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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.

Arlington is not number #2. They lost to SYC, FCV and tied Vienna. McLean and BRYC results do not put them in the mix.

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let's remember we are talking about 12 and 13 year olds, some will hit puberty / adolescence early and some will hit late. The higher up you go, for sure the teams have kids who have it earlier than most.

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Anonymous wrote:let's remember we are talking about 12 and 13 year olds, some will hit puberty / adolescence early and some will hit late. The higher up you go, for sure the teams have kids who have it earlier than most.

I have a DD who plays for one of the teams "in the mix". Her team has played all of the teams listed here except Richmond United and BRYC. Of all of the teams they have played (SYC, FCV, Arlington, SYC, VDA, McLean, Vienna, Loudoun) I would put VDA as the best. They are very technical strong in all positions of the field. Very minimal drop off when the starters are replaced with bench players. You don't even notice. IMO Arlington is probably the next best team. Their problem is they don't always play as a "team". They have a very strong midfield but there is sometimes breakdown once you get closer to the goal. We were able to hang in there with them because they racked up a bunch of penalties due to their aggressive playing style but they were definitely a better team. SYC is also strong but relies on a few players and has a big drop-off from their top players to the others on the team. The others are pretty equal IMO. Having played both FCV and Arlington I am shocked to hear that FCV beat Arlington. We played both and were dominated by Arlington both times yet we totally dominated FCV. I would be interested to hear what happened in that game.

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Anonymous wrote:let's remember we are talking about 12 and 13 year olds, some will hit puberty / adolescence early and some will hit late. The higher up you go, for sure the teams have kids who have it earlier than most.

I have a DD who plays for one of the teams "in the mix". Her team has played all of the teams listed here except Richmond United and BRYC. Of all of the teams they have played (SYC, FCV, Arlington, SYC, VDA, McLean, Vienna, Loudoun) I would put VDA as the best. They are very technical strong in all positions of the field. Very minimal drop off when the starters are replaced with bench players. You don't even notice. IMO Arlington is probably the next best team. Their problem is they don't always play as a "team". They have a very strong midfield but there is sometimes breakdown once you get closer to the goal. We were able to hang in there with them because they racked up a bunch of penalties due to their aggressive playing style but they were definitely a better team. SYC is also strong but relies on a few players and has a big drop-off from their top players to the others on the team. The others are pretty equal IMO. Having played both FCV and Arlington I am shocked to hear that FCV beat Arlington. We played both and were dominated by Arlington both times yet we totally dominated FCV. I would be interested to hear what happened in that game.

FCV has superior coaching, training and players. Easy answer

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Anonymous wrote:let's remember we are talking about 12 and 13 year olds, some will hit puberty / adolescence early and some will hit late. The higher up you go, for sure the teams have kids who have it earlier than most.

I have a DD who plays for one of the teams "in the mix". Her team has played all of the teams listed here except Richmond United and BRYC. Of all of the teams they have played (SYC, FCV, Arlington, SYC, VDA, McLean, Vienna, Loudoun) I would put VDA as the best. They are very technical strong in all positions of the field. Very minimal drop off when the starters are replaced with bench players. You don't even notice. IMO Arlington is probably the next best team. Their problem is they don't always play as a "team". They have a very strong midfield but there is sometimes breakdown once you get closer to the goal. We were able to hang in there with them because they racked up a bunch of penalties due to their aggressive playing style but they were definitely a better team. SYC is also strong but relies on a few players and has a big drop-off from their top players to the others on the team. The others are pretty equal IMO. Having played both FCV and Arlington I am shocked to hear that FCV beat Arlington. We played both and were dominated by Arlington both times yet we totally dominated FCV. I would be interested to hear what happened in that game.

It’s about match ups. Your team matches up better with some teams vs others. Arlington has a very physical style of play and spends a lot of practice time doing physical conditioning. Part of that style of play is you make contact and wear the other teams player out. A technical team with a good speed of play will avoid a lot of the wrestling/physicality by passing before there is a chance to make contact. There are just not many technical teams like that at these ages- Richmond and VDA. The ugliest games are when two physical teams play. I saw one at Jeff cup. I think the ball stayed on the left sideline at midfield for 15 minutes as girls wrestled each other.

I agree with the unnecessary fouls(and at times ...not very smart penalties). Eventually it will catch up to them and cause them games. You can tell the team has cliques that do not like each other. It is very noticeable when they play. Disagree with the midfield. It’s one of there weaker areas. They are not technical when compared to the other teams.

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Jesus Christ


Arlington lost 😂

Mo will be working on ways to abuse his team after spring break lol.

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VDA is still the destination club and program of the DMV!

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SYC has upcoming tryouts for any disgruntled players and families 😀

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Anonymous wrote:SYC has upcoming tryouts for any disgruntled players and families 😀

Nobody wants to go to SYC they're in the ssme level with CYA and Potomac. Arlington kids are better off going to a ECNL club not a CCL club. Who's left to play in CCL anyway? SOCA is in GA now and every other clubs has their B/C team playing?

People ECNL clubs are always looking for new talent go check them out, maybe try Loudoun?

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Anonymous wrote:SYC has upcoming tryouts for any disgruntled players and families 😀

Nobody wants to go to SYC they're in the ssme level with CYA and Potomac. Arlington kids are better off going to a ECNL club not a CCL club. Who's left to play in CCL anyway? SOCA is in GA now and every other clubs has their B/C team playing?

People ECNL clubs are always looking for new talent go check them out, maybe try Loudoun?

If your DD is not on a GA/ECNL team by u13 there is very little chance she will ever be on one. These teams are locked in. The coaches will discount a player coming in who is not coming from GA/ECNL team. Your kid will have to be an impact player- ie starter. They are not changing the lower 1/2 of the roster. Also the physical play and strength training makes it very hard to catch up.

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Anonymous wrote:SYC has upcoming tryouts for any disgruntled players and families 😀

Nobody wants to go to SYC they're in the ssme level with CYA and Potomac. Arlington kids are better off going to a ECNL club not a CCL club. Who's left to play in CCL anyway? SOCA is in GA now and every other clubs has their B/C team playing?

People ECNL clubs are always looking for new talent go check them out, maybe try Loudoun?

Very lame recruiting attempt, paid staffer.

Your club is notorious for lacking any quality in coaching. Add to that your politicks and dirty corrupt MO and there is no reason why to give you a dime.

Kinda sad you have to justify your salary by patrolling Internet forums on a Sunday morning.

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Anonymous wrote:SYC has upcoming tryouts for any disgruntled players and families 😀

Nobody wants to go to SYC they're in the ssme level with CYA and Potomac. Arlington kids are better off going to a ECNL club not a CCL club. Who's left to play in CCL anyway? SOCA is in GA now and every other clubs has their B/C team playing?

People ECNL clubs are always looking for new talent go check them out, maybe try Loudoun?

Very lame recruiting attempt, paid staffer.

Your club is notorious for lacking any quality in coaching. Add to that your politicks and dirty corrupt MO and there is no reason why to give you a dime.

Kinda sad you have to justify your salary by patrolling Internet forums on a Sunday morning.

Loudoun is “Arlington West”. Same shit happens there.

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Anonymous wrote:SYC has upcoming tryouts for any disgruntled players and families 😀

Nobody wants to go to SYC they're in the ssme level with CYA and Potomac. Arlington kids are better off going to a ECNL club not a CCL club. Who's left to play in CCL anyway? SOCA is in GA now and every other clubs has their B/C team playing?

People ECNL clubs are always looking for new talent go check them out, maybe try Loudoun?

Very lame recruiting attempt, paid staffer.

Your club is notorious for lacking any quality in coaching. Add to that your politicks and dirty corrupt MO and there is no reason why to give you a dime.

Kinda sad you have to justify your salary by patrolling Internet forums on a Sunday morning.

Loudoun is “Arlington West”. Same shit happens there.

Yeah the politic game is strong in both places.

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PWSI and VSA had very strong 2008 talent from U9-12. several of those girls were playing up with 07 at different times and could certainly keep up athletically.

merging the two teams into VDA and having the 2008 as a strong team isn't really because of the coaching - the top players on two already strong teams were selected, and that's hard to beat.

The same thing happened with Richmond United. When the 2008 age group was U12, Strikers was very strong, and Kickers was also a pretty strong team, although strikers was better. Taking the top players from each team just puts their athletic and technical level ahead of any other program in the area.

VDA and Richmond United are only as good as they are because they are formed by the merger of two strong teams.

If SYC 08 and McLean 08 merged and you only took the top 9 players from each team, then that would be theequivalent. or FCV 08 and Loudon 08, et cetera. Even normal ECNL teams have some drop off starting at player #13 but VDA and Richmond United do not.

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I can see many angry parents next year with Alrington 08 being top 3 in ECNL standings