Achilles

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Everyone is excited to play Achilles because it will be an easy 3 points.

Name your team, tough guy, and let’s see how it plays out this fall? Or does hiding behind a keyboard make you man enough?

Are you hoping I say West Virginia? 🤣

[Anonymous]

Was hoping to find the standings from 23-24 but it looks like it's been taken down.

Did Achilles win any of their games?

West Virginia is prob their only competition.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Everyone is excited to play Achilles because it will be an easy 3 points.

Name your team, tough guy, and let’s see how it plays out this fall? Or does hiding behind a keyboard make you man enough?

Are you hoping I say West Virginia? 🤣

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Was hoping to find the standings from 23-24 but it looks like it's been taken down.

Did Achilles win any of their games?

West Virginia is prob their only competition.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Everyone is excited to play Achilles because it will be an easy 3 points.

Name your team, tough guy, and let’s see how it plays out this fall? Or does hiding behind a keyboard make you man enough?

Are you hoping I say West Virginia? 🤣

He knew you wouldn't say anything.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Everyone is excited to play Achilles because it will be an easy 3 points.

Name your team, tough guy, and let’s see how it plays out this fall? Or does hiding behind a keyboard make you man enough?

Are you hoping I say West Virginia? 🤣

So you won't say. Got it.

[Anonymous]

Once again, the Achilles bashing has gotten over the top. Why do parents put up with being told not to coach the team? Maybe because no parents should be shouting instructions from the sideline. I'm guessing the poster that heard that was from Bethesda. It's the only home field I can think of where parents were seated behind the teams rather than across the sidelines.

Over the last two years the Achilles 2009 and 2010 squads have lost at least 5 players to 3 MLS Academies. And they've lost other key players for different reasons. Because they're a small club without a large stable of kids to pull from, these losses are hard to make up. The 2009 team has the potential to be really strong this year because it has a good core of quality players that spent all of last year playing up into the U16 bracket. And if they are good, people on here will say results don't matter because of the "abuse." If they don't win a lot of games people will point to it as a sign that Sal can't coach. If the individual players move to MLS academies, or make MLS Next all-star squads, or get USYNT ID invitations (all of which have happened regularly for those age groups), people on here will say it's in spite of the coaching. It's ridiculous and just a function of somebody's axe to grind. Who would come on here and insult the parents of two SYC players who moved to Achilles just to then insult all the parents at Achilles by saying those parents would fit in? And then . . . .root for a team of 14 yr olds to have a bad season. To the few (maybe one) posters who are doing this . . . take a second to self-evaluate. You might find it valuable.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Was hoping to find the standings from 23-24 but it looks like it's been taken down.

Did Achilles win any of their games?

West Virginia is prob their only competition.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Everyone is excited to play Achilles because it will be an easy 3 points.

Name your team, tough guy, and let’s see how it plays out this fall? Or does hiding behind a keyboard make you man enough?

Are you hoping I say West Virginia? 🤣

He knew you wouldn't say anything.

The 2011 boys won 3-4. Against WV and one of the PA teams. Finished third from last

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Once again, the Achilles bashing has gotten over the top. Why do parents put up with being told not to coach the team? Maybe because no parents should be shouting instructions from the sideline. I'm guessing the poster that heard that was from Bethesda. It's the only home field I can think of where parents were seated behind the teams rather than across the sidelines.

Over the last two years the Achilles 2009 and 2010 squads have lost at least 5 players to 3 MLS Academies. And they've lost other key players for different reasons. Because they're a small club without a large stable of kids to pull from, these losses are hard to make up. The 2009 team has the potential to be really strong this year because it has a good core of quality players that spent all of last year playing up into the U16 bracket. And if they are good, people on here will say results don't matter because of the "abuse." If they don't win a lot of games people will point to it as a sign that Sal can't coach. If the individual players move to MLS academies, or make MLS Next all-star squads, or get USYNT ID invitations (all of which have happened regularly for those age groups), people on here will say it's in spite of the coaching. It's ridiculous and just a function of somebody's axe to grind. Who would come on here and insult the parents of two SYC players who moved to Achilles just to then insult all the parents at Achilles by saying those parents would fit in? And then . . . .root for a team of 14 yr olds to have a bad season. To the few (maybe one) posters who are doing this . . . take a second to self-evaluate. You might find it valuable.

I heard all the USYNT invites were to kids from MLS Club Academies
Which age group had an Achilles player invited?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Once again, the Achilles bashing has gotten over the top. Why do parents put up with being told not to coach the team? Maybe because no parents should be shouting instructions from the sideline. I'm guessing the poster that heard that was from Bethesda. It's the only home field I can think of where parents were seated behind the teams rather than across the sidelines.

Over the last two years the Achilles 2009 and 2010 squads have lost at least 5 players to 3 MLS Academies. And they've lost other key players for different reasons. Because they're a small club without a large stable of kids to pull from, these losses are hard to make up. The 2009 team has the potential to be really strong this year because it has a good core of quality players that spent all of last year playing up into the U16 bracket. And if they are good, people on here will say results don't matter because of the "abuse." If they don't win a lot of games people will point to it as a sign that Sal can't coach. If the individual players move to MLS academies, or make MLS Next all-star squads, or get USYNT ID invitations (all of which have happened regularly for those age groups), people on here will say it's in spite of the coaching. It's ridiculous and just a function of somebody's axe to grind. Who would come on here and insult the parents of two SYC players who moved to Achilles just to then insult all the parents at Achilles by saying those parents would fit in? And then . . . .root for a team of 14 yr olds to have a bad season. To the few (maybe one) posters who are doing this . . . take a second to self-evaluate. You might find it valuable.

I heard all the USYNT invites were to kids from MLS Club Academies
Which age group had an Achilles player invited?

That's (almost) true of the 2024 national camp in CA.

At least 5 Achilles 2009 and 2010 players, not counting ones that moved to MLS academies, have been invited to the regional camp in Wilmington over the last two years.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Once again, the Achilles bashing has gotten over the top. Why do parents put up with being told not to coach the team? Maybe because no parents should be shouting instructions from the sideline. I'm guessing the poster that heard that was from Bethesda. It's the only home field I can think of where parents were seated behind the teams rather than across the sidelines.

Over the last two years the Achilles 2009 and 2010 squads have lost at least 5 players to 3 MLS Academies. And they've lost other key players for different reasons. Because they're a small club without a large stable of kids to pull from, these losses are hard to make up. The 2009 team has the potential to be really strong this year because it has a good core of quality players that spent all of last year playing up into the U16 bracket. And if they are good, people on here will say results don't matter because of the "abuse." If they don't win a lot of games people will point to it as a sign that Sal can't coach. If the individual players move to MLS academies, or make MLS Next all-star squads, or get USYNT ID invitations (all of which have happened regularly for those age groups), people on here will say it's in spite of the coaching. It's ridiculous and just a function of somebody's axe to grind. Who would come on here and insult the parents of two SYC players who moved to Achilles just to then insult all the parents at Achilles by saying those parents would fit in? And then . . . .root for a team of 14 yr olds to have a bad season. To the few (maybe one) posters who are doing this . . . take a second to self-evaluate. You might find it valuable.

I heard all the USYNT invites were to kids from MLS Club Academies
Which age group had an Achilles player invited?

That's (almost) true of the 2024 national camp in CA.

At least 5 Achilles 2009 and 2010 players, not counting ones that moved to MLS academies, have been invited to the regional camp in Wilmington over the last two years.

Here are some examples. The lists aren't always published.

https://www.topdrawersoccer.com/club-soccer-articles/usynt-id-center-wilmington-boys-09_aid52641[url]

https://www.topdrawersoccer.com/club-soccer-articles/usynt-id-center-baltimore-09-boys_aid52680[/url]

2007 age group: https://www.topdrawersoccer.com/club-soccer-articles/usynt-id-center-boys-07-wilmington_aid50994[url]

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Once again, the Achilles bashing has gotten over the top. Why do parents put up with being told not to coach the team? Maybe because no parents should be shouting instructions from the sideline. I'm guessing the poster that heard that was from Bethesda. It's the only home field I can think of where parents were seated behind the teams rather than across the sidelines.

Over the last two years the Achilles 2009 and 2010 squads have lost at least 5 players to 3 MLS Academies. And they've lost other key players for different reasons. Because they're a small club without a large stable of kids to pull from, these losses are hard to make up. The 2009 team has the potential to be really strong this year because it has a good core of quality players that spent all of last year playing up into the U16 bracket. And if they are good, people on here will say results don't matter because of the "abuse." If they don't win a lot of games people will point to it as a sign that Sal can't coach. If the individual players move to MLS academies, or make MLS Next all-star squads, or get USYNT ID invitations (all of which have happened regularly for those age groups), people on here will say it's in spite of the coaching. It's ridiculous and just a function of somebody's axe to grind. Who would come on here and insult the parents of two SYC players who moved to Achilles just to then insult all the parents at Achilles by saying those parents would fit in? And then . . . .root for a team of 14 yr olds to have a bad season. To the few (maybe one) posters who are doing this . . . take a second to self-evaluate. You might find it valuable.

I heard all the USYNT invites were to kids from MLS Club Academies
Which age group had an Achilles player invited?

That's (almost) true of the 2024 national camp in CA.

At least 5 Achilles 2009 and 2010 players, not counting ones that moved to MLS academies, have been invited to the regional camp in Wilmington over the last two years.

Here are some examples. The lists aren't always published.

https://www.topdrawersoccer.com/club-soccer-articles/usynt-id-center-wilmington-boys-09_aid52641[url]

https://www.topdrawersoccer.com/club-soccer-articles/usynt-id-center-baltimore-09-boys_aid52680[/url]

2007 age group: https://www.topdrawersoccer.com/club-soccer-articles/usynt-id-center-boys-07-wilmington_aid50994[url]

Anything from 2024?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Once again, the Achilles bashing has gotten over the top. Why do parents put up with being told not to coach the team? Maybe because no parents should be shouting instructions from the sideline. I'm guessing the poster that heard that was from Bethesda. It's the only home field I can think of where parents were seated behind the teams rather than across the sidelines.

Over the last two years the Achilles 2009 and 2010 squads have lost at least 5 players to 3 MLS Academies. And they've lost other key players for different reasons. Because they're a small club without a large stable of kids to pull from, these losses are hard to make up. The 2009 team has the potential to be really strong this year because it has a good core of quality players that spent all of last year playing up into the U16 bracket. And if they are good, people on here will say results don't matter because of the "abuse." If they don't win a lot of games people will point to it as a sign that Sal can't coach. If the individual players move to MLS academies, or make MLS Next all-star squads, or get USYNT ID invitations (all of which have happened regularly for those age groups), people on here will say it's in spite of the coaching. It's ridiculous and just a function of somebody's axe to grind. Who would come on here and insult the parents of two SYC players who moved to Achilles just to then insult all the parents at Achilles by saying those parents would fit in? And then . . . .root for a team of 14 yr olds to have a bad season. To the few (maybe one) posters who are doing this . . . take a second to self-evaluate. You might find it valuable.

I heard all the USYNT invites were to kids from MLS Club Academies
Which age group had an Achilles player invited?

That's (almost) true of the 2024 national camp in CA.

At least 5 Achilles 2009 and 2010 players, not counting ones that moved to MLS academies, have been invited to the regional camp in Wilmington over the last two years.

Here are some examples. The lists aren't always published.

https://www.topdrawersoccer.com/club-soccer-articles/usynt-id-center-wilmington-boys-09_aid52641[url]

https://www.topdrawersoccer.com/club-soccer-articles/usynt-id-center-baltimore-09-boys_aid52680[/url]

2007 age group: https://www.topdrawersoccer.com/club-soccer-articles/usynt-id-center-boys-07-wilmington_aid50994[url]

Anything from 2024?

I don't see anything public, but what's your point? It's the same coaches and the same age groups. Do your obsessive criticisms only apply to the last 7 months?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Once again, the Achilles bashing has gotten over the top. Why do parents put up with being told not to coach the team? Maybe because no parents should be shouting instructions from the sideline. I'm guessing the poster that heard that was from Bethesda. It's the only home field I can think of where parents were seated behind the teams rather than across the sidelines.

Over the last two years the Achilles 2009 and 2010 squads have lost at least 5 players to 3 MLS Academies. And they've lost other key players for different reasons. Because they're a small club without a large stable of kids to pull from, these losses are hard to make up. The 2009 team has the potential to be really strong this year because it has a good core of quality players that spent all of last year playing up into the U16 bracket. And if they are good, people on here will say results don't matter because of the "abuse." If they don't win a lot of games people will point to it as a sign that Sal can't coach. If the individual players move to MLS academies, or make MLS Next all-star squads, or get USYNT ID invitations (all of which have happened regularly for those age groups), people on here will say it's in spite of the coaching. It's ridiculous and just a function of somebody's axe to grind. Who would come on here and insult the parents of two SYC players who moved to Achilles just to then insult all the parents at Achilles by saying those parents would fit in? And then . . . .root for a team of 14 yr olds to have a bad season. To the few (maybe one) posters who are doing this . . . take a second to self-evaluate. You might find it valuable.

I heard all the USYNT invites were to kids from MLS Club Academies
Which age group had an Achilles player invited?

That's (almost) true of the 2024 national camp in CA.

At least 5 Achilles 2009 and 2010 players, not counting ones that moved to MLS academies, have been invited to the regional camp in Wilmington over the last two years.

The mass ID local region camps have players from many clubs.
All the DC area MLS Next clubs have players there.

After the first cut, it's a different story.

That said, its been said a thousand times that Achilles gets good players.
The results of the teams shows the issue is with the coaching.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Once again, the Achilles bashing has gotten over the top. Why do parents put up with being told not to coach the team? Maybe because no parents should be shouting instructions from the sideline. I'm guessing the poster that heard that was from Bethesda. It's the only home field I can think of where parents were seated behind the teams rather than across the sidelines.

Over the last two years the Achilles 2009 and 2010 squads have lost at least 5 players to 3 MLS Academies. And they've lost other key players for different reasons. Because they're a small club without a large stable of kids to pull from, these losses are hard to make up. The 2009 team has the potential to be really strong this year because it has a good core of quality players that spent all of last year playing up into the U16 bracket. And if they are good, people on here will say results don't matter because of the "abuse." If they don't win a lot of games people will point to it as a sign that Sal can't coach. If the individual players move to MLS academies, or make MLS Next all-star squads, or get USYNT ID invitations (all of which have happened regularly for those age groups), people on here will say it's in spite of the coaching. It's ridiculous and just a function of somebody's axe to grind. Who would come on here and insult the parents of two SYC players who moved to Achilles just to then insult all the parents at Achilles by saying those parents would fit in? And then . . . .root for a team of 14 yr olds to have a bad season. To the few (maybe one) posters who are doing this . . . take a second to self-evaluate. You might find it valuable.

I heard all the USYNT invites were to kids from MLS Club Academies
Which age group had an Achilles player invited?

That's (almost) true of the 2024 national camp in CA.

At least 5 Achilles 2009 and 2010 players, not counting ones that moved to MLS academies, have been invited to the regional camp in Wilmington over the last two years.

The mass ID local region camps have players from many clubs.
All the DC area MLS Next clubs have players there.

After the first cut, it's a different story.

That said, its been said a thousand times that Achilles gets good players.
The results of the teams shows the issue is with the coaching.

you just can't help yourself. Your comment was predicted earlier in this thread. round and round. nothing positive can go unanswered. you can let it go.

and "gets" good players? The players on those lists have been with Achilles since they were little kids. That's coaching, right?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Once again, the Achilles bashing has gotten over the top. Why do parents put up with being told not to coach the team? Maybe because no parents should be shouting instructions from the sideline. I'm guessing the poster that heard that was from Bethesda. It's the only home field I can think of where parents were seated behind the teams rather than across the sidelines.

Over the last two years the Achilles 2009 and 2010 squads have lost at least 5 players to 3 MLS Academies. And they've lost other key players for different reasons. Because they're a small club without a large stable of kids to pull from, these losses are hard to make up. The 2009 team has the potential to be really strong this year because it has a good core of quality players that spent all of last year playing up into the U16 bracket. And if they are good, people on here will say results don't matter because of the "abuse." If they don't win a lot of games people will point to it as a sign that Sal can't coach. If the individual players move to MLS academies, or make MLS Next all-star squads, or get USYNT ID invitations (all of which have happened regularly for those age groups), people on here will say it's in spite of the coaching. It's ridiculous and just a function of somebody's axe to grind. Who would come on here and insult the parents of two SYC players who moved to Achilles just to then insult all the parents at Achilles by saying those parents would fit in? And then . . . .root for a team of 14 yr olds to have a bad season. To the few (maybe one) posters who are doing this . . . take a second to self-evaluate. You might find it valuable.

I heard all the USYNT invites were to kids from MLS Club Academies
Which age group had an Achilles player invited?

That's (almost) true of the 2024 national camp in CA.

At least 5 Achilles 2009 and 2010 players, not counting ones that moved to MLS academies, have been invited to the regional camp in Wilmington over the last two years.

The mass ID local region camps have players from many clubs.
All the DC area MLS Next clubs have players there.

After the first cut, it's a different story.

That said, its been said a thousand times that Achilles gets good players.
The results of the teams shows the issue is with the coaching.

you just can't help yourself. Your comment was predicted earlier in this thread. round and round. nothing positive can go unanswered. you can let it go.

and "gets" good players? The players on those lists have been with Achilles since they were little kids. That's coaching, right?

Sounds like personal training, not coaching, if you have a couple good dribblers and they can't perform as a team.

You can always point out where comments are not factual and provide the real truth

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Once again, the Achilles bashing has gotten over the top. Why do parents put up with being told not to coach the team? Maybe because no parents should be shouting instructions from the sideline. I'm guessing the poster that heard that was from Bethesda. It's the only home field I can think of where parents were seated behind the teams rather than across the sidelines.

Over the last two years the Achilles 2009 and 2010 squads have lost at least 5 players to 3 MLS Academies. And they've lost other key players for different reasons. Because they're a small club without a large stable of kids to pull from, these losses are hard to make up. The 2009 team has the potential to be really strong this year because it has a good core of quality players that spent all of last year playing up into the U16 bracket. And if they are good, people on here will say results don't matter because of the "abuse." If they don't win a lot of games people will point to it as a sign that Sal can't coach. If the individual players move to MLS academies, or make MLS Next all-star squads, or get USYNT ID invitations (all of which have happened regularly for those age groups), people on here will say it's in spite of the coaching. It's ridiculous and just a function of somebody's axe to grind. Who would come on here and insult the parents of two SYC players who moved to Achilles just to then insult all the parents at Achilles by saying those parents would fit in? And then . . . .root for a team of 14 yr olds to have a bad season. To the few (maybe one) posters who are doing this . . . take a second to self-evaluate. You might find it valuable.

I heard all the USYNT invites were to kids from MLS Club Academies
Which age group had an Achilles player invited?

That's (almost) true of the 2024 national camp in CA.

At least 5 Achilles 2009 and 2010 players, not counting ones that moved to MLS academies, have been invited to the regional camp in Wilmington over the last two years.

The mass ID local region camps have players from many clubs.
All the DC area MLS Next clubs have players there.

After the first cut, it's a different story.

That said, its been said a thousand times that Achilles gets good players.
The results of the teams shows the issue is with the coaching.

you just can't help yourself. Your comment was predicted earlier in this thread. round and round. nothing positive can go unanswered. you can let it go.

and "gets" good players? The players on those lists have been with Achilles since they were little kids. That's coaching, right?

Sounds like personal training, not coaching, if you have a couple good dribblers and they can't perform as a team.

You can always point out where comments are not factual and provide the real truth

I've already done that. You don't care about how depth of squad and a small pool of players could affect results.

Your turn. Tell me about how Achilles training is all about dribbling (it's not). Tell me about how players that are only "good dribblers" get invited to USYNT camps or MLS Academies (they don't). Tell me about how the two Achilles players who got assists in the 2009 and 2010 all star games at MLS Next Cup this year are just "good dribblers" and not team players (they aren't).

You're showing that you don't know anything about Achilles, or soccer.