ECNL & DA Nationals Results

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Pipeline; like Loudoun, are strong youth clubs. Everything changes at U14.

You fool, do you not get it. Pipeline's top players play DA if they want te DA experience. The rest play for Pipeline, which competes with the best clubs in the country. Again, don't take my word for it. Ask you DDs coach or technical director.

Just to re-establish the discussion -- If you play for Pipeline it makes zero sense to join an area ECNL II team when your team could easily compete with Bethesda or Md United and you are playing other elite teams around the country. ECNL II are playing B teams.

Wow. You are special

No, I just can look past the ECNL II scam. You probably believe that just because your DD wears a ECNK/DA badge that they are special.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:And what about Pipeline 06 or 04 players? Or what about kids who can’t get to Pipeline? By all means let us all know who the top performing EDP, Regional teams will be in multiple age groups across two states are.

This is why you have a hard time understanding what a unicorn is.

Do your own homework, charlatan!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Pipeline; like Loudoun, are strong youth clubs. Everything changes at U14.

You fool, do you not get it. Pipeline's top players play DA if they want te DA experience. The rest play for Pipeline, which competes with the best clubs in the country. Again, don't take my word for it. Ask you DDs coach or technical director.

Just to re-establish the discussion -- If you play for Pipeline it makes zero sense to join an area ECNL II team when your team could easily compete with Bethesda or Md United and you are playing other elite teams around the country. ECNL II are playing B teams.

Wow. You are special

No, I just can look past the ECNL II scam. You probably believe that just because your DD wears a ECNK/DA badge that they are special.

I dont need my daughter to be special. I need her to perform against good competetion in front of college coaches. If that route was rec soccer, she would be playing rec soccer.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:And what about Pipeline 06 or 04 players? Or what about kids who can’t get to Pipeline? By all means let us all know who the top performing EDP, Regional teams will be in multiple age groups across two states are.

This is why you have a hard time understanding what a unicorn is.

Do your own homework, charlatan!

Umm ok??

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Pipeline; like Loudoun, are strong youth clubs. Everything changes at U14.

You fool, do you not get it. Pipeline's top players play DA if they want te DA experience. The rest play for Pipeline, which competes with the best clubs in the country. Again, don't take my word for it. Ask you DDs coach or technical director.

Just to re-establish the discussion -- If you play for Pipeline it makes zero sense to join an area ECNL II team when your team could easily compete with Bethesda or Md United and you are playing other elite teams around the country. ECNL II are playing B teams.

Wow. You are special

No, I just can look past the ECNL II scam. You probably believe that just because your DD wears a ECNK/DA badge that they are special.

I dont need my daughter to be special. I need her to perform against good competetion in front of college coaches. If that route was rec soccer, she would be playing rec soccer.

Please stop! The argument is that ECNL II does not offer what you seek for your DD. Unless the ECNL I teams if offering to allow your DD to join them at major showcases while she is on the ECNL II team, I see no advantage to leaving a top team like Pipeline. Last year, FC Bordeaux was a strong, national caliber team at u18/u19. The team played in the top showcases against the best competition. Most of the team is playing DI soccer. I don't believe that you will find that quality of team in the new ECNL II in the DMV.

We argue about dilution on these threads and dilution is precisely why the B teams in ECNL are weak.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Pipeline; like Loudoun, are strong youth clubs. Everything changes at U14.

You fool, do you not get it. Pipeline's top players play DA if they want te DA experience. The rest play for Pipeline, which competes with the best clubs in the country. Again, don't take my word for it. Ask you DDs coach or technical director.

Just to re-establish the discussion -- If you play for Pipeline it makes zero sense to join an area ECNL II team when your team could easily compete with Bethesda or Md United and you are playing other elite teams around the country. ECNL II are playing B teams.

Wow. You are special

No, I just can look past the ECNL II scam. You probably believe that just because your DD wears a ECNK/DA badge that they are special.

I dont need my daughter to be special. I need her to perform against good competetion in front of college coaches. If that route was rec soccer, she would be playing rec soccer.

Please stop! The argument is that ECNL II does not offer what you seek for your DD. Unless the ECNL I teams if offering to allow your DD to join them at major showcases while she is on the ECNL II team, I see no advantage to leaving a top team like Pipeline. Last year, FC Bordeaux was a strong, national caliber team at u18/u19. The team played in the top showcases against the best competition. Most of the team is playing DI soccer. I don't believe that you will find that quality of team in the new ECNL II in the DMV.

We argue about dilution on these threads and dilution is precisely why the B teams in ECNL are weak.

Mid Atlantic ECNL is weak! Look at their All Conference teams. If you took the DA Mid Atlantic best players and play them against ECNL’s there would be no more talk of DA vs ECNL

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Pipeline; like Loudoun, are strong youth clubs. Everything changes at U14.

You fool, do you not get it. Pipeline's top players play DA if they want te DA experience. The rest play for Pipeline, which competes with the best clubs in the country. Again, don't take my word for it. Ask you DDs coach or technical director.

Just to re-establish the discussion -- If you play for Pipeline it makes zero sense to join an area ECNL II team when your team could easily compete with Bethesda or Md United and you are playing other elite teams around the country. ECNL II are playing B teams.

Wow. You are special

No, I just can look past the ECNL II scam. You probably believe that just because your DD wears a ECNK/DA badge that they are special.

I dont need my daughter to be special. I need her to perform against good competetion in front of college coaches. If that route was rec soccer, she would be playing rec soccer.

Please stop! The argument is that ECNL II does not offer what you seek for your DD. Unless the ECNL I teams if offering to allow your DD to join them at major showcases while she is on the ECNL II team, I see no advantage to leaving a top team like Pipeline. Last year, FC Bordeaux was a strong, national caliber team at u18/u19. The team played in the top showcases against the best competition. Most of the team is playing DI soccer. I don't believe that you will find that quality of team in the new ECNL II in the DMV.

We argue about dilution on these threads and dilution is precisely why the B teams in ECNL are weak.

Mid Atlantic ECNL is weak! Look at their All Conference teams. If you took the DA Mid Atlantic best players and play them against ECNL’s there would be no more talk of DA vs ECNL

Thank you for your contribution

[Anonymous]

DA is stronger on the boys side, but on the girls side ECNL is stronger.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:DA is stronger on the boys side, but on the girls side ECNL is stronger.

Lol

[Anonymous]

What is the point in all this back and forth?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:DA is stronger on the boys side, but on the girls side ECNL is stronger.

There’s no comparison on the boys side. Girls depends on part of the country.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:DA is stronger on the boys side, but on the girls side ECNL is stronger.

There’s no comparison on the boys side. Girls depends on part of the country.

Girls only is arguable at the U17 and older. Younger than that the GDA is far stronger overall than the ECNL. There are few exceptional teams in ECNL but absolutely no depth.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:DA is stronger on the boys side, but on the girls side ECNL is stronger.

There’s no comparison on the boys side. Girls depends on part of the country.

Girls only is arguable at the U17 and older. Younger than that the GDA is far stronger overall than the ECNL. There are few exceptional teams in ECNL but absolutely no depth.

That claim makes zero sense. At best, all you can say is that its is region by region. Some of the best clubs in the country left the DA to return to ECNL. PDA, FC Stars and Michigan Hawks left DA for ECNL and you argue that the talent is not deep.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:DA is stronger on the boys side, but on the girls side ECNL is stronger.

There’s no comparison on the boys side. Girls depends on part of the country.

Girls only is arguable at the U17 and older. Younger than that the GDA is far stronger overall than the ECNL. There are few exceptional teams in ECNL but absolutely no depth.

That claim makes zero sense. At best, all you can say is that its is region by region. Some of the best clubs in the country left the DA to return to ECNL. PDA, FC Stars and Michigan Hawks left DA for ECNL and you argue that the talent is not deep.

I think the PP means the number of quality clubs across the board is not theat deep at ECNL. Yes, outside of PDA, Hawks there are few super clubs.

Some big Texas clubs went back to DA after going to ECNL, Tophat left ECNL as well as Real Colorado. And the big Southern Cal defections never materialized. Things are beginning to stabilize. It then is a matter of where the players migrate to and the choice between leagues really do allow kids to pick what is best for them. Our area is probably the most diluted in this fight but the upside is the net is cast much wider than in the past and that is better in the long run.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:DA is stronger on the boys side, but on the girls side ECNL is stronger.

There’s no comparison on the boys side. Girls depends on part of the country.

Girls only is arguable at the U17 and older. Younger than that the GDA is far stronger overall than the ECNL. There are few exceptional teams in ECNL but absolutely no depth.

That claim makes zero sense. At best, all you can say is that its is region by region. Some of the best clubs in the country left the DA to return to ECNL. PDA, FC Stars and Michigan Hawks left DA for ECNL and you argue that the talent is not deep.

I think the PP means the number of quality clubs across the board is not theat deep at ECNL. Yes, outside of PDA, Hawks there are few super clubs.

Some big Texas clubs went back to DA after going to ECNL, Tophat left ECNL as well as Real Colorado. And the big Southern Cal defections never materialized. Things are beginning to stabilize. It then is a matter of where the players migrate to and the choice between leagues really do allow kids to pick what is best for them. Our area is probably the most diluted in this fight but the upside is the net is cast much wider than in the past and that is better in the long run.

In terms of the number of quality teams in ECNL, I can say the same about any league. I think between Richmond and Baltimore, you have five teams that can probably compete with anyone in the country. Some of the teams are in ECNL, some in DA and others are independent. From 06 to 01, that is the case.