe add them to the “bunch of teams” and throw in Pipeline, BSC and Maryland United? It’s not like any of those teams are separating themselves from the pack.